Suhbah 2019: Maulana Shaykh Mehmet Adil ar-Rabbani (24/25)
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before the Friday prayer and after, the sunnah prayers are also preformed. Imams could not digest this, so in order to forbid them, after two rakaats of sunnah prayer, they turn around to the congregation and say, “This [i.e., more] is unnecessary.” You do such a great sin by forbidding people from a good action. This way you receive the sin, [and] however much you become the bad example, or however much you forbid people, that much sin is attributed to you. So it is not good to stop a person from fulfilling a sunnah. On the contrary, one must encourage others to follow the sunnah. There are many forgotten sunnahs, [and] those who follow them receive the thawab of a hundred martyrs. Those who do not are deprived of such deeds, [and] of course, the one who prevents [such deeds, it is as if he] enters the plague. The one who follows the sunnah of the Prophet (SAW) receives the good pleasure of Allah. Allah ‘azza wa jalla has offered us a lot of good things—take from them. Life is short, [and] the Next Life is eternal, [so] we need it [i.e., these helps], and this is all that we are capable of taking with us. Money, property, and such we cannot take with us. This is the very thing we need in Next Life.
May Allah make us successful. Let’s do [of the sunnahs] as much as we can. Of course, it also depends on our intention, that we intended to fulfill the Prophet’s (SAW) sunnah. May Allah accept it, Insha Allah.
Wa Minallah at-Tawfeeq, Al-Fatiha.
171.WHOM ALLAH LOVES Saturday, 7 December 2019
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.
Insha Allah our journey today is to a blessed place. (The Sheikh is leaving for Egypt.) There are so many sahabah, awliya, and prophets in this country. First of all, blessed Sayyiduna al-Hussain’s (RA) head is there. Our mother Sayyidah Zainab (RA) is there. One of the greatest awliya, Sidi Ahmet al-Badawi (QS) is there.
Thanks be to Allah that Istanbul is under his protection. We live here because of his barakah. Our dergah is within his property, his waqif, thanks be to Allah. Sidi Ibrahim ad-Dusuki (QS), Sidi Abu-’l-Hasan ash-Shazali (QS)—there are thousands of awliya and sahaba there! Insha’Allah, their barakah will be be upon us. Insha’Allah, it will be a means of guidance for us and for those who will come after us. It is the strength of the awliya’uLlah, the prophets, and the righteous that holds the world together. Otherwise, the world could not be held together—not for a minute longer. Everything is by the permission of Allah, to help people. Because of His mercy, Allah bestowed this special ability upon them. This is a blessed word of the Prophet (SAW). Today, the first attack by so-called scholars supposedly having knowledge is upon these blessed ones. Such attacks are not against Satan. Of course they do not attack Shaytan, because they are Shaytan’s buddies. They attack awliya’u-Llah, sahabah, blessed people, and say that these people are dead. They are not dead—these places are tombs. “Yatır” means blessed (mubarak). Barakah descends to places where they are present, mercy descends. May Allah not separate us from their abundance. We love them, and may they love us too, Insha Allah.
It is said that a person is brought back [to life] with those whom he loved. This is something to be careful about. If the one you loved was lovable to Allah, then you are saved. There is no need to love the world’s useless people. Love those whom Allah loves, Insha Allah. May Allah make us amongst those whom He loves, Insha Allah. Wa Minallah at-Tawfeeq, Al-Fatiha.
172.THE WAY OF WINNERS Thursday, 19 December 2019
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 is saying: Bismillahir Rahmanir Raheem. "Fa-man yuridi Llāhu an yahdiyahu yashraḥ ṣadrahu lil-Islām, wa-man yurid an yuḍillahu yaj‘al ṣadrahu ḍayyiqan ḥarajan ka-annamā yaṣṣa‘‘adu fī s-samā’i" (6:125).
If Allāh gives guidance to someone, his heart opens and he feels relieved. He starts to desire and runs after the dhikr of Allāh. He is together with the beloved servants of Allāh. It is a favour from Allāh. When Allah doesn't want some people and they desire evil, these gatherings become constrictive for them. They get exhausted when you bring them to such gatherings.
Therefore, it is the favour of Allāh. To attend such gatherings, to feel relieved here, and to have a satisfied heart is a great favour. Beloved servants of Allāh deserve this.
And this favour is given to people for whom Allāh wants goodness, not for everyone. The majority is far away from Allāh's gatherings and Allāh's word. They follow their egos. They run after their egos. Therefore, these gatherings are gatherings of truth and ways leading to Allāh. Certainly Allāh brings good people to gatherings like this. They will be favoured. They will reach happiness here and hereafter Insha Allah. They are chosen people. There are millions, billions of people. Only a few are lucky. People assume now that luck means to have money and wealth. It does not. Those are not useful. They have no value. They are temporary things. What lasts are these favours with Allāh's permission.
May Allāh always let us be with and send us good people. May we be with good people. May they be a means to guidance. May they come and derive benefit from here as well, Insha Allah.
Allāh ‘Azza wa-Jalla saying, mentioning in Qur'ān, Sūratu l-An‘ām, "Fa-man yuridi Llāhu an yahdiyahu yashraḥ ṣadrahu lil-Islām, wa-man yurid an yuḍillahu yaj‘al ṣadrahu ḍayyiqan ḥarajan ka-annamā yaṣṣa‘‘adu fī s-samā’i" (6:125). Meaning, who Allāh wants khayr, good, for some people they open their heart for Islām, for belief, to be
following Prophet sallá Llāhu ‘alayhi wa-sallam. And when they are coming, their heart it is opening, they are feeling happiness, they are feeling very good feeling. This feeling you cannot find another place. And Allah will to send people, some people, to be happy with Him this is Allāh ‘Azza wa-Jalla, His and His Prophet and His religion. And some who He don't want good for, other people they are feeling very bad, very unhappy as they are squeezing and their soul going. Very difficult. They want to run away from this.
First one to be happy with this, it is favour from Allāh for some people. And these people they are not majority. They are very minority people, who are Allāh choose them. And we cannot ask Allāh, "Why You do this?" because who has adab, he thanking Allāh for His favour and to be with good people and to be with Him and with Prophet – to be happy with them. This is the biggest favour, you cannot buy it with anything.
Other one, majority of people, they are following their ego, every bad thing they are happy with that. But happy, it is false happiness not real happiness. They said, "We are happy," but still running, looking there, here, to find happiness. And they try everything, every bad thing to be happy. But when they with bad thing, you cannot be happy. You will be worse. To follow spiritual and to follow way of Prophet ṣallá Llāhu ‘alayhi wa- sallam – all prophets they are same, they are addressing for your spiritual and spirituality – it is forever. Material only very short time, after – finish. Your spirituality it is going, not finishing.
So, Alhamdulilah, we must be thankful for Allāh for sending good people to attend this place, which it is, Insha Allah, for good people. For what Allāh ‘Azza wa-Jalla, saying, who want good for him He send him like this gathering, this places which only pure for sake of Allāh and Prophet sallá Llāhu ‘alayhi wa-sallam gathering. Not for anything else. Coming from very far place and Allāh will be reward you for each step, to giving reward, forgiving, and making you higher and higher for each step. This is Prophet sallá Llāhu ‘alayhi wa- sallam saying.
So, Alhamdulilah, we are thanking Allāh to He want for us good, for to be from His minority which lucky people, we thanking for this.
Allāh make many people, through people who are coming here, to go and make favour for other people also to find way of happiness, way of Allāh ‘Azza wa-Jalla, way of Prophet sallá Llāhu ‘alayhi wa-sallam, way of winners, Insha Allah.
