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Suhbah 2018: Maulana Shaykh Mehmet Adil ar-Rabbani (20/25)


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Allāh will accept for this also.

Many times Allāh make something to be prevent you from ḥajj or some people or matter you thought it is from them, no this is from Allāh. Allāh if He want you this year to be ḥajj, you can be. But if you not, don't be sad because Allāh said, "Innamā yuwaffā ṣ- ṣābirūna ajrahum bighayri ḥisāb" (39:10) – Allāh will reward who are patient without countless, He will reward with His endless mercy. Alḥamdulilah, we are with Mawlānā and we saying also for people to go to ḥajj. It is not holiday. Ḥājj it is hard. Don't think,

"I will go there and it will be everything okay. I will be... Everybody, this tour people who are taking you, they will be serve you." No. Don't think this. It is Allāh make it especially to be hard for people, if you go with luxury or you go with the lowest one. Also all people they have, they must have some difficulty in ḥajj. And this is difficulty you must accept it is from Allāh and you must be sacrifice – not saying anything. Only accept. Don't be angry, don't object, only be happy. Thank for Allāh He bring you there and you are clean from all your this heavy burden. Sin, it's very heavy burden. And, al- ḥamdu liLlāh, when you go there it will be go all of them. Allāh change it to reward, In Sha Allah.

Allāh open for people who are not, they didn't go to ḥajj. Allāh make them to go, In Sha Allah, again, In Sha Allah.

Wa Minallah at-Tawfeeq, Al-Fatiha.

139.WASTED EFFORTS Tuesday, 7 August 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 not make our efforts wasted, because those who are on this path, their efforts are not wasted, they always are the gainers. If he does what he does after making a [good] intention (niyyah, Allah gives multiple. [But] if he has a [good] intention and does not carry it out, Allah still gives its reward according to the intention.

For the one who intends to commit sin, but does not, then nothing happens. If he acts upon his bad intention, however, the sin is written for him. Some people are on the path that Allah does not like. They think they do better by not following Allah. Allah ‘azza wa jalla says, “On the day of judgement they have no value, no weight [in the scales].” They are of no use even for themselves, nor for others. That is the effort that is wasted. As long as you are not with Allah, whatever you do has no use, instead it has harm. Its harm is more than its benefit.

All his life long, he works with great effort thinking he is doing good, though what he does is serving Shaytan. May Allah not make us one of them, insha’Allah. Even if we do not do much, let our intention be good, and In Sha Allah let us be with Allah so that we are rewarded.

May Allah protect us. Most people’s effort is in vain—this is what we are trying to say. Allah Almighty from His Mercy rewards people even for their [good] intention, but people run as far as they can from Him, and go against Him. They think they do good and what they do will benefit themselves, but no benefit is received. May Allah protect us. May Allah have us not waste our labor, In Sha Allah.

Wa Minallah at-Tawfeeq, Al-Fatiha.

140.STRUGGLE AGAINST THE EGO Wednesday, 8 August 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.

These are holy days. May Allah let us benefit from their abundance, In Sha Allah. Allah ‘azza wa jalla wishes goodness of people; Satan wishes evil for them. Allah calls them for good; Satan calls them for evil. Most of them are prone towards evil; they go to evil. They go towards whichever kind of bad there is. Why is that? Because there is ego.

Ego loves the bad, inclines towards it. Wherever there is evil, ego goes in its direction. Most people ask, ”Why do they not come to our path?” They do not come because your path is the path of truth, therefore Satan forbids them. Ego forbids. Ego does not like it. But wherever the bad is, they incline towards it. They do not forbid you to go towards evil—instead they say go there! Therefore, ego needs to be trained. Ego should not be given what it wants. If you set it free, ego takes you towards evil always.

“Wa nafsin wa mā sawwāhā” (Qur’ān 91:7). Allah Almighty ‘azza wa jalla says, “Train your ego.” Allah created the ego (nafs), showed it what is good and what is bad.

“Qad aflaḥa man zakkāhā” (Qur’ān 91:9). “Whoever cleanses it, trains it, is the one who gains.”

“Wa qad khāba man dassāhā” (Qur’ān 91:10) “Whoever follows it is a loser.” His end would not be good. Therefore may Allah protect us. You will not leave the ego alone, continually you will train it. You will not think it is trained so now you could let it free. You will fight against it continually.

