Suhbah 2018: Maulana Shaykh Mehmet Adil ar-Rabbani (11/25)
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lāh. He is Greatest. Not this people they say "we are great people." They are not great. In shā’a Llāh Allāh to next year we are praying for Allāh for to make Sayyidinā l-Mahdī coming and help this people.
Wa Minallah at-Tawfeeq, Al-Fatiha.
82.TIME OF IGNORANCE Wednesday, 16 May 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.
People today are living in the time of ignorance. They think ignorance is knowledge. It is a difficult time for people. Muslims are the same. Muslims are making judgments without knowing the matter. It is not acceptable to make judgment. Muslims and other people – for everyone it says, "Walikullin darajātun mimmā ‘amilū" (6:132) – people have ranks. We are not communists. Even with communists, they claimed everybody was equal and that turned out to be a lie. They had ranks and it wasn't as they said.
Allāh created people in levels and ranks. Why are we saying this now? In this, the end of times, shayāṭīn have increased. And shayṭān's tools have increased. They take phones now... Before there were computers, but they had to turn them on. Now there is no need for that. They take the phones, search for whatever they want, then say, "I know now this is like this." That is not so. It doesn't work that way. You are not a muftī. You are not an imām, not an ‘ālim. What you learned as knowledge becomes ignorance because of what you do sometimes. Today is the first day of Ramaḍān. May Allāh bless it for everyone. Everyone knows it here. But shayṭān is not standing still. It is not Ramaḍān in Australia today. It is not, I don't know, somewhere else. They say, "Let's not fast today." Look what they're doing. If you don't fast today, do you know what happens? You will have to fast 60 days of penalty. Because it is announced that today is Ramaḍān by the authorities. Everybody knows it is Ramaḍān. If you look as you like and follow what some scholar says in some country, you miss one day. And you put yourself under penalty. And even if you fast all your life, you can't reach the reward of one day, says our Prophet. It is a big game of shayṭān. This shayṭān has his part in everything. We are giving it as an example so that Muslims pay attention.
These incompetent people, sometimes their reading of books is not accepted. Because, as we said, what they read takes them out of the way. It takes them from the right way and puts them into the way of shayṭān. And now even worse are these tools: computers, smartphones, and internet, as we said. People of shayṭān are working not 24 hours but 48 hours. They destroyed the whole world. They are showing oppression as beauty and beauty as oppression. They are showing evil. We have to be careful about it. It is not a toy. You can't learn religion from the phone. Pay attention to this. Ask. Ask the
competent ones. Don't act according to your mind. If you are in ṭarīqah, you follow your murshid. If you are Muslim, you should ask from a muftī or imām. They will show you the way, they know it. Even an imām cannot give fatwá. He should ask a muftī.
These issues are not playthings. These are the most important things. The matters of religion are not like the matters of this world. The matters of this world are worthless like a toys. "Lahwun wa-la‘ibun" (29:64). The matters of the world are games and entertainment. They have no value. People ask everyone about those worthless things. They look up in the internet, in their phones and can't decide. They consult people and ask for advice. They go for consultants and pay money. They take it seriously whereas it has no value at all. That is just a game. Children play pretend games. That is the same. We are just bigger and it is a bigger game. We have to pay attention to a really serious matter. Don't listen to anyone – Fatwá came from here, someone said something there. Don't ask anything from incompetent people. Don't act according to their opinions. Allāh ‘Azza wa Jalla said: Bismi Llāhi r- Raḥmāni r-Raḥīm. "Wa in tuṭi‘ akthara man fī l-arḍi yuḍillūka ‘an sabīli Llāh" (6:116). If you follow the majority, they will lead you astray. They will take you out of your way. May Allāh protect us.
Today first of Ramaḍān mubārak, in shā’a Llāh, for all of us. Even in Ramaḍān shayṭān he go away but he left his deputies everywhere. Even in Ramaḍān making people to be doubt for what they are doing. Now here it is first of Ramaḍān in this country. There is many country, even only this country it is Ramaḍān only, it is not important. We must follow here. We must follow this because shayṭān he is make people to be doubt. They said, in Australia, in China, or in other place, tomorrow it will be Ramaḍān. Today Wednesday – we make Wednesday and they said it will be Thursday in another countries. So what we will do? We will break our fast? If you break your fast, you know what you will be, you have done? You must fast sixty days kaffārat for this day and one [more] for this day. And Prophet, like yesterday we said, if you fast whole your life after this it will be not enough, not reaching the reward of this days.
This day this in our country. Other country they can follow their country, no harm for them. But if you are saying, "I'm following this people and I will break my fast," it will be like this and shayṭān he will be happy, very, very, happy – "I make all this people to destroy this day of fasting and they get no reward." And even sometimes there will be punishment. Why punishment? Because we are, Allāh create us like in level: high level, second level, third level. "Walikullin darajāt" (6:132), He said Allāh ‘Azza wa Jalla. Shayṭān try to cheat people and make communism. He said you are all one same level. And they, it was the biggest lie because only they have tyrants they have level more than another not communism place. And it is normal for Allāh, He can do everything to – there is level and this level there is ‘ulamā’, imām, muftī, other. They can give fatwá. So you cannot look for your internet, your phone, and saying, "I see this and I will follow this."
This is ignorance time, our time. You see all around you thought it is knowledge time but no it is real ignorant time because they ignore Allāh ‘Azza wa Jalla. It is ignorant time, ignorant people. The most ignorant people in this time. Even Muslim they are ignorant also. They thought if we look for book we can be give fatwá and give to be scholar. No. To be scholar you must study, you must be in under teacher, under guidance, under murshid, under Shaykh. Not easy to look and to understand. For this so many mashāyikh was forbidding their murīd to read book because when they read book they make it not to be good – to be opposite, to to be bad for them. For this they was sometimes saying "don't read." And now there is worse than book, this internet and telephone and computer. All people they become crazy and they are brain dirt – not brain washed – brain dirt. Now people, even for Ramaḍān, whole people they say, "Egypt like this. Saudi like this. Syria this, Lebanon this, Pakistan this." You are living in Turkey. You are living in Cyprus and this government they saying this. And it is it must be you follow them.
We are not saying anything for how we – who is right, who is not right. It is... there is permission but normally it must be, even yesterday or today, for tomorrow it is very difficult to be [beginning Ramaḍān] but it is ok for people who are not saying, "Allāh جل ه الل ج give permission to follow their country," and if they people who are doing this with knowing, they will punished by Allāh ‘Azza wa Jalla. So this is important for people to not learn their religion from internet. Especially to listen to people they are not known what they are or, there is people they are known, they are only speaking against mashāyikh, against Ahlu s- Sunnah, against imām, Madhhab, against awliyā’u Llāh – this don't listen at all. This is only they are pouring ignorance for people to make their brain dirty, full of dirt, not washed. Washed it must be clean. This is dirty. Only in Ramaḍān, first of Ramaḍān, we are saying this.
In shā’a Llāh to be people satisfied because if you fast now maybe some people fasting, some country fasting tomorrow. And what will be harm for you? It is not ḥarām. Even other country, maybe they fast one day before. We can fast one day day before. After, but if they are fasting one day after, it is not. We lose many thing. If we fast one day before, like yesterday maybe in taqwīm Hāshimī it was first it was yesterday. If we fast it's okay we get reward, even nāfilah you can reward also. But if it is tomorrow, you break your fast today – problem, big problem. Allāh make our people, give them good thinking to be more clever to know who are they are following, what they have from favour from Allāh, and to be thankful for Him – thank You for thank Him Allāh, shukran liLlāh
Wa Minallah at-Tawfeeq, Al-Fatiha.
83.THE MIRACLES OF QUR’ĀN Thursday, 17 May 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.
Bismi Llāhi r-Raḥmāni r-Raḥīm. "Shahru Ramaḍāna lladhī unzila fīhi l-Qur’ān" (2:185). The Holy Qur’ān, the Glorious Qur’ān, the ancient word of Allāh was sent down to our Holy Prophet in the month of Ramaḍān. It was sent down in Ramaḍān. Then it was conveyed gradually over a period of 23 years. The Glorious Qur’ān was revealed to our Holy Prophet during his time of prophecy piece by piece over 23 years. And he recited it to his Nation, his companions. They preserved it. It was preserved till our time and is preserved until the Day of Judgment. Bismi Llāhi r-Raḥmāni r-Raḥīm, "Innā naḥnu nazzalnā dh- dhikra wa-innā lahu laḥāfiẓūn" (15:9). "We sent down the Qur’ān and We are its Preserver." Meaning it has not been altered like the heavenly books that came before it. The Gospel and the Torah: they changed them a lot. However, this Glorious Qur’ān is not so. It is protected.
Allāh Azza wa Jalla sent it down to our Holy Prophet as a miracle. It says it is a healing for those who read it. It is a means to guidance. It becomes a means for their station to rise. Our prayers are offered with the Qur’ān. Our ṣalāh would not be accepted without the Qur’ān, if you did not recite the Fātiḥah and the following sūrah. The farḍ, sunnah, and nāfilah – none of them would be accepted. Therefore, the Glorious Qur’ān is a great gift from Allāh ‘Azza wa Jalla to our Holy Prophet. And our Holy Prophet tells his Nation to recite it. Recite it so we may memorize as much as possible. And preserve what you have memorized. Do not forget it. Now people are sending their children. Their children become ḥāfiẓ and they get happy. What follows is more important. It is to work so he does not forget it. Just as you are trying and toiling to teach him, you should help him to preserve it, so that it stays in his memory and advise him so he does not forget – if he is going to forget, then as much as he will not forget. He should not forget what he knows again. Some people forget what they know. Repetition is required.
