Suhbah 2017: Maulana Shaykh Mehmet Adil ar-Rabbani (25/25)
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ow. It was made so well, with such care. It was made with attention. Our ancestors were like this. With Allāh's permission, with their prayers – it is a test.
Good ones will remain, the garbage will go. May Allāh make all of us from the good ones, in shaAllāh. May He make our children from the good ones, in shaAllāh.
Wa Minallah at-Tawfeeq, Al-Fatiha.
243.DO NOT FALL INTO HEEDLESSNESS Saturday, 9 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.
It says not to fall into heedlessness. A Muslim has to be vigilant because a person can fall into heedlessness at any moment and go astray and be in danger. Even if one does not fall in danger, one would be wasting time in vain.
We fell into heedlessness when we were returning last night. We took a wrong turn and later realized where we were heading. Because of heedlessness, we went around quite a bit and arrived that way. As we said, when people fall into heedlessness sometimes they are totally ruined. They deviate from the path and fall off the cliff. That ruin would cost people their faith and they would fall into bad ways. If they deviate to another way due to heedlessness and later recognize it and turn back, they would suffer much pain, be uncomfortable, and would be wasting their time in vain. They would be spending their time and money - not their life but their possessions. So people who do useless things and after roaming around come back to the path again would be deprived of much rewards. They would be deprived of virtues and it would be gone for nothing.
Therefore, a person should always be careful while alive, should take lesson from everything, and should look at everything carefully. People should look at where they are going and where they have reached, and know the value of the place where they are and be steady on the path. Your path is a solid path. It is the right path. Do not deviate from it. Do not think, “I wonder if this is good or not?” and fall into heedlessness and deviate from the way. You are on the beautiful path of Allah and on the radiant path of our Holy Prophet. Do not deviate from that path. Do not fall into heedlessness.
This is it, InshaAllah may Allah keep us safe from heedlessness. May Allah protect us. As we said, anything can befall a person in one moment’s or one second’s heedlessness. May Allah protect us.
Wa Minallah at-Tawfeeq, Al-Fatiha.
244.TRUE SCHOLARS AND IGNORAMUSES Sunday, 10 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.
Knowledge is something Allah and our Holy Prophet like. Knowledge needs to be for Allah. “The scholars [of my Nation] are like the prophets of Bani Israil,” says he. Scholars are the inheritors of prophets. There are two kinds of scholars: one are those on the true path, and the other are those who use their knowledge for this world, for their own desires.
True scholars work and strive for the sake of Allah, to deliver Allah’s word and Allah’s commands to people. It has come like this from the time of our Holy Prophet till now. Our Holy Prophet has said, “The best century is the one I am living in, then it is the one following mine.” Our Holy Prophet’s beautiful words are a great advice for people here, people living in these times. It shows how people should live.
Now, they do not like scholars lately. Whereas the companions (sahaba) lived during the time of our Holy Prophet and each one of the companions was a scholar. There are those who took knowledge from them in the following century. It was the same way in the century that followed. The sciences Islam and our Holy Prophet brought reached us by means of those holy ones. Now they come out – it has become a fashion. What we mean by fashion is imitating things like a monkey when something happens.
A new fashion has come out. Scholars who are a little educated, when in fact those called scholars are ignorant: “Ulama-e Soo,” says our Holy Prophet. Since they are thinking – they light up their cigarette a little, sitting and thinking. Or they do something else and think saying, “This fits my mind,” and go speaking. When they appear on TV, it is as if it was revealed from the Koran. And others who are educated say, “Look, this one is educated. He is a professor and this and that. What he is saying is probably good,” and follow him and start talking like him. This drags people to misguidance.
Alim-e Soo: they are the ones bound to hell. Our religion, thank Allah, is as it was conveyed and told by our Holy Prophet. The first scholars, the imams of mazhabs (schools of jurisprudence) and the imams of itiqad (schools of creed) lived at that time.
Accredit/regard them. There is no need whatsoever to regard those left over. Those following them are worthy of regard. The others are disreputable. Our Holy Prophet says, “Allah’s, the Prophet’s, and the believer’s curses are on them.” They are cursed people. It is not good to approach cursed people. That curse would come to you too.
We need to pay attention to this. There is no need to believe everything you hear. In fact, Shaykh Mawlana would say, “People get on television. Do not listen to them when they get on television. Never puzzle your brains with them.” They are obvious people anyway. Thank Allah, Muslims have awakened too. It is obvious who is who and who is doing what. Do not regard them when you hear their names. Allah has gotten rid of their reputation so do not regard them either.
May Allah grant us to be with true scholars InshaAllah. May He grant us to appreciate them and to be enlightened by them InshaAllah. When their names are even mentioned, Allah descends His mercy and forgiveness upon us. It says, “Inda zikr us-saliheen, tanzil ur-rahma.” May the baraka (blessing) of the pious be upon us when they are mentioned InshaAllah.
Wa Minallah at-Tawfeeq, Al-Fatiha.
245.OUR MASTER’S (SAW) WAY SAVES US Monday, 11 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.
Our Holy Prophet informed us of these day, days of End Times. He informed us of everything. He informed his Nation of what Allah told him to inform of. He informed of these days too. “These are such days as dark days,” says our Holy Prophet. Dark days: if a person takes out his hand, he is not able to see it. That is how dark it is. What he means by darkness is there is gloom (zulmat). Zulmat means darkness and we are in those days. Our Holy Prophetsays, “People will be in a very hard situation in those days. What will you do? You will hold on to my sunna and my way.” Not just holding on, but hold on even with your teeth so you may hold on tightly, and that will save you from this gloom and darkness. Our Holy Prophet’s light and affection (muhabbat) will save us Allah willing. The way of our Holy Prophet is the thing we need to hold on to in this gloom, this darkness, and this evil. Those who attach and hold on to the rope of our Holy Prophet reach felicity. All gloom, this darkness, and all evils would stay away from them and they would be saved. Thanks be to Allah that He favored us and showed us His way. We could have been on other ways. That is why we should not think it is because of ourselves. Let us recognize this favor and this generosity as being from Allah and be grateful to Him. This generosity and affection increases with being grateful. It would be stronger, it would increase, and our faith would also increase by following the beautiful path of our Holy Prophet.
This is what is important. Nothing else is important. It can be as dark as it can be. Our Holy Prophet has shown us the way of salvation, thank Allah. InshaAllah it continues because nothing is certain with son of man. We need to always be making dua so that we may be steadfast InshaAllah.
Wa Minallah at-Tawfeeq, Al-Fatiha
246.THE IMPORTANCE OF RAISING CHILDREN Tuesday, 12 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.
People of this day and age are suffering hardships due to their serving their ego. It is easy at first. It is enjoyable for a person to appeal to the ego, to do what the ego wants. However, the person suffers its punishment afterwards. What a person is to suffer in the hereafter is another thing. However, people suffer a lot in this world too, especially because of their children.
If you give the child everything it wants and do everything it likes, then the child wants more. And that is ego. The ego does not get enough. They do everything a child wants, but do not do what Allah wants. They start at age three with kindergarten and this and that private school. They also want a special private school and do not like it either. They struggle and toil and moil wanting a better one. You would be surprised how much effort they show.
Our Holy Prophet says, “Teach them to pray at age seven. Let them not miss a prayer at age ten. Be careful!” These ones have reached age twenty and neither know ablution nor prayer (namaz). They do not know fasting at all. They say, “Sir, the child has exams, and cannot fast and do the obligatory of Allah.” Then you have yourself trouble. They run here and there to doctors, psychologists, and hospitals and what not.
Allah is also giving trouble in the world. You have to train their ego and give them these things while they are children and babies so they do not turn out trouble for you later. They are a blessing (nimat) of Allah for you. Do not turn His blessing into trouble. We see that it is like this in all countries and not only here. It is the same everywhere. People have forgotten Allah: “School this and school that; school this and school that,” they say. They do not like the schools and what they study is not worth five pennies either. Then they beg and weep to others, “Save me!”
We cannot save you. How can we? You have raised the child in this manner: no prayer, no supplication, no ablution. There is nothing. This child of yours is Muslim and entrusted. Let them learn the truth and faith. As our Holy Prophet said, “The child has rights over the parents. They need to give the children a good name and teach them
Islam.” There are a few other rights but these are the most important. When you do not do these, you are cheating the children of their rights.
The parents have rights too, and you are not teaching that at all anyway. You are treating the children as if they were your parents. You are respecting them while you are not respecting your parents. You would not give a plate of food to your mother, and you do not leave a thing you do not do for your child. Then you think, “Why are they turning out like this?” and weep and cry.
Turn to Allah. Obey the commands of Allah. Allah does not oppress anyone. Allah knows how much a human body can endure. People can fast, offer prayers, and do everything comfortably. Pay attention! They are entrusted to you. You will also be questioned in the hereafter after suffering the punishment here. They are a trust. They are the trust of our Holy Prophet. They are his Nation (Ummah). Teach them their religion, teach them their faith, and you will be comfortable.
May Allah grant us all to be successful in listening to this advice InshaAllah. Sometimes they say, “The truth hurts.” It is bitter but the bitter medicine is the good one. Most of the time with heavy diseases the medicine is useless if it is not strong. May Allah not make anyone suffer pain, because if they do all kinds of filth once you have passed you would also receive their sins. If they do good it would be for your good, and you would get gifts in the hereafter.