May Allah give strength to all of us. Let us not submit to our ego. It is such a strong thing. It attracts. Do not let ego breathe. May Allah protect us. May Allah protect us from the evil of our ego, In Sha Allah.

Wa Minallah at-Tawfeeq, Al-Fatiha.

141.THE DUTY OF HAJJ Friday, 10 August 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 bless this journey, it is the time of Hajj. A lot of our mureeds who have never been to Hajj have made intention to go. May Allah bless it; may Allah make it easy. May it be granted to everyone to accomplish this requirement (farḍ), In Sha Allah, because there are some people who can afford it but are not fulfilling this duty. They neglect this duty. Some others are not able to go, because they cannot financially afford it. Some others cannot go due to ill health, not having enough strength. May Allah, therefore, grant this fard for everyone, because this is a matter of Allah’s provision, nothing other than that.

A man has it all, property, health, strength, but cannot go because of his neglect, or some other reason. May Allah grant us it, because, while Ibrahim as was building the Ka‘ba Allah ‘azza wa jalla said, “Call them! Let them come!” Though Ibrahim as was surprised because there was no one around, he [still] obeyed the command, and he called, “Come to Hajj!” This call was granted upon all the souls who heard it. May Allah, therefore, grant it [and] make it easy. May Allah bless it.

They ask, “What will we do there?” Our sheikh, our father, mentions the advice of our Prophet, “Lā taghḍab!” “Do not be angry” there; do not fight with anyone; instantly hold your ego back. Remember going to Hajj is similar to going to paradise, but in entering paradise there is no test. Here is the place of test! Every kind of test occurs; therefore, whatever comes you will show patience. The first thing we remember is, ”I am being tested. May my ego be reduced to servitude! There is no getting angry here.”

Secondly, when you go there perform your daily salah at the Holy Ka‘aba or Rawḍa ash- Sherif. Now there are lazy religious teachers who say, “In Makkah wherever you pray is the same.” No, this is not true, performing daily prayer is one hundred thousand times more rewarded [there at the Holy Ka’aba]. Outside of it [i.e., the Holy Mosque] is not the same. Make the most of the opportunity while you are there. Also in Madina, perform the salah next to our Prophet. When you have the chance to pray with him, do not just remain where you sleep. Avoid wasting your time like this.

These organized Hajj tours by the government made too many cuts. Our Prophet’s program should be 8 days. They now allow only three to five days; they do not remain longer. Make the most of it. May Allah bless it, In Sha Allah. May it be easy. May Allah accept your Hajj from now. For those who could not come, may they too receive its reward, In Sha Allah. May it be granted to them later. Amin.

Wa Minallah at-Tawfeeq, Al-Fatiha.

142.THE SIN IS UPON THEM Wednesday, 5 September 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.

Thanks be to Allah that doing Hajj once more was destined. We went and came back safely. Twenty-two years later we performed Hajj again, but this time instead of making it easier, they made it harder. What we mean about making it harder is not the hardship of the duty—Hajj is all about hardship, which we endure without any problem, but the hardship is that though they dismissed the Sunnah [previously], now they are also canceling the wājib (duties). They may cancel them, but what about our so called “hojas” (Islamic teachers) who do know what the obligations are? The sin is theirs—Diyanet’s [Turkey’s Ministry of Religious Affairs] and the leading hojas.

The most important obligation is to stay in Muzdalifah until morning, but they are not letting this happen. Let’s say it here too. In Arafat, they do senseless things. Zuhr and ‘Aṣr become shortened (qaṣr), which means praying two prostrations (raka’āt) Zuhr and then two prostrations (raka’āt) ‘Aṣr separately. They prayed four prostrations (raka’āt) all together at one time [i.e., with one salām]. It is obligatory (farḍ) to perform Hajj, but even a religious scholar (‘ālim) who did not go to Hajj will ask for evidence to support the actions of Hajj. All is written in [your] book [by the angels recording actions], but the sin, responsibility, and fault are on those who take and lead the people. At least they should say, “This is obligatory (wājib), but we could not do it, so everyone should sacrifice an animal [in atonement].” They do not say this either.

This means, according to what we saw, the ummah instead of becoming better is becoming worse. “Muslim-hood” and Muslims are getting worse. Islam is not getting bad; it is Muslims who are making it worse. This means it is the End Times. We are not saying more than this. May Allah send a Leader (literally, “an owner”) and show the right path. This sort of thing happens, but the religion belongs to Allah. Allah protects it. If you do not do it, Allah ‘azza wa jalla sends another and lets him do it. May Allah send an owner so that the Ummah will be safe, and saved from this abasement, In Sha Allah.