Because it came down in Ramaḍān, we need to read it more in Ramaḍān. Therefore, those who listen to it also, Bismi Llāhi r-Raḥmāni r-Raḥīm, "Wa-idhā quri’a l-Qur’ānu fa- stami‘ū lahu wa-anṣitū" (7:204). The Qur’ān. Thank Allāh the Qur’ān is recited every day in Ramaḍān, in mosques, homes, and dargāhs. A person recites and the others follow along with him. Those who know still follow silently. Or those who do not know can
open the Qur’ān and follow them while listening. They also gain that benefit. This, what Allāh Azza wa Jalla gives us, and we do not appreciate it. It is a great gift, a great bounty. May Allāh make us know its value and worth. There is everything in the Qur’ān. There is healing. There is physical and spiritual strength. Let us know its value, In Sha Allah.
Bismillahir Rahmanir Raheem. Allāh ‘Azza wa Jalla saying, "Shahru Ramaḍāna alladhī unzila fīhi l-Qur’ān" (2:185). Holy Qur’ān sent for Prophet in Ramaḍān. Once whole the... Allāh send this for him. After, in twenty three years, He, Allāh ‘Azza wa Jalla, little by little, little by little, sending Qur’ān for verses, chapter, and juz’ for Prophet Prophet teaching his companions, ṣaḥābah. They were remembering and they keep it in their memory and some of them they was writing all in leather. Even they write in bone of camel to keep it. And it was keep it – not like holy books, heavenly books, who coming for Mūsá ‘alayhi s-salām, ‘Īsá ‘alayhi s-salām, Tawrāt and Injīl. This they change. Many they write as they like – like Injīl Gospel. There is now four. Before there was maybe four thousand. Each one, everybody he write as he like. Real one they have one from Barnabas but also they have many they not accept this. Only they accept four. How can be four Injīl and each one different? It was one only but they change it and they make it like this.
But Qur’ān forever it will not change. It is same. This is big miracle for Prophet and big gift from Allāh for him and from him for his Ummah. Qur’ān it is incredible thing. Fīhi ‘ulūmi l-awwalīni wa l-akharīn – knowledge for everything for in this universe in this book, holy book. Qur’ān ‘Aẓīmu sh-sha’n – for this nobody can change it. Nobody can make it different. Now there is people they not happy with this, they try to put something, to take something from this but it is they doing for tiring themself without any benefit for them. It will be same like this, Qur’ān it will be same like this until before Qiyāmah, to blessed it will be go from this world. This also miracle. The Qur’ān it will be taken out by Allāh ‘Azza wa Jalla. If you open Qur’ān you will be not find any word. Ḥāfiẓ – no you cannot find any ḥāfiẓ who remembering this. It's end of time but forever it will be still with saved and kept for Allāh ‘Azza wa Jalla even in Jannah. They can read Qur’ān also and Qur’ān it is very important.
You cannot pray without Qur’ān. You must learn first. If you are beginning for Islām, you can make it without but when you are many days you must learn. Fātiḥah you must learn, sūrah – to be your praying complete. And it is also many people they can if they can memorize, they can keep many sūrah, important sūrah to read every time like: Yāsīn, Tabārak, ‘Amma, Sajdah, Kahf. These sūrah most of people who are following, if they can memorise, they must try to memorise this and not forget. To forget Qur’ān it is also not good. You will be ashamed in front of Divinely Presence of Allāh when you are forget – you are learning and forget. And nowadays people, many people, every people, they coming saying, "Make du‘ā’ for our children, they make ḥifẓ – memorise Qur’ān." Okay we can make this and you, they are very hardly happy to make their children to memorise. After this they are not important. It is more important, after when they
memorise Qur’ān, to look after them and to let them continue, not to forget. They memorise – everyday You must read, make one hour to not forget. This is more important from make your children to memorise Qur’ān.
And after – "Okay my children finish Qur’ān." After you say him: "Read Tabārak." They cannot read. "Read Sajdah." They cannot read. What is this? If they it will be like this, better to teach them some sūrah not forget, to not forget. It is very important to continue.
And for, Alhamdulilah, who are listening to Qur’ān, he is also rewarded as who is reading. In Ramaḍān because month of Qur’ān, also many place they are reading Qur’ān with jamā‘ah (in congregation) – in mosque, in house, in dergah, in zāwiyah. They are making this who can. Some people reading from loud and other listening. Who can read, he can read by himself, also following with this who are reading. He don't know also, only open Qur’ān and they follow. It is also reward as he is reading. It is real big gift from Allāh for us Qur’ān but we are not knowing value of this. Allāh make us to know value of Qur’ān, to be from Ahlu l-Qur’ān, In Sha Allah.
Wa Minallah at-Tawfeeq, Al-Fatiha.
84.MAWLANA SHAYKH ABDULLAH AD-DAGHISTANI Sunday, 20 May 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.
Today is holy. May He make this holy month's blessings constant upon us. We have reached the fifth day of Ramaḍān. In this month of Ramaḍān Grandshaykh Shaykh 'Abdu Llāh ad-Dāghistānī [passed to the other side] in '73. It was the third of Ramaḍān. But of course that time Ramaḍān was in October. In October Grand Shaykh Efendi went to ākhirah. His 'urs, meaning his commemoration is also in the beginning of Ramaḍān. Grandshaykh Shaykh 'Abdu Llāh ad-Dāghistānī.
Most people here [have not seen him]. I think among those who are here, one or two people might have seen him. The rest have known Grandshaykh very well. How did they know about Shaykh 'Abdu Llāh ad-Dāghistānī? From our Shaykh, Mawlānā Shaykh Nāẓim. He would always speak about his – what he did, his sayings, and his states. That is why most people feel as if they have seen Grandshaykh ['Abdu Llāh ad- Dāghistānī]. Because the spirituality of great people is strong. They come to help. They certainly also come near to the ones who love them. Their himmah comes to our gatherings when their names are mentioned.
Grandshaykh – grand meaning one of the great Awliyā’. He is the Sulṭānu l-Awliyā’. Sulṭān Grandshaykh. His state, his manifestation was different than Shaykh Mawlānā [Nāẓim]. He would always be in seclusion, in ‘uzlah longer. He had done a five-year khalwah, a one-year khalwah, and a six-month khalwah. And the khalwahs that he entered were not easy, khalwahs like this. He was also in his dergah during the end of his time. Seldom would he leave to go outside. He would always be in the dergah. This holy one would come out in the morning and in the afternoon and give ṣuḥbah. His ṣuḥbas would last long. He would either speak Turkish or Dāghistānī. He would speak in the Avar language of Dāghistān. They would translate it to Arabic. Sometimes a ṣuḥbah would last for two hours, and sometimes he would have ṣuḥbahs that lasted for three hours. Then he would have dinner, most of the time with guests, but he would have dinner after ‘Aṣr, after offering the prayers.
Afterwards, after Maghrib he would not accept anybody. He would say he had duties. He would pray Maghrib and ‘Ishā’ by himself. Because his age had also grown much.
On Fridays, he would lead the prayer, after the ṣuḥbah, after the khatm. Then he would go down. Normally Shaykh Nāẓim Efendi would lead as imām both in the mosque and in the dergah. As we said, his state was different. He would not accept anybody after Maghrib prayers. He would rest after ‘Ishā’. Then he would wake up at night and perform his service by himself. He would make tea. He would do Tahajjud, his worship, morning prayer, sunrise [prayer], and sit until ḍuḥá. And in the morning he would be busy with family. In this way, [he would meet] at noon, in the afternoon, or a little before noon was possible, but he would not accept anybody after evening.
Of course, that time, due to his power of sainthood, his service was to raise awliyā’. He was busy raising Shaykh Mawlānā. He would not deal much with people. He would not open his jadhbah. Sometimes he would open it and people would be filled. With them, as we said, because his state was different, more secretive, neighbours would not know him as Shaykh Efendi. They would call him Ḥājjī. They would say Ḥājjī ‘Abdu Llāh Efendi. Whereas he was the Great Sultanu l-Awliyā’ Shaykh 'Abdu Llāh. Even the neighbours next to him would not know his value. And he, of course because he was always with our Holy Prophet, in the presence of Allāh ‘Azza wa Jalla, in the presence of the Beloved because he was in the presence of Allāh he would never be concerned much with who came and who left.
As we said, each of the Awliyā’ has a different state. They are not all in the same form. Allāh gave each one of them a specialty. Their qualifications are different. However, of course what they manifest is the same. Meaning even if their external appearance, state and actions are different, what they manifest is the same. Their dergahs are identical too. Wherever you go, it is the same method back to our Holy Prophet. Because that place has an owner. Its owner is making people continue with the same method. Allāh.
