Suhbah 2018: Maulana Shaykh Mehmet Adil ar-Rabbani (5/25)
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said, "Prophet ṣallā Allāhu ʿalayhi wa-sallam, he's walking in front of me. I am walking behind him so I cannot go in the horse." This is what they were Sulṭāns
respecting. And most of them they were saint – saint meaning to seeing miracles. And he was passing this desert without using anything.
And they take Prophet ṣallā Allāhu ʿalayhi wa-sallam, give him this Khalīfah. And from that time until 1923 it was Khalīfah there. Now we don't have Khalīfah. When we don't have Khalīfah, this meaning we are responsible. We must ask for Khalīfah. Khalīfah because he's like for head for Muslim. Everything he said we must obey. And they were using this for justice. The main thing in Ottoman – justice. Even Western countries, they were surprised how this justice working in Ottoman. Ottoman judge, qāḍi they call him, he must be very knowledgeable, very educated and to know people. And it was easy. When bringing somebody complaining from others, they bring people asking, "What is this? What is that?" And who are saying lying not acceptable his shahādah. And they put him in jail. For this, it was very easy. In one time everybody take his right and go away with justice. For Muslim, non-Muslim, all same. As we said, even for non-Muslim, it was more sensitive. This is court. If between Muslim and non-Muslim or between Muslim and Muslim, there was court for Muslim and there was for non-Muslim also. By themselves they make justice for their religion, according to their religion.
And now we are seeing in Ottoman place, where Ottoman was before hundred years ago, now more than forty states, forty governments, forty countries. And it was... Now from that time until now in these countries maybe more than 50 million people killed in this one hundred years. Ottoman was ruling this 500 years. Everybody living in peace. Balkans, Middle East, Caucas, this Africa. Africa, you know, they were ruling Eritrea, Sudan, Somalia. All this area in one pasha with 2,000 army. And there was no problem, nothing. Because justice is important thing – justice and mercy, mercy for human being. You cannot touch children, you cannot touch ladies, you cannot touch old people. Only who are fighting against them, they're fighting against them. And they were fighting, they said they are savage. They are fighting against Europe because if not fighting against them, they attack them. And it is defense, defense to fight before they fight you.
It is defense. Because when last time in 1699, they make peace with Europe, after this they were finished. Quickly they attack them and they take until they finish Ottomans. And this is what wisdom of fighting. If you're with some not fighting, they are fighting you. And Ottoman not favouring to fight people but to defend themselves. From beginning, even when they are starting to make their government, their salṭanat, they were only looking for peace. But every time they attack them. When attack them, so they are also attacking until all these countries open. And they were living in peace. Even when Istanbul, they conquered by Fātiḥ Sulṭān Meḥmed, these Orthodox, they said, "We are happy to see turbans like this for Muslims not Catholic hat." Why? Because they were oppressed by these people. And normally, it must be peace for other people also. Who has religion, he is Muslim or Christian or Jewish, they must all, because following heavenly teaching, all you must be peace with people, you must be peace with people.
So when they are under your control, they were living with peace. But when fighting and coming against them, they are obligatory fighting.
This is for Ottoman and they are living 700 years. Empire, 700, the most... After Roman, they are most long ruling empire. And they were, as Shaykh Kamāl saying, all following guidance. Because they are saying, "We are Sulṭān for country but they [guides] are Sulṭān for ākhirah, for real life, spiritual life Sulṭān." All of them, they are following and not saying anything against them. Sulṭān Sulaymān Kanunī Magnificent, everybody was trembling from him and he was trembling from his Shaykh, Shaykh Yaḥyā Trabzoni, famous strong one. Sometimes something coming from Sulṭān not right. Nobody can say anything for Sulṭān. He [Shaykh] was sending letter for him saying, "This wrong, you be careful." And he was asking, "You are on my order, on my head," not objecting at all.
Sulṭān Fātiḥ, Conqueror Muḥammad Fātiḥ, when he finish, he come to Shaykh Abū l- Wafā’, also big awliyā’, and tell him, "I am fed up from this. I will be derwish in your zāwiyah, in your dergah." He said... Shaykh sent him. He said, "Everybody he has mission to do. Your job to be Sulṭān, not to be derwish. I have many derwish. Sulṭān only one." So they are not looking for enjoying themselves here. No. Only to help, to serve Allāh creatures from human being, from animals, from everything. They had rule to nobody pass to other right. Everybody, he has right. You cannot say, "I am free." You can't do anything because your freedom making other people freedom less. No, everybody they have limit for freedom. You cannot say freedom without limit. It is impossible. Who say this, he must be at the end even in jail or in grave because people cannot carry this.
And "What happened?" they said for Ottomans to finish like this. Because they like to renew it, to learn new thing to make it better. This is what somebody cheat them. And they were beginning to send people for Europe to learn civilization. We have civilization. We don't want this. But for making this machinery or others, or engineering, new technique – they sent thousand of students. And in Europe, what they learn? They learn only... They didn't teach them anything from this. Only what they teach them how to dance, how to make music, how to make philosophy, how to be against everything, to be non-believer. This is what they teach them. And after slowly slowly they become against Sulṭān. And at the end, they throw him and they finish all this empire. And now hardly they are living.
So to be respect for your history, it is good. We must be proud. We are not ashamed from anything. Everything they done, they were looking, thinking thousand times before doing anything because they are afraid from Allāh, from Judgment Day. They believe in Judgment Day and everything it will be asked from them. And they were, as we said the middle. After Prophet the best country, best ruler for Islām. They were stable, everybody good. But of course, as we said, there is non-seen world. In this world, there is angel,
there is shayṭān, devil. So now it was time of devil. But it will be, in shā’a Llāh, again to be people now – they are looking and seeing after 100 years of trying everything, nothing good only bring for them miserable life. And we are, as Allāh give us the best and the most rich place in the world. For Muslims area you can see, Muslims where they are living, the best place for them Allāh give them. Because they are not following His order, they are miserable, they cannot benefit from Allāh's everything.
We ask Allāh to give us good understanding and following His order to be benefit for all human being. As we said, Islām not terrorist. What we see now in this, this is all not following one percent from Islām teaching. First, you cannot kill anybody without reason especially children, women, not cut tree. This is the teaching of Islām. So we are suffering from them more than non-Muslims. Allāh save us from them, In Sha Allah.
Wa Minallah at-Tawfeeq, Al-Fatiha.
34.DON’T FOLLOW YOUR SELF
Tuesday, 6 February 2018
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.
Alhamdulilah we are gathering now for sake of Allāh. Thank you for coming in this cold, snowing weather. You left your warm house and coming to listen for ṣuḥbah, for sake of Allāh. It must be, maybe here mā shā’a Llāh many people but it is not nothing for comparing for people living here. They are busy with dunyā. This dunyā it is only like imagination. It will go. Real thing, real thing not going. It is what you done, what you do for Allāh ‘Azza wa Jalla. You must do it as it is most important thing for you. Mawlānā Shaykh was whole life teaching this. He say: "This dunyā rubbish. Don't run after rubbish. Run after jewel, precious thing." Precious thing it is awliyā’u Llāh way, Prophet's way. Way meaning ṭarīqat.
Ṭarīqat it is important because there is many kind of people; there is kind people they say, "We are religious, we are praying, we are fasting, we are doing everything. No need for us for ṭarīqat." Of course it is okay. Without ṭarīqat also okay but if you put this ṭarīqat it will be maybe ten times better, maybe thousand times better. Many ‘ulamā’ they are proud. They are not accepting – saying, "No need at all. It is like sweet after eating. If you eat it or not eat it you are okay, no need to tire yourself. Of course this also good but not obligatory for people." But who like to be more closer for his Lord, he must follow ṭarīqat and murshid. Many story for example for this.
There was one big ‘ālim living in Caucasia near Caspian Sea. He was very knowledgeable, very clever. He was fasting days all day. Night making worshipping ‘ibādah. Like this he was very sensitive for religion. He was real taqwá afraid from Allāh and he was making in countryside big house forty rooms for forty ‘ālim, scholar they was coming taking lesson from him. His name Mullā ‘Iwaḍ. He was because and this each one from forty ‘ālim he was forty class, majlis. For this they was calling him Imām of Forty Majlis. And he was sensitive for everything for Sunnah, for everything he is doing but he wasn't happy with ṭarīqat or for darwīsh because sometimes darwīsh people they are doing something it is not from religion but from their love they doing something – acting people will be not happy with them. So he was like this and when sometime some of his murīd they said, "There is one shaykh here, he is not knowing to read or write and people running after him. And we are thinking because he is not knowing anything from writing anything maybe he not knowing Sharī‘ah, not knowing knowledge from Islām religion."
Because he was sensitive and he was sincere, he said to his murīd, "O murīd look we must look where is wrong thing with this ṭarīqat people. You search, research and bring list. We can see if any wrong with this and we will, if there is wrong, we will go and tell them to correct themself. And it will be, if they accept, it will be reward for us from Allāh جل ه الل ج because we are seeing bad thing we must change for good. If they are not accepting, we tell Sulṭān judge they can give what they deserve for this people." And his murīd they was looking and making list and bringing for him. They said, "This is what we hear, what we are knowing, what we seeing. So we must go." And he said, "Okay we must go and tell them." And they was coming to Shaykh, somebody tell Shaykh. This Mullā ‘Iwaḍ was coming with his student to negotiation – what you are doing? Shaykh he was saying only, "Ḥasbuna Llāhu wa ni‘ma l- wakīl" (3:173).
