Suhbah 2021: Maulana Shaykh Mehmet Adil ar-Rabbani (16/25)
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One Awliyā’ said that in old times – I can't remember his name now – there was a drought and no rain in one country. They thought about what to do and decided to go out and make a prayer for rain. They went out. First day – no rain. Second day – no rain. Third day – no rain, nothing. There was no rain at all. And then the big Awliyā’ went to the mosque. Someone came before the fajr prayer and he saw him make du‘ā’ there. He made a prayer for rain to Allāh. As soon as he finished, it started raining heavily and covered everywhere. There was a lot of rain. The man was surprised and wondered if it rained because of the prayer of that man. He looked to see who he was, which holy man, which Awliyā’. He looked and saw a black slave making du‘ā’. He didn't say anything to him but followed him from behind until he entered some place.
As day dawned, he went to that house to meet him. He looked around
and asked from the owner, "There is a slave here. I like him. I want to buy him." All the slaves were brought out. "Not this one, not this one... Not this. None of them," he said at last and asked if there were more. "Yes, there is someone useless. We didn't show him to you. He won't be useful to you. He is completely useless, always on his own. And he doesn't know anything but praying by himself. He is sitting over there." The man said, "Let me see him." He recognized him immediately and said, "Let me have him at any price." The owner said, "I can give him for free. He is useless anyway." The man gave some money and took him home. The slave asked him at home, "Why did you take me? I am useless." "You are very useful. With your du‘ā’ it started raining. You are a beloved servant of Allāh. I will make you free for the pleasure of Allāh so that you pray for me as well." He made du‘ā’ and said, "My secret has been revealed." He made sajdah and passed away.
These people are happy on their own. They don't care about the benefits of dunyā. They are people of Ākhirah. Their duty is for Ākhirah, not for dunyā. And they don't desire dunyā. They don't mind being a slave and don't ask for freedom. They ask for the pleasure of Allāh ‘Azza wa- Jalla. And they are beloved servants of Allāh. People of the present time, we are living in this now... Whoever is with the beloved servant of Allāh whoever is with Allāh, Insha Allah, will always be in happiness in dunyā and in Ākhirah. People who are with Mashāyikh, who are straight on the way... When they say, "I am such and such," it means they are not truly initiated into that way. Even when there is suffering, that suffering is a favour from Allāh. It is a virtue Allāh will give you. If you are patient, you will attain high ranks, big virtues, big thawāb.
Because people nowadays have gotten used to complaining. They always complain. Everyone is like this. Everyone is same. People of this end of times are put in a single form. People of the end of times... People of old times must be remembered. What we mean by old times is the people who lived even 30-40 years ago, who lived 50 years ago. We don't mean 300-500 years ago. Their lives were very different from ours. It was much more difficult. There are so many tools to make it simple now but they make people's lives even more difficult. Therefore, don't
be accustomed to complaining. Do not complain. Be with Awliyā’ and Mashāyikh, you will be in Paradise in dunyā and in Paradise in Ākhirah, Insha Allah.
We are living with Allāh ‘Azza wa-Jalla bless, we are happy with Him. If you like to be happy, come to place who praise Prophet ṣallá Llāhu ‘alayhi wa-sallam, mentioning Allāh ‘Azza wa-Jalla. This is what Mawlānā Shaykh was every time he happy with mawlīd – Turkish mawlīd. Meaning, if you want happiness, you want gift from Allāh, praise Prophet ṣallá Llāhu ‘alayhi wa-sallam and come to majlis of dhikr, place of mentioning Allāh ‘Azza wa-Jalla whole time. This is happiness for human being. This is what Mashāyikh taught and people must look after this.
