Suhbah 2020: Maulana Shaykh Mehmet Adil ar-Rabbani (9/25)
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e done it is wrong." This is what Allāh, He, want for whole human being like this. For sometimes even they make small mistake also. You, when you see it, it is funny, cannot anybody do it. "But why I done this?" he said. This is from Allāh. So this, for small one, for bigger one, for more powerful one, for every one Allāh can make this to make His Will with the program to be done.
Because now people in this world they are saying, "We are make law, we make our program. We are controlling whole this world. Nothing can do. We make plan before hundred year and this coming like this. We are not thinking to about anything, no mercy, nothing.
Our plan must go like this because when our program like this world it will be good for us." So they are continuing this. But Allāh for this people also, He can take their mind and doing wrong thing. After, they cannot continue what they are doing and they are blaming themself – "How we done this mistake?" But it is normal because nothing be forever in this world and there is now time, End of Time, who thinking theirself they are powerful, they are good, they are can controlling whole world – they are forget Allāh ‘Azza wa-Jalla. Allāh ‘Azza wa-Jalla. He has [His] program and it's [a] program slowly slowly going to Judgement Day which it must be something happen. And at the end, all people they will be – who some of them happy, some of them not happy.
They are some of them regret but time, that time they cannot do anything. So Allāh save us from bad people and keep our mind to not be do wrong thing; to be in this right way, in shā’a Llāh, not going out this
way. As much we are asking help from Allāh ,can do anything. But when you are asking, praying for this done, He because He is Merciful.
He will be, Insha Allah, keep us in this way, way of Prophet ṣallá Llāhu ‘alayhi wa-sallam.
Wa Minallah at-Tawfeeq, Al-Fatiha.
75.DON’T WASTE YOUR PROVISION Wednesday, 27 May 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. Auzu Billahi Minashaytanir Rajeem. Bismillahir Rahmanir Raheem, "Kulū wa-shrabū wa-lā tusrifū" (7:31). says Allāh ‘Azza wa-Jalla. Eat and drink but don't waste. Wasting is a quality disliked by Allāh. Wasteful people will certainly finish badly in dunyā and in Ākhirah. People nowadays... This is not Allāh's order but the order of shayṭān: "You should waste in order to succeed." We look at some place, when they don't waste, people say the economy stops or slows down. They say such and such spending is required for the economy to grow and work. It is wasteful but what can you do? It is their time now. This must happen. Nevertheless, Muslims should watch their consumption.
Food is very important. You should show respect for food. When you eat at home, you may not like old bread. If you don't, then make less. Don't make a lot and throw it away. Throwing food is not being grateful but rejecting it. It is not shukr to Allāh but kufr to Allāh. Allāh gave so much food and you throw it into the garbage and ask for fresh bread. If it is old, you throw it away. It is a big misbehavior. People carry the punishment for this in this world already. Who doesn't value food; if food is mistreated, you won't find it afterwards. You will look for it but won't get. It is so widespread, what can we do? Don't buy too much. If you bought too much, don't throw it away. If you couldn't finish it, put it aside. Pets can eat it or you can give it to people who have animals. If you gave away enough, you can give to stray animals too. But when you throw in the garbage that is different.
Allāh forbid, if you lose the provision once, it is hard to get it back. This is a matter of experience. We see it a lot. There are many people who went bankrupt. They struggle to do something, but nothing works out. You should stay away from such people. No benefit comes from them. Because there are some situations which happen as punishment. When punishment comes, you want to help them but you may get from that punishment too. Because they are being punished, even if those who help them are not punished, their actions will be wasted. That is why, you should use your provisions properly.
Distribute it for charity. If you want to show your generosity by doing useless ḥarām things, that is not generosity, that is squandering. You will get punished for that. That is why, may Allāh protect us, daily bread is valuable. Before a morsel reaches your mouth, so many angels have brought its barakah from heaven. Those angels work in order to put the barakah of soil into every growing seed. It doesn't happen without cause. Don't think you plant and it’s done now. If those angels don't work, nothing happens. That is why, in respect and gratitude to Allāh, you must take care of the food He gives. You should clean your plate without leaving anything on it. That is the sunnah of our Prophet. We went to an Islamic conference. We ate and cleaned our plate. The others left food on their plates. Why? Because they think if you don't leave food, it is a shame – as if you were greedy and couldn't stop. Some food must be left. Just look, it was a Muslim meeting and, as we said, even there shayṭān's words ruled. Our Prophet says not to leave anything on the plate. Mawlānā used to say – take as much as you can eat and don't be impudent. Do not leave anything on your plate. Eat, take. Not enough? Take more. But when you don't finish what is on your plate and throw it away – that is not good. May Allāh keep us from being wasteful. May Allāh make our food lasting, Insha Allah. May our hidden and apparent food last, Insha Allah.
Allāh ‘Azza wa-Jalla saying Bismillahir Rahmanir Raheem, "Kulū wa- shrabū wa-lā tusrifū" (7:31). Eat and drink – don't waste. Don't be
waste[ful]. Allāh He not like people who are wasting. But now the economy in this world, it is in hand of shayṭān and they said you must spend, you must waste for economy to be alive. If you not doing this, economy will collapse and finish. Look Allāh what He, what Allāh saying and shayṭān what he said. And they really, they put themself in trap they cannot go out of this. But for us, we are not obligatory to follow them. We must be, we must be not waste good thing; not waste – specially for eating, drinking. You must be respect for your provision and you must look after this because it is favour from Allāh. Allāh give us this and all this – until one meal coming to you, how many angels looking? From raining – each rain coming angel with rain and who... when growing vegetable or plant also with angel growing. Don't think it's growing by this machine or others. All this need angels. And if you are respect it, will be Allāh give barakah. If not wasting, you give barakah.