And they was approached to village of Shaykh Sulṭān and Shaykh not coming to meet them near village so it is Mullā ‘Iwaḍ he was saying, "Look he is by himself thinking, because he is knowing his fault and he pretend to be ‘ālim, he not coming for meet us to welcome us." And they are approached to his house. When they approached he welcomed, stand up and welcoming them, telling them please sit here, show them place and he sit and he put his head down. Mullā ‘Iwaḍ he was, he was telling his student, "Beginning read what we are was for this we are coming for to tell him about wrong they have." Student they couldn't speak anything and they said for, "O Master you speak, we cannot speak." And he was trying but he couldn't speak. He understand – this not what we are thinking about this man and he know his fault. And he quickly repent from what he is doing and ask forgiveness from Shaykh and say, "O Shaykh we are your guest. Forgive us. Give us from your knowledge."
And, mā shā’a Llāh, Shaykh he was knowing. He was ummīy – not knowing to read and write but he what Allāh give him knowledge with to his heart. He was beginning to speak from ‘ilmu l-kalām. This is the most difficult ‘ilm. Religion ‘ilmu l-kalām it is very dangerous, very difficult. These days they are everybody they see reading this but it some of them making opposite – for them not becoming more Muslim becoming run away from Islām because they don't know. And he was speaking from very deep knowledge. And they was, this ‘ulamā’ with their Shaykh, before some days there was one problem when they read this ‘ilmu l-kalām they couldn't understand. Even their Shaykh he couldn't understand one problem and Shaykh – Shāh Qubād his name – Shaykh he was between his ṣuḥbah speaking from everything and he come to this subject and he easily explain for them and everybody easily understand and they know more and more his high rank. And all become his murīd. All his ‘ulamā’ become his murīd for this Shaykh. He was soft with them to catch them to give them because they are real sincere and they have everything ready but they they don't have Shaykh murshid.
After when they get murshid they have now not ten times, thousand times more stronger
they become to teach people, to teach, show right way – irshād, way of irshād. From this ‘ulamā’ coming after many big scholars. They writing book. They writing for ṭarīqah, for knowledge for everything. And after this once Mullā ‘Iwaḍ he was, because he was very regret, he went to stable for cows and he take one rope from cow's neck and put in his neck. People telling Shaykh, "O Shaykh, he is doing this." He said, "He he does this?" "Yes yes." He said, "He is becoming humble. Who he make himself humble for Allāh, Allāh will make him high." And he leave him there. But after sometime again, after while also, this Mullā ‘Iwaḍ he said, "I'm nothing. I'm like animal and my place not with Shaykh. I must be in again in stable." And he was putting again for his neck and Shaykh he was – "O Mullā ‘Iwaḍ, you burn us." And he went to him and take this from him and he show him real knowledge and send him back to his place to teach people real way.
Because if no adab with mashāyikh, no real connection, it is not useful. There is thousands of people who are depending on self, they are forget, people forget them, nobody remember them. When this people until Qiyamāh they will remember and they will tell about their stories. So to be humble, it is important because Allāh no need for you – only for yourself. He is making His favour – tell you, "Come to Me. Don't follow yourself. Don't follow your ego. Come to Me. Clean yourself." Giving murīd to tarbiyah, to leave everything and follow Shaykh. Many time happen this for big judge man, when he coming to Shaykh some of them make them with his judgement-coat [robe] selling liver, selling another thing. It was like this but this is with order of Shaykh. Some people they are by themself they hear this and going to make by themself – eh not acceptable because it is also from your ego. With order of Shaykh you must obey, must say, "I am obeying order."
Without order no benefit. You are, you will be in same place only you are making trouble for yourself and for others. Like yesterday we was going from place to place. One big place there was – I am not – this last minute I met people. Jumping, running, running, running, but they are and ask Sayyid Amjad, "What is this?" He said, "This is gym." People they are running like crazy but what happen? They still same place. No any benefit, no anything. Only they are tired with themself. After they will be fed up and they will leave this. No any benefit this. For everything like this what you will done, you must have guidance to make you know your benefit. Who know he has guidance he can reach everywhere. But if no guidance he will lose himself even in his very small village. This is also saying – who we say have guidance, he can reach one goal. They say if don't have guidance he will lose himself even in one small place.
Alhamdulilah for these people looking for guidance and it is important to, as we said, if you have guidance don't make something people they will think your murshid he is doing this. Maybe murshid he can make something for testing people. Murīd they can be quiet. They can, they mustn't object but not... murīd doing what Shaykh not doing and after people they will say, "Shaykh doing this." No. This is also not adab, not good
thing. You will be in your place not going one feet forward. So In Sha Allah you follow order – it is most important thing to follow order, not to make what you think it is good. Many thing, many time, small children thinking different; young different; more middle age different. When you are thinking about your childhood, you laughing for yourself. When you think for your young time, you say it many time " Alhamdulilah I didn't make this or maybe I will be in very bad situation." So for this Allāh, if you He is giving you guidance, follow your Shaykh, your murshid. Don't do by yourself.
Many times Mawlānā he will, Mawlānā Shaykh, from his murīd – of course murīd is very high – Mawlānā Shaykh was saying, "I am not making acting like Shaykh for you. Because if I acting like Shaykh nobody can there stay with me everybody will run away." For this he is many times people making him to be in very difficult situation or to clear and to clean what this (?) only themself what they was doing. But he is mercy even for this he was not saying anything. To make them to repent and to be right in way of Allāh. He didn't to let to anybody to run from ṭarīqah. Al-ḥamdu liLlāh he was very huge, nothing affect him. But he is, what he, taṣarruf he still with murīd and he guide them. So, in shā’a Llāh, don't forget Mawlānā will be happy because he is also alive, because he is awliyā’u Llāh. "Alā inna awliyā’a Llāhi lā khawfun ‘alayhim wa-lā hum yaḥzanūn" (10:62). They are alive. They are more stronger, they are seeing many people every day they saying what Mawlānā tell them, how he is protect them. So you must be careful, you must be in his way, In Sha Allah.
Allāh make you strong believer and to be strong follower for ṭarīqah, for Mawlānā Shaykh, In Sha Allah. Allāh جل ه الل ج make us all of us like this because as we said, shayṭān can cheat anybody. If you are cheated by shayṭān you will be staying in your place not going up.
Wa Minallah at-Tawfeeq, Al-Fatiha.
35.BE WITH THE ONE YOU LOVE Wednesday, 7 February 2018
Bismillahir Rahmanir Raheem, Wassalatu Wassalamu ala Rasulina Muhammadin Sayyidal Awwalin wal Akhirin, Madad Ya RasulAllah, Madad Ya As’habi RasulAllah, Madad Ya Mashayikhina, Shaykh Abdullah Daghestani, Shaykh Nazim Al-Haqqani. Dastur. Tariqatunas sohba, wa khayru fil jamiyya.
Allāh ‘Azza wa Jalla saying in Qur’ān: "Fa-man yuridi Llāhu an yahdiyahu yashraḥ ṣadrahu lil-Islām wa-man yurid an yuḍillahu yaj‘al ṣadrahu ḍayyiqan ḥarajan ka- annamā yaṣṣa‘‘adu fī s-samā’i" (6:125). Allāh when He want for somebody good thing He show him way of Islām, to be in Islām when he come. Now whole world they are in bad condition. They are saying they have sadness, stress, mental thing happen for them. Cure for this – Islām. You get īmān, Islām your heart, it will open. "Yashraḥ ṣadrahu lil- Islām" (6:125) – it will open and it will be wide. If Allāh don't want from people to be good, happy, He make their chest there narrow as if it is stressed and as it will be his soul going out from his mouth. Everything coming on him making him to be miserable, make him be sad, make him be stressed. Nothing can help him from this material world. Only Allāh help him. If he ask help from Allāh, Allāh will help him.
We are living in country they are, they have everything, Allāh give everything – but for material world not spiritual. And unfortunately our Muslim people they are forgetting spiritual. They are looking for material – how we can get more money, how we get more house, more car, more telephones. Now also they have new fashion. Old time we has even have telephone in our house, now we have they have, everybody have telephone but every year he must change it also. Also this not making people happy. Maybe happy one day, next day he will be forget this, again beginning "what should I must do for to be happy. Maybe we must work more to bring more money? Maybe I must study to take more degree to be more happy, more respectable around people?" Also what they done – nothing make them happy. And Allāh show us, saying you must be obeying Allāh and He will open your heart to be happy. Everybody now he have stress. They asking and Allāh give them everything. Everything they have. Old time people they not finding one bread to eat. If they have bread the call themself rich.
And one awliyā’u Llāh, he is son of Sulṭān and he Allāh give him hidāyah. He left everything and he was looking from to find awliyā’u Llāh, ‘ulamā’ ṣāliḥīn, to meet them and to speak to them. This is what he was happy to do. He was big scholar, ‘ālim, also. Once he was with big ‘ulamā’ he is living around – after Sayyidinā Abū Ḥanīfah – and he is, he is a student. They was big ‘ulamā’ he was speaking to them and other muḥaddith who have ‘ilmu l-ḥadīth. He was living in (?) and this ‘ālim giving speech, lessons for thousands of people and this awliyā’u Llāh he wasn't – he is love him but he
not coming to his majlis to listen until who they was saying wondering what is this, why he is not coming? To not make people to be make bad idea, he was, he went to his majlis and he was sitting in corner. This muḥaddith we wasn't seeing him and he was trying to speak, he couldn't speak. And he not, not seeing him this for awliyā’u Llāh sitting in corner. After he try to speak, try speak, he couldn't. He said there is one he is very powerful one, for this I cannot speak. And this awliyā’ he say, "For this I wasn't coming for this majlis." When coming that majlis finish – so he must teach people.