This dunyā, now people just looking for job, for – many thing they are looking but what they don't look for [is] how to make Allāh pleased with us, happy with us. This is what we forget. They forget all time. Only they are – important thing for them, to have more and more and more. What is this? What you get more and more? If you don't have love of Allāh and Prophet ṣallá Llāhu ‘alayhi wa-sallam, this not make you happy, make you more misery. Because your intention just to collect, not only to even you enjoy yourself. Many people we know, they were succeed and they was working seven days a week and they have good business but when you see them, maybe you thought they are working in this shop because they are like very misery. But they have money enough for hundred year. But also their aim only to collect money, not to do anything for Allāh, for poor people, for sake of Prophet ṣallá Llāhu ‘alayhi wa-sallam. Who work and make this for Allāh, he will be happy and pleased with what he done because his aim – all time pleasure of Allāh and Allāh happy with people who doing this for Him, not forgetting anytime Allāh ‘Azza wa-Jalla.
Because our life it is, for everybody, certain time and in this certain time you must be take as much you can take from this, benefit from this. Don't waste anything. If Allāh open for you, don't say, "This is, what I can do this?" You can do many thing for charity, for sake of Allāh for
every good thing. People they are looking only for appearance, not looking for other thing. They was also with – I said in Turkish but it is also for this, like this – who he is like to be in Paradise, he must be with Allāh with Awliyā’u Llāh, with Mashāyikh. Who are with them, they are in Paradise in dunyā and Ākhirah, even if they are in the worst situation. This what one of great Awliyā’u Llāh, I forget his name now. There was drought in city, in country and they pray for rain. People – this is the sunnah of Prophet ṣallá Llāhu ‘alayhi wa- sallam, if [no] any, no rain, whole city or whole village, they go out to some open place and they make istighfār and praying and making du‘ā’ for rain.
It is every time Allāh give rain after this. But in this time once, this Awliyā’, he was in one country and they went out. They pray first day – no one drop of rain coming. And they was ya‘nī people – small, old, every kind of people. Second day also – no one drop also. Third day also they go all and so they was very disappoint and hopeless. "Allāh, He maybe He is angry with us, He don't want give us water." And nighttime, this Awliyā’u Llāh, he said, "I was in mosque and one man, I before tahajjud I saw one man, he coming and standing behind one pillar and praying. After praying, make du‘ā’ asking for rain. And when he finish du‘ā’ – rain. It was heavy rain. Raining, raining, raining. Everywhere was full of water. And he went." And this Awliyā’u Llāh, he know this – Allāh ‘Azza wa-Jalla, for the sake of this man, He make this rain to come.
He follow him and he saw him went to one house. In morning, he went that house and asking for him and because in old time was slave people. Many slave they, people living with their masters. And he said to master, "I saw one poor from your slave in mosque, I want to buy him." Old time they was selling and buying. So this man he said, "Okay. Which one?" He said, "I don't know but when I see him, I can know who he is." They bring the best one for him. He said, "Not this, not that. No one of this, what you show me. You have another one?" He said, "No, I don't have." He said, "You sure?" "Yes, there is one but he is not good for you at all. He is not useful anything. Not doing anything, only he very ill – not eating, not drinking. Praying whole time, worshipping
Allāh. For this I just give him ṣadaqah, leave him there to live there. I not bothering him or saying anything for him." He said, "Can I see this?" And when he see him, "Yeah that's – this one I want him." "I can give you free," he said. "He is not doing anything." "No I will give his price and I must take him and make him "free for Allāh. So he take him to his house, not saying anything in front of master. When he go to his house, he said, "Why you buy me? I am useless, I cannot do anything for you. You pay money for me for nothing. You lose your money. Forgive me but I told you this and my master say." He said, "I know you are – I see you in the mosque and you are doing this du‘ā’ and Allāh accept and I give you free for Allāh ‘Azza wa-Jalla." When he said this, other one he was crying and saying, "Oh, my secret coming, let me pray two raka‘āt." And when he prayed two raka‘āt, he was finish. So, he was happy with no anything for him disturb him in dunyā. And in dunyā, he is like with Allāh, he was in Paradise also. But when Ākhirah – also Paradise. For this, people don't be hopeless, don't be making complaining. This nowadays people, all of them complaining for everything. It is time difficult but it is also from Allāh ‘Azza wa-Jalla. Same before. Old people, they wasn't so much complaining – old time people. Old time people, what we said – not before 500 year or 300 year – maybe for 50, 60 year before. People they was not so complaining like this. But nowaday people, they teach them: "Everything you must complain, you must ask this, you must ask, you are in democracy, you are to..." So, making people more unhappy. Not happy, more unhappy. Before people, they were teaching them to obey Allāh and to be only themself in peace. Who is in peace with himself, he is in Paradise, even he is in jail or another place.