May Allah make it good generations. We are saddened: these are the children of the Nation of Muhammad. They are the children of Muslims, but you see that they do what the kafir (unbeliever) do not do. They do all kinds of vileness. We are saddened. Very saddened. May Allah reform them InshaAllah.
Wa Minallah at-Tawfeeq, Al-Fatiha
247.DO YOUR JOB WELL Wednesday, 13 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.
Everyone is obliged to do their job well. This is a command, a command of Allah and the Prophet. He says, “When you do a job do it well.” These people say, “We have served,” or, “We have done this and that.” Whereas they are working, getting paid a salary where they work, and are earning their living and sustenance.
You cannot say, “I did my service.” You are not the one who should say it, but people should tell you that you did a good job. Service is one thing, work is another. You are working to make a living through halal ways. It is a job well done, but you have no right to say, “I have served. I have done this and that.” You are written rewards in the sight of people and in the sight of Allah for doing that job well.
If not, if you say, “I am doing work. I am doing this and that,” you would not be acceptable next to people nor acceptable next to Allah. You would be doing these to just boast yourself. If you are going to do it, do it well. People who do their job well are acceptable. They would say, “Look, he is doing his job well. He is a master. The products he makes and the job he does are beautiful.” He takes money but he does not boast himself. Let the job you do boast itself.
This is the case from the shepherd in the mountain to the garbage man, to the farmer, to people in the highest positions. You cannot get your right saying, “I did this and it is my right.” What is your right and what is not your right is evident. It does not work if you say, “I have served here, I have served this country, so they should give the country to me.” There are a thousand men like you. They are all working for the country and sacrificing their lives. They are also like you. Otherwise, there would be no end to it if we were to give the country to everybody. Everybody serves their country for the sake of Allah. The people of position also have a different job. They fulfill whatever their duty is upon orders.
This country would be revived if everyone worked like this, and it would be good both on the outside and in the inside. What is meant by on the outside is beauty would occur and there would be wealth. It would also rise spiritually. Rising spiritually is stronger.
Nobody can do a thing [to harm us] then. Allah would help us. We would be with Allah. Therefore, it is the order of our Holy Prophet for everyone to do their job in the best manner. Do as much as you can. Your job is from such hour to such hour. Do your duty during that time.
This would be good for you, for your family, for your country, for Allah, for the Prophet, and for Islam. May Allah grant us all to do these works. Let us not comply with Shaitan and loaf around saying, “No, it was this and that.” It would harm you first, Allah forbid.
Wa Minallah at-Tawfeeq, Al-Fatiha
248.GOODNESS GIVES THE COMMUNITY GOOD ENERGY Thursday, 14 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.
Our Holy Prophet has beautiful words. They are all beautiful. We also read a hadith yesterday. Let us mention it for the benefit of people: “Do not see goodness as little. No matter how little, Allah gives it rewards too and writes good deeds for the person who does that goodness.”
Allah gives its reward even for the smallest goodness. Even smiling to your Muslim brother has its reward. Our Holy Prophet is encouraging and making people love doing goodness. Our Holy Prophet forbids evil and does not want us doing it. The wisdom behind it is so goodness and beauty would increase among people and it would benefit us all. There is benefit in goodness. The smallest goodness is the goodness done to this society.
What do they say? Now they call it in terms: “A good energy.” People also get harmed if you do evil. The smallest evil gathers and gathers and the surrounding gets worse. People do not want to listen to the news they hear now. They do not want to watch anything. Everywhere is full of evil. It brings down the morale of people and their nerves get shot. As for goodness, it is the opposite. It becomes a benefit for people. People like it when they see something good. This is also a wisdom of Allah.
Allah tells us our doing good is for our own good, and He gives its reward. And Shaitan on the contrary shows evil and orders evil. The more evil you do, the sadder you get. It would be useless and you would be at loss. May Allah treat us all with goodness. May we be with goodness. May we sleep and breathe goodness InshaAllah.
Wa Minallah at-Tawfeeq, Al-Fatiha
249.A MUMIN IS A PERSON OF TRUE FAITH Friday, 15 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.
Our Holy Prophet states: “Laa yu'minu ahadukum hatta yakuna hawahu taba’an lima ji’tu bih.” A person cannot reach true iman (faith) if one’s hawa, desires, and what one likes is not like the things our Holy Prophet likes. The person would not attain real faith as long as one is not on the orders, sharia, and Islam he brought.
Everyone who recites the Kalima-e Shahadat (Testimony) becomes a Muslim, but being a Mumin is a higher level. It means those who have faith and those who whose faith is strong. The faith of most Muslims is weak. Because they do things according to their own minds, according to how their own ego and hawa want. They remain in a lower level when they do so, and their faith does not get stronger and remains weak.
Whoever it might be, once they do these things according to their own ego their faith does not strengthen. You are to like the things our Holy Prophet likes and dislike the things he dislikes for your faith to strengthen. It is still alright if you like a little and dislike a little. Some people totally do not listen, and do as it fits them and as they like. Their faith just does not get stronger. For their faith to strengthen, they need to like the attributes of our Holy Prophet and like him. This is the most important thing.
Those who do not respect our Holy Prophet can worship as much as they like and pray as much as they like. They are also following their ego, which means their iman is weak. There are also people the other way around, people who claim to be Muslim: no namaz (prayer), no dua (supplication). Their faith is also weak. It means they do not worship for the sake of Allah. Their faith would strengthen if they did it for the sake of Allah and they would first love our Holy Prophet. May Allah make us people of faith. The level of faith is high.
Wa Minallah at-Tawfeeq, Al-Fatiha
250.EVERYTHING RETURNS TO ITS ORIGIN Saturday, 16 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.
They have said: “Kullun yarji’u ila aslih.” Everything returns to its origins. Son of man was created from soil and will return to soil again in the end. This body will be placed in the grave when it dies. It will turn to soil again there.
No matter how much you feed this body and how much you look after yourself, it will return to soil again. The body does not have value. Of course people need to look after themselves, but we were not created to only look after our body and serve it. People will look after themselves, look after their family, and teach them goodness. They will introduce them to Allah and to our Holy Prophet. This is their duty. It is not just to feed them for this world but essentially for the hereafter.
It is human nature: people become the same way again if they have come from a bad place. That is why they need to find good people with regards to whatever there is such as friendship and marriage. They need to be together with them. Because even if a person’s nature looks good, the person can get corrupt later and turn to one’s origins. If the origins are not good, people turn back to it. Then people are astonished saying, “Why is he becoming like that?”
As we said, people can be with good ones in this life. They do not have to be with bad ones. It is easy being with good ones, but the ego does not find good ones to be entertaining, to be beautiful. It does not find it fitting to one’s self and to one’s mind. That is why they find those who are not good, those who fit their ego, and then they regret it.
May Allah make us all be with the good ones Inshallah. May the Nation of Muhammad turn back to its origins. Its origins are beautiful; our ancestors are beautiful. However, as people are more and more with bad ones, everywhere is full of evil and devils. May Allah keep us all safe.
Wa Minallah at-Tawfeeq, Al-Fatiha
251.THE IMPORTANCE OF ATTACHMENT AND REPENTANCE Sunday, 17 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.
This association, this meeting, and this tariqa are for Allah. These are good gatherings. Allah Exalted and Glorious be He and our Holy Prophet tell us to, “Be with good people.” Do not let go of rabita. Rabita means a connection. You need to be with good ones since people surely go to someone else when left alone. If you are not on the right path, Shaitan is able to slowly drag you to his path, to the other side. It happens knowingly or unknowingly. People’s ego does not like being attached and going on the right way.
People who go to the mosque are again attached, but when people are alone outside, they slowly go to other ways and do not know what is right and what is wrong. They say, “I am doing it all. I know it all. I am comfortable inside.” They say, “My heart is clean,” but it is not clean at all. People who are not trained – trained by religion and tariqa – think their ego is the biggest guide and harm themselves by themselves.
Because people who follow their ego do bad things in the end and are certainly at loss. People certainly need a murshid (guide) and need to be attached. When attached they think, “I wonder if I am doing right or wrong?” When they are to do something they think, “What would my murshid say? How should I do it?” They are ashamed and this way their end would be good.
If we cannot find the right way in this world, we would regret it in the hereafter. Even if Allah forgives, we would still be sorry. One would be regretful grumbling, “I wish I had found a guide and attached to him as Allah ordered, and lived as Allah wanted.” However, the time that has passed does not come back anymore. Allah Azza wa Jalla’s favor and mercy are plenty. Even if one attaches later, because of the sins one has committed, He changes them into good deeds and rewards. Because the person repented, all one has done turns into good deeds by Allah’s mercy.
“Yubaddal as-sayyi’at hasanat,” says our Holy Prophet. Sins are turned into good deeds and they would be winning that time. Therefore, do not say in this world, “I committed so much sins and did so many things. There is no repentance for me anymore.” The door
of repentance is open. Allah’s kindness is great. He would say, “My servant repented and is sorry for his sins,” and turns them into good deeds. That time they would be as if they had done good deeds throughout their life.
May Allah not misguide us, because we see that these days are truly days of dissension (fitna). All of our Holy Prophet’s words are beautiful, but those who are attached to their religion, who hold their religion, are like holding fire in their palm. It is truly very difficult for people to restrain their ego in these times, in the midst of so much corruption.