And this awliyā’u Llāh he has one girl daughter because he is in place and his daughter also very beautiful and very nice and very good behave, adab ṣāḥibatu l-ḥayā’, perfect Muslim. He – because her father like this, he was teaching her everything. And everybody coming, asking for her to marry her from place, from high class people and he wasn't want to give her because he want somebody to be mu’min and in right way. And the end they are many time coming and he he ask, "Give me three days. I will look and after I will answer for you," for who you asking for marriage for his daughter. And tell him, tell them, "Wait three days after if I don't find I will give." And he was going to mosque nighttime looking for people maybe good for suitable for his daughter. And he was finding one in mosque, one young man he is nice praying, praying very well. After he praying he come to him, he ask him, "Are you married?" He said, "No." He said, "If I find one ṣāliḥah pure, good girl you like to marry?" He said, "I will marry but I don't have only three dirham. Nobody give me daughter for this. I'm poor man." He said to him, "I have daughter I will give you, I accept this you buy from one dirham – good perfume, for one – bread, and for other – for you're some to dress. And after this finish, will not have any money. And give him daughter, make nikāḥ.
And when daughter coming to her husband house, she was looking. She was looking for house. Nothing in house, only one bread. When she see she this bread she said, "I'm going. What is this?" He said, he said for her, "I know it, I tell your father I'm poor man, nobody can live with me." She said, "No you understand wrong. My father he is the Waliyu Llāh and he promised me to marry me for one. He is not giving any value for dunyā, not thinking for dunyā. What is this bread?" He said, "This for tomorrow. For tomorrow we eat, tomorrow morning," he said. She said, "This is what I was give you. Go give this bread for poor people or I will go to my father house." And he was giving this bread for poor people and living happily without anything now.
Every day we have many people complaining, saying only for dunyā. Nobody asking for, for ākhirah among us to make us more acceptable what Allāh give us and to make our best for ākhirah – only for dunyā. And this dunyā as much you take from this you getting more heavy. Especially who are not looking for ḥalāl or ḥarām. Ḥalāl also heavy but ḥarām make you ill and make you miserable. Every badness in ḥarām. You must think for other also. You must look for other like what you are looking for yourself. You must think this is he is this man I cheat him – if somebody cheat me how it will be I'm
not happy. Somebody, you hear somebody you will also think about if somebody doing wrong for you what you are suffering. This is teaching of ṭarīqah. Awliyā’u Llāh whole they are teaching for this. They want good for human being. Who are, they don't have belief, īmān for Allāh, don't believe – they are believing helping people. When they are doing something, it is under this some benefit, something for their benefit they are doing this. And they have only mask on their face. Muslim they must think better than this people to help to each other.
Order Prophet – you must help your brother. "Innama l-mu’minūna ikhwatun" (49:10). Encouraging Prophet for every charity, every ṣadaqah. Ṣadaqah not only with money. Prophet saying, "In every day we have three hundred sixty piece in our body. For each piece you must give ṣadaqah." Ṣaḥābah saying, "How we can do this?" He said, "Even to take stone from road put it in the side, it is ṣadaqah. You take dirt from there put it aside also ṣadaqah. To smile for other people it is ṣadaqah." Ṣadaqah everything. Ṣadaqah not only money. and it is good behave also ṣadaqah. Awliyā’u Llāh they are polite people. Mawlānā Shaykh whole time when going around making salām for everybody who are knowing or not knowing they was. When somebody making greeting you, you will be happy. From childhood he was looking for around darwīsh people. They are coming for him he was help them for everything, even for cleaning clothes. He was bring for Ḥājjah Anne, she was cleaning and giving for them, for feeding them also. Even he that time, it is not like this too many thing, but he was barakah. From Mawlānā many people was eating and sending our brother, sister to each house taking one plate for people. [Not] fighting with anybody, not cheating anybody.
Nowadays people they are using, unfortunately who are not belonging to ṭarīqah or to religion, religion and ṭarīqah, to cheat people. But, Alhamdulilah, people they are knowing false from real one. It is not difficult to see false thing from real one. But who are, Allāh want him to be because something from his ego – he must be cheated by these people. He will cheated but it is not belonging to Mawlānā at all. Mawlānā never cheat people. He is never lying. These people, from each three word – two word lie. They are liar. They are liar and they saying this is Mawlānā saying. Mawlānā never saying this. Mawlānā he has everything, Alhamdulilah. He has books. He have this film. Everything – nothing against people, nothing against sharī‘ah, nothing against ṭarīqah. Never saying anything bad thing. He saying good and to take people knowledge of Allāh. Because, Maa Shaa Allah, there is ‘ulamā’, there is mashāyikh, and there is imām – many imām, Maa Shaa Allah, they are knowledgable but they are coming for taking from spirituality because this majlis not only for knowledge. Of course there is also, In Sha Allah, we learn something, you and us, but also coming mercy, coming spirituality and "looking" from mashāyikh, from Rasūla Llāh, from Allāh. Blessed, In Sha Allah, this majlis because we are not doctors, we are not professor only just we are coming together for love of Allāh and love of Prophet and love of Awliyā’. And this awliyā’u Llāh also saying the most important thing in ‘ibādah – to love awliyā’u Llāh. Because when you, when you love
awliyā’u Llāh you love Allāh. And when you love Allāh, Allāh love you. This is very important. And what when Allāh love us, it is finish – the top of aim, we get everything. Allāh make us from His lovers, In Sha Allah, lovers of Prophet, In Sha Allah. Mawlānā Shaykh he is love each one from his murīd. Even he said, some if he coming in his majlis for good intention, he will be with him. Person with him, love him, all this Mawlānā he is forgiving but not forgiving for people saying something and people they thought bad thought about mashāyikh, about ṭarīqah. He is not happy with this. But other whole murīd, all follower and he lover, he is love them and In Sha Allah he ... good tiding from Prophet" – al-mar’u ma‘a man aḥabb" – person [will be] with his love.
And when you love him Qiyāmah, yawmu l-Qiyāmah, In Sha Allah be easy for us. Because Judgement Day it is real terrible, terrible day. But when you are prepare yourself for that day, it will be very easy. Really terrible. This people now they are enjoying, they are doing every bad thing. They are thinking they are happy. But in Judgement Day it will be very bad. But there is still chance to find somebody and to be with them. Judgement Day it is terrible day. You cannot imagine how it is terrible. But, Alhamdulilah, for who are loving Prophet, loving awliyā’u Llāh, they will be in shade of Liwā’i l-Ḥamd (Banner of Praise). ‘Arshu r-Raḥmān (Throne of the Merciful) only shade. No any roof no any cloud, no tree, no wood, no stone – nothing at all just one under sun. Shadow only ‘Arshu r-Raḥmān and Liwā’i l-Ḥamd for who Prophets and Ṣaḥābah and who love them, they will be there. After this there is also Ṣirāṭ (Bridge). It is really sometimes taking thousand years to pass it. And the most people they will fall down. This is even every book they writing this. Salafī book I was reading one before – I come suddenly I had I looked what they write here. He said from nine hundred ninety- nine, no – from thousand people, nine hundred ninety nine it will be fall in Jahannam. This is real. If you are don't have somebody to help you – for them for Salafī it will be like this.
But, Alhamdulilah, we are loving Prophet we are loving Allāh. In three minutes or even less, we pass from Ṣirāṭ, In Sha Allah. This is very important for us, In Sha Allah. We must who going in street, in your way, you must think to be loving awliyā’u Llāh and to not make them angry with him. Love to not hate anybody, to not do any bad thing for people. Especially for this young generation now, the shayṭān and his follower they are looking for this to destroy humanity. Because this small children they are all in īmān – no Christian, no Jewish. no atheist. All, because under teenage they are under, until that age they are in īmān. For this when we are every night, we praying ṣalātu l-janāzah ‘ani l-ghā’ibīn and because many children from non family non-Muslim they are burying them without reading namāz. So we must pray for them for this also. We praying Allāh make them to give ḥidāyah (guidance) – for father and mother makes them to be unbeliever. Allāh save mu’min, Muslim, in this country, in another country also because now end of time, time of dajjāl. All dajjāl are now attacking Islām. Attacking Islām but, in shā’a Llāh what Prophet saying one by one it is appearing and we are waiting for
Mahdī ‘alayhi s-salām. And all signs showing his time is very near because everything nearly finish in this world, no more can stand up. In shā’a Llāh near. Allāhu a‘lam but we don't know. It look like very near.
Allāh make us to reach that days to be with him, with Sayyidinā Mahdī ‘alayhi s-salām and to see whole world clean, pure. Only worshipping Allāh, who deserves to be worshipped. Not anything, no anything can deserved worship. This crazy Salafī they are saying for Muslim – mushrik. They are mu’min, Muslim. They are not worshipping anything, only Allāh. When you say this you are real fitnah. You are coming from shayṭān side. Allāh give hidāyah for all of them, In Sha Allah. Allāh save us. Give you what you want, In Sha Allah. All of you, In Sha Allah you are come here for Allāh, Allāh reward you, accept your du‘ā’ and make you happy here and hereafter.
Wa Minallah at-Tawfeeq, Al-Fatiha.
36.ZAHID Thursday, 8 February 2018
"Sayyidu l-qawmi khādimuhum" – this Prophet saying ḥadīth. "The master of nation – who serve them." This what Prophet saying and Khulafā’u r-Rāshidīn they was doing this. Many sulṭān or amīr coming most of them we are not hearing about them anything but some of them, even their khilāfah very short, but as [if] they are ruling hundred year. Their name every time mention with good memory and until Qiyāmah. Muslim they are make them ask from Allāh for them every good thing. This is very important for each person.