So Allāh give us this happiness and make us to be with who are with Awliyā’, Mashāyikh – he is in dunyā and Ākhirah in Jannah also, in Paradise, Insha Allah.
Wa Minallah at-Tawfeeq, Al-Fatiha.
120.MY LORD CHOOSE THE BEST FOR ME Wednesday, 28 July 2021
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 ṣallá Llāhu ‘alayhi wa-sallam teaches us good things. And he taught us good prayers: "Allāhumma khir lī wa-khtar lī." "O Allāh, choose the good thing for me. Let the best be with me."
Mankind chooses what he thinks is good and then, what he thought was good, turns out to be bad. And sometimes he refuses things thinking they are bad, but they turn out to be good.
Therefore, our Holy Prophet ṣallá Llāhu ‘alayhi wa-sallam would say that Allāh knows what is unseen and he would pray that Allāh chooses and gives what is best. It is a good prayer. Because people are cheated by appearances and then they get upset. When you do this, you know it is from Allāh, you must accept what happens and be patient even though it might be distressing: "We made this du‘ā’ to Allāh ‘Azza wa- Jalla. For sure, Allāh ‘Azza wa- Jalla has chosen what is best for us." And it is advisable that we believe Him.
Because mankind is hasty. He wants everything to happen in a minute. It can be also, but since Allāh ‘Azza wa-Jalla created mankind and this life in such way, that everything is a test. Some people pass this test and some don't. Whoever passes it, reaches happiness. And whoever doesn't pass it, will not have a good end. Since the beginning of mankind, since Ādam ‘alayhi s-salām, until now, there have been various tests. Some people were homeless. Some didn't have food and nowhere to cook.
People of the present time have everything but still they are not happy. Why? Because there is little īmān (faith). If someone has īmān, he knows that is from Allāh. Allāh ‘Azza wa-Jalla chose this for us.
We should say He chose the best thing for us. When you don't say this, you will always have troubles. They run here and there. No need to run. Trust in Allāh and that it's good. It will end well with the permission of Allāh. But if you say it is not good, it is not right, then it won't be good. Our Holy Prophet ṣallá Llāhu ‘alayhi wa-sallam is saying, "Tafā‘lū bi-l- khayri tajidūh." "Hope for the best and you will have it." Think that the best will happen. It certainly is what will happen. The word of the Holy Prophet ṣallá Llāhu ‘alayhi wa-sallam is reliable and right. It is not like the word of others.
Therefore, always hope for the best. "This will end up well. This thing will work out," always say this. And may your hopes be good, Insha Allah.
Prophet ṣallá Llāhu ‘alayhi wa-sallam, he teach us the best thing in our life. All our life to to be good – we must follow Prophet ṣallá Llāhu ‘alayhi wa-sallam and what he said. He teach us many thing and one of this to how to make du‘ā’, praying for Allāh – to make say, "Allāhumma khir lī wa-khtar lī," – "O my Lord, my Allāh ‘Azza wa-Jalla, You choose for me the khayr – best, good, good thing – and make it for me. To what You choose for me, give me this good thing." This is from Prophet ṣallá Llāhu ‘alayhi wa-sallam teaching to us, to how make praying. Because human being they many time they choose something it is not good. They thought it is good. After, they find it is not good – bad thing. And sometimes they not choose something they thought it is bad but at the end, this what they thought bad, it was good. This is for this, Prophet ṣallá Llāhu ‘alayhi wa-sallam make it easy for us to say this every time: "O my Lord choose for me. I am – I don't know to choose. You choose for me good thing and give me."