Wa Minallah at-Tawfeeq, Al-Fatiha.

143.THEY ARE LIKE SATAN Thursday, 6 September 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.

There is a hadith of our Prophet. Allah ‘azza wa jalla sent Satan to the door of our Prophet. He entered with an ugly face. When he was asked why, he came and said, “To answer your questions. Allah sent me.” Allah sent him there so that people would like what Satan does not like, dislike what he likes, or do what he does not do. Do not do what he does. Satan said, “I came here as I was forced, otherwise I would not have come by my will.”

There were a lot questions, but amongst them the most important one asked by our Prophet was, “Who is it you dislike, hate the most in the world?” Satan replied, “It is you.” Satan had to tell the truth. Allah made him tell the truth. Those who do not love our Prophet, respect our Prophet, who do not value him, are satans, nothing else, because love of the Prophet is farḍ on us. Loving him is a benefit to us, our salvation, nothing other than it, because by only our acts and deeds we cannot be saved.

Therefore, they say, “This person is a scholar, has memorized the Quran, memorized hadith...“—they say, but those who do not respect the Prophet are like Satan. We should not follow them or respect what they say. In known places certain people have gained governing power and have spread the same fitna around the world. They are in every place; they come forth and talk as so-called scholars. No respect to them. Those who are invalid in the sight of Allah may read as much as they like, may claim they have knowledge, in fact they do not know. They are invalid.

When Allah ‘azza wa jalla grants dignity, a person is respected; if not, no matter what the person does, [even] at his best, nothing benefits him. The intercession (shafā‘ah) of the Prophet is real (ḥaqq). In Sha Allah, we are going to be saved with his intercession. May Allah let us all receive his intercession! With our actions we are not sufficient enough to be saved. May Allah correct the Muslims! May He give intelligence, thinking ability, so that they do not have regard for these people! When one is on the TV, others think of him as a friend of Allah or a prophet. They think that what he says is the truth. No, there is no such thing. Even the most ignorant person should not respect those who

do not respect the Prophet. They should recite aṣ-ṣalātu wa s-salāmu for him [the Prophet], In Sha Allah.

Wa Minallah at-Tawfeeq, Al-Fatiha.

144.STRONG FAITH Friday, 7 September 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.

Faith is the highest degree for Muslims. A person can be a Muslim, but [reaching] faith is different. With strong faith he becomes a believer (mu’min), believing everything that is from Allah. Otherwise, it is as if he believes, but on the other hand Satan plays tricks with him anyhow. But he cannot play with a mu’min. A mu’min is the one who is on the path of what Allah ordered, following the path of our Prophet.

Now, of course, they cannot do all that they could do during the time of our Prophet, but doing as much as they can is beneficial for their faith. To strengthen faith, it is necessary to submit to a Sheikh, teacher, scholar who has knowledge, but [he must be] a real guide. The guide should not be one of those who are seeking fame or selling themselves for money. There were guides like that in the past too, but today their number has increased. It has become a fashion. They do some things, sometimes make mistakes, [but] no one says anything. They also repeat their same mistakes in case others benefit— benefit in terms of material benefit. Indeed they are at a loss, no benefit, theirs is a loss. Those who make a judgment according to their [individual] minds are also at loss.

Do not believe everything according to how you see it, not as if you yourself know. Go check from the original source. If it is true, submit yourself to it, and then your faith will strengthen. But otherwise, if you do things according to your own head, you faith (imān) will never become complete; and, mayAllah protect us, you might even lose your faith. Allah May Almighty guide the Muslims in these End Times and give us steadfast faith (imān).

Wa Minallah at-Tawfeeq, Al-Fatiha.

145.HIJRI NEW YEAR Saturday, 8 September 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.

Auzu Billahi Minashaytanir Rajeem. Bismillahir Rahmanir Raheem. ´ It is said in the Qur’ān, “Wa āyatun lahum annā ḥamalnā dhurriyatuhum fī l-fulki l-mashūn. Wa khalaqnā lahum min mithlihi mā yarkabūn.” (36:41-42)

“Mashūn” means, the globe we live in. Allah ‘azza wa jalla used the metaphor of a boat. The globe we live in. We got on a sign, moving along towards the end day. This is a true word.