May his himmah be present for us. [We saw] his karāmāt (miracles). We were children then. He would say, "Nothing would happen to Sham as long as I am alive." So many wars happened and nothing had happened to Sham. In '73, there, a week after his passing away, a big war erupted. Sham, meaning all around, was damaged and wasted afterwards. But now the karāmāt continue still. Now, within all this, because of the war there, the whole place is broken, there is not a place that is not destroyed. Only that dergah is standing. There are people coming and going. Services are provided. The poor and needy come, and the rich come. With his himmah, with his barakah, Allāh willing, safety will be reached in the end, In Sha Allah. As we said, karāmāt appeared while he was alive and they appear now. When trouble occurs and we ask for his himmah, he becomes present Allāh willing. Do not forget him. Ask for himmah from all the awliyā’, especially our shaykhs. They pay more attention to us Allāh willing. May their himmah be upon us, In Sha Allah. Allāh ‘Azza wa Jalla send His beloved people around us and this is month of, beloved month also, Ramaḍān. In this month many thing happen. One of them for Mawlānā Shaykh ‘Abdu Llāh ad-Dāghistāni, his ‘urs it was in beginning of
Ramaḍān, third of Ramaḍān. And it is blessed to remember him because we are, many of us maybe in this place, maybe one or two people they meet him with body – not in dream or other. But we are very familiar for him. We are as we are with him whole time. How it was this? With Mawlānā Shaykh Nāẓim he all time, every time saying about Mawlānā Shaykh ‘Abdu Llāh ad-Dāghistāni – "He was doing this. He say that. He do this." So we are as we are with him. With Mawlānā Shaykh all time he was with him and we are happy to be such, we have such great Sulṭān of Awliyā’u Llāh, .Sulṭānu l-Awliyā’ Shaykh ‘Abdu Llāh ad-Dāghistāni. So he is real beloved one for Allāh. This very rare people. One of them Mawlānā Shaykh ‘Abdu Llāh ad-Dāghistāni. We are trying to follow him.
And he is, because we are very familiar, also because he is with his spiritual coming for where he is they we calling him or we ask him, blessed from him – he help. He has many karāmāt, many miracle in his life. After his life also many miracle of him. He was every time saying, "When I'm in life, nothing happen to Damascus." And really, after his passing away from one week, it was Ramaḍān that time and it was October, beginning very big fighting between Arab and Israel and many bombs coming to Damascus after him. Now also, al-ḥamdu liLlāh, whole Damascus it is there is fighting very near maqām for he is buried but in maqām even no one thing happen. And it is continue to serve ṭarīqah and poor people and every people. It is a blessing for Damascus. In Sha Allah, with his barakah, it will be saved from this bad condition also, In Sha Allah.
Mawlānā Shaykh he was has different type of life from Mawlānā Shaykh Nāẓim. Each one they have special life but main line it is same. Mawlānā Shaykh he was morning making breakfast with family or some guest. After going after ẓuhr. Praying ẓuhr in his place with some guest and going to up big room for dargāh afternoon. If it is normal day, there was big pot of tea and he gave ṣuḥbah and people drinking tea and listening to ṣuḥbah. Because ṣuḥbah lecture is was so long, sometimes two hours many times also three hours. Because he is speaking in his language, Dāghistān language or Turkish and somebody translate to him. And the best one it was when Mawlānā Shaykh Nāẓim translater for him. It is very, very nice. Sometimes others also translate but it is the best it was with Mawlānā Shaykh [Nāẓim].
After he was, after ‘Aṣr he was eating dinner and after Maghrib he not accept anybody. Pray in because there was like here – this side different, other side also. There is door between. For ‘Ishā’ and he sleep early. Awake nearly midnight and for making tahajjud or worshipping for his waẓīfah duty until sunrise he not sleeping. After this. After Maghrib he wasn't accept anybody, not like Mawlānā Shaykh [Nāẓim]. He is, every awliyā’u Llāh they have a special type of living. They are not like in one school – everybody must be same. No. This some of them like this, some of them they have different, different life but the main thing – their dargāh, their main line not changing. Exactly – where you go in, everywhere in world you see same. No different for this.
Mawlānā Shaykh ‘Abdu Llāh he was not like Mawlānā Shaykh; not travelling. Even the last years of his life not going from his house. Very rare he was going out. He was all time in his house and he is meeting people. Sometimes he slaughter. He was slaughtering by his hand. His hand really was very strong. Even more than eighty years was carrying one sheep by his hand and real Awliyā’u Llāh – they are special people. The main thing for us, when we love them they love us and they are happy with us. He is, they are never be angry when you are follow them. They are, you can get bless from them. And we are asking bless from them and to protection for whole our believer, for ṭarīqah people, for other people also to make hidāyah for them.
All this people who coming to Islām, coming to ṭarīqah through his teaching, through Mawlānā Shaykh because he is – main thing for him to teach and to make good Awliyā’u Llāh, good people to be Awliyā’u Llāh. This is what he was doing and he was not looking for how many people coming, how many not coming. Because he has jadhbah, meaning jadhbah who attract people and to bring them. He can do this. Maybe whole Damascus can come for him but he wasn't doing this. Only looking for special people. Even the neighbor they are not knowing his value. He not knowing anything from him. Some, many of them they not calling him even Shaykh. They calling Ḥājjī – Ḥājjī ‘Abdu Llāh. And he was not care about this. Al- ḥamdu liLlāh we are, we nearly know him very good with Mawlānā Shaykh. Whole life he was, every day, telling about him, his greatness and his high degrees and he is highest and he is whole time with Prophet, with Allāh ‘Azza wa Jalla in Divinely Presence. He is not caring about dunyā or about people who are, if they are make him – accepting him or not accepting him.
Many people they are knowing him very wrong, very they make bad, bad thinking about him. That is, he is not caring about them. Even he said, "I will make this to change for them, to forgive them, to change this bad thing for good thing for them." He was like this. Not saying, "I will take revenge from this people. I will ask them in Judgement Day what they..." No. He was this is many time we hear from him: "What they saying, what they are doing for us, in shā’a Llāh, we forgive them and we ask Allāh to change this bad deed to reward them for this." This is greatness of him. One this millions of thing but very small thing we try to say here. Allāh make his maqām more and more higher, In Sha Allah, and to be with them in Jannah, In Sha Allah, forever.
Wa Minallah at-Tawfeeq, Al-Fatiha.
85.THE MIRACLE OF GRANDSHAYKH Monday, 21 May 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.
Most of the nations of the prophets didn't listen to them. They didn't understand them. Therefore, the nation of some prophets consisted of one person, some were three or four people. There were thousands of prophets who were in this situation. It is the same with awliyā’. We mentioned about Sulṭān al-Awliyā’ Shaykh ‘Abdu Llāh ad-Dāghistānī yesterday. We want to talk about him again. Shaykh ‘Abdu Llāh ad-Dāghistānī said, "I have two murīds: Shaykh Nāẓim and Shaykh Ḥusayn."
There were many murīds, many who came and left but these two were the only ones who understood the ṣuḥbahs of Grandshaykh. Our Mawlānā Shaykh Nāẓim said, "I wrote down 7,000 ṣuḥbah." These ṣuḥbah came from the knowledge of the Prophet to Grandshaykh. Who did Mawlānā give ṣuḥbah to? He would give ṣuḥbah after fajr. Grandshaykh would make ṣuḥbah and Mawlānā would write it. Of course, the assembly grew larger after that. But Mawlānā stopped writing by then. Because those 7,000 ṣuḥbah were amānah [a trust] for him. That was knowledge given to him. It was given both in writing and by pouring into his heart. There were many ṣuḥbah after that, that were written and recorded on the tape recorder. All of them became thousands of more ṣuḥbah. But of course, those who could understand them were Mawlānā and Shaykh Ḥusayn. The rest didn't understand or acted in completely the opposite way. Therefore, this word of Grandshaykh is a big miracle.
Moreover, there was one library that was full of Grandshaykh's tapes. By the wisdom of Allāh, that library was burned completely during the war. And that is a miracle of Grandshaykh too because even while Grandshaykh was alive, people were saying opposite things [to what he said]. If people look, they will see that the source of required knowledge, the core of those ṣuḥbahs are with Mawlānā. Because Grandshaykh transferred all the knowledge to him. Learned knowledge is not important. Because Grandshaykh would talk from the higher stations. Most people, those who didn't follow Mawlānā, fell into various states. They became a laughingstock for people because they heard as they liked. And when they did so, we don't know how it reached their minds. And when they acted based on that, there was no benefit for them.
And for those who followed Mawlānā, an opening came everywhere in the world. There are dergahs, murīds and associates in the furthest parts of the world. And it is from the miracles of Grandshaykh that it comes from the blessings and knowledge he gave. Because it can't be with knowledge only. There must be a blessing. There must be a spiritual support to be benefit for people. Otherwise, there are many people who learn and know everything, but the spiritual power is present only in a few people. Therefore, the miracles of Grandshaykh are always appearing. With his spiritual support, he always opened doors for Mawlānā, because soon after his departure from this world, these doors opened for Mawlānā. Ṣuḥbah and lessons given by Mawlānā became on a level people could understand. Of course, sometimes they were not understandable but most of the time people would understand his ṣuḥbah and be attracted to him. With that attraction, he became light and guidance for all those people.
And that, as we said, was the support of Grandshaykh to Mawlānā. All the knowledge transferred to him, all the spiritual support, love of Allāh and the Prophet, passed on to him. Therefore, when people say, "I was with the Grandshaykh," there is no value if you were there and didn't understand anything. It may be good for you that you were there because Grandshaykh supported you but you can't support others. You must come to Mawlānā’s way. Otherwise, it doesn't work. Many people don't understand this.
May Allāh help, In Sha Allah.