We are also who are living in this earth we must take lesson because the ruler or sulṭān or king or prince, all also human being. They have like ourself desire and who can keep his desire and control he will be acceptable in Divine Presence of Allāh and Prophet and people. Because good manner, good acting making people happy with you. And it is order to be have good manner from Prophet. Many of sulṭān coming they are many example and one of them you hear many time Ḥārūn Rashīd. Ḥārūn Rashīd famous. Everybody hear about him. He is justice rulers – Amīru l-Mu’minīn, Khalīfatu RasūlAllāh. And he was appreciate ‘ulamā’, scholars, awliyā’u Llāh. He was asking advice from them. Especially he has one they said, his brother, named Bahlūl. He is as they said now in new I hear this new term – "slow". Slow – they said for this kind of people but he is also beloved one, giving good wisdom for Ḥārūn Rashīd. Ḥārūn Rashīd he was strong sulṭān but when he hear something for Allāh he was crying. Many times he was crying with this Bahlūl.
And once there was big awliyā’, his name Shaqīqu l-Balkhī. He is from Balkh. He was passing through Baghdād going to ḥajj and Sulṭān he hear about him and he know him. He is famous with his knowledge and with his wilāyah. He ask him to come to his place and they invite him and he come. Sulṭān tell him, "Are you this zāhid Shaqīqu l-Balkhī?" I am – zāhid meaning who he don't see anything from this world. It is big title, not everybody can take it. Zāhid also who most of time people they think he is, he has nothing from this dunyā, no anything. But zāhid can be richest man in the world but not looking for dunyā, not interesting for this. His main interest for Allāh, for ākhirah, for just this he control himself. He this is also can be zāhid. And who has no any penny and he is even his everything finish cannot be zāhid also because he is looking to get dunyā if he has. So for this when Sulṭān tell him, "Are you this zāhid, who not want anything from dunyā, Shaqīq?" and zāhid meaning like ‘ābid, like other thing, like ‘ālim. He said, "I am Shaqīq. I am not zāhid." He is humble, from his humble[ness].
He said to him, "O Shaqīq give me advice. You are... I ask advice and you are coming in front of me, you can give advice to help me. I want help from awliyā’u Llāh to carry this responsibility. This ummah responsibility not easy." Now people they just like to be in
top. Give him money, giving anything to be MP, to be minister, to be prime minister. In everywhere in the world they making thousand of tricks to go there. Go there for what? To be for themself, for their ego – ḥubbu r-riyāsah (love for being at the head). Ḥubbu r- riyāsah meaning to be head – it is illness from ego illness. When somebody catch this illness it is until grave going with him. The end, the last one going from his, with his soul, and it going with him out. When somebody catch this illness is difficult. You must be careful don't be catch by this very bad illness ḥubbu r-riyāsah – to be top, to be ruling people. So that time Sulṭān he was asking advice to not be – because he is believer and he is knowing what Allāh, He will ask him. He ask awliyā’u Llāh for advice.
And he tell him, "O Ḥārūn look, be careful, be clever," he said to him. "You are here what you are Khalīfah of Prophet. You must look first Khalīfah Sayyidinā Abū Bakr aṣ-Ṣiddīq. You must be honest and straight like him. Second one you must be like Sayyidinā ‘Umar who knowing good thing and other thing and to be sharp like him. Third one you must be like Sayyidinā ‘Uthmān Dhu n-Nūrayn – to be have ḥayā’." Ḥayā’ meaning to be ashamed or something like this. I don't...
K: Shameful.
SM: Shameful. "And to be generous. He is fourth one, Sayyidinā ‘Alī karrama Llāhu wajhah. You must be knowledge like him and justice like him. This you must follow. This don't forget. And Allāh give you, make you for this ummah as guardian for waiting in the door of Hell. And He give you three things to avoid [prevent] these people to come there. You wait there like guardian, not let them to go inside. You have money. You have you must have money, you must have sword, and you must have this swip?" What they?
K: Whip?
SM: Whip. "With this you can provide [prevent] these people to go to Hell. If somebody poor people, poor people you must help them to not look for ḥarām. The people who are, they are running after their desire, with whip you must make them to afraid to make any ḥarām. And for people who are making people hurting people – kill them or steal their money or they doing bad thing for them – with this sword they will be afraid. Don't be sleepy. Be awake because with this you can prevent your nation to go to Jahannam." So it is important to be have wisdom, how to prevent each people to make them to deal with them. Some of them with generous, your generosity, you give them money, give them work. You make them other people they must afraid from punishment. And, the worst than this, the people who are seeing nobody afraid from us – nobody all everybody afraid from us so we can do what we we can do – they must, you must be firm with them and with sword. If they can, they want to do something they will afraid. They will die or they will afraid to be make bad thing for people. This is your mission: to not not let
anybody to go to this [Hell]. Allāh give you this and it is your mission. if anybody go there you are responsible for this.”
And Sayyidinā Ḥārūn Rashīd he was crying. He said: "You are right, you are right." This they was like this these people who are sulṭāns, who they are mentioning until Qiyāmah – not following going there to be sulṭān and to be enjoying themself, they are not afraid from anybody. But of course shayṭān many shayṭān. At the end they poison him, Sulṭān. But you think he is ruling hundred time. Not ruling much but he is be what he done since he is ruling making him mention with best and Allāh make his maqām higher and higher, In Sha Allah. Allāh make our people also to take lesson from this Sulṭān, from these men who are following order of Allāh so you can follow. If you die before or if you die who kill him or he poison him all they died before thousand year ago. Nobody live forever but who he pass away shahīd, he will be rewarded and who make this for him he will punished for what he done.
So don't make this material [world] to cheat you, to make you make bad thing because you will [be] asked for what you done. With ḥarām no barakah. Ḥalāl only, there is barakah and it is blessed. So, In Sha Allah, Allāh give our people because we don't know, Allāh maybe He write for people who are hearing or listening to be also sometimes in higher position, every time remember Allāh, be with Allāh. You will be right like zāhid who not want dunyā even you have whole dunyā. And it is the biggest, highest also rank to be zāhid. To be zāhid it is more better than ‘ābid who worshipping. There is zāhid and ‘ābid but zāhid his rank is more higher than ‘ābid. Allāh give them from His mercy and make us to follow them, In Sha Allah.
Wa Minallah at-Tawfeeq, Al-Fatiha.
37.CONTENTMENT IS AN INEXHAUSTIBLE TREASURE Wednesday, 21 February 2018
Assalamu Alaykum wa Rahmatullah wa Barakatuh, Auzu Billahi Minashaytanir Rajeem. Bismillahir Rahmanir Raheem, Wassalatu Wassalamu ala Rasulina Muhammadin Sayyidal Awwalin wal Akhirin, Madad Ya RasulAllah, Madad Ya As’habi RasulAllah, Madad Ya Mashayikhina, Shaykh Abdullah Daghestani, Shaykh Nazim Al-Haqqani. Dastur. Tariqatunas sohba, wa khayru fil jamiyya.
“The greatest richness is contentment,” it is said. Many words have been said about contentment. “Contentment is a treasure,” they say. “Contentment is an inexhaustible treasure,” they say. Those who are discontent ask, “Is there more?” even if the world is in their hands. People who have contentment are content with even a piece of dry bread, they are thankful, comfortable, happy, and relieved.
There is beauty and relief for people in contentment. However, when there is no contentment there is no comfort and beauty we speak about, but there is greed. They burn like fire saying, “Is there more?” Fire does not care how much you throw in saying, “Is there more?” No matter how much you throw in it keeps saying, “Is there more?” That is how greed is. Contentment, as we said, is a great blessing (nima). They teach greed to people of these times. We are not only saying it for here. It is the same all over the world.
This is not what Islam teaches. What Islam teaches is contentment. Islam says: “Be content and thankful to Allah.” “No,” the others say, “Buy more, ask for more, consume more, own more goods, spend, and waste away, but do not give anything to anybody and ask only for yourself!” Those who have contentment share with others and give to others too. The path of Allah is a beautiful path. The path of Shaitan is a bad path. What Allah commands us are all for our benefit, for our happiness and felicity. Those who are looking for happiness need to find this inexhaustible treasure as Allah says. Everybody has it but they made it dull. To those who say, “Let me be content,” they say, “Are you crazy? Why should you be content? Don’t. Request. Have greed. Look to take more.” People are not capable of doing everything. What they are capable of is doing business, or someone might buy more from them. Not everybody can be successful. Therefore, Allah gave this contentment for the rich, the poor, and everybody. Contentment is a beautiful thing. May Allah make us all people of contentment. May we be content with what He gives and be thankful In Sha Allah.
Wa Minallah at-Tawfeeq, Al-Fatiha.
38.PEOPLE OF STATES Friday, 23 February 2018
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 give us all intelligence. Intelligence is important. The intelligent person does not deviate from the path and finds the true path. However, let us use intelligence for good things Inshallah. People like going after mindless people and conform to their ego more. Even those on the right path like to go after someone who is “intoxicated with Allah” (majzub) or a person of state (sahib ahwal).
It is not easy going after them. We are not under their orders. The shaykhs call them people of states. It is not easy handling a person of states. Their burden is heavy. It would be difficult to carry if they gave you from their burdens. Sometimes they pray (make dua) and sometimes they wish someone ill (make a bad dua) as they are people of states. They are not responsible but you have no obligation to go after them. You can treat them and what not, but do not go after them and do not get used to going after them. You will be obliged to do so if they get used to it. That time your world, meaning your family, will not be able to carry it and it would not be their fault. They are people of states. Just as Allah created people all kinds they are also a certain kind. They are holy ones but, as we said, it is not good getting too close to them because not everybody can carry it. People say they can when it comes to talk, but it is hard when things get serious. Allah does not burden anybody with a burden they cannot carry. He also tells us not to take on burden by ourselves. Our Holy Prophet would take the easier choice and leave the hard one if there were two choices in a matter.