Tomorrow and onward are the last days of the year. The blessed year is the hijri year, not the other year. The hijri year is the one that is looked at and the twelve months are determined accordingly. It is [nearly] 1440, with the permission of Allah. Since the migration of the Prophet it has been 1440 years. Our Prophet extended his two fingers and said, “I am sent this close to the Last Day by Allah”—which means the last day is very close. Before the End Day there are hadith to happen. For the world of Muslims, insha’Allah, this will happen in a way that is safe and good while we keep our faith.

Now, why do we say “tomorrow”? Because whoever fasts the last day of the year and the new day of the year is assumed, with the permission of Allah, to have fasted the whole year. The hijri year is unlike the other. The other “new year” is entered with sin, disgracefully, and with every type of shame. Into the hijrî year we enter with dignity, best manners, prayers, and worship. This is the difference between the two. One takes a man out of straight path, causes him to be unhappy, [whereas] the other is full of bounty, takes a man to paradise. The hijri year has blessed days and months. They are beneficial for those who respect them. Indeed real benefits—not temporary but eternal. May Allah bless the year for us all, insha’Allah. May the new year be the year of Islam. May Islam be victorious, may unbelief (kufr) be defeated, In Sha Allah. May it be blessed for you all.

Wa Minallah at-Tawfeeq, Al-Fatiha.

146.SO-CALLED MUSLIMS Sunday, 9 September 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.

Our Prophet says: “Faith is a high station. To reach that stage you must have faith in the heart. Though most are nominally Muslim, few have real faith.” The one who possess faith is the one who believes in the Prophet. Therefore this verse says:

Bismillahir Rahmanir Raheem. “Qālat al-a‘rābu āmannā, qul lam tu’minū ve lākin qūlū aslamnā wa lammā yadkhuli l-īmānu fī qulūbikum.”(49:14)

Arabs say they have faith. In the Glorious Quran, Allah ‘azza wa jalla says you do not have faith. You became Muslims. You accepted Islam, but faith is in the heart. Faith did not enter your hearts. Because they counted the Prophet as being from themselves, saying they are worthy of this thing, they felt they had to become Muslims. The Companions of the Prophet are an exception to this. They had faith in their hearts. They had love for the Prophet in their hearts. They were those who believed and accepted what the Prophet would say, but the other group accepted belief in name only.

That is why our Prophet showed a miracle then, though He had a much higher rank than any of them. He put those who submitted to him on to a higher rank also. They were people like others, but our Prophet made a star of each one of them. That is what happens when faith enters. They took faith everywhere they went; they became the sultans. The other kind is the one who just stays stationary; they do not move forward. Now some people think the one who is an Arab knows more. There is no such thing. The one who does not submit to the Prophet is not a believer (mu’min), that is a man who has only accepted Islam. It means there is a big difference.

The other one, called a Bedouin Arab, is the type that left the religion after our Prophet left the world. They became backsliders (murtad). This continues; until the end it will be

this way. It is important, therefore, to be able to distinguish them. There is a huge difference between Muslims, between those who accept only in word and have no faith in their hearts and a Believer (mu’min). We need to be careful so that we submit ourselves to those who have true faith in their hearts. It is beneficial to honor them. It is beneficial until the End Day to visit their tombs.

Thanks be to Allah that we passed in front of the Prophet every day [i.e., in al-Medina al-Munawwara after Hajj). No need to fight with others every day there. Already when one has good manners (adab) and passes the place [i.e., the Prophet’s (SAW) shrine] heavenly manifestations descend. The same is true regarding the Jannat ul-Baqi. Allah ‘azza wa jalla looks at them [i.e., those dignified visitors] with mercy, Rahmah, grace. Allah’s wrath comes upon those who say to people this or that is not allowed here. May Allah protect! May Allah make us all possessors of true faith, In Sha Allah.

Wa Minallah at-Tawfeeq, Al-Fatiha.

147.THE ONE WHO WORKS HARDEST Monday, 10 September 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.

Who is the one who works hardest in the world? It is Satan, Satan and his gang. They work in a very relaxed way, and with great enthusiasm, so that people leave the path. You may attempt to do good and laziness come upon you, makes you feel lazy. If one is going to start worship, “I cannot do it. I find it hard. Please pray for me,” he says. Why do these things happen? When there is evil doing Satan supports it, he never hinders it, but if one attempts to do good, Satan hinders the good action. Satan is trying, his main goal is to put people out of the path and send them to hell. But Allah, ‘azza wa jalla, sometimes nullifies his work. For instance now, it is the last day of the year. On this last day if we ask forgiveness from Allah for our sins and the faults of the year, He forgives us. Allah forgives us through his forgiveness and mercy, then Satan bewails it saying, “All year long I worked hard, I put effort, today in just one minute all my effort is lost!”