Many of prophet, there is thousands prophets, their nations they didn't understand them. if they understand, they will follow them. For this [reason] many of them they was have only one nation. Nation? – One man. How it can be nation? They said must be thousand millions people. No. They for prophet ummah who following prophet – nation. Some of them two people, some of them three people, like this because they don't understand. But they was prophet trying, calling people for hidāyah for showing them way of Allāh. In awliyā’u Llāh also same. If there is great Awliyā’, they have many sometime follower but they are not real follower. Like Mawlānā, we was speaking yesterday for Mawlānā Shaykh ‘Abdu Llāh adDāghistāni qaddas Allāhu sirrahu Sulṭānu l-Awliyā’ and he was saying I have only two follower murīd: one Shaykh Naẓīm Efendi, one Shaykh Ḥusayn Efendi. Other people they was coming but he not accept them as murīd, only as people they love to see him, to be with him. Important thing to be acceptable in with Shaykh. And this situtation make people to think how it can be. It can be because he was hiding himself and only make two people, especially Mawlānā Shaykh Naẓīm. He was saying, "I'm coming after fajr and pray together and he make ṣuḥbah. I write seven thousand ṣuḥbah from Mawlānā Shaykh ‘Abdu Llāh adDāghistāni qaddas Allāhu sirrahu." This until maybe '67 or something. Like after this he wasn't write because after this, follower coming more and more and he open door of to people to come and he was giving ṣuḥbah lecture every time and people writing and recording. And every day three hour, four hour ṣuḥbah. But of course this people they was listening
to ṣuḥbah but it was so high for them and they don't understand. But still their ego they said, "Oh look this is what we understand." They understand exactly opposite what he said and telling people and people not happy with what with they hear. Not what the Shaykh saying and they was too much criticising, for criticise for Grandshaykh. But he was speaking... If ‘ālim coming, they was great ‘ālim come to him, say, "Oh... he nothing wrong at all." But when this people going and around and saying for people, people they was running away.
This is what happen and people they not understand. For this Grandshaykh with his miracle he said for giving sign to Mawlānā Shaykh, he is he know because with writing, he also giving his knowledge by heart also, not only by tongue and writing, by heart also. The important thing this is. For this he said, "This my murīd two only – Shaykh Naẓīm Efendi and Shaykh Ḥusayin Efendi." And after he pass away, also was huge library from recording his voice but with miracle, also in wartime Lebanon, they was all burn down. Not important this because important what he give for Mawlānā. It was light and enough to collect hearts from whole around the world.
No place in this world you cannot find people they don't know Mawlānā Shaykh ‘Abdu Llāh ad-Dāghistāni and Mawlānā Shaykh Nāẓim al-Ḥaqqānī. Everywhere you, sometimes you are, you how surprise – what is people you are in country nobody know about this but you find also people they are knowing. This is miracle of Grandshaykh and to make this all his ṣuḥbah and people happy will listen this and speak like this. They don't understand the secret with Mawlānā Shaykh and even after this, Mawlānā Shaykh he make them to burn all of them. And the most important, most light one, his ṣuḥbah – alive ṣuḥbah – he was with Mawlānā Shaykh Nāẓim. Because many of them as we said they are after Mawlānā, they try to make something but the secret it was with Mawlānā.
And he make this and he all time saying this is from which with my Shaykh, Shaykh ‘Abdu Llāh ad-Dāghistāni. Not one minute he not saying this, not remembering this. Whole time remembering and telling people because all it is one – no difference between one to other. So, In Sha Allah, Allāh, give people good understanding and to be thankful for Allāh we have been with them, for here and hereafter, In Sha Allah.
Wa Minallah at-Tawfeeq, Al-Fatiha.
86.THE MOST MERCIFUL Tuesday, 22 May 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.
Allāh ‘Azza wa Jalla states, Auzu Billahi Minashaytanir Rajeem. Bismillahir Rahmanir Raheem,. "Inna Llāha yaghfiru dh-dhunūba jamī‘an innahu huwa l-ghafūru r-Raḥīm" (39:53). Allāh جل ه الل ج forgives all sins. He does not say, "I forgive this and I don't forgive that." He says, "I forgive all sins." Allāh is forgiving. Allāh ‘Azza wa Jalla forgives as long as you repent and ask for forgiveness.
Once Allāh forgives, people also forgive. Well they may forgive. Some people hold a grudge and do not forgive. It is envy. Because of their envy they say, "I won't forgive. Let him suffer his punishment on the Day of Judgment," or, "Let him suffer here." There are such people. Leave that aside, some people do not forgive when a mistake is made. The other person is repentant of course. If the mistake involves the rights of others, of course the person either can forgive or is unable to forgive or cannot forgive. And sometimes someone else has forgiven them. So for example, a murīd made a mistake, and his Shaykh forgave him. Others might not be able to tolerate this. This is from the ego. It is from a disease of the ego. It is envy. Envy – not to forgive is the character of shayṭān. Forgiving is the character of Allāh. We are obliged to abide by Allāh's attributes, not shayṭān's. Whatever shayṭān does, we stay away from.
It happens. Sometimes even during Mawlānā's time, many people, not too many but some people, because Mawlānā was being tolerant – as a result of their envy many left this way and got out. Of course not many but some people. It means it was no use for them. It was harmful. For it to be useful, so for this reason, when you see a good being done, when you see tolerance, do not see it as bad. See it as good. Because everyone has an ego. Everyone has the ability to make a mistake. Everyone can make a mistake. It was not just that man who made a mistake. Forgiving that man who made a mistake is a goodness for you too. He should say, "When I, Allāh forbid, also make a mistake, Allāh will forgive me too if I repent. These people might forgive me also." If not, if you condemn him: "This man became bad as such, made such evil," our Holy Prophet says, "If a person condemns another, certainly that fault might be in him too." So if you see a fault or a defect, do not condemn the person. Feel for them. If they repent be happy since they repented from their mistake.
Do not feel sad since he repented Allāh will forgive him now and not punish him. It is better. Let Him not punish. Because we do not want anybody to get punished. May Allāh protect us. We also have an ego. If he gets punished we could also get punished .Therefore, as we said, during this Ramaḍān we should forgive and be happy for those who are forgiven. We should not feel sorrow. As we said, to be happy is Allāh's attribute. Our Holy Prophet says, and there are so many ḥadīth that show how much Allāh ‘Azza wa Jalla is happy. He is so happy when man repents and asks for forgiveness. Of course some people follow their ego. They think they are angels without sins, and do not commit any sins. No, all of us make mistakes. May Allāh forgive us all, In Sha Allah.
Allāh ‘Azza wa Jalla saying, "Inna Llāha yaghfiru dh-dhunūba jamī‘an innahu huwa l- ghafūru r-Raḥīm" (39:53), ṣadaqa Llāhu l-‘aẓīm. Allāh He said Allāh He forgive everything. He is the most who forgive. What you done, when you regret and you ask forgiveness, He forgive you. This good tiding because many people, every people they make mistake, they make wrong thing and but the end Allāh forgive us. Not like human being they are not forgiving at all. Only forgiving for bad thing what they... If you do bad thing is ok you can continue but if you do good thing it is not good for them. For this Allāh ‘Azza wa Jalla forgive and people also must forgive for people who asking forgiveness from them.
Because many people they are envious, they have bad attribute, they like this people to [be] punish[ed]. Even they regret and ask for forgiveness they are also they want them to [be] punish[ed] here and hereafter also. This attribute envious – attribute of shayṭān. He is envious. He is, he has every time hate, hatred in his inside. Who following shayṭān this people also same. They have the hatred and envious for people. But for Allāh ‘Azza wa Jalla every time He is asking people to ask forgiveness, to forgive them. This attribute of Allāh so we are, we must follow attribute of Allāh. To be following what He is do, what He is like, and what He want people to like. Not following shayṭān who every time want bad thing for people, not good thing. And this envious it is some, many time it's taking people to way of not good end.
Because Mashāyikh also every time they have tolerance and they are forgive for people what they do from wrong thing but sometimes people in ṭarīqah even they are not like this and many, not many, some of them... Time of Mawlānā, because Mawlānā he was endless tolerance and forgive people – many of them, this people they left and this coming disaster for them – to left this nice and light way, way of mashāyikh for their ego. Because all of us we have ego. If Allāh saying, "I am forgive him," we must be happy because we are, we can do same mistake. We can do some wrong thing what this man or woman done. And Allāh forgive them so also we are, we must be happy because every time we can be in will forgive us. Not to angry for Allāh, when He forgive all people. No. We are, we must be happy because all life, our life, every minute we can do mistake, we can do wrong thing and it is be good tiding for us.
We must follow this, not saying for people, "Why you are forgive this?' We forgive because Allāh He very happy. Prophet saying when somebody asking forgiveness – forgive. To forgive him from Allāh. Allāh He is very happy. He said, Prophet he give many example for this. As one bedouin, he is traveling in desert and he has everything in his camel. And when he sleep, his camel run away. When he wake up – only in desert. In desert nothing you can survive because water, food, to walk, you cannot walk. You must be have this camel and this camel he was running away. He was hopeless, this man. Looking they are here, and after he tired. He was sitting or sleeping. Suddenly his camel coming for him and Prophet saying this, from his happiness this bedouin he said, "O my servant I'm your Lord. Thank You for You" – for Allāh. He make it wrong. [He meant] to say, "O my Lord, I'm your servant." He said, "O my servant, I'm your Lord. Thank you very much from this." From his happiness he said this.
Allāh He is more happy than this when somebody asking for forgiveness from Him. Allāh Look how it is big thing and Allāh He is the most mercy Merciful. So we must be happy. We must try to be, to try to forgive people, to not be angry all time. Every people they are can do wrong. Nobody like angel in this life. Only angel without mistake. So we are here, Allāh create us to make mistake, to make wrong – to forgive us. Allāh forgive us , all of us In Sha Allah.
Wa Minallah at-Tawfeeq, Al-Fatiha.
87.THE HEART OF ISLAM Wednesday, 23 May 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.
Shukr to Allāh, our Naqshbandī ṭarīqah is the heart of Islām, its reality. There is no such a thing as a change. It is to follow every Sunnah of our Prophet, to keep his orders and to love him. Our Ṭarīqah teaches adab. This is it. If there is something done apart from these things, that has nothing to do with our Ṭarīqah. You saw the practice of Mawlānā. He used to pay attention to every tiny
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lāh. He is Greatest. Not this people they say "we are great people." They are not great. In shā’a Llāh Allāh to next year we are praying for Allāh for to make Sayyidinā l-Mahdī coming and help this people.