Wa Minallah at-Tawfeeq, Al-Fatiha.
173.BE HUMBLE FOR ALLAH Friday, 20 December 2019
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's attributes are the greatest. The best qualities are the qualities of our Prophet. And the best among them comes from humility. Our Prophet said in a ḥadīth sharīf: "Ākulu kamā ya’kulu l-‘abd, wa-anāmu kamā yanāmu l-‘abd." "I eat just as a slave eats, and I sleep just as a slave sleeps." This is the highest level of humility.
Of course, there are no slaves at this time. A slave at that time was the weakest, most worthless person. No person at that time would compare himself to a slave. Arrogance was their chief characteristic. They would boast to each other. Arrogance was a tradition for them. And arrogance is the quality of shayṭān. Because an arrogant person doesn't obey the truth. He has to be right. He must be the greatest in everything.
Pride is only for Allāh ‘Azza wa-Jalla. No one can reach any rank by being arrogant. The more he is arrogant, the lower he descends. The more he is arrogant, the more he resembles shayṭān. Shayṭān showed arrogance. He didn't bow to Ādam ‘alayhi s-salām. "I have so much knowledge. I worshipped so much. How shall I make sajdah to someone who hasn't even prayed one rak‘ah? I am a thousand, million times better than he." He didn't accept and felt proud. He lost everything.
The one who is arrogant loses everything and earns nothing. While Allāh raises the one who is humble. "Man tawāḍa‘a liLlāh, rafa‘ahu Llāh," says Allāh ‘Azza wa-Jalla. He who shows humility for Allāh, Allāh raises him. He who is humble in the face of truth, in the presence of poor ones, Allāh raises his value.
Humility is such a thing now that people show humility to strong ones, those who have wealth and position. They are humble towards powerful people. This is not humility. They do it because their ego hopes for some gain from them and to be favoured. That's not humility. Humility is shown for Allāh's pleasure. And there is a place to show humility. It is not good to be humble on some occasions. Humble towards whom? Humble towards unbelievers, faithless ones – you must not be humble towards them. That is not humility. That is humiliation. That is lowliness. It is clear when to be humble for Allāh and when not to be. Therefore, don't think you do right when you are humble
to the kāfir. It is clear when you should be humble – humble towards the poor ones. Humility and flattery are different things. That's why, we should pay attention and be humble.
Humility is from the best qualities of our Prophet and one of the good things in believers. A person who accepts the truth and shows humility but says, "I am better, I am this and that," he doesn't show humility then. Wherever there is truth, you must accept it. You can be a scholar or a professor, whatever you want, there is useful knowledge in everything for you. You should know this. And no matter how much you know something, there is much more of what you don't know. What you know is nothing. You must continue to learn. And a humble person becomes good with that quality, by observing and saying, "I didn't know this. Allāh sent this poor man and I learned it." He should make shukr to Allāh. May Allah honor all of us with this quality. Humility is a big honour.
Prophet ṣallá Llāhu ‘alayhi wa-sallam, he is the highest example for humanity. Not only for Muslims, for whole humanity he is the example for how he must, human being must be. And he is, with this the highest place for humanity, he was – the famous attribute for him – to be humble. To be humble it is one of the most beautiful attributes for Prophet ṣallá Llāhu ‘alayhi wa-sallam. He was saying, "Ākulu kamā ya’kulu l-‘abd, wa- ajlisu kamā yajlusu l-‘abd." "I am eating as slave eating and sitting as a slave sitting." That time, this is... To say this word [slave] in Prophet's ṣallá Llāhu ‘alayhi wa-sallam time and his place, which people they, for slave they are the most unacceptable people. They are the lowest people. Nobody can they say this for himself. Prophet ṣallá Llāhu ‘alayhi wa- sallam he was saying this.
Was as if at his place and his, their tribe and people who living in Makkah that time, the most attribute for them to be proud. Proudness – they was very proud people. They said, "I am like this. I am the most, best one, I am the – the richest one, I am like that. My ancestor like this, my ancestor that." There's nobody... To be humble in that place it was strange for people. But to be proud it is not attribute of prophets. Whose attribute this? Is attribute for shayṭān. Devil, he was proud. Not accept to make sajdah to Sayyidunā Ādam ‘alayhi s-salām. He said, "What is this? He is still new creation, even he didn't pray one rak‘ah. I was praying 2,000 years everywhere in earth and Heaven. I pray here, there and I know whole knowledge, heavenly knowledge. I know everything. How I can make sajdah – sajdah what it is, sajdah? – sajdah for this new one? I cannot accept this. I cannot be at all. He's nothing. I am, I am best. I am better than him. Thousand, million times I am better than him, I prayed millions of raka‘āt. I read, I know everything. So how... and I am the highest place between angels. I cannot accept this." This is what Allāh make him to throw him out of Heaven, become iblīs, shayṭān. Cursed one.
This is example for everyone. We are, we must accept what Allāh order, what Prophet order what our Mashāyikh order also, not to be like shayṭān to be cursed. It is most difficult for proud people to accept truth. This is problem for them. For proudness they not accept anything, only everything they are right, they are the best, they are... Everybody must praise them, everybody must help, serve them – not help them because they not accept help – they must serve also. So it is very bad attribute.
The best one, Prophet ṣallá Llāhu ‘alayhi wa-sallam – to be humble. Prophet ṣallá Llāhu ‘alayhi wa-sallam saying, who be humble "man tawāḍa‘a liLlāh, rafa‘ah" who is humble for Allāh ‘Azza wa-Jalla for sake of Allāh, Allāh He will raise him – higher station, higher maqām. And who is making himself proud, Allāh will put him down. This is word of Allāh ‘Azza wa-Jalla, Prophet ṣallá Llāhu ‘alayhi wa-sallam. So we must give attention for this. And there is of course for proud, for to be humble, there is place which it is humbleness – humbleness only for believer and who accept you. Not to be humble for people who are enemy for you, for Islām. It is not place for humbleness.
Even to be, Prophet ṣallá Llāhu ‘alayhi wa-sallam saying, to be proud against these people who are denying and making themself, showing their civilization of shayṭān to be better than Islām, to be proud against them it is ṣadaqāh. Don't be humble for these people. These people no. Humbleness only for believer and believer who are accepting Prophet ṣallá Llāhu ‘alayhi wa-sallam, Ṣaḥābah, Awliyā’, Ahlu l-Bayt.
Also there is kind of, they call themselves Muslim, they are enemy for all this holy people, also don't be humble with these people. There is place for humbleness, to be humble, there is place no. Prophet ṣallá Llāhu ‘alayhi wa-sallam never be humble for non-believer. Only for believer, everyone come he was humble. Mashāyikh also like this, Mawlānā he's the biggest example for us, for humbleness. You see his place how he live. Sometimes some people they saying Shaykh take too much money, taking this and so I said, "Come. See his house." They collect what left from people, they bring here, we use. Not putting to be luxury for us. Only for what in need you can use. No important, not any attention for luxury, only for just to live and it is enough.
The most important – Ākhirah. For this humbleness very nice who accept truth – he's humble one. He not accept, he is proud and not accept what Prophet saying, what Mashāyikh saying. They are not listening, not hearing, not coming inside their ear – only what they are like they hear. Allāh make us with His Beloved one, to be like him, to be like Mashāyikh, Insha Allah, to be with them here and Hereafter, Insha Allah.
Wa Minallah at-Tawfeeq, Al-Fatiha.