Therefore, we are saying: May Allah make us firm-footed and not make us abide by our ego. Let us not give our ego the slightest compromise, since thinking we are doing something small, your foot might just slide Allah forbid, and you would find yourself in hell. May Allah protect us.
Wa Minallah at-Tawfeeq, Al-Fatiha
252.EVERYONE IS RESPONSIBLE FOR THEIR ACTIONS Monday, 18 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.
Auzu Billahi Minashaytanir Rajeem. Bismillahir Rahmanir Raheem. “Ayahsabul insanu ayyutraka suda.” (Sura Qiyama:36) “Do humans think they are not responsible, that nobody is watching them, and they were created by themselves?” Allah Azza wa Jalla is asking in the Koran. “We created them from a piece of clot then it became human.” When they become human, Allah Exalted and Glorious be He is certainly aware of what they do and what they are to do and everything. Let them not think nobody will question them.
People of now, of this day and age, are doing everything and there is no responsibility. They are thinking, “We are free. We live as we like,” and they do so. That is why everywhere is full of sin and guilt. The people are not even getting married. It is like Europe now. They have no need to get married because they can do everything whenever they want. This is a great sin. It will be questioned. It is not empty [talk]. It is to be concluded and it will be questioned! You will account for it: “What have you done? What did you do? Why did you do it?” You have been created and you are responsible now.
You were not created because you wanted it. Allah created you like this, in this state, as human. He could have created you as an animal, a stone, or soil. Allah Azza wa Jalla could have created you in any form. He created in this form, in the most beautiful state, so you may remember Him, thank Him, and go on the path He commands. You see that they do not even remember the world at all. However, it will be questioned because He sent prophets. Allah gave us a mind. You have been educated and finished universities. Not just here but people go all over the world to study. They are learning everything. They are only not learning Allah’s commands. That is why they will be questioned!
It is sad that these people called Muslims are forgetting Allah and do not fear Allah. There is no shame, modesty, or pudicity left. No faith is left when no modesty and pudicity is left. Those who have no modesty and pudicity left lose their beauty and turn into an ugly creature. The more sin they commit, the uglier and worse they get, and they stink.
Sins have a very dirty odor. Even if people do not sense it, those who sense it do. They can wear as much perfume as they like. They still stink. Sins have a dirty smell. A person would want to get away from it by all means possible. May Allah give guidance to these people. May Allah give guidance to the Nation of Muhammad, to those who claim Islam. May Allah also protect us, and may we be a means for guidance Inshallah.
Wa Minallah at-Tawfeeq, Al-Fatiha
253.OCEANS OF POWER BELONG TO ALLAH Tuesday, 19 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.
It is sunna and we say it every day after morning (fajr) prayer. It is alright to do it after morning prayer or at other times: “Laa ilaha ilallahu wahdahu laa shareeka lah, lahul mulku wa lahul hamdu yuhyee wa yumeet, wa huwa ‘ala kulli shay’in qadeer.” Saying this has a great virtue. Its meaning is also great. It is the essentials of faith (iman). People who have faith need to know this and need to know what they are saying: There is no god but Allah, He is alone, and has no partners. [His is the sovereignty and His is the praise,] He gives life, creates, and gives death, and He has power over everything. This [last part] is the most important.
So they are all important, but the attribute of Qadeer is with Allah and nobody else. Only Allah is capable of everything. We do small things with the help of Allah, but He who has power is Allah Azza wa Jalla. You need to know that everything is from Him. You need to ask Him. Nothing is difficult for Allah Exalted and Glorious be He because He has the qudrat. Qudrat means being able to do everything, to have the capacity for everything. Nothing is impossible for Allah Azza wa Jalla.
It is impossible for us to do many things, but everything that comes to a person’s mind and that does not is possible for Allah Azza wa Jalla. Our mind is able to grasp a few things. It is limited. We have a limit. People say, “There is freedom of thought.” Think as much as you want. Your thinking is not even zero compared to the power of Allah Exalted and Glorious be He. People brag and become arrogant saying, “I created the small mountains,” but it is all zero. Leave aside what they do to themselves, even their thoughts and what they think – no matter how great of a thing and an impossible thing they think it is – nothing is impossible in the sight of Allah. Everything is in His hands. The oceans of power are with Him.
Therefore, you may ask whatever from Allah. Allah has the qudrat. Cure is from Him, and goodness is from Him. All kinds of qudrat are from Allah. Ask Allah for everything. Do not say, “I’m sick. I don’t have a cure,” and such. Allah is capable of everything. Most of the time doctors are baffled when these faithful people are cured, or a servant of Allah
prays for them and it becomes cure for them, or things go well for them. It is all within Allah’s power.
Do not think it is from yourselves. Know it as being from Allah. Ask for everything from Allah, ask for every goodness, and do not fear. No matter how great this world might be, no matter how powerful it is – whether people, countries, and what not – none of it has any value in the sight of Allah. They are not even zero next to the Allah’s qudrat, they are not even a particle. Allah’s power is great. Fear Him, ask Him, believe in Him, and have faith. May Allah make us all reach this faith InshaAllah.
Wa Minallah at-Tawfeeq, Al-Fatiha
254.ADAB IS LEARNT FROM GOOD ONES Thursday, 21 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.
Adab is a good habit. Good ones like people with manners. Who do we learn adab from? From good, mannered people - from tariqas, and from shaykhs. Those who do not like manners are Shaitan and those who follow him.
There was a man in the past whom they said was very well-mannered. They asked him, “Who did you learn this adab from?” He answered, “There was a very ill-mannered man. I learned it from him.” They were surprised and asked, “How could it be? Good manners are learned from the well-mannered. How was it that you learned from him?” He said, “I saw that his situation was very bad, very ugly. I did the opposite of whatever he did and thus I became well-mannered.”
So people, normal people, do not like ill-mannered people. However, it is End Times now: the more ill-mannered one is the more people like that person, and there are those who try to look like that one. During our Holy Prophet’s (SAW) time, goodness was ordered and evil was prohibited. Now, evil is ordered and goodness is prohibited. Therefore, people in these times should learn their manners from well-mannered people. As we said, there are no more people left who would look at the ill-mannered, get disgusted, not like it, and hold on to good manners. They have blurred everybody’s head. They are showing the good as bad and the bad as good.
May Allah protect us from the dissensions (fitna) of these times, and may our mind be present Inshallah. We are always saying “May Allah give us common sense and intelligence”. This is our greatest prayer (dua) for people and nothing else anymore. Children, people, women, men, the old, and the young: everyone is bewildered. May Allah not make us confused. May Allah not deviate us from the right path.
Wa Minallah at-Tawfeeq, Al-Fatiha
255.GUIDANCE IS THE FINEST BLESSING Friday, 22 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.
May Allah Azza wa Jalla not deviate us from the right path and from faith (iman). This is the most important matter. As we saw yesterday, the world is boiling. It is awful everywhere and people are trying to go at it tooth and nail. This is not a problem, this is nothing. What is important is people’s faith and to live as a mumin (believer), believing in Allah. The rest is nothing. Faith is the most important thing. Everything is easy when there is faith. May Allah give us all faith InshaAllah.
People have forgotten and are thinking, “This world will last forever. We will live here forever.” Whereas they see every day: everybody is dying whether old or young. What is important, as we said, is passing with faith. Those who pass with faith have won. May Allah give faith to those who do not have it. We should also not look at anybody as: “I am better.” Lucky us if Allah has given us this faith. We need to protect it and be grateful. Guidance is from Allah. Lucky is the one whom Allah guides.
We see, there was a kid when we were at the dargah yesterday morning. A 16 or 17- year-old German kid. He was not from Turkey living in Germany, but a direct German. Allah has granted him guidance at that age. Whereas in his country, if you say Islam three times, the guys pass out then and there. That is how much they scared them, that is how deeply it has touched them. However, when Allah wills it a person becomes Islam and comes to faith without listening to anybody.
As we said, this is a favor of Allah, a blessing (nimat) of Allah. Allah has gifted us this favor. We need to know its value. The people here do not know the value of Islam and iman, and as we said are only thinking about this world and complaining too. You cannot complain! Allah has given you this light and this favor. You need to be grateful to Him. Even if you die of hunger, again you need to thank Allah for giving us the greatest blessing. This is a great blessing and we need to know its value.
Thank Allah. He says blessings increase with thanks. Blessings, all sorts of blessings. It would increase both materially and spiritually. The most important blessing is the spiritual blessing, the blessing of faith, and the blessing of Islam. Thanks be to Him. May
Allah increase them. May our faith be stronger as days pass. May the faith of these Islamic countries also strengthen, because they bother each other when there is no faith. They do not listen to Allah’s word and do evil. May Allah protect us.
Wa Minallah at-Tawfeeq, Al-Fatiha
256.PEOPLE WITHOUT LIGHT ARE LIKE DEAD Saturday, 23 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.
Bismillahir Rahmanir Raheem. “Wa mallam yaj’alillahu lahu nooran fama lahu min noor.” (Sura Noor:40) Allah Azza wa Jalla says, “If Allah has not given a person light, then the person has no light.” Allah Exalted and Glorious be He has given everyone light inside. Increasing or decreasing that light is up to a person’s efforts. That light increases in the person who believes in Allah and he lives with that light. He is counted as “Hayy”, meaning a person who is living. That light diminishes and gets extinguished in the person who does not believe in Allah. This person has no use and roams around like dead.