Today is the last day of the year. In Sha Allah, it is necessary to ask forgiveness so that everything Satan does goes in vain. May Allah forgive our sins, because Allah created people to commit sins and later to ask for forgiveness, then to forgive them accordingly, to show them mercy. Insha’Allah, the work and effort of Satan will go in vain, but of course most people are unaware of this. They have no knowledge of the hijri year, [so] the year passes quietly by. They enter the other year [i.e., on 1 January] in a flamboyant way, and they sin. At that time, they do not recognize that they should ask for forgiveness. They make arrangements that are special, they make efforts, but their efforts are no use.

The recognized year is the hijri year, and this is the last day. Let us not forget this; let it stay in our minds. And may Satan’s doings go in vain. May his efforts be lost. His followers are many, but in a grudge he regrets if even one person is saved. In Sha Allah, may Allah give intelligence and thought to people, so that so that they do not follow after this evil creature. In Sha Allah, let us follow Allah’s dear servant, our Prophet.

Wa Minallah at-Tawfeeq, Al-Fatiha.

148.SHOW MERCY Wednesday, 12 September 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.

Our holy Prophet’s noble hadith: ḥr“I am, turham.”

Have mercy, then Allah has mercy on you, [and] people will also have mercy on you.” Right now the situation of the world is in the hands of tyrants. The tyrants think that they are winning. Even if they do win, whatever they win here is not for their benefit. On the contrary, they are for unfortunate for them. Whoever is merciful, Allah helps him, gives his reward.

Everyone is behaving according to his own judgement, and everyone is confused in what he should do. Everyone is saying something, but the straight path is mercy. Even though it may seem like it hurts, at the end a person realizes it is beneficial. If the opposite happens, however, oppression does not continue. Now it is oppression, and the world is full of oppression, and oppression is in its summit—this means it is on its way down! When a thing is complete, it is at the point where it starts going down. So there is no need to feel worried about oppression. Allah’s promise, our Noble Prophet (SAW) promise, is that this is a sign of the Owner of the Time, Mahdi’s coming, insha’Allah.

People should keep their faith strong. The one with strong faith does not fear anything, nothing causes worry in him. No matter if it may seems so bad, he knows it still is going to be good. Definitely he believes that is how it is. “Inna wa‘da ‘Llahi ḥaqq” (Qur’an 30:60) May Allah show us those good days to come. Wa Minallah at-Tawfeeq, Al-Fatiha.

149.THE TREE BENDS WHILE IT IS YOUNG Thursday, 13 September 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.

These days schools are starting. Children go to school to learn. They should be taught good things so that their faith becomes strong, because those who have faith spend their lives comfortably. There is a saying, “A tree bends down while it is young.” Good teachers should be trained right from childhood, so that they teach good things, beneficial things for life, beneficial things for the next life.

Already today teachers are unconscious. They have neither spiritual understanding nor understanding of true knowledge. They do things for a salary—that’s okay; one can still receive the salary, but at the same time one can receive the pleasure of God. Let them not betray, sell, their country. Otherwise, [and] as if that was not enough, many of those who go to school learn bad habits, for example, smoking. This is an important matter. Whether it is teachers or students, it is an important matter to be careful of, because most evil starts with smoking.

They say drinking is the mother of all evil. [But] before they reach drinking, they start with smoking, then drinking begins, then all the other evil, dirty work starts, [and] then the man is ruined. If the person was protected, however, in the beginning, before he puts this evil thing into his mouth, he can be saved easily, otherwise an evil jinn or an evil person bother him, ruin his life, ruin his family. May Allah protect us! May we have a good next generations, In Sha Allah.

Many teachers come to visit us. When the teachers are good, even if it is only one, he is able to change the whole class, the whole school. He is useful in training new, good generations. May Allah increase their numbers, In Sha Allah. May Allah accept their service, In Sha Allah.

Wa Minallah at-Tawfeeq, Al-Fatiha.

150.DO WHAT YOU ARE ABLE Friday, 14 September 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.