174.VISIT THREE MOSQUES Sunday, 22 December 2019
Assalamu Alaykum wa Rahmatullah wa Barakatuh, Auzu Billahi Minashaytanir Rajeem. Bismillahir Rahmanir Raheem, Wassalatu Wassalamu ala Rasulina Muhammadin Sayyidal Awwalin wal Akhirin, Madad Ya RasulAllah, Madad Ya As’habi RasulAllah, Madad Ya Mashayikhina, Shaykh Abdullah Daghestani, Shaykh Nazim Al-Haqqani. Dastur. Tariqatunas sohba, wa khayru fil jamiyya.
Bismillahir Rahmanir Raheem. "Alā liLlāhi d-dīnu l-khāliṣ" (39:3). The religion is Allāh's religion. We should respect Him and protect it sincerely. We should guard the religion. Politics, policies, this and that, we don't deal with them. What we Muslims should do, Insha Allah, is to do what Allāh orders and shows. We should not interfere in other things.
Allāh ‘Azza wa-Jalla made holy places in this world: Makkah, Madīnah and Jerusalem. These are holy places. Visit these places, says Allāh ‘Azza wa-Jalla. Visit them. All three can be visited. Whoever is there, however the politics is, we are not interested in them. We don't go for them. We make intention to visitthese beautiful holy places shown as pure by Allāh and take the benefits there. Pure. We don't look for trade or politics there. We look for the pleasure of Allāh only.
Allāh said you can go there. Allāh ‘Azza wa-Jalla would say not to go, if that was the case. Anyway, holy Jerusalem was not under Muslim control then. It can still be visited say the ḥadīth sharīf of our Prophet. Therefore, when a person has the opportunity to go, he can visit these holy places. A certain government or governments... Not governments but there are administrations. There is no need to be cross with them and not go saying, "They are such and such." If you can go, do so. It is not a matter of this world. You are going as a visitor of Allāh. You go as a visitor of Rasūlu Llāh. Not for others.
Our biggest interest is to earn Allāh's pleasure and return with rewards. Each time [good deed] is worth 100,000 times. In our Prophet's mosque it is worth 1000 times. There are such benefits. We ask for real and true benefits, Insha Allah. May Allāh make it easy for travellers. May Allāh bless it, Insha Allah.
Allāh ‘Azza wa-Jalla saying: Bismillahir Rahmanir Raheem "Alā liLlāhi d-dīnu l-khāliṣ" (39:3). Meaning: this is the religion is pure for Allāh, only for Allāh. And Allāh what He order us, we like try to do what He is order. One of His order, also Prophet sallá Llāhu ‘alayhi wa-sallam, saying you can visit three mosque: one Ka‘bah – Makkah
Mukarramah and Masjidu n-Nabawī – Madīnah Munawwarah, and Masjidu l-Aqṣá – Quds, Jerusalem. This is three mosques we can visit any time. If we have chance, you can visit them. What is there, how it is, who is there – it is not interesting us. We are, if Allāh open way, we go for sake of Allāh to win His pleasure and to get reward for us.
No, don't interfere for politic, for other thing because only you go and pray for Allāh to give Muslims good understanding and to love Creator Allāh ‘Azza wa-Jalla and to love prophets, Prophet sallá Llāhu ‘alayhi wa-sallam and awliyā’, believer, to love each other. This is, praying for this this is very important. Other thing for dunyā. We are not looking for dunyā. We are looking for Akhirah. And everything for Akhirah it is important for us.
Who live there, and his intention pure for Allāh, Allāh rewards him. And who his intention not good, also Allāh He look for him. Because must be good intention. This is very important. Because people saying, "You are going here, there, this people good, this people not good." It is not our business, to politic or other thing it is, it will be Allāh will look at the end what... When people ready, Allāh send His Mahdi ‘alayhi s-salām.
Until that time, only we look for ourself. Because our self it need too much to look after, to fix our self. More important from to look for other. Many people they are looking for others and they forget themselves. And many people they laugh for other people, but the most who is deserved to be laughed on him – he's the worst one. So you must first look for ourself, after look for other. And when you go to this holy place, you reward for Makkah [Mukarramah], to pray in Ka‘bah, 100,000 time for each praying. Madīnah Munawwarah 1,000, and Quds 500 times. So it is, this is very important not to look other thing.
Allāh accept ziyārah, today they are going for ziyārah, Insha Allah, for ‘umrah. Allāh give us from their reward also, Insha Allah.
Wa Minallah at-Tawfeeq, Al-Fatiha.
175.NO PLACE TO RUN Monday, 23 December 2019
Assalamu Alaykum wa Rahmatullah wa Barakatuh, Auzu Billahi Minashaytanir Rajeem. Bismillahir Rahmanir Raheem, Wassalatu Wassalamu ala Rasulina Muhammadin Sayyidal Awwalin wal Akhirin, Madad Ya RasulAllah, Madad Ya As’habi RasulAllah, Madad Ya Mashayikhina, Shaykh Abdullah Daghestani, Shaykh Nazim Al-Haqqani. Dastur. Tariqatunas sohba, wa khayru fil jamiyya.
Bismillahir Rahmanir Raheem. "Wa-man a‘raḍa ‘an dhikrī fa-inna lahu ma‘īshatan ḍanka" (20:124).
Allāh ‘Azza wa-Jalla is saying, "Whoever turns away from Me, his life will be hard, full of sufferings and unhappy."
What is dhikr of Allāh? To remember Allāh, to believe in Allāh. Because we are living in this time, it is the end of times now. All over the world people are in hardship. Governments don't know what to do. They have everything. Compared to in the past, they have a hundred thousand times more wealth, more opportunities, everything. But somehow they are not finding happiness. Why? Because they turned their faces away from Allāh. They don't believe in Allāh. And everything is in Allāh's hands. He gives everything so they come to their senses and return to Allāh. And when stubbornly they don't, they spend their lives having troubles. And they go to Ākhirah without anything in their hands. Not just empty-handed, but with their hands full of bad deeds. While it is bad for them here, it will be worse in the hereafter.
Therefore, be with Allāh so that you are in comfort. You will be in comfort here and hereafter. It is the promise of Allāh, the holy word, sacred word of Allāh ‘Azza wa-Jalla. "Who turns away and doesn't believe in Me, I won't give happiness to him. I won't give contentment." Happiness is happiness here and hereafter for those who believe in Allāh.
They give many promises now during the elections, "We will do this. We will do that. We will make you so happy. You will be so pleased." Nothing they promise happens. Moreover, as they don't believe in Allāh, Allāh doesn't help them. And people get cheated. They shouldn't. All of them are educated. Nearly half of them attended universities. Even the least useful job asks for a university diploma now. It means since you study that much, you have that much mind. If you understand that and don't understand to carry out the order of Allāh. you will be punished. May Allāh give understanding to people.
Allāh ‘Azza wa-Jalla saying in Qur’ān: Bismillahir Rahmanir Raheem, "Wa-man a‘raḍa ‘an dhikrī fa-inna lahu ma‘īshatan ḍanka" (20:124).
Meaning who is not looking for what mentioning Allāh or reminding [of] Allāh, Allāh will make his life terrible, unhappy, stressed, every bad thing. Allāh will be make "ma‘īshatan ḍanka" (20:124) – bad life, miserable life. This in Arabic translate, is – Qur’ān ‘Aẓīmu sh-Sha’n have million of translate, but it is this meaning: every bad thing, every bad life what you [can] imagine in this world. Because why? Because they are denying Allāh and they looking for happiness what Allāh ‘Azza wa-Jalla He promise. He said, "Who will not ask from Me and not believe for Me, I will give him miserable life."