When you make this du‘ā’, you must believe what Allāh He send for you, this is from Him choose for you, so, even you see it is not so good
or you feel it is bad, you must be patient because not everything at once it will be what you want. But sometime taking time. Sometime quickly, sometime slowly. So you must be patient and believe this is from Allāh. "He chose for me, I didn't. I put Him. My intention for Allāh to choose for me and it will be, at the end, good."
Many people, they cheated by appearance of thing and they running after this. Running too much to get it, and when they get it, look it is not good. They lose everything. For this, very important when you ask from Allāh and you believe, you will be believe for good thing, not bad thing you ask from Allāh: "O my Allāh, choose for me, which number [winning number] it will be." Big money coming from number, many number now they gambling, or they doing something, asking. This you cannot make in gambling thing: "O my Lord choose for me this" – this is ridiculous. Cannot be. You, when somebody saying, "O my Lord choose..." he will be... he will be not choosing bad thing. Not... Choosing only good thing for him and for his family or for community or for Muslim – this is what he will be asked.
Insha Allah, we must believe for this. Allāh choose for us the best and we must be thankful for Him. Because Prophet ṣallá Llāhu ‘alayhi wa- sallam saying, "Tafā‘lū bi-l- khayri tajidūh." You must believe every time, you hope you good thing you will find. This is Prophet ṣallá Llāhu ‘alayhi wa-sallam saying and he is the most correct and honour, trustful. So don't think every time for bad thing it will happen or it will be. Every time you must think it is good thing will happen. "This will be good – better and better." This is also good tiding from Prophet ṣallá Llāhu ‘alayhi wa-sallam. Because many people they are saying, "Oh, I am miserable. It will be worse and it will be..." No.
Every time must be, we are trust for Allāh and He choose for us. It will be better and better, Insha Allah.
Wa Minallah at-Tawfeeq, Al-Fatiha.
121.THE JOURNEY TO ĀKHIRAH Thursday, 29 July 2021
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 gave people both life and death. Therefore, everyone should be prepared for this journey. Whoever is prepared will be relaxed. They always say, "The way is long, you should go prepared. The way is very long, the more food you take with you, the easier it will be." We are in the journey of life.
There is a brother in Berlin. We said, "We will be praying as travellers which is two raka‘āt farḍ. We pray two raka‘āt farḍ during travel. Who is not travelling should continue the prayer." All of us who were travelling stopped. Those who were local kept on praying except one. They told him, "These people are travellers and you are not." He said, "No, I am a traveller too. We are on a journey. We never stop. Our journey towards Ākhirah is going on. That is why we are travellers," he said and prayed two raka‘āt with us. It is right what he said. All of us are travellers. Our destination should be good, Insha Allah.
Mankind should be prepared in dunyā and for Ākhirah. How will he prepare for Ākhirah? As our Holy Prophet ṣallá Llāhu ‘alayhi wa-sallam said, when people go to Ākhirah, there will be no more praying, nor fasting – nothing. Some people ask, "Will we pray in Paradise as well?" No, there is no praying in Paradise. There is no fasting as well. Everything ends here. You should do them here. There is nothing in Ākhirah. There are some things that will be with you in Ākhirah. Our Holy Prophet ṣallá Llāhu ‘alayhi wa-sallam says, when someone dies,
three things continue for him. First is his charity, his donation to foundations, waqf. As long as the foundation's charity goes on, it will be written for him. Second is the knowledge he shares when he teaches people good things. That goes on. And the third is to bring up a good child. With permission of Allāh, all the worship and good deeds of his children will be written for him too. These are important things. These are valuable things.
Because our life is not in our hands. It passes away. Things that will continue after you are important.
Our beloved brother, Ali Reza Efendi, passed away last week. He had been a murīd of Mawlānā Shaykh Nāẓim for 50 years. He was a very good man. We said something at the cemetery but couldn't speak much. The best things he left are the good people, children he had brought up well, his daughters. That is important. That goodness will continue And there was a lot of good work he did in this world. He was a murīd of Mawlānā Shaykh Nāẓim and a good Muslim both. He was a good person with īmān. This is the greatest, the most valuable thing for a person. There is nothing more valuable than this for people.