Our Holy Prophet could have
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said, "Prophet ṣallā Allāhu ʿalayhi wa-sallam, he's walking in front of me. I am walking behind him so I cannot go in the horse." This is what they were Sulṭāns
respecting. And most of them they were saint – saint meaning to seeing miracles. And he was passing this desert without using anything.
And they take Prophet ṣallā Allāhu ʿalayhi wa-sallam, give him this Khalīfah. And from that time until 1923 it was Khalīfah there. Now we don't have Khalīfah. When we don't have Khalīfah, this meaning we are responsible. We must ask for Khalīfah. Khalīfah because he's like for head for Muslim. Everything he said we must obey. And they were using this for justice. The main thing in Ottoman – justice. Even Western countries, they were surprised how this justice working in Ottoman. Ottoman judge, qāḍi they call him, he must be very knowledgeable, very educated and to know people. And it was easy. When bringing somebody complaining from others, they bring people asking, "What is this? What is that?" And who are saying lying not acceptable his shahādah. And they put him in jail. For this, it was very easy. In one time everybody take his right and go away with justice. For Muslim, non-Muslim, all same. As we said, even for non-Muslim, it was more sensitive. This is court. If between Muslim and non-Muslim or between Muslim and Muslim, there was court for Muslim and there was for non-Muslim also. By themselves they make justice for their religion, according to their religion.
And now we are seeing in Ottoman place, where Ottoman was before hundred years ago, now more than forty states, forty governments, forty countries. And it was... Now from that time until now in these countries maybe more than 50 million people killed in this one hundred years. Ottoman was ruling this 500 years. Everybody living in peace. Balkans, Middle East, Caucas, this Africa. Africa, you know, they were ruling Eritrea, Sudan, Somalia. All this area in one pasha with 2,000 army. And there was no problem, nothing. Because justice is important thing – justice and mercy, mercy for human being. You cannot touch children, you cannot touch ladies, you cannot touch old people. Only who are fighting against them, they're fighting against them. And they were fighting, they said they are savage. They are fighting against Europe because if not fighting against them, they attack them. And it is defense, defense to fight before they fight you.
It is defense. Because when last time in 1699, they make peace with Europe, after this they were finished. Quickly they attack them and they take until they finish Ottomans. And this is what wisdom of fighting. If you're with some not fighting, they are fighting you. And Ottoman not favouring to fight people but to defend themselves. From beginning, even when they are starting to make their government, their salṭanat, they were only looking for peace. But every time they attack them. When attack them, so they are also attacking until all these countries open. And they were living in peace. Even when Istanbul, they conquered by Fātiḥ Sulṭān Meḥmed, these Orthodox, they said, "We are happy to see turbans like this for Muslims not Catholic hat." Why? Because they were oppressed by these people. And normally, it must be peace for other people also. Who has religion, he is Muslim or Christian or Jewish, they must all, because following heavenly teaching, all you must be peace with people, you must be peace with people.
So when they are under your control, they were living with peace. But when fighting and coming against them, they are obligatory fighting.
This is for Ottoman and they are living 700 years. Empire, 700, the most... After Roman, they are most long ruling empire. And they were, as Shaykh Kamāl saying, all following guidance. Because they are saying, "We are Sulṭān for country but they [guides] are Sulṭān for ākhirah, for real life, spiritual life Sulṭān." All of them, they are following and not saying anything against them. Sulṭān Sulaymān Kanunī Magnificent, everybody was trembling from him and he was trembling from his Shaykh, Shaykh Yaḥyā Trabzoni, famous strong one. Sometimes something coming from Sulṭān not right. Nobody can say anything for Sulṭān. He [Shaykh] was sending letter for him saying, "This wrong, you be careful." And he was asking, "You are on my order, on my head," not objecting at all.
Sulṭān Fātiḥ, Conqueror Muḥammad Fātiḥ, when he finish, he come to Shaykh Abū l- Wafā’, also big awliyā’, and tell him, "I am fed up from this. I will be derwish in your zāwiyah, in your dergah." He said... Shaykh sent him. He said, "Everybody he has mission to do. Your job to be Sulṭān, not to be derwish. I have many derwish. Sulṭān only one." So they are not looking for enjoying themselves here. No. Only to help, to serve Allāh creatures from human being, from animals, from everything. They had rule to nobody pass to other right. Everybody, he has right. You cannot say, "I am free." You can't do anything because your freedom making other people freedom less. No, everybody they have limit for freedom. You cannot say freedom without limit. It is impossible. Who say this, he must be at the end even in jail or in grave because people cannot carry this.
And "What happened?" they said for Ottomans to finish like this. Because they like to renew it, to learn new thing to make it better. This is what somebody cheat them. And they were beginning to send people for Europe to learn civilization. We have civilization. We don't want this. But for making this machinery or others, or engineering, new technique – they sent thousand of students. And in Europe, what they learn? They learn only... They didn't teach them anything from this. Only what they teach them how to dance, how to make music, how to make philosophy, how to be against everything, to be non-believer. This is what they teach them. And after slowly slowly they become against Sulṭān. And at the end, they throw him and they finish all this empire. And now hardly they are living.
So to be respect for your history, it is good. We must be proud. We are not ashamed from anything. Everything they done, they were looking, thinking thousand times before doing anything because they are afraid from Allāh, from Judgment Day. They believe in Judgment Day and everything it will be asked from them. And they were, as we said the middle. After Prophet the best country, best ruler for Islām. They were stable, everybody good. But of course, as we said, there is non-seen world. In this world, there is angel,
there is shayṭān, devil. So now it was time of devil. But it will be, in shā’a Llāh, again to be people now – they are looking and seeing after 100 years of trying everything, nothing good only bring for them miserable life. And we are, as Allāh give us the best and the most rich place in the world. For Muslims area you can see, Muslims where they are living, the best place for them Allāh give them. Because they are not following His order, they are miserable, they cannot benefit from Allāh's everything.
We ask Allāh to give us good understanding and following His order to be benefit for all human being. As we said, Islām not terrorist. What we see now in this, this is all not following one percent from Islām teaching. First, you cannot kill anybody without reason especially children, women, not cut tree. This is the teaching of Islām. So we are suffering from them more than non-Muslims. Allāh save us from them, In Sha Allah.
Wa Minallah at-Tawfeeq, Al-Fatiha.
34.DON’T FOLLOW YOUR SELF
Tuesday, 6 February 2018
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.
Alhamdulilah we are gathering now for sake of Allāh. Thank you for coming in this cold, snowing weather. You left your warm house and coming to listen for ṣuḥbah, for sake of Allāh. It must be, maybe here mā shā’a Llāh many people but it is not nothing for comparing for people living here. They are busy with dunyā. This dunyā it is only like imagination. It will go. Real thing, real thing not going. It is what you done, what you do for Allāh ‘Azza wa Jalla. You must do it as it is most important thing for you. Mawlānā Shaykh was whole life teaching this. He say: "This dunyā rubbish. Don't run after rubbish. Run after jewel, precious thing." Precious thing it is awliyā’u Llāh way, Prophet's way. Way meaning ṭarīqat.
Ṭarīqat it is important because there is many kind of people; there is kind people they say, "We are religious, we are praying, we are fasting, we are doing everything. No need for us for ṭarīqat." Of course it is okay. Without ṭarīqat also okay but if you put this ṭarīqat it will be maybe ten times better, maybe thousand times better. Many ‘ulamā’ they are proud. They are not accepting – saying, "No need at all. It is like sweet after eating. If you eat it or not eat it you are okay, no need to tire yourself. Of course this also good but not obligatory for people." But who like to be more closer for his Lord, he must follow ṭarīqat and murshid. Many story for example for this.
There was one big ‘ālim living in Caucasia near Caspian Sea. He was very knowledgeable, very clever. He was fasting days all day. Night making worshipping ‘ibādah. Like this he was very sensitive for religion. He was real taqwá afraid from Allāh and he was making in countryside big house forty rooms for forty ‘ālim, scholar they was coming taking lesson from him. His name Mullā ‘Iwaḍ. He was because and this each one from forty ‘ālim he was forty class, majlis. For this they was calling him Imām of Forty Majlis. And he was sensitive for everything for Sunnah, for everything he is doing but he wasn't happy with ṭarīqat or for darwīsh because sometimes darwīsh people they are doing something it is not from religion but from their love they doing something – acting people will be not happy with them. So he was like this and when sometime some of his murīd they said, "There is one shaykh here, he is not knowing to read or write and people running after him. And we are thinking because he is not knowing anything from writing anything maybe he not knowing Sharī‘ah, not knowing knowledge from Islām religion."
Because he was sensitive and he was sincere, he said to his murīd, "O murīd look we must look where is wrong thing with this ṭarīqat people. You search, research and bring list. We can see if any wrong with this and we will, if there is wrong, we will go and tell them to correct themself. And it will be, if they accept, it will be reward for us from Allāh جل ه الل ج because we are seeing bad thing we must change for good. If they are not accepting, we tell Sulṭān judge they can give what they deserve for this people." And his murīd they was looking and making list and bringing for him. They said, "This is what we hear, what we are knowing, what we seeing. So we must go." And he said, "Okay we must go and tell them." And they was coming to Shaykh, somebody tell Shaykh. This Mullā ‘Iwaḍ was coming with his student to negotiation – what you are doing? Shaykh he was saying only, "Ḥasbuna Llāhu wa ni‘ma l- wakīl" (3:173).