We are living in time, the end of time, it is the worst time for human being. For humanity or human being, the worst time we are living. Why the worst time? Because old times they believe in something, they worship something. These people nowadays they not believe at anything at all. So Allāh ‘Azza wa-Jalla He is promising and He is doing. Not like politician, they promise too much and they will – "I will give this, I will make this for you, you will be happy." They promise for happiness, but no happiness. Even they not do anything for what they said. But even they do, they cannot give happiness. Happiness only Allāh ‘Azza wa-Jalla can give.
And old time people they have, this time people they have everything. Nothing can imagine they don't have. Every easy life they have, but Allāh when He want something and He said there is condition: for this to be happy, you must believe. If you not believe, you will be miserable life, bad life, unhappy life. Every badness you can think, you will have it. And no tablet can help you, no drug, no drink, no any this synthetic or non- synthetic drugs, nothing can make you happy. What you have... you must be happy... Who looking for happiness don't go after this [drugs], only go after Allāh. Look for your Creator and worship Him is pleased with you, you will be happy here and pleasure. If He ask for His, hereafter.
There is this people, nowadays people, they thought they are very clever. And we see everywhere you cannot find work if you don't have university certificate. They not accept you even for cleaning street. Now this, and they are saying, "We are very clever." It is easy. You can, must obey this. As much you are running away from Allāh, you are not clever. You are idiot! Because no place to run away from Allāh. This is, must think about it. Allah give good thinking for people to find Him. This is what shayṭān cheat people who are proud – "We are clever, we are finish P-h, poo-h, something." What they have the highest study and they don't have any mind. Allāh give good thinking for people to find right way, to find way of happiness.
Allāh He don't want anything from you. Allāh want, He is happy to when somebody ask forgiveness. Allāh ‘Azza wa-Jalla very happy [with] this, Prophet ṣallá Llāhu ‘alayhi
wa- sallam saying. He is not stingy, ḥāshā. Allāh is most generous. If everybody come to īmān, He is happy, not saying, "We don't have place in Paradise." Paradise, very wide, very big place. Allāh make people to come to Paradise, Insha Allah, to happiness, to believe in Allāh and Prophet ṣallá Llāhu ‘alayhi wa-sallam.
Wa Minallah at-Tawfeeq, Al-Fatiha.
176.LOVE HIM MORE THAN YOURSELF Tuesday, 24 December 2019
Assalamu Alaykum wa Rahmatullah wa Barakatuh, Auzu Billahi Minashaytanir Rajeem. Bismillahir Rahmanir Raheem, Wassalatu Wassalamu ala Rasulina Muhammadin Sayyidal Awwalin wal Akhirin, Madad Ya RasulAllah, Madad Ya As’habi RasulAllah, Madad Ya Mashayikhina, Shaykh Abdullah Daghestani, Shaykh Nazim Al-Haqqani. Dastur. Tariqatunas sohba, wa khayru fil jamiyya.
The highest point of religion, for saving people is by loving our Prophet. A man who loves our Prophet has found happiness. He is saved. Our Prophet says, "A person, a believer cannot have real faith unless he loves me, the Prophet, more than anything else." He can't be a true believer.
According to our Prophet's sayings, Īmān and Islām are different; a Muslim and a believer (mu'min) are different. A true believer is a beloved servant of Allāh. He is like Awliyā’. Because īmān is not easy. Sayyidunā ‘Umar, raḍiya Llāhu ‘anhu, once came to our Prophet and said , “I love you more than anything apart from myself." Because Sayyidunā Umar (ra) was a person, who tells the truth, so as not to tell a lie he said: "I love you more than anything in the world, apart from myself." He said, "I love myself." And then our Prophet said, "Then you haven't found real faith. You should love me more than yourself," said our Prophet. Sayyidunā ‘Umar (ra) understood. He had thought at first that the love of our Prophet came after love for himself because people love themselves. Then he said, "I love you more than myself, yā Rasūlu Llāh." When he said this, our Prophet .said, "You are a true believer now." He repeated this three times; Īmān is a beautiful thing. Who doesn't love our Prophet is kāfir anyway. Kuffār – we are seeing the world is full of kufur and shayṭān. They were enemies to our Prophet from the first day. It will be like this until Qiyāmah. We are seeing now in some places that people don't respect our Prophet. Those are unlucky people. They are unfortunate people who have not reached to that happiness. The happiness of here and hereafter comes to you when you respect and make a lot of ṣalāt wa-salām to our Prophet, and every time the same [blessing] comes back to you.
Only a few know the value of this. Believers are very few. Muslims are also not many. But kuffār are much more. Therefore, we should know its value and make shukr to Allāh.
We love our Prophet. We love his Ṣaḥābah, Ahlu l-Bayt, and Companions. We don't feel hate or revenge for anyone, for the good ones. We don't like the bad ones. May Allāh keep them away from us.
To be, to love Prophet ṣallá Llāhu ‘alayhi wa-sallam, it is real believer. Who love Prophet ṣallá Llāhu ‘alayhi wa-sallam, he is real believer because, there is Muslim and mu’min. Muslim, meaning who say, become, accept Islām – he is Muslim. But to have strong belief, he is mu’min. And mu’min they are beloved ones for Allāh ‘Azza wa-Jalla because they accept everything. But Muslim, they are still only in tongue, not in heart. This is many place in Allāh ‘Azza wa-Jalla describe in Qur'ān. He said, "They are only in tongue but not yet in their heart." To be in the heart – to love Prophet ṣallá Llāhu ‘alayhi wa- sallam, more than anything else. This is what Prophet ṣallá Llāhu ‘alayhi wa-sallam, "You must love me more than everything in this world, even children, or your wife, mother, father, land, treasure, everything it must be, you must..." Prophet ṣallá Llāhu ‘alayhi wa-sallam say, "He must be more love for him [than] for anything else. This is īmān.
Because once Sayyidunā ‘Umar raḍiya Llāhu ‘anhu he was happy with Prophet ṣallá Llāhu ‘alayhi wa-sallam. He said, "O Prophet ṣallá Llāhu ‘alayhi wa-sallam, I love you more for [than] everything, after [except for] me, you are the beloved one. I love you more than anything else, but first I like myself." And Prophet ṣallá Llāhu ‘alayhi wa- sallam, "You are not complete believe, īmān." So, because Sayyidunā ‘Umar, he was straight, not saying any lie, anything. So, just what he said, he like to say this for Prophet ṣallá Llāhu ‘alayhi wa-sallam. And Prophet for teaching ummah also, saying, "Even from yourself, I must be first. You must be love me more than yourself even." So Sayyidunā ‘Umar, raḍiya Llāhu ‘anhu, he said, "O Prophet I love you more than myself even." So Prophet was very happy with him, and said, "Now, you are become real believer." Three times he said for him this. And he was happy. So everything in this life for us, the most important thing he must be Prophet ṣallá Llāhu ‘alayhi wa-sallam, and love. Because his love, he, Prophet-love ṣallá Llāhu ‘alayhi wa-sallam, it is save us. It is saviour for dunyā for Ākhirah also. Who love Prophet ṣallá Llāhu ‘alayhi wa- sallam, they [are] believer. Because Muslim, many, we see many Muslim they [are] not respecting Prophet ṣallá Llāhu ‘alayhi wa-sallam. Not taking care even in, they said, "We are follow Qur'ān." In Qur'ān from beginning till end it is for Prophet ṣallá Llāhu ‘alayhi wa- sallam, praising Prophet ṣallá Llāhu ‘alayhi wa-sallam. Ḥadīth also all like this, but this people they don't accept this and make people to follow them. For this, bel
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before the Friday prayer and after, the sunnah prayers are also preformed. Imams could not digest this, so in order to forbid them, after two rakaats of sunnah prayer, they turn around to the congregation and say, “This [i.e., more] is unnecessary.” You do such a great sin by forbidding people from a good action. This way you receive the sin, [and] however much you become the bad example, or however much you forbid people, that much sin is attributed to you. So it is not good to stop a person from fulfilling a sunnah. On the contrary, one must encourage others to follow the sunnah. There are many forgotten sunnahs, [and] those who follow them receive the thawab of a hundred martyrs. Those who do not are deprived of such deeds, [and] of course, the one who prevents [such deeds, it is as if he] enters the plague. The one who follows the sunnah of the Prophet (SAW) receives the good pleasure of Allah. Allah ‘azza wa jalla has offered us a lot of good things—take from them. Life is short, [and] the Next Life is eternal, [so] we need it [i.e., these helps], and this is all that we are capable of taking with us. Money, property, and such we cannot take with us. This is the very thing we need in Next Life.