He was at fault in front of us like Mawlānā Shaykh Nāẓim. His fault was that he made us love him. When you love someone, it is bitter when they leave. There are some people who haven't done anything good in life. The best they did was that no one got upset when they left. But these other people upset others when they go.
Insha Allah, Allāh will let us meet again. Certainly, he is in Paradise. Certainly, those who love each other will meet, Insha Allah. May Allāh bless his soul.
Our life, Allāh ‘Azza wa-Jalla, He give us certain time for everybody and it will be finish sometime. So for this, what we important for us in this dunyā – to be prepared for this journey, journey of Ākhirah. Because we are believer, we are here not for permanent, we are only passing through. Before hundred year there was different people,
nobody, no one of them now here. All they just walking, going – finish. But what important, to take with you to this journey, important journey, to be save yourself from this dangerous, difficult journey. You must be prepared well. And Allāh ‘Azza wa-Jalla, He tell us, with Prophet ṣallá Llāhu ‘alayhi wa-sallam, what to do. To do – to be make some good thing for your journey take with you – good deed and what Allāh order, to do this. This is, when you do this, no problem after this because you are in journey only.
Once, funny thing happened. Once I was in Berlin. We praying with jamā‘ah. When jamā‘ah, I imām, I told them: "I am imām, you... I am musāfir. Musāfir – two raka‘āt he must pray. I pray two raka‘āt, you continue four raka‘āt." And all of them continue, who was passenger with me – musāfir, they stopped But one of this not passenger people, he was make salām in two raka‘āt. And they tell him, "Why you do this? You are not musāfir, you are here." "No, no. I am also musāfir, we are going through Ākhirah. So I pray two raka‘āt enough." This is joke but it is real, ya‘nī, we are not... All our life – journey, beginning from childhood and until finish and we go to another place, another people we meet them there, we... Some people here, many people not happy here – sad. Other side people happy with welcoming who coming from here with good deed.
And we must, Prophet ṣallá Llāhu ‘alayhi wa-sallam saying, after this, nothing – no obligatory for... No praying, no fasting, nothing. Only in this life this happen. In Jannah, in Paradise – no praying, no fasting. Qur’ān – they can. They read and they make – they enjoy with Qur’ān because Qur’ān forever this, Allāh... But other this, for this life there is order – you must do ḥajj and other matter. When you die – finish, no more. And no more reward for you – this Prophet ṣallá Llāhu ‘alayhi wa-sallam saying.
Only the three thing continue. One of them to make charity – waqf, something like this. This for Qiyāmah, until Qiyāmah, Allāh make this reward in your... write on your this reward list. The other, to give people good knowledge and this knowledge will be make people to be
in hidāyah (guidance) – write book or tell people. And this also, also everybody coming for hidāyah with this book – Allāh reward you also. Third one, it is important also, very important to leave after you good generation, good children, grandchildren. All this what they make from ‘ibādah, from charity, Allāh also this on your list also – reward list.
This is what we have last week, our best murīd he was, he passed away but he was, alḥamdulilah, all this – he was with him. He is lucky and he was, Mawlānā was loving him. And, Insha Allah, he accept him because murīd when he, through last minutes, Shaykh take him. So he is, alhamdulilah, happy and, Insha Allah, this what he done – big thing for him. But he has, like Mawlānā, some bad thing. Mawlānā also like him. He make people to love him. When he left us, we are very sorry but we know many people – nobody love them but what they do the last minute, nobody care for them, if they go or not go. So, this what with Mawlānā also, very sad we are. But, alḥamdulilah, we are sad here but he is happy.
Important thing for him, for us – the who leave us for Ākhirah, to be happy in Ākhirah. We can be sad little bit but we also same way – passenger.
So, Insha Allah make us with them in Ākhirah. Allāh say, you are with people – they will be with people who love them. So, Insha Allah, we love them, we love Prophet ṣallá Llāhu ‘alayhi wa-sallam, Insha Allah, we meet in Paradise all of this, Insha Allah.
Wa Minallah at-Tawfeeq, Al-Fatiha.