You respect each piece of bread, each peach of food, Allāh happy with you. But if you are not, it is many times it is taking from people the richness, this provision giving from them because they are wasting. Allāh punish them here before Judgement Day. We see many people, we see they was millionaire and they broke. After, they need for piece of bread – asking but no cannot find. Sometimes people even, when broken people you help them, no benefit because Allāh just punish them. You try to help them, to make them again to be like before. It is difficult, difficult because this provision... When becoming angry for you once, only you have this chance, this luck, only in your life you have it once. If you keep it, it will be continue but when run away from you, you cannot catch anymore. For this, if you are, even you are rich, don't waste what you have.
Especially respect for food and... yes – food and thing you eat or don't throw. Don't make too many and throw to dustbin for dirt, with dirt. If you have, you can make as much you can eat. No. Maybe you have more you cannot, you cannot eat this – you can give for poor people. If there is no poor people also you mustn't throw for dustbin. You must keep for animal and say, "I couldn't eat this but I give this ṣadaqah for animal." You keep it, don't throw in dustbin – the most dangerous thing for people, for especially because people now they are looking the most for
their pocket, their money. If you throw this, you cannot find anymore. Allāh punish you and you will be not find this anymore. Mawlānā Shaykh also all time saying, "Take what you can eat. Don't leave in your plate." This is sunnah of Prophet ṣallá Llāhu ‘alayhi wa-sallam to clean plate.
But unfortunately Muslim they are wasting this more than other people, non-Muslim. Especially we see in petrol- Muslim, they they have, if any guest coming they prevent and they have thinking they have obligatory to be generous with guest. Maybe three guests coming, they bring big sheep full of rice and what will eat this people? Maybe one leg only. If they are too much eater they can eat one one leg only. Other they thought they take this – throw in dustbin. So now they are all suffering. We last year was in Ḥajj. All people all this country they was the richest people in the world but we are seeing all they are complaining from economy, from this... This is from Allāh.
And once we have been in gathering for this Ṣūfī people and they give food. And we clean dishes but I saw other dishes they are have, they put, let little bit of food in plate. They said it is custom here to leave something. If you do it like this, it is shame for as [if] you are hungry – who clean, you are eating everything, you not leave any. And this was Ṣūfī gathering. And even in this, shayṭān was his, shayṭān order coming over Prophet ṣallá Llāhu ‘alayhi wa- sallam order. Sub han Allah, this is real ignorant for people. But they are no... they read this better than me and you and understanding but still... The most waste people – Muslim people. And for this, you see misery or all around the country of Muslim. Especially not respecting food or bread or what we can eat. If anything happen, quickly throw in dustbin. Yāhū there is animal they can eat this. There is poor people they can, you can give. No. Must in dustbin, no nothing anymore.
Allāh keep us in respecting His ni'mah provision, His gift and not to be from this people, musrifīn, wasting people. Very important this because our life it is... to be rest in your life, if you have more from Allāh's gift you are more happy and you be, [those] around you also happy. This is what
we are, Insha Allah, intend for people. We are, we want good wishes for people and to see people not suffering from poorness, from... And poorness it is not good and the the biggest reason for this – to not respect ni'mah.
Allāh keep us in respecting His ni'mah and thanking for Him for each atom from His ni'mah. Allāh give barakah for it, Insha Allah.
Wa Minallah at-Tawfeeq, Al-Fatiha.
76.TO BE THANKFUL Friday, 29 May 2020
Assalamu Alaykum wa Rahmatullah wa Barakatuh, Auzu Billahi Minashaytanir Rajeem. Bismillahir Rahmanir Raheem, Wassalatu Wassalamu ala Rasulina Muhammadin Sayyidal Awwalin wal Akhirin, Madad Ya RasulAllah, Madad Ya As’habi RasulAllah, Madad Ya Mashayikhina, Shaykh Abdullah Daghestani, Shaykh Nazim Al-Haqqani. Dastur. Tariqatunas sohba, wa khayru fil jamiyya. Allah created us as Muslims, and so we should be grateful to Him. Auzu Billahi Minashaytanir Rajeem. Bismillahir Rahmanir Raheem, “Yamunnūna ‘alayka an aslamū qul lā tamunnū ‘alayya islāmakum bali Llāhu yamunnu ‘alaykum an hadākum li-l-īmāni in kuntum ṣādiqīn” (“They consider it a favor to you that they have accepted Islam. Say, "Do not consider your Islam a favor to me. Rather, Allah has conferred favor upon you that He has guided you to the faith, if you should be truthful.”) (Qur’ān 49:17).
We owe a debt of gratitude to Allah; Allah is not indebted to us. Because you perform salah, because you are a Muslim. You should also be grateful also that He created you as a Muslim, and did not create you in the form of another creature. This is a great blessing! May the goodness of Friday be upon you. May Allah be pleased with you all. Wa Minallah at-Tawfeeq, Al-Fatiha.
77.TAQWA AND EGO Monday, 1 June 2020
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, “Anna Llāha ma’a l-muttaqīn” (Qur’ān 9:123). “Allah is with those wary of Him.”
Taqwa, godwariness, is to be aware of Allah, to have fear of, and to shy away from, Him. This is because Allah Almighty orders goodness and abstention from evil. This is because He prohibits evil. After one commits evil, one is afraid of Allah. If not, then it can be assumed that you have obeyed your ego. One who obeys his ego is the one who has no fear of Allah. There is a saying,“ He does not have fear of Allah, and he has no shame in front of people.”
That means that taqwa means goodness, and to leave taqwa means evil. This [taqwa] is what people need. Now Shaytan does not want this. He tells us to be afraid of everything except Allah! Yet Allah Almighty is “Malik ul-Mulk”, the owner of everything. He is the One who provides all. We need to ask Him, to make [our] requests of Him. Otherwise, no one will be able to help you, if Allah does not.
Insh’Allah these people will come to their senses, but people obey their egoes, and the thing the ego most does not want is godwariness. taqwa. When you are to consume haram, taqwa does not let you. When you are about to do evil, it does not let you. It does not order anything other than what is good. The ego desires evil and nothing else. Once submitted to
ego, it is wrong for one to think that one day it will be fed and full— there is no such thing! The ego is always hungry. You ought to protect and train the ego, so that it becomes helpful to you, for otherwise it harms you.