May Allah make us successful. Let’s do [of the sunnahs] as much as we can. Of course, it also depends on our intention, that we intended to fulfill the Prophet’s (SAW) sunnah. May Allah accept it, Insha Allah.
Wa Minallah at-Tawfeeq, Al-Fatiha.
171.WHOM ALLAH LOVES Saturday, 7 December 2019
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.
Insha Allah our journey today is to a blessed place. (The Sheikh is leaving for Egypt.) There are so many sahabah, awliya, and prophets in this country. First of all, blessed Sayyiduna al-Hussain’s (RA) head is there. Our mother Sayyidah Zainab (RA) is there. One of the greatest awliya, Sidi Ahmet al-Badawi (QS) is there.
Thanks be to Allah that Istanbul is under his protection. We live here because of his barakah. Our dergah is within his property, his waqif, thanks be to Allah. Sidi Ibrahim ad-Dusuki (QS), Sidi Abu-’l-Hasan ash-Shazali (QS)—there are thousands of awliya and sahaba there! Insha’Allah, their barakah will be be upon us. Insha’Allah, it will be a means of guidance for us and for those who will come after us. It is the strength of the awliya’uLlah, the prophets, and the righteous that holds the world together. Otherwise, the world could not be held together—not for a minute longer. Everything is by the permission of Allah, to help people. Because of His mercy, Allah bestowed this special ability upon them. This is a blessed word of the Prophet (SAW). Today, the first attack by so-called scholars supposedly having knowledge is upon these blessed ones. Such attacks are not against Satan. Of course they do not attack Shaytan, because they are Shaytan’s buddies. They attack awliya’u-Llah, sahabah, blessed people, and say that these people are dead. They are not dead—these places are tombs. “Yatır” means blessed (mubarak). Barakah descends to places where they are present, mercy descends. May Allah not separate us from their abundance. We love them, and may they love us too, Insha Allah.
It is said that a person is brought back [to life] with those whom he loved. This is something to be careful about. If the one you loved was lovable to Allah, then you are saved. There is no need to love the world’s useless people. Love those whom Allah loves, Insha Allah. May Allah make us amongst those whom He loves, Insha Allah. Wa Minallah at-Tawfeeq, Al-Fatiha.
172.THE WAY OF WINNERS Thursday, 19 December 2019
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 is saying: Bismillahir Rahmanir Raheem. "Fa-man yuridi Llāhu an yahdiyahu yashraḥ ṣadrahu lil-Islām, wa-man yurid an yuḍillahu yaj‘al ṣadrahu ḍayyiqan ḥarajan ka-annamā yaṣṣa‘‘adu fī s-samā’i" (6:125).
If Allāh gives guidance to someone, his heart opens and he feels relieved. He starts to desire and runs after the dhikr of Allāh. He is together with the beloved servants of Allāh. It is a favour from Allāh. When Allah doesn't want some people and they desire evil, these gatherings become constrictive for them. They get exhausted when you bring them to such gatherings.
Therefore, it is the favour of Allāh. To attend such gatherings, to feel relieved here, and to have a satisfied heart is a great favour. Beloved servants of Allāh deserve this.
And this favour is given to people for whom Allāh wants goodness, not for everyone. The majority is far away from Allāh's gatherings and Allāh's word. They follow their egos. They run after their egos. Therefore, these gatherings are gatherings of truth and ways leading to Allāh. Certainly Allāh brings good people to gatherings like this. They will be favoured. They will reach happiness here and hereafter Insha Allah. They are chosen people. There are millions, billions of people. Only a few are lucky. People assume now that luck means to have money and wealth. It does not. Those are not useful. They have no value. They are temporary things. What lasts are these favours with Allāh's permission.
May Allāh always let us be with and send us good people. May we be with good people. May they be a means to guidance. May they come and derive benefit from here as well, Insha Allah.
Allāh ‘Azza wa-Jalla saying, mentioning in Qur'ān, Sūratu l-An‘ām, "Fa-man yuridi Llāhu an yahdiyahu yashraḥ ṣadrahu lil-Islām, wa-man yurid an yuḍillahu yaj‘al ṣadrahu ḍayyiqan ḥarajan ka-annamā yaṣṣa‘‘adu fī s-samā’i" (6:125). Meaning, who Allāh wants khayr, good, for some people they open their heart for Islām, for belief, to be
following Prophet sallá Llāhu ‘alayhi wa-sallam. And when they are coming, their heart it is opening, they are feeling happiness, they are feeling very good feeling. This feeling you cannot find another place. And Allah will to send people, some people, to be happy with Him this is Allāh ‘Azza wa-Jalla, His and His Prophet and His religion. And some who He don't want good for, other people they are feeling very bad, very unhappy as they are squeezing and their soul going. Very difficult. They want to run away from this.
First one to be happy with this, it is favour from Allāh for some people. And these people they are not majority. They are very minority people, who are Allāh choose them. And we cannot ask Allāh, "Why You do this?" because who has adab, he thanking Allāh for His favour and to be with good people and to be with Him and with Prophet – to be happy with them. This is the biggest favour, you cannot buy it with anything.
Other one, majority of people, they are following their ego, every bad thing they are happy with that. But happy, it is false happiness not real happiness. They said, "We are happy," but still running, looking there, here, to find happiness. And they try everything, every bad thing to be happy. But when they with bad thing, you cannot be happy. You will be worse. To follow spiritual and to follow way of Prophet ṣallá Llāhu ‘alayhi wa- sallam – all prophets they are same, they are addressing for your spiritual and spirituality – it is forever. Material only very short time, after – finish. Your spirituality it is going, not finishing.
So, Alhamdulilah, we must be thankful for Allāh for sending good people to attend this place, which it is, Insha Allah, for good people. For what Allāh ‘Azza wa-Jalla, saying, who want good for him He send him like this gathering, this places which only pure for sake of Allāh and Prophet sallá Llāhu ‘alayhi wa-sallam gathering. Not for anything else. Coming from very far place and Allāh will be reward you for each step, to giving reward, forgiving, and making you higher and higher for each step. This is Prophet sallá Llāhu ‘alayhi wa- sallam saying.
So, Alhamdulilah, we are thanking Allāh to He want for us good, for to be from His minority which lucky people, we thanking for this.
Allāh make many people, through people who are coming here, to go and make favour for other people also to find way of happiness, way of Allāh ‘Azza wa-Jalla, way of Prophet sallá Llāhu ‘alayhi wa-sallam, way of winners, Insha Allah.