122.REAL RICHNESS LIES IN CHARACTER Friday, 30 July 2021
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 created people differently. Allāh ‘Azza wa-Jalla was saying, we read in the khuṭbah earlier, people say there are some people who you would not think are poor. They don't show from their appearance. They devote themselves to Allāh. They ask for goodness from Allāh, not from people. People assume they are well off because they don't ask anyone for anything. They don't demand anything. They ask only, if Allāh ‘Azza wa-Jalla wants, it will come from Him.
There are only a few people like this now. In old times, according to Islamic upbringing and adab, there were many. But nowadays, even though people are not in need, they still ask people for money, something else from others.. Asking is not good. Our Holy Prophet ṣallá Llāhu ‘alayhi wa-sallam is saying regarding those who ask for things from people when they are not really in need, that their faces will be melted away on the Day of Judgment. Allāh ‘Azza wa-Jalla will put them in such a condition.
Our Holy Prophet ṣallá Llāhu ‘alayhi wa-sallam is saying in ḥadīth as well, that richness is not about having a lot of money. Our Holy Prophet ṣallá Llāhu ‘alayhi wa-sallam is the most reliable, the most righteous, and the greatest of people. If richness was with money, the condition of the rich people would not be like this. Our Holy Prophet says a rich person is the one who doesn't lower himself in front of others, a person who is content with what he has and is thankful for it. We see people
who are so rich they could buy a whole country but their natures, their egos are worse than a beggar's. Whatever comes in front of them, they take without looking if it is ḥalāl or ḥarām. Whoever takes, cannot satisfy his ego. Not only for seven generations, but if they spend for 700 years, they can't finish all their money. As if they will live for a million years, they can't content their egos. They are not rich. They are poor.
Rich is the one who controls his ego and feels satisfied with what he has, who makes shukr for it. When you get your daily rizq, thank Allāh that your rizq is coming. No need to run around for more. This world is not worth abandonning Allāh ‘Azza wa-Jalla and worshipping dunyā. Who worships dunyā is never full. Whatever you give, they don't stop. Sometimes so many people... There is not just one example. There are millions of examples of this, billions of examples of the poverty of people's egos, for their lowness.
Because they are slaves of this world. They work for dunyā at all times. Moreover, they don't do good things for themselves or for their families with that money. They live only to collect more money. This is all their life is about. And eventually, they pass away without taking a single coin with them.
May Allāh make our nafs to be rich – we mean by "nafs", our souls. May our souls be rich so that we don't fall into such a state, a bad state that Allāh dislikes, a state that people dislike. They don't like it but do it themselves. May Allāh protect us.
Allāh ‘Azza wa-Jalla say in Qur’ān, there is people you thought – you think they are rich. Why? Because they are not asking people or trying to show themself as poor to get something from people. This is people, Allāh like them. He is happy with them. Why? Because they are not asking from people. Only they are happy what Allāh give them. Allāh like this people. And they are never asking from people, "Something give me." Even they have very tough, very bad time, they need something to do, even this time, even they are not asking. But Allāh ‘Azza wa-Jalla, He give them their rizq. They are not asking from
people, asking from Allāh ‘Azza wa-Jalla. This is the best people Allāh create.
Old time people, they was following Islām, following Qur’ān, following Ṭarīqah and what they are seeing, they doing. They are not trying to do, they doing. Because nowadays, people maybe they try to do but after little bit, they need something, quickly they ask the people. They was taught by mashāyikh, by Islāmic rule, it is mercy not make people – they looking for this people and they help them even. Even they are not showing, people – there was many people they know this people and they was helping them. This is also very important to look for poor people around you, especially neighbour or in the city. So, this people, they are not to be obligatory [not obliged] to ask something. This people not asking but also our it was, nowadays also, duty but nowadays people, they are... nobody hide, they all asking with important thing or not important thing, all time they asking.