“Amwatun ghayru ahyaa.” (Sura Nahl:21) They are like dead even if living, because the person is a useless creature when there is no light. Allah Azza wa Jalla gave that opportunity to son of man, and created son of man in the highest station amongst creation. What develops that light is obedience of Allah, complying with Allah’s commands, and obeying Him. If you do this, that light strengthens and increases your faith even without you feeling it. You would reach Allah’s consent the more it increases.
Allah’s consent is the most important thing. Allah Azza wa Jalla is warning us so we do not forget it in the midst of life’s tests. People who find it have won. They would have light in front, behind, and everywhere. Their end would be good. The others, people who have no light, live in gloom and darkness. They would be dark inside, outside, and all over. They would not take pleasure even if the whole world were theirs. They turn more towards the world, and the more they turn the more they sink. May Allah protect us. May Allah grant us all to increase this light InshaAllah.
Wa Minallah at-Tawfeeq, Al-Fatiha
257.DO NOT MAKE THE HALAL HARAM Sunday, 24 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.
Allah Azza wa Jalla has shown son of man what is good and what is bad, what is forbidden (haram) and what is permissible (halal). Son of man cannot make the haram halal according to his own mind. One might think of good as bad or bad as good, but its damage is in this world. However, considering the forbidden as permissible is a sin for that person, his good deeds would go away, and he would be punished.
Allah Azza wa Jalla has shown son of man what is good and what is bad, what is forbidden (haram) and what is permissible (halal). Son of man cannot make the haram halal according to his own mind. One might think of good as bad or bad as good, but its damage is in this world. However, considering the forbidden as permissible is a sin for that person, his good deeds would go away, and he would be punished.
What is more severe is to count what Allah has made permissible as forbidden. He commits all sorts of sins according to his own thinking or the state of society and it is no problem, but goes ahead and says, “This is a sin!” when someone does something permissible. Who do you think you are? How dare you make what Allah has made halal into haram? It is a great sin! Allah will give his punishment.
The religion is clear. Our Holy Prophet says, “There are doubtful things so do not get too close to them.” Allah has shown it, He had it said by our Holy Prophet, and has given the judgment in the Koran. Then do not go ahead calling what is halal: “This is haram!” There are plenty who do this. There are plenty everywhere who say according to their own head: “This is haram!” Beware of doing it! It is halal, Allah has made it halal for people, He made it halal to do, and you go ahead and call that halal thing haram. You are both making it hard on people and giving a fatwa (religious ruling).
People who are to give fatwa are different, not even hodjas (clerics). People who are to give fatwas are separate. Hodjas practice as imams and need to ask the mufti (authoritative expert) when it is time to give a fatwa. During Ottoman times they would give fatwas finding out, “What is the fatwa on this? How does it work?” They can give fatwas now too. There are muftis for this, but it is not according to your own head.
As we said, even a hodja cannot give a fatwa, so how about a normal person? He lives in sin head to toe, and he goes ahead coming out with undue hardship for people. Whether he prays or not and whether he is an imam, it is a burdensome sin (wabal) for him to count the halal as haram. We need to be careful of this. We are all sinners from top to bottom, then it is not smart making Allah’s halal into haram.
Allah created us and He is the one who knows everything. He made permissible things that are appropriate for us, that we can do, and made forbidden things that are evil. We need to be careful of this. We need to be careful for our own good. Allah does not have a need, not a bit. You can commit as much sin as you like or do as much good as you like. It does not have an effect on Allah. He is the creator. Everything is for your benefit.
Let us say “May Allah give us all common sense and intelligence” so we may do the things we do with thinking. It is not good to speak immediately. When asked a question, you can answer if you know and if you are sure. If not, if you are not sure, you need to look at it, you need to ask the mufti, and you need to ask the scholars. Scholars have classes too. They made each one separate during Ottoman times. The Ottomans are the last Islamic state. The authority that gave fatwas was one thing and the hodjas (clerics) were another. May Allah show us all the right path InshaAllah.
Wa Minallah at-Tawfeeq, Al-Fatiha
258.BE ALERT AND DO NOT TRUST Monday, 25 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.
Allah Azza wa Jalla states, Bismillahir Rahmanir Raheem: “Fah’tharu.” (Sura Ma’ida:41) “Be careful,” He says. A Muslim needs to look at everything carefully and pay attention to the things he does. He needs to be careful who he is walking with and who he is going around with. Allah Exalted and Glorious be He says: “Do not trust the world’s state and do not trust everyone!” Be alert! Because most people go after someone thinking he is good or loving him, or something happens and he thinks to himself, “He is good.” Whereas he could be using this beautiful path granted by Allah to fool people. That is why we need to be careful.
It is not good running after everyone and every incident thinking, “He is Muslim. They are alright.” It is alright if they are people benefiting Islam and going on the path of our Holy Prophet. Many people have come out saying, “No, that is old. We can do better now.” And people, especially educated people, are running after them. Not so much with uneducated people. They say, “It beats me. I go on the path that I know.” This is more acceptable. The others need to be careful. Allah Azza wa Jalla tells us to “Be careful!” Our Holy Prophet also tells us to “Be careful and be on the safe side first.”
Do not go after everybody like that. In fact, a Muslim needs to be wakeful. However, the situation seen now is terrible already, and people immediately run after a man who claims to be Muslim, then they mess it up around and are regretful. Allah Azza wa Jalla tells us from the start: “Be careful! Do not trust!” Obey what Allah says. Walk on the path your ancestors have walked. The books written by and shown by the scholars of those times were written with sincerity. We need to follow them. We need to read them.
Now, a new one comes out and we ask, “I wonder what sort of a man he is?” Most who come out write from their ego because they are not attached somewhere. Because they are not attached somewhere, they write some things to satisfy their ego or to make money. It is harmful for those who read it too. Our Shaykh Mawlana would always say: “When you do not like something, do not look at it and do not read it!” Because it poisons the person. Books written without sincerity poison people.
He says, “Do not look at someone who said such and such on TV.” He can talk to himself as much as he wants there. He talks himself and hears himself. Therefore, this matter needs attention. We are in times of dissension (fitna). In End Times Muslims should not think everything they see is good. It is times of fitna now. There is a lot of fitna. We need to be careful! May Allah not deviate us from the right path, and may He protect us from the evils of these people.
Wa Minallah at-Tawfeeq, Al-Fatiha
259.DERGAHS NEED TO BE CLEAN Tuesday, 26 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.
Our tariqa, the Naqshbandi tariqa, stands with discourse and the good is with association. That is why these gatherings and to gather is important. Instead of being alone, people should be together, the good should get together. Because when you are not with the good ones, you slowly deviate off the path. Or a person certainly wants a friend. The bad friend is the worst, worse than Shaitan. The bad friend becomes a means for people to perish and be ruined in this world, and takes you to hell in the hereafter. Therefore, be with good ones.
“Ya ayyuhal-latheena aamanut taqullaha wa kunu ma’assadiqeen.” (Sura Tawba:119) “Fear Allah! Be with the truthful ones, with the good ones.” You would win if you are with them. If not, when you are with the other people, as we said, it becomes worse than Shaitan. There are jinn devils and there are inss, human, devils. The human one is much worse. Even Shaitan is surprised sometimes: “Even I could not have thought of such a devilish thing, and it is coming from these guys.”
May Allah protect us – we need to be careful. It is not good mixing with them from the start. Some people are saying, “Let me bring them to the right way.” You can notify them once or twice and if they come they come. If not: “Suit yourself.” Your duty is done. The good ones come Inshallah. Shaykh Mawlana used to say, “I want to found 40,000 dargahs around the world.” Dargahs are important because people who come there hear the word of Allah. They are places where the zikr of Allah is made. The places where the zikr of Allah is made are places where Allah is remembered. Angels lay their wings under the feet of those who come there. Such a blessed and such a virtuous thing is done there.
May Allah show the way to the Nation of Muhammad (Ummat Muhammad). However, Shaitan shows himself in the form of the truth and wants to keep people away from there by scaring them: “These dargahs are useless. These people are useless.” Whereas dargahs are for Allah. Dargahs need to be clean first. This is important. Dargahs should not have inappropriate things.
Firstly, you cannot smoke in dargahs. May Allah forgive them; people do not know. They keep asking, “Is smoking haram (forbidden) or makruh (disliked)?” It needs to be clean. It stinks when you smoke inside the dargah and the angels do not like it. Thank Allah we do not have this problem, but we are saying it for other people. Because dargahs are places we all love.
Whether Naqshbandi, Rufai, Badawi, Qadiri, or a dargah from any other tariqa: they are all like our dargah. That is why we want them to be clean as well. This, as we said, is the most important. It is not a sin but it is even forbidden to smoke in a bar, so how can you smoke inside a dargah? So it is such a bad thing that the men have even banned it in a bar. They banned it in cafes. It is unseemly if you come and smoke inside a dargah.
May Allah give people common sense and intelligence, and may our dargahs be clean InshaAllah. May it be a means for good, and a place where good people come InshaAllah.