May Allah make us amongst those who have taqwa, among those who are on His path. May we always be in fear of Him, Insha Allah. May Allah strengthen our faith, and then everything will be beautiful, Insha Allah. It [i.e., the ego] does not bring goodness to you, but rather brings evil purposely.
Wa Minallah at-Tawfeeq, Al-Fatiha.
78.DOUBTFUL THINGS Tuesday, 2 June 2020
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 says, “Keep away from doubtful places!” This is because when a person is in or [even] near something doubtful, it affects him too, even if he himself is not [directly] involved in it. He will be shamed by others, even if he did not do anything [wrong personally]. That is why the Holy Prophet asked the Muslims to be pure and to keep away from evil. Evil is clear, and goodness is clear, but in between them are ambiguities that one should also keep away from. Keep away from anything doubtful. Do what you know is good, and stay in places that are good. Do not stay in bad places and then blame others for blaming you. Like that, you will cause them to sin, and then you yourself will be harmed. The Holy Prophet asks his nation, his people, for goodness. He asks people to stay away from evil things and places, from evil people, and he asks them to be careful. May Allah protect us.
May Allah protect us from evil people, evil things, and doubtful things. May our faith be strong, Insha Allah. May Allah protect the people of Holy Prophet from every type of evil.
Wa Minallah at-Tawfeeq, Al-Fatiha.
79.FITNA Wednesday, 3 June 2020
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, “Alā fī l-fitnati saqaṭū?” (Qur’ān 9:49) “Have they not fallen into fitna?” They have fallen into fitna (i.e., social division and conflict, turmoil, dissension, strife), says Allah in the Holy Quran.
Fitna is cursed by Allah. It is evil, and whoever commits this evil is also cursed. Fitna has always existed, at all times and places, and there are all kinds of it. “Fitna is asleep,” says the Holy Prophet. Again fitna occurs there too, but it is asleep. If you wake it up...and those who wake it up among the people are cursed. This time is End Time, and it is a time of fitna. The Holy Prophet says “Fitnas will occur one after another.” What does that do? It causes oppression and darkness. It is of no benefit to the one who does it, and also it harms the other person who is affected by it. This is why it is cursed. It is a must to stay away from it as much as possible. It is necessary to pretend not to see or hear it. Leave it asleep. It is not necessary to poke it and wake it up. When it wakes up, there no benefit from it, only harm.
May Allah protect us all from End Time fitna. May He protect us from all sorts of fitna.
May we be provided with strength for our faith, Insha Allah. Wa Minallah at-Tawfeeq, Al-Fatiha.
80.WHAT LASTS Friday, 5 June 2020
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, “Al- mālu wa-l-banūna zīnatu -d-dunyā wal-bāqiyātu ṣ-ṣāliḥātu khayrun ‘anda Rabbika thawābān wa khayrun amalā” (Qur’ān :46) Money, children, and possessions are the ornaments of this world says Allah, exalted be He, and what lasts is better and is more rewarding for the Next Life.
Better for him are all the good works he does, Allah ‘azza wa jalla says. As long as a man lives, he does as much good as he can so that he can keep it for himself, [but] Allah says that the good (khayr) things and the good (khayr) works remain for him, and that they are better. That is because possessions left in this world do not benefit a man in the Hereafter.
What is done for the Hereafter (sadaqah jariya, good deeds and any thing that is done or made for the benefit of Muslims), the more Muslims use it, the more the reward is given to the person. Whether his name is mentioned or not is unimportant. What is important is that what he has done remains in the sight of Allah, [for thus] is it neither forgotten nor lost. So this man having done it, his name being mentioned or not is irrelevant.
Anything that accomplishes any good, such as a mosque, a dergah, or a masjid, and that various people come and use, although they may not
know the name of their benefactor or have forgotten it, that does not matter, because Allah does not forget. The one who made the place receives rewards for every worship that is performed there.
That is why we need to do lasting things so that our Book of Deeds may be everlasting and we may be rewarded continually. May Allah help us, insha’Allah, so that we may leave behind good works, and our Book of Deeds may be kept open until the Day of Judgment, Insha Allah.
Wa Minallah at-Tawfeeq, Al-Fatiha.
81.FAITH AND BELIEF Saturday, 6 June 2020
Assalamu Alaykum wa Rahmatullah wa Barakatuh, Auzu Billahi Minashaytanir Rajeem. Bismillahir Rahmanir Raheem, Wassalatu Wassalamu ala Rasulina Muhammadin Sayyidal Awwalin wal Akhirin, Madad Ya RasulAllah, Madad Ya As’habi RasulAllah, Madad Ya Mashayikhina, Shaykh Abdullah Daghestani, Shaykh Nazim Al-Haqqani. Dastur. Tariqatunas sohba, wa khayru fil jamiyya. May Allah give barakah for this stay of ours insha’Allah. Every Muslim in this world is beloved of Allah. Allah exalted says Auzu Billahi Minashaytanir Rajeem. Bismillahir Rahmanir Raheem, “Fa-inna Allāha lā yuḥibbu l-kāfirīn” (So indeed Allah does not love the truth-concealers) (Qur’ān 3:32). He does not like disbelievers and infidels, and so the Muslim is the fortunate one, being beloved of Allah, saved for eternal life, and the one who reaches felicity in the Hereafter. As long as one does not leave the faith and become a disbeliever, no matter how much one sins, in the end he will enter paradise. Even if years pass, Allah will take him again and place him in heaven.
The one who associates partners with Allah is the unfortunate one, being the one whom Allah does not like. Why He does not like them is not our business. He knows His will best. [As for] you, be grateful for the blessings and be thankful. Thank Him. Take care of your iman and keep it strong, because a person reaches perfection by faith.
A man without iman has no value, no acceptance, and is unworthy of regard. Being held in regard means being accepted in the sight of Allah. It is not important to be accepted by other people.