Wa Minallah at-Tawfeeq, Al-Fatiha.
173.BE HUMBLE FOR ALLAH Friday, 20 December 2019
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's attributes are the greatest. The best qualities are the qualities of our Prophet. And the best among them comes from humility. Our Prophet said in a ḥadīth sharīf: "Ākulu kamā ya’kulu l-‘abd, wa-anāmu kamā yanāmu l-‘abd." "I eat just as a slave eats, and I sleep just as a slave sleeps." This is the highest level of humility.
Of course, there are no slaves at this time. A slave at that time was the weakest, most worthless person. No person at that time would compare himself to a slave. Arrogance was their chief characteristic. They would boast to each other. Arrogance was a tradition for them. And arrogance is the quality of shayṭān. Because an arrogant person doesn't obey the truth. He has to be right. He must be the greatest in everything.
Pride is only for Allāh ‘Azza wa-Jalla. No one can reach any rank by being arrogant. The more he is arrogant, the lower he descends. The more he is arrogant, the more he resembles shayṭān. Shayṭān showed arrogance. He didn't bow to Ādam ‘alayhi s-salām. "I have so much knowledge. I worshipped so much. How shall I make sajdah to someone who hasn't even prayed one rak‘ah? I am a thousand, million times better than he." He didn't accept and felt proud. He lost everything.
The one who is arrogant loses everything and earns nothing. While Allāh raises the one who is humble. "Man tawāḍa‘a liLlāh, rafa‘ahu Llāh," says Allāh ‘Azza wa-Jalla. He who shows humility for Allāh, Allāh raises him. He who is humble in the face of truth, in the presence of poor ones, Allāh raises his value.
Humility is such a thing now that people show humility to strong ones, those who have wealth and position. They are humble towards powerful people. This is not humility. They do it because their ego hopes for some gain from them and to be favoured. That's not humility. Humility is shown for Allāh's pleasure. And there is a place to show humility. It is not good to be humble on some occasions. Humble towards whom? Humble towards unbelievers, faithless ones – you must not be humble towards them. That is not humility. That is humiliation. That is lowliness. It is clear when to be humble for Allāh and when not to be. Therefore, don't think you do right when you are humble
to the kāfir. It is clear when you should be humble – humble towards the poor ones. Humility and flattery are different things. That's why, we should pay attention and be humble.
Humility is from the best qualities of our Prophet and one of the good things in believers. A person who accepts the truth and shows humility but says, "I am better, I am this and that," he doesn't show humility then. Wherever there is truth, you must accept it. You can be a scholar or a professor, whatever you want, there is useful knowledge in everything for you. You should know this. And no matter how much you know something, there is much more of what you don't know. What you know is nothing. You must continue to learn. And a humble person becomes good with that quality, by observing and saying, "I didn't know this. Allāh sent this poor man and I learned it." He should make shukr to Allāh. May Allah honor all of us with this quality. Humility is a big honour.
Prophet ṣallá Llāhu ‘alayhi wa-sallam, he is the highest example for humanity. Not only for Muslims, for whole humanity he is the example for how he must, human being must be. And he is, with this the highest place for humanity, he was – the famous attribute for him – to be humble. To be humble it is one of the most beautiful attributes for Prophet ṣallá Llāhu ‘alayhi wa-sallam. He was saying, "Ākulu kamā ya’kulu l-‘abd, wa- ajlisu kamā yajlusu l-‘abd." "I am eating as slave eating and sitting as a slave sitting." That time, this is... To say this word [slave] in Prophet's ṣallá Llāhu ‘alayhi wa-sallam time and his place, which people they, for slave they are the most unacceptable people. They are the lowest people. Nobody can they say this for himself. Prophet ṣallá Llāhu ‘alayhi wa- sallam he was saying this.
Was as if at his place and his, their tribe and people who living in Makkah that time, the most attribute for them to be proud. Proudness – they was very proud people. They said, "I am like this. I am the most, best one, I am the – the richest one, I am like that. My ancestor like this, my ancestor that." There's nobody... To be humble in that place it was strange for people. But to be proud it is not attribute of prophets. Whose attribute this? Is attribute for shayṭān. Devil, he was proud. Not accept to make sajdah to Sayyidunā Ādam ‘alayhi s-salām. He said, "What is this? He is still new creation, even he didn't pray one rak‘ah. I was praying 2,000 years everywhere in earth and Heaven. I pray here, there and I know whole knowledge, heavenly knowledge. I know everything. How I can make sajdah – sajdah what it is, sajdah? – sajdah for this new one? I cannot accept this. I cannot be at all. He's nothing. I am, I am best. I am better than him. Thousand, million times I am better than him, I prayed millions of raka‘āt. I read, I know everything. So how... and I am the highest place between angels. I cannot accept this." This is what Allāh make him to throw him out of Heaven, become iblīs, shayṭān. Cursed one.
This is example for everyone. We are, we must accept what Allāh order, what Prophet order what our Mashāyikh order also, not to be like shayṭān to be cursed. It is most difficult for proud people to accept truth. This is problem for them. For proudness they not accept anything, only everything they are right, they are the best, they are... Everybody must praise them, everybody must help, serve them – not help them because they not accept help – they must serve also. So it is very bad attribute.
The best one, Prophet ṣallá Llāhu ‘alayhi wa-sallam – to be humble. Prophet ṣallá Llāhu ‘alayhi wa-sallam saying, who be humble "man tawāḍa‘a liLlāh, rafa‘ah" who is humble for Allāh ‘Azza wa-Jalla for sake of Allāh, Allāh He will raise him – higher station, higher maqām. And who is making himself proud, Allāh will put him down. This is word of Allāh ‘Azza wa-Jalla, Prophet ṣallá Llāhu ‘alayhi wa-sallam. So we must give attention for this. And there is of course for proud, for to be humble, there is place which it is humbleness – humbleness only for believer and who accept you. Not to be humble for people who are enemy for you, for Islām. It is not place for humbleness.
Even to be, Prophet ṣallá Llāhu ‘alayhi wa-sallam saying, to be proud against these people who are denying and making themself, showing their civilization of shayṭān to be better than Islām, to be proud against them it is ṣadaqāh. Don't be humble for these people. These people no. Humbleness only for believer and believer who are accepting Prophet ṣallá Llāhu ‘alayhi wa-sallam, Ṣaḥābah, Awliyā’, Ahlu l-Bayt.
Also there is kind of, they call themselves Muslim, they are enemy for all this holy people, also don't be humble with these people. There is place for humbleness, to be humble, there is place no. Prophet ṣallá Llāhu ‘alayhi wa-sallam never be humble for non-believer. Only for believer, everyone come he was humble. Mashāyikh also like this, Mawlānā he's the biggest example for us, for humbleness. You see his place how he live. Sometimes some people they saying Shaykh take too much money, taking this and so I said, "Come. See his house." They collect what left from people, they bring here, we use. Not putting to be luxury for us. Only for what in need you can use. No important, not any attention for luxury, only for just to live and it is enough.
The most important – Ākhirah. For this humbleness very nice who accept truth – he's humble one. He not accept, he is proud and not accept what Prophet saying, what Mashāyikh saying. They are not listening, not hearing, not coming inside their ear – only what they are like they hear. Allāh make us with His Beloved one, to be like him, to be like Mashāyikh, Insha Allah, to be with them here and Hereafter, Insha Allah.
Wa Minallah at-Tawfeeq, Al-Fatiha.