Wa Minallah at-Tawfeeq, Al-Fatiha
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ow. It was made so well, with such care. It was made with attention. Our ancestors were like this. With Allāh's permission, with their prayers – it is a test.
Good ones will remain, the garbage will go. May Allāh make all of us from the good ones, in shaAllāh. May He make our children from the good ones, in shaAllāh.
Wa Minallah at-Tawfeeq, Al-Fatiha.
243.DO NOT FALL INTO HEEDLESSNESS Saturday, 9 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.
It says not to fall into heedlessness. A Muslim has to be vigilant because a person can fall into heedlessness at any moment and go astray and be in danger. Even if one does not fall in danger, one would be wasting time in vain.
We fell into heedlessness when we were returning last night. We took a wrong turn and later realized where we were heading. Because of heedlessness, we went around quite a bit and arrived that way. As we said, when people fall into heedlessness sometimes they are totally ruined. They deviate from the path and fall off the cliff. That ruin would cost people their faith and they would fall into bad ways. If they deviate to another way due to heedlessness and later recognize it and turn back, they would suffer much pain, be uncomfortable, and would be wasting their time in vain. They would be spending their time and money - not their life but their possessions. So people who do useless things and after roaming around come back to the path again would be deprived of much rewards. They would be deprived of virtues and it would be gone for nothing.
Therefore, a person should always be careful while alive, should take lesson from everything, and should look at everything carefully. People should look at where they are going and where they have reached, and know the value of the place where they are and be steady on the path. Your path is a solid path. It is the right path. Do not deviate from it. Do not think, “I wonder if this is good or not?” and fall into heedlessness and deviate from the way. You are on the beautiful path of Allah and on the radiant path of our Holy Prophet. Do not deviate from that path. Do not fall into heedlessness.
This is it, InshaAllah may Allah keep us safe from heedlessness. May Allah protect us. As we said, anything can befall a person in one moment’s or one second’s heedlessness. May Allah protect us.
Wa Minallah at-Tawfeeq, Al-Fatiha.
244.TRUE SCHOLARS AND IGNORAMUSES Sunday, 10 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.
Knowledge is something Allah and our Holy Prophet like. Knowledge needs to be for Allah. “The scholars [of my Nation] are like the prophets of Bani Israil,” says he. Scholars are the inheritors of prophets. There are two kinds of scholars: one are those on the true path, and the other are those who use their knowledge for this world, for their own desires.
True scholars work and strive for the sake of Allah, to deliver Allah’s word and Allah’s commands to people. It has come like this from the time of our Holy Prophet till now. Our Holy Prophet has said, “The best century is the one I am living in, then it is the one following mine.” Our Holy Prophet’s beautiful words are a great advice for people here, people living in these times. It shows how people should live.
Now, they do not like scholars lately. Whereas the companions (sahaba) lived during the time of our Holy Prophet and each one of the companions was a scholar. There are those who took knowledge from them in the following century. It was the same way in the century that followed. The sciences Islam and our Holy Prophet brought reached us by means of those holy ones. Now they come out – it has become a fashion. What we mean by fashion is imitating things like a monkey when something happens.
A new fashion has come out. Scholars who are a little educated, when in fact those called scholars are ignorant: “Ulama-e Soo,” says our Holy Prophet. Since they are thinking – they light up their cigarette a little, sitting and thinking. Or they do something else and think saying, “This fits my mind,” and go speaking. When they appear on TV, it is as if it was revealed from the Koran. And others who are educated say, “Look, this one is educated. He is a professor and this and that. What he is saying is probably good,” and follow him and start talking like him. This drags people to misguidance.
Alim-e Soo: they are the ones bound to hell. Our religion, thank Allah, is as it was conveyed and told by our Holy Prophet. The first scholars, the imams of mazhabs (schools of jurisprudence) and the imams of itiqad (schools of creed) lived at that time.
Accredit/regard them. There is no need whatsoever to regard those left over. Those following them are worthy of regard. The others are disreputable. Our Holy Prophet says, “Allah’s, the Prophet’s, and the believer’s curses are on them.” They are cursed people. It is not good to approach cursed people. That curse would come to you too.
We need to pay attention to this. There is no need to believe everything you hear. In fact, Shaykh Mawlana would say, “People get on television. Do not listen to them when they get on television. Never puzzle your brains with them.” They are obvious people anyway. Thank Allah, Muslims have awakened too. It is obvious who is who and who is doing what. Do not regard them when you hear their names. Allah has gotten rid of their reputation so do not regard them either.
May Allah grant us to be with true scholars InshaAllah. May He grant us to appreciate them and to be enlightened by them InshaAllah. When their names are even mentioned, Allah descends His mercy and forgiveness upon us. It says, “Inda zikr us-saliheen, tanzil ur-rahma.” May the baraka (blessing) of the pious be upon us when they are mentioned InshaAllah.
Wa Minallah at-Tawfeeq, Al-Fatiha.
245.OUR MASTER’S (SAW) WAY SAVES US Monday, 11 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.
Our Holy Prophet informed us of these day, days of End Times. He informed us of everything. He informed his Nation of what Allah told him to inform of. He informed of these days too. “These are such days as dark days,” says our Holy Prophet. Dark days: if a person takes out his hand, he is not able to see it. That is how dark it is. What he means by darkness is there is gloom (zulmat). Zulmat means darkness and we are in those days. Our Holy Prophetsays, “People will be in a very hard situation in those days. What will you do? You will hold on to my sunna and my way.” Not just holding on, but hold on even with your teeth so you may hold on tightly, and that will save you from this gloom and darkness. Our Holy Prophet’s light and affection (muhabbat) will save us Allah willing. The way of our Holy Prophet is the thing we need to hold on to in this gloom, this darkness, and this evil. Those who attach and hold on to the rope of our Holy Prophet reach felicity. All gloom, this darkness, and all evils would stay away from them and they would be saved. Thanks be to Allah that He favored us and showed us His way. We could have been on other ways. That is why we should not think it is because of ourselves. Let us recognize this favor and this generosity as being from Allah and be grateful to Him. This generosity and affection increases with being grateful. It would be stronger, it would increase, and our faith would also increase by following the beautiful path of our Holy Prophet.
This is what is important. Nothing else is important. It can be as dark as it can be. Our Holy Prophet has shown us the way of salvation, thank Allah. InshaAllah it continues because nothing is certain with son of man. We need to always be making dua so that we may be steadfast InshaAllah.
Wa Minallah at-Tawfeeq, Al-Fatiha
246.THE IMPORTANCE OF RAISING CHILDREN Tuesday, 12 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.
People of this day and age are suffering hardships due to their serving their ego. It is easy at first. It is enjoyable for a person to appeal to the ego, to do what the ego wants. However, the person suffers its punishment afterwards. What a person is to suffer in the hereafter is another thing. However, people suffer a lot in this world too, especially because of their children.
If you give the child everything it wants and do everything it likes, then the child wants more. And that is ego. The ego does not get enough. They do everything a child wants, but do not do what Allah wants. They start at age three with kindergarten and this and that private school. They also want a special private school and do not like it either. They struggle and toil and moil wanting a better one. You would be surprised how much effort they show.
Our Holy Prophet says, “Teach them to pray at age seven. Let them not miss a prayer at age ten. Be careful!” These ones have reached age twenty and neither know ablution nor prayer (namaz). They do not know fasting at all. They say, “Sir, the child has exams, and cannot fast and do the obligatory of Allah.” Then you have yourself trouble. They run here and there to doctors, psychologists, and hospitals and what not.
Allah is also giving trouble in the world. You have to train their ego and give them these things while they are children and babies so they do not turn out trouble for you later. They are a blessing (nimat) of Allah for you. Do not turn His blessing into trouble. We see that it is like this in all countries and not only here. It is the same everywhere. People have forgotten Allah: “School this and school that; school this and school that,” they say. They do not like the schools and what they study is not worth five pennies either. Then they beg and weep to others, “Save me!”
We cannot save you. How can we? You have raised the child in this manner: no prayer, no supplication, no ablution. There is nothing. This child of yours is Muslim and entrusted. Let them learn the truth and faith. As our Holy Prophet said, “The child has rights over the parents. They need to give the children a good name and teach them
Islam.” There are a few other rights but these are the most important. When you do not do these, you are cheating the children of their rights.
The parents have rights too, and you are not teaching that at all anyway. You are treating the children as if they were your parents. You are respecting them while you are not respecting your parents. You would not give a plate of food to your mother, and you do not leave a thing you do not do for your child. Then you think, “Why are they turning out like this?” and weep and cry.
Turn to Allah. Obey the commands of Allah. Allah does not oppress anyone. Allah knows how much a human body can endure. People can fast, offer prayers, and do everything comfortably. Pay attention! They are entrusted to you. You will also be questioned in the hereafter after suffering the punishment here. They are a trust. They are the trust of our Holy Prophet. They are his Nation (Ummah). Teach them their religion, teach them their faith, and you will be comfortable.
May Allah grant us all to be successful in listening to this advice InshaAllah. Sometimes they say, “The truth hurts.” It is bitter but the bitter medicine is the good one. Most of the time with heavy diseases the medicine is useless if it is not strong. May Allah not make anyone suffer pain, because if they do all kinds of filth once you have passed you would also receive their sins. If they do good it would be for your good, and you would get gifts in the hereafter.