You could be someone weak and unremarkable in the sight of men, but that would not be important. What is important is to have acceptance in sight of Allah. That is why it is not important to be upset about whether
this or that person likes me and another doesn’t. Have Allah like you and love you. This is sufficient. That is the most important thing anyway.
May Allah give us all faith, and may we become His beloved servants, Insha Allah.
Wa Minallah at-Tawfeeq, Al-Fatiha.
82.CONSULT Sunday, 7 June 2020
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. When you are about to get involved in a project it is a sunnah to do istishara (consultation). For the affair under consideration it is a sunnah to ask whether it is good and beneficial, whether there is profit in it or not, whether you should be going or they should be coming, or whatever else, there is no harm in consultation. There is no need to hurry. Most work that is done without consultation does not benefit anybody, and ends in harm and loss. Our ancestors say that above every mind is another, so ordinary people also should ask and consult. And people of tariqah when in a tough situation should consult their shaykh or their husbands. There is benefit in doing so. This complies with the Holy Prophet’s sunnah and a person gains benefit from it; otherwise and unknowingly, sometimes people see something as good but it is bad and has no benefit in it. Their work will not benefit them, and that is why consultation is important.People confuse between istishara and istikhara. We are talking about consultation, istishara. To consult is really about researching something to see whether there would be benefit in doing it. So for every project one should first consult, and then trust Allah and leave it Him. Afterwards go ahead and do it, and in this way you will keep yourself in a safe position. Your money and your property are entrusted to you from Allah. It is not right for you to waste them. May Allah protect them. May Allah grant us pure halal means. May your affairs go well, Insha Allah. Wa Minallah at-Tawfeeq, Al-Fatiha.
83.FAITHFUL LOYALTY Wednesday, 10 June 2020
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. Faithful loyalty is a part of tariqah adab. When you have connected yourself to a shaykh, then follow him for the sake of Allah, so that he may take you to the right path. So you should not follow your ego. Either follow your shaykh or your ego. When he says something or does something, it is for Allah’s sake and not for any [other] benefit. The purpose is for the sake of Allah and for Allah’s contentment.
Allah sent the prophets to make people reach true paths and guidance by companionship. So when you are connected and follow a true master— and it is a such a great thing if you have found a true master, there is such a good opportunity—you should follow him. It would be another story otherwise, but if you have found him you should follow the shaykh and not your ego. Because when the shaykh does something that your ego does not like, then not obeying him and saying you are such and such is not appropriate. If you do not like it, then just leave. The guide does not hold you there. When your ego likes it, your are fine with it and stay; when your ego does not like it, you run away. This is a sign that a person is following his ego. May Allah protect us from that. May He not let us follow our ego. We have seen people on this path many years. Thanks be to Allah that we are on this path for many years. And we have seen people come and go during the time of our father, Mawlana Shaykh, since we were very young. There were people following him for years and then after a while they disappeared. That means they had no destiny, and had nothing left there other than that they were following their ego rather
than the guide. May Allah protect us from that. And then later they say this or that. The least you can do is not to be slave to your ego. If you do not like it, just leave. That is not a problem, but finding excuses and trying to satisfy your ego is not right. This path is to train your ego. It is the way of the tariqah to train the ego. “Ara’ayta mani ttakhadha ilāhahu hawāhu afa’anta takūnu ‘alayhi wakīlā(n)?” (Qur’ān 25:43). The one who has taken his ego and his desires as God-substitutes, he has accepted the ego as the only truth and does not accept any other. May Allah protect us from that. May Allah protect us from the evils of our ego. There are things that are tests. Thanks be to Allah that we are not people of test. In a very small matter, when the matter does not agree with his ego, he goes and causes a scandal. May Allah protect us from such. May Allah guide them. May Allah not have us obey our ego. Wa Minallah at-Tawfeeq, Al-Fatiha.
84.THE MIDDLE PRAYER Thursday, 11 June 2020
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, “Ḥāfiẓū ‘alā ṣ-ṣalwāt wa aṣ-ṣalāti l-wusṭā wa qūmū li-Llāhi qānitīn” (Qur’ān 2:238) (“Keep your salawat and your middle salat and stand before Allah devoutly obedient.”)
In the holy verse Allah almighty states,“ Keep your prayers—especially the middle prayer.” Scholars have discussed which one was meant and the majority have agreed that it is the fajr prayer. Some say it is asr, at mid-afternoon, but what is hard is the fajr morning prayer, to wake up in the morning and pray at that time. That is the difficult prayer. “Aṣ-ṣalāti l-wusṭā”, as it is called in the ayah, means “the middle prayer”. Allah says to stand and bow to Him, to nothing other than Him. Salah helps those who pray, especially those who pray the fajr prayer. Because it is more difficult, its rewards are also that much more, and its blessing is much more.
Everything is fortunate during the day. Salah is important. There is no need to ignore prayers with excuses such as, “I had something to do. I could not perform salah.” They say,“ I supplicate and make dua, etc.” No, none of these can replace the salah. It is ordered by Allah. He commands us to pray, and always reminds us to pray.
It is of no use to Allah; the benefit of it is for us, for people. Whether it is salah or another act of worship, all are for our good. It is the salah that is
the hardest for the ego. They are baffled over how to it perform daily. They want to run away from it, and not do it. Some others try to run away from the sunnah prayers. But the sunnah is also for your benefit; it is not at all a harm to you.
So Allah gave us this blessed favor, yet people do not recognize the value of this favor. They either do it reluctantly, or they just do not perform it [at all]. They come to end of their lives without salah, though they will be sorry in the hereafter. They will answer for it. What is worse [even] than the punishment of not praying is the shame of omitting it in front of Allah Almighty. The punishment and the suffering they will go though will not be comparable to [just] being sorry for not having done it in this world. The shame of not doing it and of foregoing all the treasure that they could have gained—that is much heavier. They will realize that they walked on earth uselessly and wasted their time. That is more difficult.
So may Allah help us, and give guidance to those who do not perform it, so that they too will benefit from these treasures. May our faith be strengthened, Insha Allah.