Wa Minallah at-Tawfeeq, Al-Fatiha.
82.TIME OF IGNORANCE Wednesday, 16 May 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.
People today are living in the time of ignorance. They think ignorance is knowledge. It is a difficult time for people. Muslims are the same. Muslims are making judgments without knowing the matter. It is not acceptable to make judgment. Muslims and other people – for everyone it says, "Walikullin darajātun mimmā ‘amilū" (6:132) – people have ranks. We are not communists. Even with communists, they claimed everybody was equal and that turned out to be a lie. They had ranks and it wasn't as they said.
Allāh created people in levels and ranks. Why are we saying this now? In this, the end of times, shayāṭīn have increased. And shayṭān's tools have increased. They take phones now... Before there were computers, but they had to turn them on. Now there is no need for that. They take the phones, search for whatever they want, then say, "I know now this is like this." That is not so. It doesn't work that way. You are not a muftī. You are not an imām, not an ‘ālim. What you learned as knowledge becomes ignorance because of what you do sometimes. Today is the first day of Ramaḍān. May Allāh bless it for everyone. Everyone knows it here. But shayṭān is not standing still. It is not Ramaḍān in Australia today. It is not, I don't know, somewhere else. They say, "Let's not fast today." Look what they're doing. If you don't fast today, do you know what happens? You will have to fast 60 days of penalty. Because it is announced that today is Ramaḍān by the authorities. Everybody knows it is Ramaḍān. If you look as you like and follow what some scholar says in some country, you miss one day. And you put yourself under penalty. And even if you fast all your life, you can't reach the reward of one day, says our Prophet. It is a big game of shayṭān. This shayṭān has his part in everything. We are giving it as an example so that Muslims pay attention.
These incompetent people, sometimes their reading of books is not accepted. Because, as we said, what they read takes them out of the way. It takes them from the right way and puts them into the way of shayṭān. And now even worse are these tools: computers, smartphones, and internet, as we said. People of shayṭān are working not 24 hours but 48 hours. They destroyed the whole world. They are showing oppression as beauty and beauty as oppression. They are showing evil. We have to be careful about it. It is not a toy. You can't learn religion from the phone. Pay attention to this. Ask. Ask the
competent ones. Don't act according to your mind. If you are in ṭarīqah, you follow your murshid. If you are Muslim, you should ask from a muftī or imām. They will show you the way, they know it. Even an imām cannot give fatwá. He should ask a muftī.
These issues are not playthings. These are the most important things. The matters of religion are not like the matters of this world. The matters of this world are worthless like a toys. "Lahwun wa-la‘ibun" (29:64). The matters of the world are games and entertainment. They have no value. People ask everyone about those worthless things. They look up in the internet, in their phones and can't decide. They consult people and ask for advice. They go for consultants and pay money. They take it seriously whereas it has no value at all. That is just a game. Children play pretend games. That is the same. We are just bigger and it is a bigger game. We have to pay attention to a really serious matter. Don't listen to anyone – Fatwá came from here, someone said something there. Don't ask anything from incompetent people. Don't act according to their opinions. Allāh ‘Azza wa Jalla said: Bismi Llāhi r- Raḥmāni r-Raḥīm. "Wa in tuṭi‘ akthara man fī l-arḍi yuḍillūka ‘an sabīli Llāh" (6:116). If you follow the majority, they will lead you astray. They will take you out of your way. May Allāh protect us.
Today first of Ramaḍān mubārak, in shā’a Llāh, for all of us. Even in Ramaḍān shayṭān he go away but he left his deputies everywhere. Even in Ramaḍān making people to be doubt for what they are doing. Now here it is first of Ramaḍān in this country. There is many country, even only this country it is Ramaḍān only, it is not important. We must follow here. We must follow this because shayṭān he is make people to be doubt. They said, in Australia, in China, or in other place, tomorrow it will be Ramaḍān. Today Wednesday – we make Wednesday and they said it will be Thursday in another countries. So what we will do? We will break our fast? If you break your fast, you know what you will be, you have done? You must fast sixty days kaffārat for this day and one [more] for this day. And Prophet, like yesterday we said, if you fast whole your life after this it will be not enough, not reaching the reward of this days.
This day this in our country. Other country they can follow their country, no harm for them. But if you are saying, "I'm following this people and I will break my fast," it will be like this and shayṭān he will be happy, very, very, happy – "I make all this people to destroy this day of fasting and they get no reward." And even sometimes there will be punishment. Why punishment? Because we are, Allāh create us like in level: high level, second level, third level. "Walikullin darajāt" (6:132), He said Allāh ‘Azza wa Jalla. Shayṭān try to cheat people and make communism. He said you are all one same level. And they, it was the biggest lie because only they have tyrants they have level more than another not communism place. And it is normal for Allāh, He can do everything to – there is level and this level there is ‘ulamā’, imām, muftī, other. They can give fatwá. So you cannot look for your internet, your phone, and saying, "I see this and I will follow this."
This is ignorance time, our time. You see all around you thought it is knowledge time but no it is real ignorant time because they ignore Allāh ‘Azza wa Jalla. It is ignorant time, ignorant people. The most ignorant people in this time. Even Muslim they are ignorant also. They thought if we look for book we can be give fatwá and give to be scholar. No. To be scholar you must study, you must be in under teacher, under guidance, under murshid, under Shaykh. Not easy to look and to understand. For this so many mashāyikh was forbidding their murīd to read book because when they read book they make it not to be good – to be opposite, to to be bad for them. For this they was sometimes saying "don't read." And now there is worse than book, this internet and telephone and computer. All people they become crazy and they are brain dirt – not brain washed – brain dirt. Now people, even for Ramaḍān, whole people they say, "Egypt like this. Saudi like this. Syria this, Lebanon this, Pakistan this." You are living in Turkey. You are living in Cyprus and this government they saying this. And it is it must be you follow them.
We are not saying anything for how we – who is right, who is not right. It is... there is permission but normally it must be, even yesterday or today, for tomorrow it is very difficult to be [beginning Ramaḍān] but it is ok for people who are not saying, "Allāh جل ه الل ج give permission to follow their country," and if they people who are doing this with knowing, they will punished by Allāh ‘Azza wa Jalla. So this is important for people to not learn their religion from internet. Especially to listen to people they are not known what they are or, there is people they are known, they are only speaking against mashāyikh, against Ahlu s- Sunnah, against imām, Madhhab, against awliyā’u Llāh – this don't listen at all. This is only they are pouring ignorance for people to make their brain dirty, full of dirt, not washed. Washed it must be clean. This is dirty. Only in Ramaḍān, first of Ramaḍān, we are saying this.
In shā’a Llāh to be people satisfied because if you fast now maybe some people fasting, some country fasting tomorrow. And what will be harm for you? It is not ḥarām. Even other country, maybe they fast one day before. We can fast one day day before. After, but if they are fasting one day after, it is not. We lose many thing. If we fast one day before, like yesterday maybe in taqwīm Hāshimī it was first it was yesterday. If we fast it's okay we get reward, even nāfilah you can reward also. But if it is tomorrow, you break your fast today – problem, big problem. Allāh make our people, give them good thinking to be more clever to know who are they are following, what they have from favour from Allāh, and to be thankful for Him – thank You for thank Him Allāh, shukran liLlāh
Wa Minallah at-Tawfeeq, Al-Fatiha.
83.THE MIRACLES OF QUR’ĀN Thursday, 17 May 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.
Bismi Llāhi r-Raḥmāni r-Raḥīm. "Shahru Ramaḍāna lladhī unzila fīhi l-Qur’ān" (2:185). The Holy Qur’ān, the Glorious Qur’ān, the ancient word of Allāh was sent down to our Holy Prophet in the month of Ramaḍān. It was sent down in Ramaḍān. Then it was conveyed gradually over a period of 23 years. The Glorious Qur’ān was revealed to our Holy Prophet during his time of prophecy piece by piece over 23 years. And he recited it to his Nation, his companions. They preserved it. It was preserved till our time and is preserved until the Day of Judgment. Bismi Llāhi r-Raḥmāni r-Raḥīm, "Innā naḥnu nazzalnā dh- dhikra wa-innā lahu laḥāfiẓūn" (15:9). "We sent down the Qur’ān and We are its Preserver." Meaning it has not been altered like the heavenly books that came before it. The Gospel and the Torah: they changed them a lot. However, this Glorious Qur’ān is not so. It is protected.
Allāh Azza wa Jalla sent it down to our Holy Prophet as a miracle. It says it is a healing for those who read it. It is a means to guidance. It becomes a means for their station to rise. Our prayers are offered with the Qur’ān. Our ṣalāh would not be accepted without the Qur’ān, if you did not recite the Fātiḥah and the following sūrah. The farḍ, sunnah, and nāfilah – none of them would be accepted. Therefore, the Glorious Qur’ān is a great gift from Allāh ‘Azza wa Jalla to our Holy Prophet. And our Holy Prophet tells his Nation to recite it. Recite it so we may memorize as much as possible. And preserve what you have memorized. Do not forget it. Now people are sending their children. Their children become ḥāfiẓ and they get happy. What follows is more important. It is to work so he does not forget it. Just as you are trying and toiling to teach him, you should help him to preserve it, so that it stays in his memory and advise him so he does not forget – if he is going to forget, then as much as he will not forget. He should not forget what he knows again. Some people forget what they know. Repetition is required.