May Allah make it good generations. We are saddened: these are the children of the Nation of Muhammad. They are the children of Muslims, but you see that they do what the kafir (unbeliever) do not do. They do all kinds of vileness. We are saddened. Very saddened. May Allah reform them InshaAllah.
Wa Minallah at-Tawfeeq, Al-Fatiha
247.DO YOUR JOB WELL Wednesday, 13 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.
Everyone is obliged to do their job well. This is a command, a command of Allah and the Prophet. He says, “When you do a job do it well.” These people say, “We have served,” or, “We have done this and that.” Whereas they are working, getting paid a salary where they work, and are earning their living and sustenance.
You cannot say, “I did my service.” You are not the one who should say it, but people should tell you that you did a good job. Service is one thing, work is another. You are working to make a living through halal ways. It is a job well done, but you have no right to say, “I have served. I have done this and that.” You are written rewards in the sight of people and in the sight of Allah for doing that job well.
If not, if you say, “I am doing work. I am doing this and that,” you would not be acceptable next to people nor acceptable next to Allah. You would be doing these to just boast yourself. If you are going to do it, do it well. People who do their job well are acceptable. They would say, “Look, he is doing his job well. He is a master. The products he makes and the job he does are beautiful.” He takes money but he does not boast himself. Let the job you do boast itself.
This is the case from the shepherd in the mountain to the garbage man, to the farmer, to people in the highest positions. You cannot get your right saying, “I did this and it is my right.” What is your right and what is not your right is evident. It does not work if you say, “I have served here, I have served this country, so they should give the country to me.” There are a thousand men like you. They are all working for the country and sacrificing their lives. They are also like you. Otherwise, there would be no end to it if we were to give the country to everybody. Everybody serves their country for the sake of Allah. The people of position also have a different job. They fulfill whatever their duty is upon orders.
This country would be revived if everyone worked like this, and it would be good both on the outside and in the inside. What is meant by on the outside is beauty would occur and there would be wealth. It would also rise spiritually. Rising spiritually is stronger.
Nobody can do a thing [to harm us] then. Allah would help us. We would be with Allah. Therefore, it is the order of our Holy Prophet for everyone to do their job in the best manner. Do as much as you can. Your job is from such hour to such hour. Do your duty during that time.
This would be good for you, for your family, for your country, for Allah, for the Prophet, and for Islam. May Allah grant us all to do these works. Let us not comply with Shaitan and loaf around saying, “No, it was this and that.” It would harm you first, Allah forbid.
Wa Minallah at-Tawfeeq, Al-Fatiha
248.GOODNESS GIVES THE COMMUNITY GOOD ENERGY Thursday, 14 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.
Our Holy Prophet has beautiful words. They are all beautiful. We also read a hadith yesterday. Let us mention it for the benefit of people: “Do not see goodness as little. No matter how little, Allah gives it rewards too and writes good deeds for the person who does that goodness.”
Allah gives its reward even for the smallest goodness. Even smiling to your Muslim brother has its reward. Our Holy Prophet is encouraging and making people love doing goodness. Our Holy Prophet forbids evil and does not want us doing it. The wisdom behind it is so goodness and beauty would increase among people and it would benefit us all. There is benefit in goodness. The smallest goodness is the goodness done to this society.
What do they say? Now they call it in terms: “A good energy.” People also get harmed if you do evil. The smallest evil gathers and gathers and the surrounding gets worse. People do not want to listen to the news they hear now. They do not want to watch anything. Everywhere is full of evil. It brings down the morale of people and their nerves get shot. As for goodness, it is the opposite. It becomes a benefit for people. People like it when they see something good. This is also a wisdom of Allah.
Allah tells us our doing good is for our own good, and He gives its reward. And Shaitan on the contrary shows evil and orders evil. The more evil you do, the sadder you get. It would be useless and you would be at loss. May Allah treat us all with goodness. May we be with goodness. May we sleep and breathe goodness InshaAllah.
Wa Minallah at-Tawfeeq, Al-Fatiha
249.A MUMIN IS A PERSON OF TRUE FAITH Friday, 15 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.
Our Holy Prophet states: “Laa yu'minu ahadukum hatta yakuna hawahu taba’an lima ji’tu bih.” A person cannot reach true iman (faith) if one’s hawa, desires, and what one likes is not like the things our Holy Prophet likes. The person would not attain real faith as long as one is not on the orders, sharia, and Islam he brought.
Everyone who recites the Kalima-e Shahadat (Testimony) becomes a Muslim, but being a Mumin is a higher level. It means those who have faith and those who whose faith is strong. The faith of most Muslims is weak. Because they do things according to their own minds, according to how their own ego and hawa want. They remain in a lower level when they do so, and their faith does not get stronger and remains weak.
Whoever it might be, once they do these things according to their own ego their faith does not strengthen. You are to like the things our Holy Prophet likes and dislike the things he dislikes for your faith to strengthen. It is still alright if you like a little and dislike a little. Some people totally do not listen, and do as it fits them and as they like. Their faith just does not get stronger. For their faith to strengthen, they need to like the attributes of our Holy Prophet and like him. This is the most important thing.
Those who do not respect our Holy Prophet can worship as much as they like and pray as much as they like. They are also following their ego, which means their iman is weak. There are also people the other way around, people who claim to be Muslim: no namaz (prayer), no dua (supplication). Their faith is also weak. It means they do not worship for the sake of Allah. Their faith would strengthen if they did it for the sake of Allah and they would first love our Holy Prophet. May Allah make us people of faith. The level of faith is high.
Wa Minallah at-Tawfeeq, Al-Fatiha
250.EVERYTHING RETURNS TO ITS ORIGIN Saturday, 16 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.
They have said: “Kullun yarji’u ila aslih.” Everything returns to its origins. Son of man was created from soil and will return to soil again in the end. This body will be placed in the grave when it dies. It will turn to soil again there.
No matter how much you feed this body and how much you look after yourself, it will return to soil again. The body does not have value. Of course people need to look after themselves, but we were not created to only look after our body and serve it. People will look after themselves, look after their family, and teach them goodness. They will introduce them to Allah and to our Holy Prophet. This is their duty. It is not just to feed them for this world but essentially for the hereafter.
It is human nature: people become the same way again if they have come from a bad place. That is why they need to find good people with regards to whatever there is such as friendship and marriage. They need to be together with them. Because even if a person’s nature looks good, the person can get corrupt later and turn to one’s origins. If the origins are not good, people turn back to it. Then people are astonished saying, “Why is he becoming like that?”
As we said, people can be with good ones in this life. They do not have to be with bad ones. It is easy being with good ones, but the ego does not find good ones to be entertaining, to be beautiful. It does not find it fitting to one’s self and to one’s mind. That is why they find those who are not good, those who fit their ego, and then they regret it.
May Allah make us all be with the good ones Inshallah. May the Nation of Muhammad turn back to its origins. Its origins are beautiful; our ancestors are beautiful. However, as people are more and more with bad ones, everywhere is full of evil and devils. May Allah keep us all safe.
Wa Minallah at-Tawfeeq, Al-Fatiha
251.THE IMPORTANCE OF ATTACHMENT AND REPENTANCE Sunday, 17 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.
This association, this meeting, and this tariqa are for Allah. These are good gatherings. Allah Exalted and Glorious be He and our Holy Prophet tell us to, “Be with good people.” Do not let go of rabita. Rabita means a connection. You need to be with good ones since people surely go to someone else when left alone. If you are not on the right path, Shaitan is able to slowly drag you to his path, to the other side. It happens knowingly or unknowingly. People’s ego does not like being attached and going on the right way.
People who go to the mosque are again attached, but when people are alone outside, they slowly go to other ways and do not know what is right and what is wrong. They say, “I am doing it all. I know it all. I am comfortable inside.” They say, “My heart is clean,” but it is not clean at all. People who are not trained – trained by religion and tariqa – think their ego is the biggest guide and harm themselves by themselves.
Because people who follow their ego do bad things in the end and are certainly at loss. People certainly need a murshid (guide) and need to be attached. When attached they think, “I wonder if I am doing right or wrong?” When they are to do something they think, “What would my murshid say? How should I do it?” They are ashamed and this way their end would be good.
If we cannot find the right way in this world, we would regret it in the hereafter. Even if Allah forgives, we would still be sorry. One would be regretful grumbling, “I wish I had found a guide and attached to him as Allah ordered, and lived as Allah wanted.” However, the time that has passed does not come back anymore. Allah Azza wa Jalla’s favor and mercy are plenty. Even if one attaches later, because of the sins one has committed, He changes them into good deeds and rewards. Because the person repented, all one has done turns into good deeds by Allah’s mercy.
“Yubaddal as-sayyi’at hasanat,” says our Holy Prophet. Sins are turned into good deeds and they would be winning that time. Therefore, do not say in this world, “I committed so much sins and did so many things. There is no repentance for me anymore.” The door
of repentance is open. Allah’s kindness is great. He would say, “My servant repented and is sorry for his sins,” and turns them into good deeds. That time they would be as if they had done good deeds throughout their life.
May Allah not misguide us, because we see that these days are truly days of dissension (fitna). All of our Holy Prophet’s words are beautiful, but those who are attached to their religion, who hold their religion, are like holding fire in their palm. It is truly very difficult for people to restrain their ego in these times, in the midst of so much corruption.