Wa Minallah at-Tawfeeq
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e done it is wrong." This is what Allāh, He, want for whole human being like this. For sometimes even they make small mistake also. You, when you see it, it is funny, cannot anybody do it. "But why I done this?" he said. This is from Allāh. So this, for small one, for bigger one, for more powerful one, for every one Allāh can make this to make His Will with the program to be done.
Because now people in this world they are saying, "We are make law, we make our program. We are controlling whole this world. Nothing can do. We make plan before hundred year and this coming like this. We are not thinking to about anything, no mercy, nothing.
Our plan must go like this because when our program like this world it will be good for us." So they are continuing this. But Allāh for this people also, He can take their mind and doing wrong thing. After, they cannot continue what they are doing and they are blaming themself – "How we done this mistake?" But it is normal because nothing be forever in this world and there is now time, End of Time, who thinking theirself they are powerful, they are good, they are can controlling whole world – they are forget Allāh ‘Azza wa-Jalla. Allāh ‘Azza wa-Jalla. He has [His] program and it's [a] program slowly slowly going to Judgement Day which it must be something happen. And at the end, all people they will be – who some of them happy, some of them not happy.
They are some of them regret but time, that time they cannot do anything. So Allāh save us from bad people and keep our mind to not be do wrong thing; to be in this right way, in shā’a Llāh, not going out this
way. As much we are asking help from Allāh ,can do anything. But when you are asking, praying for this done, He because He is Merciful.
He will be, Insha Allah, keep us in this way, way of Prophet ṣallá Llāhu ‘alayhi wa-sallam.
Wa Minallah at-Tawfeeq, Al-Fatiha.
75.DON’T WASTE YOUR PROVISION Wednesday, 27 May 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. Auzu Billahi Minashaytanir Rajeem. Bismillahir Rahmanir Raheem, "Kulū wa-shrabū wa-lā tusrifū" (7:31). says Allāh ‘Azza wa-Jalla. Eat and drink but don't waste. Wasting is a quality disliked by Allāh. Wasteful people will certainly finish badly in dunyā and in Ākhirah. People nowadays... This is not Allāh's order but the order of shayṭān: "You should waste in order to succeed." We look at some place, when they don't waste, people say the economy stops or slows down. They say such and such spending is required for the economy to grow and work. It is wasteful but what can you do? It is their time now. This must happen. Nevertheless, Muslims should watch their consumption.
Food is very important. You should show respect for food. When you eat at home, you may not like old bread. If you don't, then make less. Don't make a lot and throw it away. Throwing food is not being grateful but rejecting it. It is not shukr to Allāh but kufr to Allāh. Allāh gave so much food and you throw it into the garbage and ask for fresh bread. If it is old, you throw it away. It is a big misbehavior. People carry the punishment for this in this world already. Who doesn't value food; if food is mistreated, you won't find it afterwards. You will look for it but won't get. It is so widespread, what can we do? Don't buy too much. If you bought too much, don't throw it away. If you couldn't finish it, put it aside. Pets can eat it or you can give it to people who have animals. If you gave away enough, you can give to stray animals too. But when you throw in the garbage that is different.
Allāh forbid, if you lose the provision once, it is hard to get it back. This is a matter of experience. We see it a lot. There are many people who went bankrupt. They struggle to do something, but nothing works out. You should stay away from such people. No benefit comes from them. Because there are some situations which happen as punishment. When punishment comes, you want to help them but you may get from that punishment too. Because they are being punished, even if those who help them are not punished, their actions will be wasted. That is why, you should use your provisions properly.
Distribute it for charity. If you want to show your generosity by doing useless ḥarām things, that is not generosity, that is squandering. You will get punished for that. That is why, may Allāh protect us, daily bread is valuable. Before a morsel reaches your mouth, so many angels have brought its barakah from heaven. Those angels work in order to put the barakah of soil into every growing seed. It doesn't happen without cause. Don't think you plant and it’s done now. If those angels don't work, nothing happens. That is why, in respect and gratitude to Allāh, you must take care of the food He gives. You should clean your plate without leaving anything on it. That is the sunnah of our Prophet. We went to an Islamic conference. We ate and cleaned our plate. The others left food on their plates. Why? Because they think if you don't leave food, it is a shame – as if you were greedy and couldn't stop. Some food must be left. Just look, it was a Muslim meeting and, as we said, even there shayṭān's words ruled. Our Prophet says not to leave anything on the plate. Mawlānā used to say – take as much as you can eat and don't be impudent. Do not leave anything on your plate. Eat, take. Not enough? Take more. But when you don't finish what is on your plate and throw it away – that is not good. May Allāh keep us from being wasteful. May Allāh make our food lasting, Insha Allah. May our hidden and apparent food last, Insha Allah.
Allāh ‘Azza wa-Jalla saying Bismillahir Rahmanir Raheem, "Kulū wa- shrabū wa-lā tusrifū" (7:31). Eat and drink – don't waste. Don't be
waste[ful]. Allāh He not like people who are wasting. But now the economy in this world, it is in hand of shayṭān and they said you must spend, you must waste for economy to be alive. If you not doing this, economy will collapse and finish. Look Allāh what He, what Allāh saying and shayṭān what he said. And they really, they put themself in trap they cannot go out of this. But for us, we are not obligatory to follow them. We must be, we must be not waste good thing; not waste – specially for eating, drinking. You must be respect for your provision and you must look after this because it is favour from Allāh. Allāh give us this and all this – until one meal coming to you, how many angels looking? From raining – each rain coming angel with rain and who... when growing vegetable or plant also with angel growing. Don't think it's growing by this machine or others. All this need angels. And if you are respect it, will be Allāh give barakah. If not wasting, you give barakah.