Because it came down in Ramaḍān, we need to read it more in Ramaḍān. Therefore, those who listen to it also, Bismi Llāhi r-Raḥmāni r-Raḥīm, "Wa-idhā quri’a l-Qur’ānu fa- stami‘ū lahu wa-anṣitū" (7:204). The Qur’ān. Thank Allāh the Qur’ān is recited every day in Ramaḍān, in mosques, homes, and dargāhs. A person recites and the others follow along with him. Those who know still follow silently. Or those who do not know can
open the Qur’ān and follow them while listening. They also gain that benefit. This, what Allāh Azza wa Jalla gives us, and we do not appreciate it. It is a great gift, a great bounty. May Allāh make us know its value and worth. There is everything in the Qur’ān. There is healing. There is physical and spiritual strength. Let us know its value, In Sha Allah.
Bismillahir Rahmanir Raheem. Allāh ‘Azza wa Jalla saying, "Shahru Ramaḍāna alladhī unzila fīhi l-Qur’ān" (2:185). Holy Qur’ān sent for Prophet in Ramaḍān. Once whole the... Allāh send this for him. After, in twenty three years, He, Allāh ‘Azza wa Jalla, little by little, little by little, sending Qur’ān for verses, chapter, and juz’ for Prophet Prophet teaching his companions, ṣaḥābah. They were remembering and they keep it in their memory and some of them they was writing all in leather. Even they write in bone of camel to keep it. And it was keep it – not like holy books, heavenly books, who coming for Mūsá ‘alayhi s-salām, ‘Īsá ‘alayhi s-salām, Tawrāt and Injīl. This they change. Many they write as they like – like Injīl Gospel. There is now four. Before there was maybe four thousand. Each one, everybody he write as he like. Real one they have one from Barnabas but also they have many they not accept this. Only they accept four. How can be four Injīl and each one different? It was one only but they change it and they make it like this.
But Qur’ān forever it will not change. It is same. This is big miracle for Prophet and big gift from Allāh for him and from him for his Ummah. Qur’ān it is incredible thing. Fīhi ‘ulūmi l-awwalīni wa l-akharīn – knowledge for everything for in this universe in this book, holy book. Qur’ān ‘Aẓīmu sh-sha’n – for this nobody can change it. Nobody can make it different. Now there is people they not happy with this, they try to put something, to take something from this but it is they doing for tiring themself without any benefit for them. It will be same like this, Qur’ān it will be same like this until before Qiyāmah, to blessed it will be go from this world. This also miracle. The Qur’ān it will be taken out by Allāh ‘Azza wa Jalla. If you open Qur’ān you will be not find any word. Ḥāfiẓ – no you cannot find any ḥāfiẓ who remembering this. It's end of time but forever it will be still with saved and kept for Allāh ‘Azza wa Jalla even in Jannah. They can read Qur’ān also and Qur’ān it is very important.
You cannot pray without Qur’ān. You must learn first. If you are beginning for Islām, you can make it without but when you are many days you must learn. Fātiḥah you must learn, sūrah – to be your praying complete. And it is also many people they can if they can memorize, they can keep many sūrah, important sūrah to read every time like: Yāsīn, Tabārak, ‘Amma, Sajdah, Kahf. These sūrah most of people who are following, if they can memorise, they must try to memorise this and not forget. To forget Qur’ān it is also not good. You will be ashamed in front of Divinely Presence of Allāh when you are forget – you are learning and forget. And nowadays people, many people, every people, they coming saying, "Make du‘ā’ for our children, they make ḥifẓ – memorise Qur’ān." Okay we can make this and you, they are very hardly happy to make their children to memorise. After this they are not important. It is more important, after when they
memorise Qur’ān, to look after them and to let them continue, not to forget. They memorise – everyday You must read, make one hour to not forget. This is more important from make your children to memorise Qur’ān.
And after – "Okay my children finish Qur’ān." After you say him: "Read Tabārak." They cannot read. "Read Sajdah." They cannot read. What is this? If they it will be like this, better to teach them some sūrah not forget, to not forget. It is very important to continue.
And for, Alhamdulilah, who are listening to Qur’ān, he is also rewarded as who is reading. In Ramaḍān because month of Qur’ān, also many place they are reading Qur’ān with jamā‘ah (in congregation) – in mosque, in house, in dergah, in zāwiyah. They are making this who can. Some people reading from loud and other listening. Who can read, he can read by himself, also following with this who are reading. He don't know also, only open Qur’ān and they follow. It is also reward as he is reading. It is real big gift from Allāh for us Qur’ān but we are not knowing value of this. Allāh make us to know value of Qur’ān, to be from Ahlu l-Qur’ān, In Sha Allah.
Wa Minallah at-Tawfeeq, Al-Fatiha.
84.MAWLANA SHAYKH ABDULLAH AD-DAGHISTANI Sunday, 20 May 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.
Today is holy. May He make this holy month's blessings constant upon us. We have reached the fifth day of Ramaḍān. In this month of Ramaḍān Grandshaykh Shaykh 'Abdu Llāh ad-Dāghistānī [passed to the other side] in '73. It was the third of Ramaḍān. But of course that time Ramaḍān was in October. In October Grand Shaykh Efendi went to ākhirah. His 'urs, meaning his commemoration is also in the beginning of Ramaḍān. Grandshaykh Shaykh 'Abdu Llāh ad-Dāghistānī.
Most people here [have not seen him]. I think among those who are here, one or two people might have seen him. The rest have known Grandshaykh very well. How did they know about Shaykh 'Abdu Llāh ad-Dāghistānī? From our Shaykh, Mawlānā Shaykh Nāẓim. He would always speak about his – what he did, his sayings, and his states. That is why most people feel as if they have seen Grandshaykh ['Abdu Llāh ad- Dāghistānī]. Because the spirituality of great people is strong. They come to help. They certainly also come near to the ones who love them. Their himmah comes to our gatherings when their names are mentioned.
Grandshaykh – grand meaning one of the great Awliyā’. He is the Sulṭānu l-Awliyā’. Sulṭān Grandshaykh. His state, his manifestation was different than Shaykh Mawlānā [Nāẓim]. He would always be in seclusion, in ‘uzlah longer. He had done a five-year khalwah, a one-year khalwah, and a six-month khalwah. And the khalwahs that he entered were not easy, khalwahs like this. He was also in his dergah during the end of his time. Seldom would he leave to go outside. He would always be in the dergah. This holy one would come out in the morning and in the afternoon and give ṣuḥbah. His ṣuḥbas would last long. He would either speak Turkish or Dāghistānī. He would speak in the Avar language of Dāghistān. They would translate it to Arabic. Sometimes a ṣuḥbah would last for two hours, and sometimes he would have ṣuḥbahs that lasted for three hours. Then he would have dinner, most of the time with guests, but he would have dinner after ‘Aṣr, after offering the prayers.
Afterwards, after Maghrib he would not accept anybody. He would say he had duties. He would pray Maghrib and ‘Ishā’ by himself. Because his age had also grown much.
On Fridays, he would lead the prayer, after the ṣuḥbah, after the khatm. Then he would go down. Normally Shaykh Nāẓim Efendi would lead as imām both in the mosque and in the dergah. As we said, his state was different. He would not accept anybody after Maghrib prayers. He would rest after ‘Ishā’. Then he would wake up at night and perform his service by himself. He would make tea. He would do Tahajjud, his worship, morning prayer, sunrise [prayer], and sit until ḍuḥá. And in the morning he would be busy with family. In this way, [he would meet] at noon, in the afternoon, or a little before noon was possible, but he would not accept anybody after evening.
Of course, that time, due to his power of sainthood, his service was to raise awliyā’. He was busy raising Shaykh Mawlānā. He would not deal much with people. He would not open his jadhbah. Sometimes he would open it and people would be filled. With them, as we said, because his state was different, more secretive, neighbours would not know him as Shaykh Efendi. They would call him Ḥājjī. They would say Ḥājjī ‘Abdu Llāh Efendi. Whereas he was the Great Sultanu l-Awliyā’ Shaykh 'Abdu Llāh. Even the neighbours next to him would not know his value. And he, of course because he was always with our Holy Prophet, in the presence of Allāh ‘Azza wa Jalla, in the presence of the Beloved because he was in the presence of Allāh he would never be concerned much with who came and who left.
As we said, each of the Awliyā’ has a different state. They are not all in the same form. Allāh gave each one of them a specialty. Their qualifications are different. However, of course what they manifest is the same. Meaning even if their external appearance, state and actions are different, what they manifest is the same. Their dergahs are identical too. Wherever you go, it is the same method back to our Holy Prophet. Because that place has an owner. Its owner is making people continue with the same method. Allāh.