And they was approached to village of Shaykh Sulṭān and Shaykh not coming to meet them near village so it is Mullā ‘Iwaḍ he was saying, "Look he is by himself thinking, because he is knowing his fault and he pretend to be ‘ālim, he not coming for meet us to welcome us." And they are approached to his house. When they approached he welcomed, stand up and welcoming them, telling them please sit here, show them place and he sit and he put his head down. Mullā ‘Iwaḍ he was, he was telling his student, "Beginning read what we are was for this we are coming for to tell him about wrong they have." Student they couldn't speak anything and they said for, "O Master you speak, we cannot speak." And he was trying but he couldn't speak. He understand – this not what we are thinking about this man and he know his fault. And he quickly repent from what he is doing and ask forgiveness from Shaykh and say, "O Shaykh we are your guest. Forgive us. Give us from your knowledge."
And, mā shā’a Llāh, Shaykh he was knowing. He was ummīy – not knowing to read and write but he what Allāh give him knowledge with to his heart. He was beginning to speak from ‘ilmu l-kalām. This is the most difficult ‘ilm. Religion ‘ilmu l-kalām it is very dangerous, very difficult. These days they are everybody they see reading this but it some of them making opposite – for them not becoming more Muslim becoming run away from Islām because they don't know. And he was speaking from very deep knowledge. And they was, this ‘ulamā’ with their Shaykh, before some days there was one problem when they read this ‘ilmu l-kalām they couldn't understand. Even their Shaykh he couldn't understand one problem and Shaykh – Shāh Qubād his name – Shaykh he was between his ṣuḥbah speaking from everything and he come to this subject and he easily explain for them and everybody easily understand and they know more and more his high rank. And all become his murīd. All his ‘ulamā’ become his murīd for this Shaykh. He was soft with them to catch them to give them because they are real sincere and they have everything ready but they they don't have Shaykh murshid.
After when they get murshid they have now not ten times, thousand times more stronger
they become to teach people, to teach, show right way – irshād, way of irshād. From this ‘ulamā’ coming after many big scholars. They writing book. They writing for ṭarīqah, for knowledge for everything. And after this once Mullā ‘Iwaḍ he was, because he was very regret, he went to stable for cows and he take one rope from cow's neck and put in his neck. People telling Shaykh, "O Shaykh, he is doing this." He said, "He he does this?" "Yes yes." He said, "He is becoming humble. Who he make himself humble for Allāh, Allāh will make him high." And he leave him there. But after sometime again, after while also, this Mullā ‘Iwaḍ he said, "I'm nothing. I'm like animal and my place not with Shaykh. I must be in again in stable." And he was putting again for his neck and Shaykh he was – "O Mullā ‘Iwaḍ, you burn us." And he went to him and take this from him and he show him real knowledge and send him back to his place to teach people real way.
Because if no adab with mashāyikh, no real connection, it is not useful. There is thousands of people who are depending on self, they are forget, people forget them, nobody remember them. When this people until Qiyamāh they will remember and they will tell about their stories. So to be humble, it is important because Allāh no need for you – only for yourself. He is making His favour – tell you, "Come to Me. Don't follow yourself. Don't follow your ego. Come to Me. Clean yourself." Giving murīd to tarbiyah, to leave everything and follow Shaykh. Many time happen this for big judge man, when he coming to Shaykh some of them make them with his judgement-coat [robe] selling liver, selling another thing. It was like this but this is with order of Shaykh. Some people they are by themself they hear this and going to make by themself – eh not acceptable because it is also from your ego. With order of Shaykh you must obey, must say, "I am obeying order."
Without order no benefit. You are, you will be in same place only you are making trouble for yourself and for others. Like yesterday we was going from place to place. One big place there was – I am not – this last minute I met people. Jumping, running, running, running, but they are and ask Sayyid Amjad, "What is this?" He said, "This is gym." People they are running like crazy but what happen? They still same place. No any benefit, no anything. Only they are tired with themself. After they will be fed up and they will leave this. No any benefit this. For everything like this what you will done, you must have guidance to make you know your benefit. Who know he has guidance he can reach everywhere. But if no guidance he will lose himself even in his very small village. This is also saying – who we say have guidance, he can reach one goal. They say if don't have guidance he will lose himself even in one small place.
Alhamdulilah for these people looking for guidance and it is important to, as we said, if you have guidance don't make something people they will think your murshid he is doing this. Maybe murshid he can make something for testing people. Murīd they can be quiet. They can, they mustn't object but not... murīd doing what Shaykh not doing and after people they will say, "Shaykh doing this." No. This is also not adab, not good
thing. You will be in your place not going one feet forward. So In Sha Allah you follow order – it is most important thing to follow order, not to make what you think it is good. Many thing, many time, small children thinking different; young different; more middle age different. When you are thinking about your childhood, you laughing for yourself. When you think for your young time, you say it many time " Alhamdulilah I didn't make this or maybe I will be in very bad situation." So for this Allāh, if you He is giving you guidance, follow your Shaykh, your murshid. Don't do by yourself.
Many times Mawlānā he will, Mawlānā Shaykh, from his murīd – of course murīd is very high – Mawlānā Shaykh was saying, "I am not making acting like Shaykh for you. Because if I acting like Shaykh nobody can there stay with me everybody will run away." For this he is many times people making him to be in very difficult situation or to clear and to clean what this (?) only themself what they was doing. But he is mercy even for this he was not saying anything. To make them to repent and to be right in way of Allāh. He didn't to let to anybody to run from ṭarīqah. Al-ḥamdu liLlāh he was very huge, nothing affect him. But he is, what he, taṣarruf he still with murīd and he guide them. So, in shā’a Llāh, don't forget Mawlānā will be happy because he is also alive, because he is awliyā’u Llāh. "Alā inna awliyā’a Llāhi lā khawfun ‘alayhim wa-lā hum yaḥzanūn" (10:62). They are alive. They are more stronger, they are seeing many people every day they saying what Mawlānā tell them, how he is protect them. So you must be careful, you must be in his way, In Sha Allah.
Allāh make you strong believer and to be strong follower for ṭarīqah, for Mawlānā Shaykh, In Sha Allah. Allāh جل ه الل ج make us all of us like this because as we said, shayṭān can cheat anybody. If you are cheated by shayṭān you will be staying in your place not going up.
Wa Minallah at-Tawfeeq, Al-Fatiha.
35.BE WITH THE ONE YOU LOVE Wednesday, 7 February 2018
Bismillahir Rahmanir Raheem, Wassalatu Wassalamu ala Rasulina Muhammadin Sayyidal Awwalin wal Akhirin, Madad Ya RasulAllah, Madad Ya As’habi RasulAllah, Madad Ya Mashayikhina, Shaykh Abdullah Daghestani, Shaykh Nazim Al-Haqqani. Dastur. Tariqatunas sohba, wa khayru fil jamiyya.
Allāh ‘Azza wa Jalla saying in Qur’ān: "Fa-man yuridi Llāhu an yahdiyahu yashraḥ ṣadrahu lil-Islām wa-man yurid an yuḍillahu yaj‘al ṣadrahu ḍayyiqan ḥarajan ka- annamā yaṣṣa‘‘adu fī s-samā’i" (6:125). Allāh when He want for somebody good thing He show him way of Islām, to be in Islām when he come. Now whole world they are in bad condition. They are saying they have sadness, stress, mental thing happen for them. Cure for this – Islām. You get īmān, Islām your heart, it will open. "Yashraḥ ṣadrahu lil- Islām" (6:125) – it will open and it will be wide. If Allāh don't want from people to be good, happy, He make their chest there narrow as if it is stressed and as it will be his soul going out from his mouth. Everything coming on him making him to be miserable, make him be sad, make him be stressed. Nothing can help him from this material world. Only Allāh help him. If he ask help from Allāh, Allāh will help him.
We are living in country they are, they have everything, Allāh give everything – but for material world not spiritual. And unfortunately our Muslim people they are forgetting spiritual. They are looking for material – how we can get more money, how we get more house, more car, more telephones. Now also they have new fashion. Old time we has even have telephone in our house, now we have they have, everybody have telephone but every year he must change it also. Also this not making people happy. Maybe happy one day, next day he will be forget this, again beginning "what should I must do for to be happy. Maybe we must work more to bring more money? Maybe I must study to take more degree to be more happy, more respectable around people?" Also what they done – nothing make them happy. And Allāh show us, saying you must be obeying Allāh and He will open your heart to be happy. Everybody now he have stress. They asking and Allāh give them everything. Everything they have. Old time people they not finding one bread to eat. If they have bread the call themself rich.
And one awliyā’u Llāh, he is son of Sulṭān and he Allāh give him hidāyah. He left everything and he was looking from to find awliyā’u Llāh, ‘ulamā’ ṣāliḥīn, to meet them and to speak to them. This is what he was happy to do. He was big scholar, ‘ālim, also. Once he was with big ‘ulamā’ he is living around – after Sayyidinā Abū Ḥanīfah – and he is, he is a student. They was big ‘ulamā’ he was speaking to them and other muḥaddith who have ‘ilmu l-ḥadīth. He was living in (?) and this ‘ālim giving speech, lessons for thousands of people and this awliyā’u Llāh he wasn't – he is love him but he
not coming to his majlis to listen until who they was saying wondering what is this, why he is not coming? To not make people to be make bad idea, he was, he went to his majlis and he was sitting in corner. This muḥaddith we wasn't seeing him and he was trying to speak, he couldn't speak. And he not, not seeing him this for awliyā’u Llāh sitting in corner. After he try to speak, try speak, he couldn't. He said there is one he is very powerful one, for this I cannot speak. And this awliyā’ he say, "For this I wasn't coming for this majlis." When coming that majlis finish – so he must teach people.