You respect each piece of bread, each peach of food, Allāh happy with you. But if you are not, it is many times it is taking from people the richness, this provision giving from them because they are wasting. Allāh punish them here before Judgement Day. We see many people, we see they was millionaire and they broke. After, they need for piece of bread – asking but no cannot find. Sometimes people even, when broken people you help them, no benefit because Allāh just punish them. You try to help them, to make them again to be like before. It is difficult, difficult because this provision... When becoming angry for you once, only you have this chance, this luck, only in your life you have it once. If you keep it, it will be continue but when run away from you, you cannot catch anymore. For this, if you are, even you are rich, don't waste what you have.
Especially respect for food and... yes – food and thing you eat or don't throw. Don't make too many and throw to dustbin for dirt, with dirt. If you have, you can make as much you can eat. No. Maybe you have more you cannot, you cannot eat this – you can give for poor people. If there is no poor people also you mustn't throw for dustbin. You must keep for animal and say, "I couldn't eat this but I give this ṣadaqah for animal." You keep it, don't throw in dustbin – the most dangerous thing for people, for especially because people now they are looking the most for
their pocket, their money. If you throw this, you cannot find anymore. Allāh punish you and you will be not find this anymore. Mawlānā Shaykh also all time saying, "Take what you can eat. Don't leave in your plate." This is sunnah of Prophet ṣallá Llāhu ‘alayhi wa-sallam to clean plate.
But unfortunately Muslim they are wasting this more than other people, non-Muslim. Especially we see in petrol- Muslim, they they have, if any guest coming they prevent and they have thinking they have obligatory to be generous with guest. Maybe three guests coming, they bring big sheep full of rice and what will eat this people? Maybe one leg only. If they are too much eater they can eat one one leg only. Other they thought they take this – throw in dustbin. So now they are all suffering. We last year was in Ḥajj. All people all this country they was the richest people in the world but we are seeing all they are complaining from economy, from this... This is from Allāh.
And once we have been in gathering for this Ṣūfī people and they give food. And we clean dishes but I saw other dishes they are have, they put, let little bit of food in plate. They said it is custom here to leave something. If you do it like this, it is shame for as [if] you are hungry – who clean, you are eating everything, you not leave any. And this was Ṣūfī gathering. And even in this, shayṭān was his, shayṭān order coming over Prophet ṣallá Llāhu ‘alayhi wa- sallam order. Sub han Allah, this is real ignorant for people. But they are no... they read this better than me and you and understanding but still... The most waste people – Muslim people. And for this, you see misery or all around the country of Muslim. Especially not respecting food or bread or what we can eat. If anything happen, quickly throw in dustbin. Yāhū there is animal they can eat this. There is poor people they can, you can give. No. Must in dustbin, no nothing anymore.
Allāh keep us in respecting His ni'mah provision, His gift and not to be from this people, musrifīn, wasting people. Very important this because our life it is... to be rest in your life, if you have more from Allāh's gift you are more happy and you be, [those] around you also happy. This is what
we are, Insha Allah, intend for people. We are, we want good wishes for people and to see people not suffering from poorness, from... And poorness it is not good and the the biggest reason for this – to not respect ni'mah.
Allāh keep us in respecting His ni'mah and thanking for Him for each atom from His ni'mah. Allāh give barakah for it, Insha Allah.
Wa Minallah at-Tawfeeq, Al-Fatiha.
76.TO BE THANKFUL Friday, 29 May 2020
Assalamu Alaykum wa Rahmatullah wa Barakatuh, Auzu Billahi Minashaytanir Rajeem. Bismillahir Rahmanir Raheem, Wassalatu Wassalamu ala Rasulina Muhammadin Sayyidal Awwalin wal Akhirin, Madad Ya RasulAllah, Madad Ya As’habi RasulAllah, Madad Ya Mashayikhina, Shaykh Abdullah Daghestani, Shaykh Nazim Al-Haqqani. Dastur. Tariqatunas sohba, wa khayru fil jamiyya. Allah created us as Muslims, and so we should be grateful to Him. Auzu Billahi Minashaytanir Rajeem. Bismillahir Rahmanir Raheem, “Yamunnūna ‘alayka an aslamū qul lā tamunnū ‘alayya islāmakum bali Llāhu yamunnu ‘alaykum an hadākum li-l-īmāni in kuntum ṣādiqīn” (“They consider it a favor to you that they have accepted Islam. Say, "Do not consider your Islam a favor to me. Rather, Allah has conferred favor upon you that He has guided you to the faith, if you should be truthful.”) (Qur’ān 49:17).
We owe a debt of gratitude to Allah; Allah is not indebted to us. Because you perform salah, because you are a Muslim. You should also be grateful also that He created you as a Muslim, and did not create you in the form of another creature. This is a great blessing! May the goodness of Friday be upon you. May Allah be pleased with you all. Wa Minallah at-Tawfeeq, Al-Fatiha.
77.TAQWA AND EGO Monday, 1 June 2020
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, “Anna Llāha ma’a l-muttaqīn” (Qur’ān 9:123). “Allah is with those wary of Him.”
Taqwa, godwariness, is to be aware of Allah, to have fear of, and to shy away from, Him. This is because Allah Almighty orders goodness and abstention from evil. This is because He prohibits evil. After one commits evil, one is afraid of Allah. If not, then it can be assumed that you have obeyed your ego. One who obeys his ego is the one who has no fear of Allah. There is a saying,“ He does not have fear of Allah, and he has no shame in front of people.”
That means that taqwa means goodness, and to leave taqwa means evil. This [taqwa] is what people need. Now Shaytan does not want this. He tells us to be afraid of everything except Allah! Yet Allah Almighty is “Malik ul-Mulk”, the owner of everything. He is the One who provides all. We need to ask Him, to make [our] requests of Him. Otherwise, no one will be able to help you, if Allah does not.
Insh’Allah these people will come to their senses, but people obey their egoes, and the thing the ego most does not want is godwariness. taqwa. When you are to consume haram, taqwa does not let you. When you are about to do evil, it does not let you. It does not order anything other than what is good. The ego desires evil and nothing else. Once submitted to
ego, it is wrong for one to think that one day it will be fed and full— there is no such thing! The ego is always hungry. You ought to protect and train the ego, so that it becomes helpful to you, for otherwise it harms you.