May his himmah be present for us. [We saw] his karāmāt (miracles). We were children then. He would say, "Nothing would happen to Sham as long as I am alive." So many wars happened and nothing had happened to Sham. In '73, there, a week after his passing away, a big war erupted. Sham, meaning all around, was damaged and wasted afterwards. But now the karāmāt continue still. Now, within all this, because of the war there, the whole place is broken, there is not a place that is not destroyed. Only that dergah is standing. There are people coming and going. Services are provided. The poor and needy come, and the rich come. With his himmah, with his barakah, Allāh willing, safety will be reached in the end, In Sha Allah. As we said, karāmāt appeared while he was alive and they appear now. When trouble occurs and we ask for his himmah, he becomes present Allāh willing. Do not forget him. Ask for himmah from all the awliyā’, especially our shaykhs. They pay more attention to us Allāh willing. May their himmah be upon us, In Sha Allah. Allāh ‘Azza wa Jalla send His beloved people around us and this is month of, beloved month also, Ramaḍān. In this month many thing happen. One of them for Mawlānā Shaykh ‘Abdu Llāh ad-Dāghistāni, his ‘urs it was in beginning of
Ramaḍān, third of Ramaḍān. And it is blessed to remember him because we are, many of us maybe in this place, maybe one or two people they meet him with body – not in dream or other. But we are very familiar for him. We are as we are with him whole time. How it was this? With Mawlānā Shaykh Nāẓim he all time, every time saying about Mawlānā Shaykh ‘Abdu Llāh ad-Dāghistāni – "He was doing this. He say that. He do this." So we are as we are with him. With Mawlānā Shaykh all time he was with him and we are happy to be such, we have such great Sulṭān of Awliyā’u Llāh, .Sulṭānu l-Awliyā’ Shaykh ‘Abdu Llāh ad-Dāghistāni. So he is real beloved one for Allāh. This very rare people. One of them Mawlānā Shaykh ‘Abdu Llāh ad-Dāghistāni. We are trying to follow him.
And he is, because we are very familiar, also because he is with his spiritual coming for where he is they we calling him or we ask him, blessed from him – he help. He has many karāmāt, many miracle in his life. After his life also many miracle of him. He was every time saying, "When I'm in life, nothing happen to Damascus." And really, after his passing away from one week, it was Ramaḍān that time and it was October, beginning very big fighting between Arab and Israel and many bombs coming to Damascus after him. Now also, al-ḥamdu liLlāh, whole Damascus it is there is fighting very near maqām for he is buried but in maqām even no one thing happen. And it is continue to serve ṭarīqah and poor people and every people. It is a blessing for Damascus. In Sha Allah, with his barakah, it will be saved from this bad condition also, In Sha Allah.
Mawlānā Shaykh he was has different type of life from Mawlānā Shaykh Nāẓim. Each one they have special life but main line it is same. Mawlānā Shaykh he was morning making breakfast with family or some guest. After going after ẓuhr. Praying ẓuhr in his place with some guest and going to up big room for dargāh afternoon. If it is normal day, there was big pot of tea and he gave ṣuḥbah and people drinking tea and listening to ṣuḥbah. Because ṣuḥbah lecture is was so long, sometimes two hours many times also three hours. Because he is speaking in his language, Dāghistān language or Turkish and somebody translate to him. And the best one it was when Mawlānā Shaykh Nāẓim translater for him. It is very, very nice. Sometimes others also translate but it is the best it was with Mawlānā Shaykh [Nāẓim].
After he was, after ‘Aṣr he was eating dinner and after Maghrib he not accept anybody. Pray in because there was like here – this side different, other side also. There is door between. For ‘Ishā’ and he sleep early. Awake nearly midnight and for making tahajjud or worshipping for his waẓīfah duty until sunrise he not sleeping. After this. After Maghrib he wasn't accept anybody, not like Mawlānā Shaykh [Nāẓim]. He is, every awliyā’u Llāh they have a special type of living. They are not like in one school – everybody must be same. No. This some of them like this, some of them they have different, different life but the main thing – their dargāh, their main line not changing. Exactly – where you go in, everywhere in world you see same. No different for this.
Mawlānā Shaykh ‘Abdu Llāh he was not like Mawlānā Shaykh; not travelling. Even the last years of his life not going from his house. Very rare he was going out. He was all time in his house and he is meeting people. Sometimes he slaughter. He was slaughtering by his hand. His hand really was very strong. Even more than eighty years was carrying one sheep by his hand and real Awliyā’u Llāh – they are special people. The main thing for us, when we love them they love us and they are happy with us. He is, they are never be angry when you are follow them. They are, you can get bless from them. And we are asking bless from them and to protection for whole our believer, for ṭarīqah people, for other people also to make hidāyah for them.
All this people who coming to Islām, coming to ṭarīqah through his teaching, through Mawlānā Shaykh because he is – main thing for him to teach and to make good Awliyā’u Llāh, good people to be Awliyā’u Llāh. This is what he was doing and he was not looking for how many people coming, how many not coming. Because he has jadhbah, meaning jadhbah who attract people and to bring them. He can do this. Maybe whole Damascus can come for him but he wasn't doing this. Only looking for special people. Even the neighbor they are not knowing his value. He not knowing anything from him. Some, many of them they not calling him even Shaykh. They calling Ḥājjī – Ḥājjī ‘Abdu Llāh. And he was not care about this. Al- ḥamdu liLlāh we are, we nearly know him very good with Mawlānā Shaykh. Whole life he was, every day, telling about him, his greatness and his high degrees and he is highest and he is whole time with Prophet, with Allāh ‘Azza wa Jalla in Divinely Presence. He is not caring about dunyā or about people who are, if they are make him – accepting him or not accepting him.
Many people they are knowing him very wrong, very they make bad, bad thinking about him. That is, he is not caring about them. Even he said, "I will make this to change for them, to forgive them, to change this bad thing for good thing for them." He was like this. Not saying, "I will take revenge from this people. I will ask them in Judgement Day what they..." No. He was this is many time we hear from him: "What they saying, what they are doing for us, in shā’a Llāh, we forgive them and we ask Allāh to change this bad deed to reward them for this." This is greatness of him. One this millions of thing but very small thing we try to say here. Allāh make his maqām more and more higher, In Sha Allah, and to be with them in Jannah, In Sha Allah, forever.
Wa Minallah at-Tawfeeq, Al-Fatiha.
85.THE MIRACLE OF GRANDSHAYKH Monday, 21 May 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.
Most of the nations of the prophets didn't listen to them. They didn't understand them. Therefore, the nation of some prophets consisted of one person, some were three or four people. There were thousands of prophets who were in this situation. It is the same with awliyā’. We mentioned about Sulṭān al-Awliyā’ Shaykh ‘Abdu Llāh ad-Dāghistānī yesterday. We want to talk about him again. Shaykh ‘Abdu Llāh ad-Dāghistānī said, "I have two murīds: Shaykh Nāẓim and Shaykh Ḥusayn."
There were many murīds, many who came and left but these two were the only ones who understood the ṣuḥbahs of Grandshaykh. Our Mawlānā Shaykh Nāẓim said, "I wrote down 7,000 ṣuḥbah." These ṣuḥbah came from the knowledge of the Prophet to Grandshaykh. Who did Mawlānā give ṣuḥbah to? He would give ṣuḥbah after fajr. Grandshaykh would make ṣuḥbah and Mawlānā would write it. Of course, the assembly grew larger after that. But Mawlānā stopped writing by then. Because those 7,000 ṣuḥbah were amānah [a trust] for him. That was knowledge given to him. It was given both in writing and by pouring into his heart. There were many ṣuḥbah after that, that were written and recorded on the tape recorder. All of them became thousands of more ṣuḥbah. But of course, those who could understand them were Mawlānā and Shaykh Ḥusayn. The rest didn't understand or acted in completely the opposite way. Therefore, this word of Grandshaykh is a big miracle.
Moreover, there was one library that was full of Grandshaykh's tapes. By the wisdom of Allāh, that library was burned completely during the war. And that is a miracle of Grandshaykh too because even while Grandshaykh was alive, people were saying opposite things [to what he said]. If people look, they will see that the source of required knowledge, the core of those ṣuḥbahs are with Mawlānā. Because Grandshaykh transferred all the knowledge to him. Learned knowledge is not important. Because Grandshaykh would talk from the higher stations. Most people, those who didn't follow Mawlānā, fell into various states. They became a laughingstock for people because they heard as they liked. And when they did so, we don't know how it reached their minds. And when they acted based on that, there was no benefit for them.
And for those who followed Mawlānā, an opening came everywhere in the world. There are dergahs, murīds and associates in the furthest parts of the world. And it is from the miracles of Grandshaykh that it comes from the blessings and knowledge he gave. Because it can't be with knowledge only. There must be a blessing. There must be a spiritual support to be benefit for people. Otherwise, there are many people who learn and know everything, but the spiritual power is present only in a few people. Therefore, the miracles of Grandshaykh are always appearing. With his spiritual support, he always opened doors for Mawlānā, because soon after his departure from this world, these doors opened for Mawlānā. Ṣuḥbah and lessons given by Mawlānā became on a level people could understand. Of course, sometimes they were not understandable but most of the time people would understand his ṣuḥbah and be attracted to him. With that attraction, he became light and guidance for all those people.
And that, as we said, was the support of Grandshaykh to Mawlānā. All the knowledge transferred to him, all the spiritual support, love of Allāh and the Prophet, passed on to him. Therefore, when people say, "I was with the Grandshaykh," there is no value if you were there and didn't understand anything. It may be good for you that you were there because Grandshaykh supported you but you can't support others. You must come to Mawlānā’s way. Otherwise, it doesn't work. Many people don't understand this.
May Allāh help, In Sha Allah.