We do what we can or what we are capable of doing. For what we cannot do, our intention is that Allah has assumed we did it. We ask for Allah’s help in order to fulfill the Sunnah. Our Prophet says, “Do not go to extremes. Do what you are capable of.” Some people would you like to do a thing: sometimes it is from their desires; sometimes they really would like to do it. But Allah gave certain capacity to each person, [and] if the person exceeds this, he can do nothing.

The purpose of our Prophet towards us, and his aim was, even if little, to do the thing consistently, not suddenly loading oneself, and later being burdened by it and deciding not to do at all. Even if you do a little, that is good for you, better for you, better in every aspect. Therefore, in everything exceeding limits is not a good thing. Everything is this way, whether it be worldly affairs or affairs of the Next Life.

There is certain amount each person is capable of doing. Some do one percent, some do half of a hundred, some do five percent. This is based on the mode. When it is above the limit, it burns the engine, [and] then he cannot do anything. Therefore, what we do is for ourselves—we know ourselves, and act accordingly. May Allah accept [it], In Sha Allah.

Wa Minallah at-Tawfeeq, Al-Fatiha.

151.ABOUT DAILY PRACTICES Saturday, 15 September 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.

Some followers ask regarding daily practices, “We are not able to do our daily practices [on time]. Is it possible to do them all later?” Yes, it is possible, but if he has to do them all at one time, it is more difficult, [and] he almost will not be able to do them at all. We say, therefore, do only what you can do. Daily practices [i.e., the wazīfah, recitations] are neither obligatory (farḍ), nor a duty (wājib); they are voluntary (nāfila). Those are practices which are done to be close to Allah and his Prophet.

There is no punishment, sin, for [omitting] them, but we need to do our best to the degree we are able. When one cannot do them all, he may make the intention to complete them, [and] what he cannot complete, the shaykhs can complete them, the Friends of Allah can complete them. They complete them in your stead and help you complete them. There is no need to see oneself guilty. With the intention of wanting to do them, and saying, “I wish I could do it all,” then Allah gives you a reward according to your intention, and its merit. These practices are superior.

For those who are able to do them, they are better. Allah ‘azza wa jalla says in a holy tradition (ḥadith qudsi), “My servant comes close to me through voluntary practices, comes nearby, becomes nearer.”

The obligatory is done, the Sunnah is done, the duties are done, [and] then comes the voluntary practices. They are to strengthen the faith further, [and] to bring one closer to Allah and the Prophet. Nothing other then that. The common people already hardly make their daily prayers. People of tariqa are those who want to be closer to Allah. Of course, some people perform services. Those services may be for Allah, they may be for the umma, the services they do can easily replace the daily practices. The guides told us this, Shaykh Sharafaddin [and] Shaykh Abdullah ad-Daghistani said this. Because people are busy with services, they do not have time.

The services you do take the place of the daily practices. With them the person draws closer to Allah. May Allah have us to be of those who are close to Him. Whatever type of services there are or conditions that will bring us close to Allah, may Allah cause that

to happen for us, because the beautiful thing is to be with Allah, with his Prophet. With these things, one is elevated, [and] the situations of this world do not affect him, do not overwhelm him. Rather when you are in a higher state, you are not harming, you are beneficial, with the permission of Allah.

Wa Minallah at-Tawfeeq, Al-Fatiha.

152.GIVE GLAD TIDINGS TO THE PATIENT Sunday, 16 September 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.

Auzu Billahi Minashaytanir Rajeem. Bismillahir Rahmanir Raheem. Allah ‘azza wa jalla says, “Wa lanablūwannakum bi-shay’im mina al-khawf wa ‘ljū’ wa naqṣim mina ‘lamwāl wa ‘lanfusi wa ‘th-thamarāt wa bashshiri ’ṣ-ṣābirīn.”