Therefore, we are saying: May Allah make us firm-footed and not make us abide by our ego. Let us not give our ego the slightest compromise, since thinking we are doing something small, your foot might just slide Allah forbid, and you would find yourself in hell. May Allah protect us.
Wa Minallah at-Tawfeeq, Al-Fatiha
252.EVERYONE IS RESPONSIBLE FOR THEIR ACTIONS Monday, 18 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.
Auzu Billahi Minashaytanir Rajeem. Bismillahir Rahmanir Raheem. “Ayahsabul insanu ayyutraka suda.” (Sura Qiyama:36) “Do humans think they are not responsible, that nobody is watching them, and they were created by themselves?” Allah Azza wa Jalla is asking in the Koran. “We created them from a piece of clot then it became human.” When they become human, Allah Exalted and Glorious be He is certainly aware of what they do and what they are to do and everything. Let them not think nobody will question them.
People of now, of this day and age, are doing everything and there is no responsibility. They are thinking, “We are free. We live as we like,” and they do so. That is why everywhere is full of sin and guilt. The people are not even getting married. It is like Europe now. They have no need to get married because they can do everything whenever they want. This is a great sin. It will be questioned. It is not empty [talk]. It is to be concluded and it will be questioned! You will account for it: “What have you done? What did you do? Why did you do it?” You have been created and you are responsible now.
You were not created because you wanted it. Allah created you like this, in this state, as human. He could have created you as an animal, a stone, or soil. Allah Azza wa Jalla could have created you in any form. He created in this form, in the most beautiful state, so you may remember Him, thank Him, and go on the path He commands. You see that they do not even remember the world at all. However, it will be questioned because He sent prophets. Allah gave us a mind. You have been educated and finished universities. Not just here but people go all over the world to study. They are learning everything. They are only not learning Allah’s commands. That is why they will be questioned!
It is sad that these people called Muslims are forgetting Allah and do not fear Allah. There is no shame, modesty, or pudicity left. No faith is left when no modesty and pudicity is left. Those who have no modesty and pudicity left lose their beauty and turn into an ugly creature. The more sin they commit, the uglier and worse they get, and they stink.
Sins have a very dirty odor. Even if people do not sense it, those who sense it do. They can wear as much perfume as they like. They still stink. Sins have a dirty smell. A person would want to get away from it by all means possible. May Allah give guidance to these people. May Allah give guidance to the Nation of Muhammad, to those who claim Islam. May Allah also protect us, and may we be a means for guidance Inshallah.
Wa Minallah at-Tawfeeq, Al-Fatiha
253.OCEANS OF POWER BELONG TO ALLAH Tuesday, 19 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.
It is sunna and we say it every day after morning (fajr) prayer. It is alright to do it after morning prayer or at other times: “Laa ilaha ilallahu wahdahu laa shareeka lah, lahul mulku wa lahul hamdu yuhyee wa yumeet, wa huwa ‘ala kulli shay’in qadeer.” Saying this has a great virtue. Its meaning is also great. It is the essentials of faith (iman). People who have faith need to know this and need to know what they are saying: There is no god but Allah, He is alone, and has no partners. [His is the sovereignty and His is the praise,] He gives life, creates, and gives death, and He has power over everything. This [last part] is the most important.
So they are all important, but the attribute of Qadeer is with Allah and nobody else. Only Allah is capable of everything. We do small things with the help of Allah, but He who has power is Allah Azza wa Jalla. You need to know that everything is from Him. You need to ask Him. Nothing is difficult for Allah Exalted and Glorious be He because He has the qudrat. Qudrat means being able to do everything, to have the capacity for everything. Nothing is impossible for Allah Azza wa Jalla.
It is impossible for us to do many things, but everything that comes to a person’s mind and that does not is possible for Allah Azza wa Jalla. Our mind is able to grasp a few things. It is limited. We have a limit. People say, “There is freedom of thought.” Think as much as you want. Your thinking is not even zero compared to the power of Allah Exalted and Glorious be He. People brag and become arrogant saying, “I created the small mountains,” but it is all zero. Leave aside what they do to themselves, even their thoughts and what they think – no matter how great of a thing and an impossible thing they think it is – nothing is impossible in the sight of Allah. Everything is in His hands. The oceans of power are with Him.
Therefore, you may ask whatever from Allah. Allah has the qudrat. Cure is from Him, and goodness is from Him. All kinds of qudrat are from Allah. Ask Allah for everything. Do not say, “I’m sick. I don’t have a cure,” and such. Allah is capable of everything. Most of the time doctors are baffled when these faithful people are cured, or a servant of Allah
prays for them and it becomes cure for them, or things go well for them. It is all within Allah’s power.
Do not think it is from yourselves. Know it as being from Allah. Ask for everything from Allah, ask for every goodness, and do not fear. No matter how great this world might be, no matter how powerful it is – whether people, countries, and what not – none of it has any value in the sight of Allah. They are not even zero next to the Allah’s qudrat, they are not even a particle. Allah’s power is great. Fear Him, ask Him, believe in Him, and have faith. May Allah make us all reach this faith InshaAllah.
Wa Minallah at-Tawfeeq, Al-Fatiha
254.ADAB IS LEARNT FROM GOOD ONES Thursday, 21 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.
Adab is a good habit. Good ones like people with manners. Who do we learn adab from? From good, mannered people - from tariqas, and from shaykhs. Those who do not like manners are Shaitan and those who follow him.
There was a man in the past whom they said was very well-mannered. They asked him, “Who did you learn this adab from?” He answered, “There was a very ill-mannered man. I learned it from him.” They were surprised and asked, “How could it be? Good manners are learned from the well-mannered. How was it that you learned from him?” He said, “I saw that his situation was very bad, very ugly. I did the opposite of whatever he did and thus I became well-mannered.”
So people, normal people, do not like ill-mannered people. However, it is End Times now: the more ill-mannered one is the more people like that person, and there are those who try to look like that one. During our Holy Prophet’s (SAW) time, goodness was ordered and evil was prohibited. Now, evil is ordered and goodness is prohibited. Therefore, people in these times should learn their manners from well-mannered people. As we said, there are no more people left who would look at the ill-mannered, get disgusted, not like it, and hold on to good manners. They have blurred everybody’s head. They are showing the good as bad and the bad as good.
May Allah protect us from the dissensions (fitna) of these times, and may our mind be present Inshallah. We are always saying “May Allah give us common sense and intelligence”. This is our greatest prayer (dua) for people and nothing else anymore. Children, people, women, men, the old, and the young: everyone is bewildered. May Allah not make us confused. May Allah not deviate us from the right path.
Wa Minallah at-Tawfeeq, Al-Fatiha
255.GUIDANCE IS THE FINEST BLESSING Friday, 22 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.
May Allah Azza wa Jalla not deviate us from the right path and from faith (iman). This is the most important matter. As we saw yesterday, the world is boiling. It is awful everywhere and people are trying to go at it tooth and nail. This is not a problem, this is nothing. What is important is people’s faith and to live as a mumin (believer), believing in Allah. The rest is nothing. Faith is the most important thing. Everything is easy when there is faith. May Allah give us all faith InshaAllah.
People have forgotten and are thinking, “This world will last forever. We will live here forever.” Whereas they see every day: everybody is dying whether old or young. What is important, as we said, is passing with faith. Those who pass with faith have won. May Allah give faith to those who do not have it. We should also not look at anybody as: “I am better.” Lucky us if Allah has given us this faith. We need to protect it and be grateful. Guidance is from Allah. Lucky is the one whom Allah guides.
We see, there was a kid when we were at the dargah yesterday morning. A 16 or 17- year-old German kid. He was not from Turkey living in Germany, but a direct German. Allah has granted him guidance at that age. Whereas in his country, if you say Islam three times, the guys pass out then and there. That is how much they scared them, that is how deeply it has touched them. However, when Allah wills it a person becomes Islam and comes to faith without listening to anybody.
As we said, this is a favor of Allah, a blessing (nimat) of Allah. Allah has gifted us this favor. We need to know its value. The people here do not know the value of Islam and iman, and as we said are only thinking about this world and complaining too. You cannot complain! Allah has given you this light and this favor. You need to be grateful to Him. Even if you die of hunger, again you need to thank Allah for giving us the greatest blessing. This is a great blessing and we need to know its value.
Thank Allah. He says blessings increase with thanks. Blessings, all sorts of blessings. It would increase both materially and spiritually. The most important blessing is the spiritual blessing, the blessing of faith, and the blessing of Islam. Thanks be to Him. May
Allah increase them. May our faith be stronger as days pass. May the faith of these Islamic countries also strengthen, because they bother each other when there is no faith. They do not listen to Allah’s word and do evil. May Allah protect us.
Wa Minallah at-Tawfeeq, Al-Fatiha
256.PEOPLE WITHOUT LIGHT ARE LIKE DEAD Saturday, 23 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.
Bismillahir Rahmanir Raheem. “Wa mallam yaj’alillahu lahu nooran fama lahu min noor.” (Sura Noor:40) Allah Azza wa Jalla says, “If Allah has not given a person light, then the person has no light.” Allah Exalted and Glorious be He has given everyone light inside. Increasing or decreasing that light is up to a person’s efforts. That light increases in the person who believes in Allah and he lives with that light. He is counted as “Hayy”, meaning a person who is living. That light diminishes and gets extinguished in the person who does not believe in Allah. This person has no use and roams around like dead.