May Allah make us amongst those who have taqwa, among those who are on His path. May we always be in fear of Him, Insha Allah. May Allah strengthen our faith, and then everything will be beautiful, Insha Allah. It [i.e., the ego] does not bring goodness to you, but rather brings evil purposely.
Wa Minallah at-Tawfeeq, Al-Fatiha.
78.DOUBTFUL THINGS Tuesday, 2 June 2020
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 says, “Keep away from doubtful places!” This is because when a person is in or [even] near something doubtful, it affects him too, even if he himself is not [directly] involved in it. He will be shamed by others, even if he did not do anything [wrong personally]. That is why the Holy Prophet asked the Muslims to be pure and to keep away from evil. Evil is clear, and goodness is clear, but in between them are ambiguities that one should also keep away from. Keep away from anything doubtful. Do what you know is good, and stay in places that are good. Do not stay in bad places and then blame others for blaming you. Like that, you will cause them to sin, and then you yourself will be harmed. The Holy Prophet asks his nation, his people, for goodness. He asks people to stay away from evil things and places, from evil people, and he asks them to be careful. May Allah protect us.
May Allah protect us from evil people, evil things, and doubtful things. May our faith be strong, Insha Allah. May Allah protect the people of Holy Prophet from every type of evil.
Wa Minallah at-Tawfeeq, Al-Fatiha.
79.FITNA Wednesday, 3 June 2020
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, “Alā fī l-fitnati saqaṭū?” (Qur’ān 9:49) “Have they not fallen into fitna?” They have fallen into fitna (i.e., social division and conflict, turmoil, dissension, strife), says Allah in the Holy Quran.
Fitna is cursed by Allah. It is evil, and whoever commits this evil is also cursed. Fitna has always existed, at all times and places, and there are all kinds of it. “Fitna is asleep,” says the Holy Prophet. Again fitna occurs there too, but it is asleep. If you wake it up...and those who wake it up among the people are cursed. This time is End Time, and it is a time of fitna. The Holy Prophet says “Fitnas will occur one after another.” What does that do? It causes oppression and darkness. It is of no benefit to the one who does it, and also it harms the other person who is affected by it. This is why it is cursed. It is a must to stay away from it as much as possible. It is necessary to pretend not to see or hear it. Leave it asleep. It is not necessary to poke it and wake it up. When it wakes up, there no benefit from it, only harm.
May Allah protect us all from End Time fitna. May He protect us from all sorts of fitna.
May we be provided with strength for our faith, Insha Allah. Wa Minallah at-Tawfeeq, Al-Fatiha.
80.WHAT LASTS Friday, 5 June 2020
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, “Al- mālu wa-l-banūna zīnatu -d-dunyā wal-bāqiyātu ṣ-ṣāliḥātu khayrun ‘anda Rabbika thawābān wa khayrun amalā” (Qur’ān :46) Money, children, and possessions are the ornaments of this world says Allah, exalted be He, and what lasts is better and is more rewarding for the Next Life.
Better for him are all the good works he does, Allah ‘azza wa jalla says. As long as a man lives, he does as much good as he can so that he can keep it for himself, [but] Allah says that the good (khayr) things and the good (khayr) works remain for him, and that they are better. That is because possessions left in this world do not benefit a man in the Hereafter.
What is done for the Hereafter (sadaqah jariya, good deeds and any thing that is done or made for the benefit of Muslims), the more Muslims use it, the more the reward is given to the person. Whether his name is mentioned or not is unimportant. What is important is that what he has done remains in the sight of Allah, [for thus] is it neither forgotten nor lost. So this man having done it, his name being mentioned or not is irrelevant.
Anything that accomplishes any good, such as a mosque, a dergah, or a masjid, and that various people come and use, although they may not
know the name of their benefactor or have forgotten it, that does not matter, because Allah does not forget. The one who made the place receives rewards for every worship that is performed there.
That is why we need to do lasting things so that our Book of Deeds may be everlasting and we may be rewarded continually. May Allah help us, insha’Allah, so that we may leave behind good works, and our Book of Deeds may be kept open until the Day of Judgment, Insha Allah.
Wa Minallah at-Tawfeeq, Al-Fatiha.
81.FAITH AND BELIEF Saturday, 6 June 2020
Assalamu Alaykum wa Rahmatullah wa Barakatuh, Auzu Billahi Minashaytanir Rajeem. Bismillahir Rahmanir Raheem, Wassalatu Wassalamu ala Rasulina Muhammadin Sayyidal Awwalin wal Akhirin, Madad Ya RasulAllah, Madad Ya As’habi RasulAllah, Madad Ya Mashayikhina, Shaykh Abdullah Daghestani, Shaykh Nazim Al-Haqqani. Dastur. Tariqatunas sohba, wa khayru fil jamiyya. May Allah give barakah for this stay of ours insha’Allah. Every Muslim in this world is beloved of Allah. Allah exalted says Auzu Billahi Minashaytanir Rajeem. Bismillahir Rahmanir Raheem, “Fa-inna Allāha lā yuḥibbu l-kāfirīn” (So indeed Allah does not love the truth-concealers) (Qur’ān 3:32). He does not like disbelievers and infidels, and so the Muslim is the fortunate one, being beloved of Allah, saved for eternal life, and the one who reaches felicity in the Hereafter. As long as one does not leave the faith and become a disbeliever, no matter how much one sins, in the end he will enter paradise. Even if years pass, Allah will take him again and place him in heaven.
The one who associates partners with Allah is the unfortunate one, being the one whom Allah does not like. Why He does not like them is not our business. He knows His will best. [As for] you, be grateful for the blessings and be thankful. Thank Him. Take care of your iman and keep it strong, because a person reaches perfection by faith.
A man without iman has no value, no acceptance, and is unworthy of regard. Being held in regard means being accepted in the sight of Allah. It is not important to be accepted by other people.