“And surely We shall try you with something of fear and hunger, and loss of wealth and lives and crops; but give glad tidings to the steadfast” (Qur’an 2:155). People are used to comfort, now when there is a difficulty they get confused and do not know what to do. Allah ‘azza wa jalla says that sometimes there are difficulties, reductions in their earnings, [and] also problems with their health and well-being—all kinds of difficulties. Give glad tidings to those who are patient. These days in this country, everyone has some trouble, everyone is worried. There is no need to worry; we will show patience. “The end of patience is peace. Give the glad tidings to them,” is what Allah ‘azza wa jalla says. Allah ‘azza wa jalla will give their reward them for being patient waiting for the Next Life, and in this world this difficult situation has an end, insha’Allah. Of course, those who have faith know this. The difficulty is with those who have no faith. They are more troubled, more bothered, and do not know what to do. He thinks by his own means he can overcome his problems, or he completely gives up hope, [and] then it becomes worse for him. But those who believe in Allah say, “Certainly this is from Allah. Allah will help us, In Sha Allah.” The shaykhs ask for forgiveness, and say it is necessary to ask for Allah’s help, especially the Shaykh effendi. This is what our skaykh father used to say. There is no need going out into the streets, and shouting here and there. When something like this happens ,go to the mosques, pray there or you may pray by yourself. Allah removes those troubles. These are just trials. Those who are patient towards these trials are the winners. For those who are not patient the troubles continue, and also they do not know how to get out of them. May Allah remove the difficulties! May Allah not try us! May Allah grant us the good! There is bounty and trial. Our Prophet Muhammad (SAW) says, “Do not ask for trial.” May Allah ‘azza wa jalla give from his bounty. His treasures are endless. May Allah help us all, insha’Allah!

Wa Minallah at-Tawfeeq, Al-Fatiha.

153.THE PERFECT HAJJ Tuesday, 18 September 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. Last time we came here, we asked permission and bid farewell to Mawlānā to go for ḥajj. People go to ḥajj as much as it is written for them. It is a farḍ for people. To do farḍ is obligatory for who are able. Even in old times who was able did it. Because in old times there were different hardships. Now there are different problems. Who will go is known in the presence of Allāh. They have the permission. They go. And when they go, they face various difficulties. Allāh gives rewards and thawāb to people because of them.

Of course, to carry out the duty of ḥajj is a great honour. Allāh 'Azza wa Jalla told Ibrāhīm 'alayhi s-salām, "Keep this house of Mine clean and help those who come here perform their duties correctly." This is the order of Allāh. Therefore, anyone who does the job shouldn't say "I did this and that" and ask thanks from people. If he is to ask thanks, he shouldn't do. It is the house of Allāh. Allāh will send someone else to do. This service has continued from Ibrāhīm 'alayhi s-salām till our Prophet, from our Prophet till the Ottomans very well. Guests who came there were able to do their farḍ, sunnah and wājib easily. It was done. There were no roads, tunnels, or streets. They were climbing up the mountain. Easily. What do we mean by easily? There were difficulties but those difficulties were nothing. Important is to do the duty correctly. The Ottomans who are Ahlu s-Sunnah wa l-Jamā‘ah, from them until our Prophet the same service went on. Because our Prophet's sunnah is also important.

Now they are thinking on how to keep ḥujjāj further away from Ka'bah. No sunnah of ḥajj is done. We skip that. They are trying to avoid wājib as well. They are not doing some of the wājib. People come and go. Why does this happen? It happens because of the weakness of belief. A person with belief who serves there, his greatest service to people there is to let them do their worship correctly. You do it incompletely and they

say you are ḥajjī now, go back home. You go to Madīnah. No need to stay for eight days in Madīnah now, only two days. There are even those who come in the morning and leave the same afternoon. They think their service is to make roads. Even those roads are not open completely. There are roads and everything and they close everywhere to make problems for people, so that it is worse for the ḥujjāj. And I say they are serving the ḥujjāj – they are making them earn more thawāb.

They are making them earn thawāb but making them do sin from the other side because they are not doing wājib and sunnah. People who go there don't know what is its sunnah. They come just once. They don't know its sunnah, wājib and farḍ. They do an incomplete ḥajj and are sent back. And what is this a sign of? When we went there last time 22 years ago, it was better. It is becoming worse. It means that Allāh 'Azza wa Jalla will send a person who will make the religion right. And that is Mahdī 'alayhi s-salām. Unless he comes, they are trying to make Islām forgotten. It won't be. There are ‘ulamā’ only according to themselves. And what Allāh says will happen. Muslims became more but they have no value. Because when Muslims don't live Islām, it has no benefit, it has no value. This is the situation we see, in the apparent and in the hidden. The world has reached its end. The coming of Mahdī 'alayhi s- salām is near. May we reach those days, in shā'a Llāh. May we go together with him to ḥajj, 'umrah and the presence of our Prophet, In Sha Allah.