And this awliyā’u Llāh he has one girl daughter because he is in place and his daughter also very beautiful and very nice and very good behave, adab ṣāḥibatu l-ḥayā’, perfect Muslim. He – because her father like this, he was teaching her everything. And everybody coming, asking for her to marry her from place, from high class people and he wasn't want to give her because he want somebody to be mu’min and in right way. And the end they are many time coming and he he ask, "Give me three days. I will look and after I will answer for you," for who you asking for marriage for his daughter. And tell him, tell them, "Wait three days after if I don't find I will give." And he was going to mosque nighttime looking for people maybe good for suitable for his daughter. And he was finding one in mosque, one young man he is nice praying, praying very well. After he praying he come to him, he ask him, "Are you married?" He said, "No." He said, "If I find one ṣāliḥah pure, good girl you like to marry?" He said, "I will marry but I don't have only three dirham. Nobody give me daughter for this. I'm poor man." He said to him, "I have daughter I will give you, I accept this you buy from one dirham – good perfume, for one – bread, and for other – for you're some to dress. And after this finish, will not have any money. And give him daughter, make nikāḥ.
And when daughter coming to her husband house, she was looking. She was looking for house. Nothing in house, only one bread. When she see she this bread she said, "I'm going. What is this?" He said, he said for her, "I know it, I tell your father I'm poor man, nobody can live with me." She said, "No you understand wrong. My father he is the Waliyu Llāh and he promised me to marry me for one. He is not giving any value for dunyā, not thinking for dunyā. What is this bread?" He said, "This for tomorrow. For tomorrow we eat, tomorrow morning," he said. She said, "This is what I was give you. Go give this bread for poor people or I will go to my father house." And he was giving this bread for poor people and living happily without anything now.
Every day we have many people complaining, saying only for dunyā. Nobody asking for, for ākhirah among us to make us more acceptable what Allāh give us and to make our best for ākhirah – only for dunyā. And this dunyā as much you take from this you getting more heavy. Especially who are not looking for ḥalāl or ḥarām. Ḥalāl also heavy but ḥarām make you ill and make you miserable. Every badness in ḥarām. You must think for other also. You must look for other like what you are looking for yourself. You must think this is he is this man I cheat him – if somebody cheat me how it will be I'm
not happy. Somebody, you hear somebody you will also think about if somebody doing wrong for you what you are suffering. This is teaching of ṭarīqah. Awliyā’u Llāh whole they are teaching for this. They want good for human being. Who are, they don't have belief, īmān for Allāh, don't believe – they are believing helping people. When they are doing something, it is under this some benefit, something for their benefit they are doing this. And they have only mask on their face. Muslim they must think better than this people to help to each other.
Order Prophet – you must help your brother. "Innama l-mu’minūna ikhwatun" (49:10). Encouraging Prophet for every charity, every ṣadaqah. Ṣadaqah not only with money. Prophet saying, "In every day we have three hundred sixty piece in our body. For each piece you must give ṣadaqah." Ṣaḥābah saying, "How we can do this?" He said, "Even to take stone from road put it in the side, it is ṣadaqah. You take dirt from there put it aside also ṣadaqah. To smile for other people it is ṣadaqah." Ṣadaqah everything. Ṣadaqah not only money. and it is good behave also ṣadaqah. Awliyā’u Llāh they are polite people. Mawlānā Shaykh whole time when going around making salām for everybody who are knowing or not knowing they was. When somebody making greeting you, you will be happy. From childhood he was looking for around darwīsh people. They are coming for him he was help them for everything, even for cleaning clothes. He was bring for Ḥājjah Anne, she was cleaning and giving for them, for feeding them also. Even he that time, it is not like this too many thing, but he was barakah. From Mawlānā many people was eating and sending our brother, sister to each house taking one plate for people. [Not] fighting with anybody, not cheating anybody.
Nowadays people they are using, unfortunately who are not belonging to ṭarīqah or to religion, religion and ṭarīqah, to cheat people. But, Alhamdulilah, people they are knowing false from real one. It is not difficult to see false thing from real one. But who are, Allāh want him to be because something from his ego – he must be cheated by these people. He will cheated but it is not belonging to Mawlānā at all. Mawlānā never cheat people. He is never lying. These people, from each three word – two word lie. They are liar. They are liar and they saying this is Mawlānā saying. Mawlānā never saying this. Mawlānā he has everything, Alhamdulilah. He has books. He have this film. Everything – nothing against people, nothing against sharī‘ah, nothing against ṭarīqah. Never saying anything bad thing. He saying good and to take people knowledge of Allāh. Because, Maa Shaa Allah, there is ‘ulamā’, there is mashāyikh, and there is imām – many imām, Maa Shaa Allah, they are knowledgable but they are coming for taking from spirituality because this majlis not only for knowledge. Of course there is also, In Sha Allah, we learn something, you and us, but also coming mercy, coming spirituality and "looking" from mashāyikh, from Rasūla Llāh, from Allāh. Blessed, In Sha Allah, this majlis because we are not doctors, we are not professor only just we are coming together for love of Allāh and love of Prophet and love of Awliyā’. And this awliyā’u Llāh also saying the most important thing in ‘ibādah – to love awliyā’u Llāh. Because when you, when you love
awliyā’u Llāh you love Allāh. And when you love Allāh, Allāh love you. This is very important. And what when Allāh love us, it is finish – the top of aim, we get everything. Allāh make us from His lovers, In Sha Allah, lovers of Prophet, In Sha Allah. Mawlānā Shaykh he is love each one from his murīd. Even he said, some if he coming in his majlis for good intention, he will be with him. Person with him, love him, all this Mawlānā he is forgiving but not forgiving for people saying something and people they thought bad thought about mashāyikh, about ṭarīqah. He is not happy with this. But other whole murīd, all follower and he lover, he is love them and In Sha Allah he ... good tiding from Prophet" – al-mar’u ma‘a man aḥabb" – person [will be] with his love.
And when you love him Qiyāmah, yawmu l-Qiyāmah, In Sha Allah be easy for us. Because Judgement Day it is real terrible, terrible day. But when you are prepare yourself for that day, it will be very easy. Really terrible. This people now they are enjoying, they are doing every bad thing. They are thinking they are happy. But in Judgement Day it will be very bad. But there is still chance to find somebody and to be with them. Judgement Day it is terrible day. You cannot imagine how it is terrible. But, Alhamdulilah, for who are loving Prophet, loving awliyā’u Llāh, they will be in shade of Liwā’i l-Ḥamd (Banner of Praise). ‘Arshu r-Raḥmān (Throne of the Merciful) only shade. No any roof no any cloud, no tree, no wood, no stone – nothing at all just one under sun. Shadow only ‘Arshu r-Raḥmān and Liwā’i l-Ḥamd for who Prophets and Ṣaḥābah and who love them, they will be there. After this there is also Ṣirāṭ (Bridge). It is really sometimes taking thousand years to pass it. And the most people they will fall down. This is even every book they writing this. Salafī book I was reading one before – I come suddenly I had I looked what they write here. He said from nine hundred ninety- nine, no – from thousand people, nine hundred ninety nine it will be fall in Jahannam. This is real. If you are don't have somebody to help you – for them for Salafī it will be like this.
But, Alhamdulilah, we are loving Prophet we are loving Allāh. In three minutes or even less, we pass from Ṣirāṭ, In Sha Allah. This is very important for us, In Sha Allah. We must who going in street, in your way, you must think to be loving awliyā’u Llāh and to not make them angry with him. Love to not hate anybody, to not do any bad thing for people. Especially for this young generation now, the shayṭān and his follower they are looking for this to destroy humanity. Because this small children they are all in īmān – no Christian, no Jewish. no atheist. All, because under teenage they are under, until that age they are in īmān. For this when we are every night, we praying ṣalātu l-janāzah ‘ani l-ghā’ibīn and because many children from non family non-Muslim they are burying them without reading namāz. So we must pray for them for this also. We praying Allāh make them to give ḥidāyah (guidance) – for father and mother makes them to be unbeliever. Allāh save mu’min, Muslim, in this country, in another country also because now end of time, time of dajjāl. All dajjāl are now attacking Islām. Attacking Islām but, in shā’a Llāh what Prophet saying one by one it is appearing and we are waiting for
Mahdī ‘alayhi s-salām. And all signs showing his time is very near because everything nearly finish in this world, no more can stand up. In shā’a Llāh near. Allāhu a‘lam but we don't know. It look like very near.
Allāh make us to reach that days to be with him, with Sayyidinā Mahdī ‘alayhi s-salām and to see whole world clean, pure. Only worshipping Allāh, who deserves to be worshipped. Not anything, no anything can deserved worship. This crazy Salafī they are saying for Muslim – mushrik. They are mu’min, Muslim. They are not worshipping anything, only Allāh. When you say this you are real fitnah. You are coming from shayṭān side. Allāh give hidāyah for all of them, In Sha Allah. Allāh save us. Give you what you want, In Sha Allah. All of you, In Sha Allah you are come here for Allāh, Allāh reward you, accept your du‘ā’ and make you happy here and hereafter.
Wa Minallah at-Tawfeeq, Al-Fatiha.
36.ZAHID Thursday, 8 February 2018
"Sayyidu l-qawmi khādimuhum" – this Prophet saying ḥadīth. "The master of nation – who serve them." This what Prophet saying and Khulafā’u r-Rāshidīn they was doing this. Many sulṭān or amīr coming most of them we are not hearing about them anything but some of them, even their khilāfah very short, but as [if] they are ruling hundred year. Their name every time mention with good memory and until Qiyāmah. Muslim they are make them ask from Allāh for them every good thing. This is very important for each person.