Many of prophet, there is thousands prophets, their nations they didn't understand them. if they understand, they will follow them. For this [reason] many of them they was have only one nation. Nation? – One man. How it can be nation? They said must be thousand millions people. No. They for prophet ummah who following prophet – nation. Some of them two people, some of them three people, like this because they don't understand. But they was prophet trying, calling people for hidāyah for showing them way of Allāh. In awliyā’u Llāh also same. If there is great Awliyā’, they have many sometime follower but they are not real follower. Like Mawlānā, we was speaking yesterday for Mawlānā Shaykh ‘Abdu Llāh adDāghistāni qaddas Allāhu sirrahu Sulṭānu l-Awliyā’ and he was saying I have only two follower murīd: one Shaykh Naẓīm Efendi, one Shaykh Ḥusayn Efendi. Other people they was coming but he not accept them as murīd, only as people they love to see him, to be with him. Important thing to be acceptable in with Shaykh. And this situtation make people to think how it can be. It can be because he was hiding himself and only make two people, especially Mawlānā Shaykh Naẓīm. He was saying, "I'm coming after fajr and pray together and he make ṣuḥbah. I write seven thousand ṣuḥbah from Mawlānā Shaykh ‘Abdu Llāh adDāghistāni qaddas Allāhu sirrahu." This until maybe '67 or something. Like after this he wasn't write because after this, follower coming more and more and he open door of to people to come and he was giving ṣuḥbah lecture every time and people writing and recording. And every day three hour, four hour ṣuḥbah. But of course this people they was listening
to ṣuḥbah but it was so high for them and they don't understand. But still their ego they said, "Oh look this is what we understand." They understand exactly opposite what he said and telling people and people not happy with what with they hear. Not what the Shaykh saying and they was too much criticising, for criticise for Grandshaykh. But he was speaking... If ‘ālim coming, they was great ‘ālim come to him, say, "Oh... he nothing wrong at all." But when this people going and around and saying for people, people they was running away.
This is what happen and people they not understand. For this Grandshaykh with his miracle he said for giving sign to Mawlānā Shaykh, he is he know because with writing, he also giving his knowledge by heart also, not only by tongue and writing, by heart also. The important thing this is. For this he said, "This my murīd two only – Shaykh Naẓīm Efendi and Shaykh Ḥusayin Efendi." And after he pass away, also was huge library from recording his voice but with miracle, also in wartime Lebanon, they was all burn down. Not important this because important what he give for Mawlānā. It was light and enough to collect hearts from whole around the world.
No place in this world you cannot find people they don't know Mawlānā Shaykh ‘Abdu Llāh ad-Dāghistāni and Mawlānā Shaykh Nāẓim al-Ḥaqqānī. Everywhere you, sometimes you are, you how surprise – what is people you are in country nobody know about this but you find also people they are knowing. This is miracle of Grandshaykh and to make this all his ṣuḥbah and people happy will listen this and speak like this. They don't understand the secret with Mawlānā Shaykh and even after this, Mawlānā Shaykh he make them to burn all of them. And the most important, most light one, his ṣuḥbah – alive ṣuḥbah – he was with Mawlānā Shaykh Nāẓim. Because many of them as we said they are after Mawlānā, they try to make something but the secret it was with Mawlānā.
And he make this and he all time saying this is from which with my Shaykh, Shaykh ‘Abdu Llāh ad-Dāghistāni. Not one minute he not saying this, not remembering this. Whole time remembering and telling people because all it is one – no difference between one to other. So, In Sha Allah, Allāh, give people good understanding and to be thankful for Allāh we have been with them, for here and hereafter, In Sha Allah.
Wa Minallah at-Tawfeeq, Al-Fatiha.
86.THE MOST MERCIFUL Tuesday, 22 May 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.
Allāh ‘Azza wa Jalla states, Auzu Billahi Minashaytanir Rajeem. Bismillahir Rahmanir Raheem,. "Inna Llāha yaghfiru dh-dhunūba jamī‘an innahu huwa l-ghafūru r-Raḥīm" (39:53). Allāh جل ه الل ج forgives all sins. He does not say, "I forgive this and I don't forgive that." He says, "I forgive all sins." Allāh is forgiving. Allāh ‘Azza wa Jalla forgives as long as you repent and ask for forgiveness.
Once Allāh forgives, people also forgive. Well they may forgive. Some people hold a grudge and do not forgive. It is envy. Because of their envy they say, "I won't forgive. Let him suffer his punishment on the Day of Judgment," or, "Let him suffer here." There are such people. Leave that aside, some people do not forgive when a mistake is made. The other person is repentant of course. If the mistake involves the rights of others, of course the person either can forgive or is unable to forgive or cannot forgive. And sometimes someone else has forgiven them. So for example, a murīd made a mistake, and his Shaykh forgave him. Others might not be able to tolerate this. This is from the ego. It is from a disease of the ego. It is envy. Envy – not to forgive is the character of shayṭān. Forgiving is the character of Allāh. We are obliged to abide by Allāh's attributes, not shayṭān's. Whatever shayṭān does, we stay away from.
It happens. Sometimes even during Mawlānā's time, many people, not too many but some people, because Mawlānā was being tolerant – as a result of their envy many left this way and got out. Of course not many but some people. It means it was no use for them. It was harmful. For it to be useful, so for this reason, when you see a good being done, when you see tolerance, do not see it as bad. See it as good. Because everyone has an ego. Everyone has the ability to make a mistake. Everyone can make a mistake. It was not just that man who made a mistake. Forgiving that man who made a mistake is a goodness for you too. He should say, "When I, Allāh forbid, also make a mistake, Allāh will forgive me too if I repent. These people might forgive me also." If not, if you condemn him: "This man became bad as such, made such evil," our Holy Prophet says, "If a person condemns another, certainly that fault might be in him too." So if you see a fault or a defect, do not condemn the person. Feel for them. If they repent be happy since they repented from their mistake.
Do not feel sad since he repented Allāh will forgive him now and not punish him. It is better. Let Him not punish. Because we do not want anybody to get punished. May Allāh protect us. We also have an ego. If he gets punished we could also get punished .Therefore, as we said, during this Ramaḍān we should forgive and be happy for those who are forgiven. We should not feel sorrow. As we said, to be happy is Allāh's attribute. Our Holy Prophet says, and there are so many ḥadīth that show how much Allāh ‘Azza wa Jalla is happy. He is so happy when man repents and asks for forgiveness. Of course some people follow their ego. They think they are angels without sins, and do not commit any sins. No, all of us make mistakes. May Allāh forgive us all, In Sha Allah.
Allāh ‘Azza wa Jalla saying, "Inna Llāha yaghfiru dh-dhunūba jamī‘an innahu huwa l- ghafūru r-Raḥīm" (39:53), ṣadaqa Llāhu l-‘aẓīm. Allāh He said Allāh He forgive everything. He is the most who forgive. What you done, when you regret and you ask forgiveness, He forgive you. This good tiding because many people, every people they make mistake, they make wrong thing and but the end Allāh forgive us. Not like human being they are not forgiving at all. Only forgiving for bad thing what they... If you do bad thing is ok you can continue but if you do good thing it is not good for them. For this Allāh ‘Azza wa Jalla forgive and people also must forgive for people who asking forgiveness from them.
Because many people they are envious, they have bad attribute, they like this people to [be] punish[ed]. Even they regret and ask for forgiveness they are also they want them to [be] punish[ed] here and hereafter also. This attribute envious – attribute of shayṭān. He is envious. He is, he has every time hate, hatred in his inside. Who following shayṭān this people also same. They have the hatred and envious for people. But for Allāh ‘Azza wa Jalla every time He is asking people to ask forgiveness, to forgive them. This attribute of Allāh so we are, we must follow attribute of Allāh. To be following what He is do, what He is like, and what He want people to like. Not following shayṭān who every time want bad thing for people, not good thing. And this envious it is some, many time it's taking people to way of not good end.
Because Mashāyikh also every time they have tolerance and they are forgive for people what they do from wrong thing but sometimes people in ṭarīqah even they are not like this and many, not many, some of them... Time of Mawlānā, because Mawlānā he was endless tolerance and forgive people – many of them, this people they left and this coming disaster for them – to left this nice and light way, way of mashāyikh for their ego. Because all of us we have ego. If Allāh saying, "I am forgive him," we must be happy because we are, we can do same mistake. We can do some wrong thing what this man or woman done. And Allāh forgive them so also we are, we must be happy because every time we can be in will forgive us. Not to angry for Allāh, when He forgive all people. No. We are, we must be happy because all life, our life, every minute we can do mistake, we can do wrong thing and it is be good tiding for us.
We must follow this, not saying for people, "Why you are forgive this?' We forgive because Allāh He very happy. Prophet saying when somebody asking forgiveness – forgive. To forgive him from Allāh. Allāh He is very happy. He said, Prophet he give many example for this. As one bedouin, he is traveling in desert and he has everything in his camel. And when he sleep, his camel run away. When he wake up – only in desert. In desert nothing you can survive because water, food, to walk, you cannot walk. You must be have this camel and this camel he was running away. He was hopeless, this man. Looking they are here, and after he tired. He was sitting or sleeping. Suddenly his camel coming for him and Prophet saying this, from his happiness this bedouin he said, "O my servant I'm your Lord. Thank You for You" – for Allāh. He make it wrong. [He meant] to say, "O my Lord, I'm your servant." He said, "O my servant, I'm your Lord. Thank you very much from this." From his happiness he said this.
Allāh He is more happy than this when somebody asking for forgiveness from Him. Allāh Look how it is big thing and Allāh He is the most mercy Merciful. So we must be happy. We must try to be, to try to forgive people, to not be angry all time. Every people they are can do wrong. Nobody like angel in this life. Only angel without mistake. So we are here, Allāh create us to make mistake, to make wrong – to forgive us. Allāh forgive us , all of us In Sha Allah.
Wa Minallah at-Tawfeeq, Al-Fatiha.
87.THE HEART OF ISLAM Wednesday, 23 May 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.
Shukr to Allāh, our Naqshbandī ṭarīqah is the heart of Islām, its reality. There is no such a thing as a change. It is to follow every Sunnah of our Prophet, to keep his orders and to love him. Our Ṭarīqah teaches adab. This is it. If there is something done apart from these things, that has nothing to do with our Ṭarīqah. You saw the practice of Mawlānā. He used to pay attention to every tiny
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