You could be someone weak and unremarkable in the sight of men, but that would not be important. What is important is to have acceptance in sight of Allah. That is why it is not important to be upset about whether
this or that person likes me and another doesn’t. Have Allah like you and love you. This is sufficient. That is the most important thing anyway.
May Allah give us all faith, and may we become His beloved servants, Insha Allah.
Wa Minallah at-Tawfeeq, Al-Fatiha.
82.CONSULT Sunday, 7 June 2020
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. When you are about to get involved in a project it is a sunnah to do istishara (consultation). For the affair under consideration it is a sunnah to ask whether it is good and beneficial, whether there is profit in it or not, whether you should be going or they should be coming, or whatever else, there is no harm in consultation. There is no need to hurry. Most work that is done without consultation does not benefit anybody, and ends in harm and loss. Our ancestors say that above every mind is another, so ordinary people also should ask and consult. And people of tariqah when in a tough situation should consult their shaykh or their husbands. There is benefit in doing so. This complies with the Holy Prophet’s sunnah and a person gains benefit from it; otherwise and unknowingly, sometimes people see something as good but it is bad and has no benefit in it. Their work will not benefit them, and that is why consultation is important.People confuse between istishara and istikhara. We are talking about consultation, istishara. To consult is really about researching something to see whether there would be benefit in doing it. So for every project one should first consult, and then trust Allah and leave it Him. Afterwards go ahead and do it, and in this way you will keep yourself in a safe position. Your money and your property are entrusted to you from Allah. It is not right for you to waste them. May Allah protect them. May Allah grant us pure halal means. May your affairs go well, Insha Allah. Wa Minallah at-Tawfeeq, Al-Fatiha.
83.FAITHFUL LOYALTY Wednesday, 10 June 2020
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. Faithful loyalty is a part of tariqah adab. When you have connected yourself to a shaykh, then follow him for the sake of Allah, so that he may take you to the right path. So you should not follow your ego. Either follow your shaykh or your ego. When he says something or does something, it is for Allah’s sake and not for any [other] benefit. The purpose is for the sake of Allah and for Allah’s contentment.
Allah sent the prophets to make people reach true paths and guidance by companionship. So when you are connected and follow a true master— and it is a such a great thing if you have found a true master, there is such a good opportunity—you should follow him. It would be another story otherwise, but if you have found him you should follow the shaykh and not your ego. Because when the shaykh does something that your ego does not like, then not obeying him and saying you are such and such is not appropriate. If you do not like it, then just leave. The guide does not hold you there. When your ego likes it, your are fine with it and stay; when your ego does not like it, you run away. This is a sign that a person is following his ego. May Allah protect us from that. May He not let us follow our ego. We have seen people on this path many years. Thanks be to Allah that we are on this path for many years. And we have seen people come and go during the time of our father, Mawlana Shaykh, since we were very young. There were people following him for years and then after a while they disappeared. That means they had no destiny, and had nothing left there other than that they were following their ego rather
than the guide. May Allah protect us from that. And then later they say this or that. The least you can do is not to be slave to your ego. If you do not like it, just leave. That is not a problem, but finding excuses and trying to satisfy your ego is not right. This path is to train your ego. It is the way of the tariqah to train the ego. “Ara’ayta mani ttakhadha ilāhahu hawāhu afa’anta takūnu ‘alayhi wakīlā(n)?” (Qur’ān 25:43). The one who has taken his ego and his desires as God-substitutes, he has accepted the ego as the only truth and does not accept any other. May Allah protect us from that. May Allah protect us from the evils of our ego. There are things that are tests. Thanks be to Allah that we are not people of test. In a very small matter, when the matter does not agree with his ego, he goes and causes a scandal. May Allah protect us from such. May Allah guide them. May Allah not have us obey our ego. Wa Minallah at-Tawfeeq, Al-Fatiha.
84.THE MIDDLE PRAYER Thursday, 11 June 2020
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, “Ḥāfiẓū ‘alā ṣ-ṣalwāt wa aṣ-ṣalāti l-wusṭā wa qūmū li-Llāhi qānitīn” (Qur’ān 2:238) (“Keep your salawat and your middle salat and stand before Allah devoutly obedient.”)
In the holy verse Allah almighty states,“ Keep your prayers—especially the middle prayer.” Scholars have discussed which one was meant and the majority have agreed that it is the fajr prayer. Some say it is asr, at mid-afternoon, but what is hard is the fajr morning prayer, to wake up in the morning and pray at that time. That is the difficult prayer. “Aṣ-ṣalāti l-wusṭā”, as it is called in the ayah, means “the middle prayer”. Allah says to stand and bow to Him, to nothing other than Him. Salah helps those who pray, especially those who pray the fajr prayer. Because it is more difficult, its rewards are also that much more, and its blessing is much more.
Everything is fortunate during the day. Salah is important. There is no need to ignore prayers with excuses such as, “I had something to do. I could not perform salah.” They say,“ I supplicate and make dua, etc.” No, none of these can replace the salah. It is ordered by Allah. He commands us to pray, and always reminds us to pray.
It is of no use to Allah; the benefit of it is for us, for people. Whether it is salah or another act of worship, all are for our good. It is the salah that is
the hardest for the ego. They are baffled over how to it perform daily. They want to run away from it, and not do it. Some others try to run away from the sunnah prayers. But the sunnah is also for your benefit; it is not at all a harm to you.
So Allah gave us this blessed favor, yet people do not recognize the value of this favor. They either do it reluctantly, or they just do not perform it [at all]. They come to end of their lives without salah, though they will be sorry in the hereafter. They will answer for it. What is worse [even] than the punishment of not praying is the shame of omitting it in front of Allah Almighty. The punishment and the suffering they will go though will not be comparable to [just] being sorry for not having done it in this world. The shame of not doing it and of foregoing all the treasure that they could have gained—that is much heavier. They will realize that they walked on earth uselessly and wasted their time. That is more difficult.
So may Allah help us, and give guidance to those who do not perform it, so that they too will benefit from these treasures. May our faith be strengthened, Insha Allah.
Wa Minallah at-Tawfeeq
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