174.VISIT THREE MOSQUES Sunday, 22 December 2019
Assalamu Alaykum wa Rahmatullah wa Barakatuh, Auzu Billahi Minashaytanir Rajeem. Bismillahir Rahmanir Raheem, Wassalatu Wassalamu ala Rasulina Muhammadin Sayyidal Awwalin wal Akhirin, Madad Ya RasulAllah, Madad Ya As’habi RasulAllah, Madad Ya Mashayikhina, Shaykh Abdullah Daghestani, Shaykh Nazim Al-Haqqani. Dastur. Tariqatunas sohba, wa khayru fil jamiyya.
Bismillahir Rahmanir Raheem. "Alā liLlāhi d-dīnu l-khāliṣ" (39:3). The religion is Allāh's religion. We should respect Him and protect it sincerely. We should guard the religion. Politics, policies, this and that, we don't deal with them. What we Muslims should do, Insha Allah, is to do what Allāh orders and shows. We should not interfere in other things.
Allāh ‘Azza wa-Jalla made holy places in this world: Makkah, Madīnah and Jerusalem. These are holy places. Visit these places, says Allāh ‘Azza wa-Jalla. Visit them. All three can be visited. Whoever is there, however the politics is, we are not interested in them. We don't go for them. We make intention to visitthese beautiful holy places shown as pure by Allāh and take the benefits there. Pure. We don't look for trade or politics there. We look for the pleasure of Allāh only.
Allāh said you can go there. Allāh ‘Azza wa-Jalla would say not to go, if that was the case. Anyway, holy Jerusalem was not under Muslim control then. It can still be visited say the ḥadīth sharīf of our Prophet. Therefore, when a person has the opportunity to go, he can visit these holy places. A certain government or governments... Not governments but there are administrations. There is no need to be cross with them and not go saying, "They are such and such." If you can go, do so. It is not a matter of this world. You are going as a visitor of Allāh. You go as a visitor of Rasūlu Llāh. Not for others.
Our biggest interest is to earn Allāh's pleasure and return with rewards. Each time [good deed] is worth 100,000 times. In our Prophet's mosque it is worth 1000 times. There are such benefits. We ask for real and true benefits, Insha Allah. May Allāh make it easy for travellers. May Allāh bless it, Insha Allah.
Allāh ‘Azza wa-Jalla saying: Bismillahir Rahmanir Raheem "Alā liLlāhi d-dīnu l-khāliṣ" (39:3). Meaning: this is the religion is pure for Allāh, only for Allāh. And Allāh what He order us, we like try to do what He is order. One of His order, also Prophet sallá Llāhu ‘alayhi wa-sallam, saying you can visit three mosque: one Ka‘bah – Makkah
Mukarramah and Masjidu n-Nabawī – Madīnah Munawwarah, and Masjidu l-Aqṣá – Quds, Jerusalem. This is three mosques we can visit any time. If we have chance, you can visit them. What is there, how it is, who is there – it is not interesting us. We are, if Allāh open way, we go for sake of Allāh to win His pleasure and to get reward for us.
No, don't interfere for politic, for other thing because only you go and pray for Allāh to give Muslims good understanding and to love Creator Allāh ‘Azza wa-Jalla and to love prophets, Prophet sallá Llāhu ‘alayhi wa-sallam and awliyā’, believer, to love each other. This is, praying for this this is very important. Other thing for dunyā. We are not looking for dunyā. We are looking for Akhirah. And everything for Akhirah it is important for us.
Who live there, and his intention pure for Allāh, Allāh rewards him. And who his intention not good, also Allāh He look for him. Because must be good intention. This is very important. Because people saying, "You are going here, there, this people good, this people not good." It is not our business, to politic or other thing it is, it will be Allāh will look at the end what... When people ready, Allāh send His Mahdi ‘alayhi s-salām.
Until that time, only we look for ourself. Because our self it need too much to look after, to fix our self. More important from to look for other. Many people they are looking for others and they forget themselves. And many people they laugh for other people, but the most who is deserved to be laughed on him – he's the worst one. So you must first look for ourself, after look for other. And when you go to this holy place, you reward for Makkah [Mukarramah], to pray in Ka‘bah, 100,000 time for each praying. Madīnah Munawwarah 1,000, and Quds 500 times. So it is, this is very important not to look other thing.
Allāh accept ziyārah, today they are going for ziyārah, Insha Allah, for ‘umrah. Allāh give us from their reward also, Insha Allah.
Wa Minallah at-Tawfeeq, Al-Fatiha.
175.NO PLACE TO RUN Monday, 23 December 2019
Assalamu Alaykum wa Rahmatullah wa Barakatuh, Auzu Billahi Minashaytanir Rajeem. Bismillahir Rahmanir Raheem, Wassalatu Wassalamu ala Rasulina Muhammadin Sayyidal Awwalin wal Akhirin, Madad Ya RasulAllah, Madad Ya As’habi RasulAllah, Madad Ya Mashayikhina, Shaykh Abdullah Daghestani, Shaykh Nazim Al-Haqqani. Dastur. Tariqatunas sohba, wa khayru fil jamiyya.
Bismillahir Rahmanir Raheem. "Wa-man a‘raḍa ‘an dhikrī fa-inna lahu ma‘īshatan ḍanka" (20:124).
Allāh ‘Azza wa-Jalla is saying, "Whoever turns away from Me, his life will be hard, full of sufferings and unhappy."
What is dhikr of Allāh? To remember Allāh, to believe in Allāh. Because we are living in this time, it is the end of times now. All over the world people are in hardship. Governments don't know what to do. They have everything. Compared to in the past, they have a hundred thousand times more wealth, more opportunities, everything. But somehow they are not finding happiness. Why? Because they turned their faces away from Allāh. They don't believe in Allāh. And everything is in Allāh's hands. He gives everything so they come to their senses and return to Allāh. And when stubbornly they don't, they spend their lives having troubles. And they go to Ākhirah without anything in their hands. Not just empty-handed, but with their hands full of bad deeds. While it is bad for them here, it will be worse in the hereafter.
Therefore, be with Allāh so that you are in comfort. You will be in comfort here and hereafter. It is the promise of Allāh, the holy word, sacred word of Allāh ‘Azza wa-Jalla. "Who turns away and doesn't believe in Me, I won't give happiness to him. I won't give contentment." Happiness is happiness here and hereafter for those who believe in Allāh.
They give many promises now during the elections, "We will do this. We will do that. We will make you so happy. You will be so pleased." Nothing they promise happens. Moreover, as they don't believe in Allāh, Allāh doesn't help them. And people get cheated. They shouldn't. All of them are educated. Nearly half of them attended universities. Even the least useful job asks for a university diploma now. It means since you study that much, you have that much mind. If you understand that and don't understand to carry out the order of Allāh. you will be punished. May Allāh give understanding to people.
Allāh ‘Azza wa-Jalla saying in Qur’ān: Bismillahir Rahmanir Raheem, "Wa-man a‘raḍa ‘an dhikrī fa-inna lahu ma‘īshatan ḍanka" (20:124).
Meaning who is not looking for what mentioning Allāh or reminding [of] Allāh, Allāh will make his life terrible, unhappy, stressed, every bad thing. Allāh will be make "ma‘īshatan ḍanka" (20:124) – bad life, miserable life. This in Arabic translate, is – Qur’ān ‘Aẓīmu sh-Sha’n have million of translate, but it is this meaning: every bad thing, every bad life what you [can] imagine in this world. Because why? Because they are denying Allāh and they looking for happiness what Allāh ‘Azza wa-Jalla He promise. He said, "Who will not ask from Me and not believe for Me, I will give him miserable life."