“Amwatun ghayru ahyaa.” (Sura Nahl:21) They are like dead even if living, because the person is a useless creature when there is no light. Allah Azza wa Jalla gave that opportunity to son of man, and created son of man in the highest station amongst creation. What develops that light is obedience of Allah, complying with Allah’s commands, and obeying Him. If you do this, that light strengthens and increases your faith even without you feeling it. You would reach Allah’s consent the more it increases.
Allah’s consent is the most important thing. Allah Azza wa Jalla is warning us so we do not forget it in the midst of life’s tests. People who find it have won. They would have light in front, behind, and everywhere. Their end would be good. The others, people who have no light, live in gloom and darkness. They would be dark inside, outside, and all over. They would not take pleasure even if the whole world were theirs. They turn more towards the world, and the more they turn the more they sink. May Allah protect us. May Allah grant us all to increase this light InshaAllah.
Wa Minallah at-Tawfeeq, Al-Fatiha
257.DO NOT MAKE THE HALAL HARAM Sunday, 24 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.
Allah Azza wa Jalla has shown son of man what is good and what is bad, what is forbidden (haram) and what is permissible (halal). Son of man cannot make the haram halal according to his own mind. One might think of good as bad or bad as good, but its damage is in this world. However, considering the forbidden as permissible is a sin for that person, his good deeds would go away, and he would be punished.
Allah Azza wa Jalla has shown son of man what is good and what is bad, what is forbidden (haram) and what is permissible (halal). Son of man cannot make the haram halal according to his own mind. One might think of good as bad or bad as good, but its damage is in this world. However, considering the forbidden as permissible is a sin for that person, his good deeds would go away, and he would be punished.
What is more severe is to count what Allah has made permissible as forbidden. He commits all sorts of sins according to his own thinking or the state of society and it is no problem, but goes ahead and says, “This is a sin!” when someone does something permissible. Who do you think you are? How dare you make what Allah has made halal into haram? It is a great sin! Allah will give his punishment.
The religion is clear. Our Holy Prophet says, “There are doubtful things so do not get too close to them.” Allah has shown it, He had it said by our Holy Prophet, and has given the judgment in the Koran. Then do not go ahead calling what is halal: “This is haram!” There are plenty who do this. There are plenty everywhere who say according to their own head: “This is haram!” Beware of doing it! It is halal, Allah has made it halal for people, He made it halal to do, and you go ahead and call that halal thing haram. You are both making it hard on people and giving a fatwa (religious ruling).
People who are to give fatwa are different, not even hodjas (clerics). People who are to give fatwas are separate. Hodjas practice as imams and need to ask the mufti (authoritative expert) when it is time to give a fatwa. During Ottoman times they would give fatwas finding out, “What is the fatwa on this? How does it work?” They can give fatwas now too. There are muftis for this, but it is not according to your own head.
As we said, even a hodja cannot give a fatwa, so how about a normal person? He lives in sin head to toe, and he goes ahead coming out with undue hardship for people. Whether he prays or not and whether he is an imam, it is a burdensome sin (wabal) for him to count the halal as haram. We need to be careful of this. We are all sinners from top to bottom, then it is not smart making Allah’s halal into haram.
Allah created us and He is the one who knows everything. He made permissible things that are appropriate for us, that we can do, and made forbidden things that are evil. We need to be careful of this. We need to be careful for our own good. Allah does not have a need, not a bit. You can commit as much sin as you like or do as much good as you like. It does not have an effect on Allah. He is the creator. Everything is for your benefit.
Let us say “May Allah give us all common sense and intelligence” so we may do the things we do with thinking. It is not good to speak immediately. When asked a question, you can answer if you know and if you are sure. If not, if you are not sure, you need to look at it, you need to ask the mufti, and you need to ask the scholars. Scholars have classes too. They made each one separate during Ottoman times. The Ottomans are the last Islamic state. The authority that gave fatwas was one thing and the hodjas (clerics) were another. May Allah show us all the right path InshaAllah.
Wa Minallah at-Tawfeeq, Al-Fatiha
258.BE ALERT AND DO NOT TRUST Monday, 25 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.
Allah Azza wa Jalla states, Bismillahir Rahmanir Raheem: “Fah’tharu.” (Sura Ma’ida:41) “Be careful,” He says. A Muslim needs to look at everything carefully and pay attention to the things he does. He needs to be careful who he is walking with and who he is going around with. Allah Exalted and Glorious be He says: “Do not trust the world’s state and do not trust everyone!” Be alert! Because most people go after someone thinking he is good or loving him, or something happens and he thinks to himself, “He is good.” Whereas he could be using this beautiful path granted by Allah to fool people. That is why we need to be careful.
It is not good running after everyone and every incident thinking, “He is Muslim. They are alright.” It is alright if they are people benefiting Islam and going on the path of our Holy Prophet. Many people have come out saying, “No, that is old. We can do better now.” And people, especially educated people, are running after them. Not so much with uneducated people. They say, “It beats me. I go on the path that I know.” This is more acceptable. The others need to be careful. Allah Azza wa Jalla tells us to “Be careful!” Our Holy Prophet also tells us to “Be careful and be on the safe side first.”
Do not go after everybody like that. In fact, a Muslim needs to be wakeful. However, the situation seen now is terrible already, and people immediately run after a man who claims to be Muslim, then they mess it up around and are regretful. Allah Azza wa Jalla tells us from the start: “Be careful! Do not trust!” Obey what Allah says. Walk on the path your ancestors have walked. The books written by and shown by the scholars of those times were written with sincerity. We need to follow them. We need to read them.
Now, a new one comes out and we ask, “I wonder what sort of a man he is?” Most who come out write from their ego because they are not attached somewhere. Because they are not attached somewhere, they write some things to satisfy their ego or to make money. It is harmful for those who read it too. Our Shaykh Mawlana would always say: “When you do not like something, do not look at it and do not read it!” Because it poisons the person. Books written without sincerity poison people.
He says, “Do not look at someone who said such and such on TV.” He can talk to himself as much as he wants there. He talks himself and hears himself. Therefore, this matter needs attention. We are in times of dissension (fitna). In End Times Muslims should not think everything they see is good. It is times of fitna now. There is a lot of fitna. We need to be careful! May Allah not deviate us from the right path, and may He protect us from the evils of these people.
Wa Minallah at-Tawfeeq, Al-Fatiha
259.DERGAHS NEED TO BE CLEAN Tuesday, 26 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.
Our tariqa, the Naqshbandi tariqa, stands with discourse and the good is with association. That is why these gatherings and to gather is important. Instead of being alone, people should be together, the good should get together. Because when you are not with the good ones, you slowly deviate off the path. Or a person certainly wants a friend. The bad friend is the worst, worse than Shaitan. The bad friend becomes a means for people to perish and be ruined in this world, and takes you to hell in the hereafter. Therefore, be with good ones.
“Ya ayyuhal-latheena aamanut taqullaha wa kunu ma’assadiqeen.” (Sura Tawba:119) “Fear Allah! Be with the truthful ones, with the good ones.” You would win if you are with them. If not, when you are with the other people, as we said, it becomes worse than Shaitan. There are jinn devils and there are inss, human, devils. The human one is much worse. Even Shaitan is surprised sometimes: “Even I could not have thought of such a devilish thing, and it is coming from these guys.”
May Allah protect us – we need to be careful. It is not good mixing with them from the start. Some people are saying, “Let me bring them to the right way.” You can notify them once or twice and if they come they come. If not: “Suit yourself.” Your duty is done. The good ones come Inshallah. Shaykh Mawlana used to say, “I want to found 40,000 dargahs around the world.” Dargahs are important because people who come there hear the word of Allah. They are places where the zikr of Allah is made. The places where the zikr of Allah is made are places where Allah is remembered. Angels lay their wings under the feet of those who come there. Such a blessed and such a virtuous thing is done there.
May Allah show the way to the Nation of Muhammad (Ummat Muhammad). However, Shaitan shows himself in the form of the truth and wants to keep people away from there by scaring them: “These dargahs are useless. These people are useless.” Whereas dargahs are for Allah. Dargahs need to be clean first. This is important. Dargahs should not have inappropriate things.
Firstly, you cannot smoke in dargahs. May Allah forgive them; people do not know. They keep asking, “Is smoking haram (forbidden) or makruh (disliked)?” It needs to be clean. It stinks when you smoke inside the dargah and the angels do not like it. Thank Allah we do not have this problem, but we are saying it for other people. Because dargahs are places we all love.
Whether Naqshbandi, Rufai, Badawi, Qadiri, or a dargah from any other tariqa: they are all like our dargah. That is why we want them to be clean as well. This, as we said, is the most important. It is not a sin but it is even forbidden to smoke in a bar, so how can you smoke inside a dargah? So it is such a bad thing that the men have even banned it in a bar. They banned it in cafes. It is unseemly if you come and smoke inside a dargah.
May Allah give people common sense and intelligence, and may our dargahs be clean InshaAllah. May it be a means for good, and a place where good people come InshaAllah.
Wa Minallah at-Tawfeeq, Al-Fatiha
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