Alḥamdulilah we are, was here before ḥajj. We make ziyārah for Mawlānā and take permission for ḥajj. Alḥamdulilah we are now, we come back from ḥajj. Allāh accept this and it is important worshipping for Allāh. Sometimes He write for people several time they have kismet, naṣīb (destiny) to go ḥajj, to visit Prophet ṣallá Llāhu ‘alayhi wa sallam. Some of them is maybe once a life. Many of them also even this they cannot have it. Because this what Allāh ‘Azza wa Jalla say for Sayyidinā Ibrāhīm (as) – "Call people to come to ḥajj. Who hear you, they will come from..."

There is many difficulties here, in this time for people to go to ḥajj. They have money; they have, they cannot, they have illness maybe they cannot go; they have money maybe there is not giving them visa for ḥajj. Many thing prevent people to go. Old time also it was not safe to go to ḥajj so not for people they was going. Even they have money, they have health, but to be when it is not safe to way, also it was excuse to not go. So al-ḥamdu liLlāh we went there and it is difficult worshipping. From old time, every time they try to make it easy. Become more difficult but Allāh ‘Azza wa Jalla this, give this mission for Sayyidinā Ibrāhīm and his son Ismā‘īl ‘alayhi s-salām, ‘alayhumu s-salām. "Ṭahhirā

baytiya liṭ-ṭā’ifīna wal-‘ākifīna" (2:125), Allāh say, "Clean My house for visitor and make them to be feel can do each, everything I order from worshipping."

And it is it was like this since Ibrāhīm ‘alayhi s-salām until Prophet ṣallá Llāhu ‘alayhi wa sallam. And there is this mission for his tribe – for Prophet's, ṣallá Llāhu ‘alayhi wa sallam, grandfather – he was looking after pilgrimage and they are giving food, water, everything. They was helping after this also in Prophet's, ṣallá Llāhu ‘alayhi wa sallam, time. Also after him all sulṭān and khalīfah and umarā’ since from Prophet, ṣallá Llāhu ‘alayhi wa sallam, until Ottoman. Last time of Ottoman they was making, helping people, serving people. They giving them the most important thing for pilgrimage – people to do what necessary, to do obligatory, farḍ, wājib, sunnah. This is three thing it is very important because when you are in Makkah, everything you do for Allāh, Allāh reward you hundred thousand time. You pray – hundred thousand time. You make sunnah – all hundred thousand times. Wājib – hundred thousand times Allāh reward you. So this it was whole this years, one thousand and three hundred fifty years nearly, they was doing this perfectly.

There was no ways, that time, going by mountain, they going by desert, reaching what there. ‘Arafāt, Minā, Muzdalifah – all this they was you can make perfect ḥajj. But now, until when this people they are there, slowly slowly they say "we are helping" and they are what they helping they are everything they missed. They make difficult without any reason for people. Difficult is okay for this, for Allāh we can carry. We are not complaining for this. Even we are happy with them, with this people making more difficult for people to make more reward for us. Make special for ḥajjī. They are making, serving ḥajjī. Difficult to make, more, more, and Allāh reward them. But this is not important. This not important. The most important thing we are complaining, we are not happy with this also because other thing you cannot say "we are not happy". Okay we are happy what happen is okay. For Allāh we doing this.

But what we are not happy to not do sunnah. Most of sunnah they, you cannot do anything. Because even when you... First sunnah, for whole life nobody seeing Ka‘bah, there is one door calling Bābu s-Salām – it is sunnah to go from this door and seeing Ka‘bah and make du‘ā’. This is not no anymore at there. Many sunnah like this. Even people they not thinking it was sunnah, here they completely finish this. But many, many sunnah all finish. It is okay also – not okay but it is sunnah maybe you no punishment for you. But there is thing wājib there is punishment – you must cut sheep when you do, you not doing this. So many of them also they are not making people to do it. This is

what now we are not happy. And every time going worse and worse. But this is since, before twenty-two years ago it was completely different. Now becoming worse.

Even they said, "We are making a new building, making a new thing." Everything doing, they are not important. Important to make people to make their worshipping. This they are doing once a life – to make it perfect – as what Prophet ṣallá Llāhu ‘alayhi wa sallam done we like to do, as he done. And not to make our ḥajj like fast food – okay go take and go. This just like this. But what happen now, we are seeing everything no hope from this people, from Muslim of this time to do anything. Only Mahdī ‘alayhi s-salām can make it again as it was time of Prophet ṣallá Llāhu ‘alayhi wa sallam. And it is whole world now looking becoming worse and worse and there was be saviour – Sayyidinā Mahdī ‘alayhi s-salām. They said Muslim becoming so many but it is no any value for them because they don't have guidance. Only everybody guide them different
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