We are living in time, the end of time, it is the worst time for human being. For humanity or human being, the worst time we are living. Why the worst time? Because old times they believe in something, they worship something. These people nowadays they not believe at anything at all. So Allāh ‘Azza wa-Jalla He is promising and He is doing. Not like politician, they promise too much and they will – "I will give this, I will make this for you, you will be happy." They promise for happiness, but no happiness. Even they not do anything for what they said. But even they do, they cannot give happiness. Happiness only Allāh ‘Azza wa-Jalla can give.
And old time people they have, this time people they have everything. Nothing can imagine they don't have. Every easy life they have, but Allāh when He want something and He said there is condition: for this to be happy, you must believe. If you not believe, you will be miserable life, bad life, unhappy life. Every badness you can think, you will have it. And no tablet can help you, no drug, no drink, no any this synthetic or non- synthetic drugs, nothing can make you happy. What you have... you must be happy... Who looking for happiness don't go after this [drugs], only go after Allāh. Look for your Creator and worship Him is pleased with you, you will be happy here and pleasure. If He ask for His, hereafter.
There is this people, nowadays people, they thought they are very clever. And we see everywhere you cannot find work if you don't have university certificate. They not accept you even for cleaning street. Now this, and they are saying, "We are very clever." It is easy. You can, must obey this. As much you are running away from Allāh, you are not clever. You are idiot! Because no place to run away from Allāh. This is, must think about it. Allah give good thinking for people to find Him. This is what shayṭān cheat people who are proud – "We are clever, we are finish P-h, poo-h, something." What they have the highest study and they don't have any mind. Allāh give good thinking for people to find right way, to find way of happiness.
Allāh He don't want anything from you. Allāh want, He is happy to when somebody ask forgiveness. Allāh ‘Azza wa-Jalla very happy [with] this, Prophet ṣallá Llāhu ‘alayhi
wa- sallam saying. He is not stingy, ḥāshā. Allāh is most generous. If everybody come to īmān, He is happy, not saying, "We don't have place in Paradise." Paradise, very wide, very big place. Allāh make people to come to Paradise, Insha Allah, to happiness, to believe in Allāh and Prophet ṣallá Llāhu ‘alayhi wa-sallam.
Wa Minallah at-Tawfeeq, Al-Fatiha.
176.LOVE HIM MORE THAN YOURSELF Tuesday, 24 December 2019
Assalamu Alaykum wa Rahmatullah wa Barakatuh, Auzu Billahi Minashaytanir Rajeem. Bismillahir Rahmanir Raheem, Wassalatu Wassalamu ala Rasulina Muhammadin Sayyidal Awwalin wal Akhirin, Madad Ya RasulAllah, Madad Ya As’habi RasulAllah, Madad Ya Mashayikhina, Shaykh Abdullah Daghestani, Shaykh Nazim Al-Haqqani. Dastur. Tariqatunas sohba, wa khayru fil jamiyya.
The highest point of religion, for saving people is by loving our Prophet. A man who loves our Prophet has found happiness. He is saved. Our Prophet says, "A person, a believer cannot have real faith unless he loves me, the Prophet, more than anything else." He can't be a true believer.
According to our Prophet's sayings, Īmān and Islām are different; a Muslim and a believer (mu'min) are different. A true believer is a beloved servant of Allāh. He is like Awliyā’. Because īmān is not easy. Sayyidunā ‘Umar, raḍiya Llāhu ‘anhu, once came to our Prophet and said , “I love you more than anything apart from myself." Because Sayyidunā Umar (ra) was a person, who tells the truth, so as not to tell a lie he said: "I love you more than anything in the world, apart from myself." He said, "I love myself." And then our Prophet said, "Then you haven't found real faith. You should love me more than yourself," said our Prophet. Sayyidunā ‘Umar (ra) understood. He had thought at first that the love of our Prophet came after love for himself because people love themselves. Then he said, "I love you more than myself, yā Rasūlu Llāh." When he said this, our Prophet .said, "You are a true believer now." He repeated this three times; Īmān is a beautiful thing. Who doesn't love our Prophet is kāfir anyway. Kuffār – we are seeing the world is full of kufur and shayṭān. They were enemies to our Prophet from the first day. It will be like this until Qiyāmah. We are seeing now in some places that people don't respect our Prophet. Those are unlucky people. They are unfortunate people who have not reached to that happiness. The happiness of here and hereafter comes to you when you respect and make a lot of ṣalāt wa-salām to our Prophet, and every time the same [blessing] comes back to you.
Only a few know the value of this. Believers are very few. Muslims are also not many. But kuffār are much more. Therefore, we should know its value and make shukr to Allāh.
We love our Prophet. We love his Ṣaḥābah, Ahlu l-Bayt, and Companions. We don't feel hate or revenge for anyone, for the good ones. We don't like the bad ones. May Allāh keep them away from us.
To be, to love Prophet ṣallá Llāhu ‘alayhi wa-sallam, it is real believer. Who love Prophet ṣallá Llāhu ‘alayhi wa-sallam, he is real believer because, there is Muslim and mu’min. Muslim, meaning who say, become, accept Islām – he is Muslim. But to have strong belief, he is mu’min. And mu’min they are beloved ones for Allāh ‘Azza wa-Jalla because they accept everything. But Muslim, they are still only in tongue, not in heart. This is many place in Allāh ‘Azza wa-Jalla describe in Qur'ān. He said, "They are only in tongue but not yet in their heart." To be in the heart – to love Prophet ṣallá Llāhu ‘alayhi wa- sallam, more than anything else. This is what Prophet ṣallá Llāhu ‘alayhi wa-sallam, "You must love me more than everything in this world, even children, or your wife, mother, father, land, treasure, everything it must be, you must..." Prophet ṣallá Llāhu ‘alayhi wa-sallam say, "He must be more love for him [than] for anything else. This is īmān.
Because once Sayyidunā ‘Umar raḍiya Llāhu ‘anhu he was happy with Prophet ṣallá Llāhu ‘alayhi wa-sallam. He said, "O Prophet ṣallá Llāhu ‘alayhi wa-sallam, I love you more for [than] everything, after [except for] me, you are the beloved one. I love you more than anything else, but first I like myself." And Prophet ṣallá Llāhu ‘alayhi wa- sallam, "You are not complete believe, īmān." So, because Sayyidunā ‘Umar, he was straight, not saying any lie, anything. So, just what he said, he like to say this for Prophet ṣallá Llāhu ‘alayhi wa-sallam. And Prophet for teaching ummah also, saying, "Even from yourself, I must be first. You must be love me more than yourself even." So Sayyidunā ‘Umar, raḍiya Llāhu ‘anhu, he said, "O Prophet I love you more than myself even." So Prophet was very happy with him, and said, "Now, you are become real believer." Three times he said for him this. And he was happy. So everything in this life for us, the most important thing he must be Prophet ṣallá Llāhu ‘alayhi wa-sallam, and love. Because his love, he, Prophet-love ṣallá Llāhu ‘alayhi wa-sallam, it is save us. It is saviour for dunyā for Ākhirah also. Who love Prophet ṣallá Llāhu ‘alayhi wa- sallam, they [are] believer. Because Muslim, many, we see many Muslim they [are] not respecting Prophet ṣallá Llāhu ‘alayhi wa-sallam. Not taking care even in, they said, "We are follow Qur'ān." In Qur'ān from beginning till end it is for Prophet ṣallá Llāhu ‘alayhi wa- sallam, praising Prophet ṣallá Llāhu ‘alayhi wa-sallam. Ḥadīth also all like this, but this people they don't accept this and make people to follow them. For this, bel
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