We are also who are living in this earth we must take lesson because the ruler or sulṭān or king or prince, all also human being. They have like ourself desire and who can keep his desire and control he will be acceptable in Divine Presence of Allāh and Prophet and people. Because good manner, good acting making people happy with you. And it is order to be have good manner from Prophet. Many of sulṭān coming they are many example and one of them you hear many time Ḥārūn Rashīd. Ḥārūn Rashīd famous. Everybody hear about him. He is justice rulers – Amīru l-Mu’minīn, Khalīfatu RasūlAllāh. And he was appreciate ‘ulamā’, scholars, awliyā’u Llāh. He was asking advice from them. Especially he has one they said, his brother, named Bahlūl. He is as they said now in new I hear this new term – "slow". Slow – they said for this kind of people but he is also beloved one, giving good wisdom for Ḥārūn Rashīd. Ḥārūn Rashīd he was strong sulṭān but when he hear something for Allāh he was crying. Many times he was crying with this Bahlūl.
And once there was big awliyā’, his name Shaqīqu l-Balkhī. He is from Balkh. He was passing through Baghdād going to ḥajj and Sulṭān he hear about him and he know him. He is famous with his knowledge and with his wilāyah. He ask him to come to his place and they invite him and he come. Sulṭān tell him, "Are you this zāhid Shaqīqu l-Balkhī?" I am – zāhid meaning who he don't see anything from this world. It is big title, not everybody can take it. Zāhid also who most of time people they think he is, he has nothing from this dunyā, no anything. But zāhid can be richest man in the world but not looking for dunyā, not interesting for this. His main interest for Allāh, for ākhirah, for just this he control himself. He this is also can be zāhid. And who has no any penny and he is even his everything finish cannot be zāhid also because he is looking to get dunyā if he has. So for this when Sulṭān tell him, "Are you this zāhid, who not want anything from dunyā, Shaqīq?" and zāhid meaning like ‘ābid, like other thing, like ‘ālim. He said, "I am Shaqīq. I am not zāhid." He is humble, from his humble[ness].
He said to him, "O Shaqīq give me advice. You are... I ask advice and you are coming in front of me, you can give advice to help me. I want help from awliyā’u Llāh to carry this responsibility. This ummah responsibility not easy." Now people they just like to be in
top. Give him money, giving anything to be MP, to be minister, to be prime minister. In everywhere in the world they making thousand of tricks to go there. Go there for what? To be for themself, for their ego – ḥubbu r-riyāsah (love for being at the head). Ḥubbu r- riyāsah meaning to be head – it is illness from ego illness. When somebody catch this illness it is until grave going with him. The end, the last one going from his, with his soul, and it going with him out. When somebody catch this illness is difficult. You must be careful don't be catch by this very bad illness ḥubbu r-riyāsah – to be top, to be ruling people. So that time Sulṭān he was asking advice to not be – because he is believer and he is knowing what Allāh, He will ask him. He ask awliyā’u Llāh for advice.
And he tell him, "O Ḥārūn look, be careful, be clever," he said to him. "You are here what you are Khalīfah of Prophet. You must look first Khalīfah Sayyidinā Abū Bakr aṣ-Ṣiddīq. You must be honest and straight like him. Second one you must be like Sayyidinā ‘Umar who knowing good thing and other thing and to be sharp like him. Third one you must be like Sayyidinā ‘Uthmān Dhu n-Nūrayn – to be have ḥayā’." Ḥayā’ meaning to be ashamed or something like this. I don't...
K: Shameful.
SM: Shameful. "And to be generous. He is fourth one, Sayyidinā ‘Alī karrama Llāhu wajhah. You must be knowledge like him and justice like him. This you must follow. This don't forget. And Allāh give you, make you for this ummah as guardian for waiting in the door of Hell. And He give you three things to avoid [prevent] these people to come there. You wait there like guardian, not let them to go inside. You have money. You have you must have money, you must have sword, and you must have this swip?" What they?
K: Whip?
SM: Whip. "With this you can provide [prevent] these people to go to Hell. If somebody poor people, poor people you must help them to not look for ḥarām. The people who are, they are running after their desire, with whip you must make them to afraid to make any ḥarām. And for people who are making people hurting people – kill them or steal their money or they doing bad thing for them – with this sword they will be afraid. Don't be sleepy. Be awake because with this you can prevent your nation to go to Jahannam." So it is important to be have wisdom, how to prevent each people to make them to deal with them. Some of them with generous, your generosity, you give them money, give them work. You make them other people they must afraid from punishment. And, the worst than this, the people who are seeing nobody afraid from us – nobody all everybody afraid from us so we can do what we we can do – they must, you must be firm with them and with sword. If they can, they want to do something they will afraid. They will die or they will afraid to be make bad thing for people. This is your mission: to not not let
anybody to go to this [Hell]. Allāh give you this and it is your mission. if anybody go there you are responsible for this.”
And Sayyidinā Ḥārūn Rashīd he was crying. He said: "You are right, you are right." This they was like this these people who are sulṭāns, who they are mentioning until Qiyāmah – not following going there to be sulṭān and to be enjoying themself, they are not afraid from anybody. But of course shayṭān many shayṭān. At the end they poison him, Sulṭān. But you think he is ruling hundred time. Not ruling much but he is be what he done since he is ruling making him mention with best and Allāh make his maqām higher and higher, In Sha Allah. Allāh make our people also to take lesson from this Sulṭān, from these men who are following order of Allāh so you can follow. If you die before or if you die who kill him or he poison him all they died before thousand year ago. Nobody live forever but who he pass away shahīd, he will be rewarded and who make this for him he will punished for what he done.
So don't make this material [world] to cheat you, to make you make bad thing because you will [be] asked for what you done. With ḥarām no barakah. Ḥalāl only, there is barakah and it is blessed. So, In Sha Allah, Allāh give our people because we don't know, Allāh maybe He write for people who are hearing or listening to be also sometimes in higher position, every time remember Allāh, be with Allāh. You will be right like zāhid who not want dunyā even you have whole dunyā. And it is the biggest, highest also rank to be zāhid. To be zāhid it is more better than ‘ābid who worshipping. There is zāhid and ‘ābid but zāhid his rank is more higher than ‘ābid. Allāh give them from His mercy and make us to follow them, In Sha Allah.
Wa Minallah at-Tawfeeq, Al-Fatiha.
37.CONTENTMENT IS AN INEXHAUSTIBLE TREASURE Wednesday, 21 February 2018
Assalamu Alaykum wa Rahmatullah wa Barakatuh, Auzu Billahi Minashaytanir Rajeem. Bismillahir Rahmanir Raheem, Wassalatu Wassalamu ala Rasulina Muhammadin Sayyidal Awwalin wal Akhirin, Madad Ya RasulAllah, Madad Ya As’habi RasulAllah, Madad Ya Mashayikhina, Shaykh Abdullah Daghestani, Shaykh Nazim Al-Haqqani. Dastur. Tariqatunas sohba, wa khayru fil jamiyya.
“The greatest richness is contentment,” it is said. Many words have been said about contentment. “Contentment is a treasure,” they say. “Contentment is an inexhaustible treasure,” they say. Those who are discontent ask, “Is there more?” even if the world is in their hands. People who have contentment are content with even a piece of dry bread, they are thankful, comfortable, happy, and relieved.
There is beauty and relief for people in contentment. However, when there is no contentment there is no comfort and beauty we speak about, but there is greed. They burn like fire saying, “Is there more?” Fire does not care how much you throw in saying, “Is there more?” No matter how much you throw in it keeps saying, “Is there more?” That is how greed is. Contentment, as we said, is a great blessing (nima). They teach greed to people of these times. We are not only saying it for here. It is the same all over the world.
This is not what Islam teaches. What Islam teaches is contentment. Islam says: “Be content and thankful to Allah.” “No,” the others say, “Buy more, ask for more, consume more, own more goods, spend, and waste away, but do not give anything to anybody and ask only for yourself!” Those who have contentment share with others and give to others too. The path of Allah is a beautiful path. The path of Shaitan is a bad path. What Allah commands us are all for our benefit, for our happiness and felicity. Those who are looking for happiness need to find this inexhaustible treasure as Allah says. Everybody has it but they made it dull. To those who say, “Let me be content,” they say, “Are you crazy? Why should you be content? Don’t. Request. Have greed. Look to take more.” People are not capable of doing everything. What they are capable of is doing business, or someone might buy more from them. Not everybody can be successful. Therefore, Allah gave this contentment for the rich, the poor, and everybody. Contentment is a beautiful thing. May Allah make us all people of contentment. May we be content with what He gives and be thankful In Sha Allah.
Wa Minallah at-Tawfeeq, Al-Fatiha.
38.PEOPLE OF STATES Friday, 23 February 2018
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 give us all intelligence. Intelligence is important. The intelligent person does not deviate from the path and finds the true path. However, let us use intelligence for good things Inshallah. People like going after mindless people and conform to their ego more. Even those on the right path like to go after someone who is “intoxicated with Allah” (majzub) or a person of state (sahib ahwal).
It is not easy going after them. We are not under their orders. The shaykhs call them people of states. It is not easy handling a person of states. Their burden is heavy. It would be difficult to carry if they gave you from their burdens. Sometimes they pray (make dua) and sometimes they wish someone ill (make a bad dua) as they are people of states. They are not responsible but you have no obligation to go after them. You can treat them and what not, but do not go after them and do not get used to going after them. You will be obliged to do so if they get used to it. That time your world, meaning your family, will not be able to carry it and it would not be their fault. They are people of states. Just as Allah created people all kinds they are also a certain kind. They are holy ones but, as we said, it is not good getting too close to them because not everybody can carry it. People say they can when it comes to talk, but it is hard when things get serious. Allah does not burden anybody with a burden they cannot carry. He also tells us not to take on burden by ourselves. Our Holy Prophet would take the easier choice and leave the hard one if there were two choices in a matter.
Our Holy Prophet could have
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