This asking not good. Prophet ṣallá Llāhu ‘alayhi wa-sallam was saying, if somebody asking without need; even with need also not good, but without need, day – Day of Resurrection, he will be his face meat going, melting. This very bad thing. And Prophet ṣallá Llāhu ‘alayhi wa- sallam saying for this people, there is people not, richness not by money, not by what they have in dunyā from land or other thing or companies or anything else. Maybe you have million like this but it is – this richness not richness. Richness: to be yourself, by your character – rich. This what meaning? Not with money or with what material.
Richness, it is by spiritual, by your to be good one, to not ask for this. Because we know and we see millions of example for people where they are rich but they are more worse than beggar, worse than thieves. They try to get everything without looking for ḥarām – ḥalāl or ḥarām. They can... what they can take, they quickly take. And this not enough for them. They need more and more and more.
This is – for this Prophet ṣallá Llāhu ‘alayhi wa-sallam [saying] this people they are not rich. They are poor and they are worse than beggar.
Because they are only living for collecting money and fortune. And they are – it is not even enjoying with life or to make another people enjoy with life. Maybe, their family they can take this or it will be for family also not good. So, to be rich [means] not to look for dunyā. But if you have enough for you, don't say, "I want more and more and more." Because when you take more, you must make what Allāh orders for you – [charity] There is responsibility – there is good [then] if you have more. When you do this, you will be save yourself from this bad situation, to be like worse than beggar.
Allāh make us to save ourself, not to be like this people because this people ... Now all world like this. They are pumping air 24 hour for people only for money, for money, for money. This money, that money, that thing with... From air coming money, from earth coming, from water coming. They make people crazy only for this. They – people, they thought they will be forever. Forever in Jannah, you can have everything. You will be full of gold and diamond and jewelry, everything. But here, dunyā, enough for you what Allāh give you. Allāh, He .give your provision. When your provision finish, you will go, if even you have all this world. Allāh keep us safe from our bad manner, bad action, Insha Allah. Wa Minallah at-Tawfeeq, Al-Fatiha.
123.NO HARM IN ISLĀM Saturday, 31 July 2021
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 Holy Prophet ṣallá Llāhu ‘alayhi wa-sallam is saying, "Lā ḍarara wa-lā ḍirār." There is no causing harm in Islām. It is forbidden to cause harm. It is forbidden in Islām to cause harm to someone's property, family, or children. Allāh ‘Azza wa-Jalla will bring justice... There is no justice in this world. But the justice of Allāh ‘Azza wa-Jalla will manifest. Everyone thinks they will get away with their actions but they will be held accountable for everything. Nothing will be ignored.
For the right of Allāh ‘Azza wa-Jalla, He is forgiving. Allāh forgives. But when you don't pay back what you owe to others, when you don't repent to Allāh ‘Azza wa-Jalla, when you don't ask forgiveness sincerely from those to whom you caused harm, and if they don't forgive you, you are in trouble. When something happens, a man gets angry and wants to cause harm to the one who opposes him. Retribution (qiṣāṣ) is different. When someone has been hurt, he is allowed to make qiṣāṣ. But he cannot cause harm to their relatives or family.
Our Holy Prophet ṣallá Llāhu ‘alayhi wa-sallam forbade blood feuds and similar things. It is not from Islām. Our Holy Prophet ṣallá Llāhu ‘alayhi wa-sallam was the first to cancel it. He said this in his Farewell Khuṭbah that they had blood feuds in the past. It still occurs now as well but it is not according to Islām. There is qiṣāṣ for the murder of a person. Now they leave it to the government. The government accords its punishment. Otherwise, it is wrong.
When someone harms you, you cannot harm his family in revenge. They didn't do anything to you. It is said in Qur’ān ‘Aẓīmu sh-Sha’n, "Wa-lā taziru wāziratun wizra ukhrá" (39:7). No one can take the punishment of another. Only the one who did the harm should take the punishment in dunyā and in Ākhirah, just him, alone. Others cannot be punished instead of him.
But the condition of this world is that people have mixed everything up. There is a lot of oppression. People are harming other creatures out of revenge, desire, and various other shayṭānic things. They think they will find peace after revenge. You will be brought to account on the Day of Judgment in Ākhirah. And if those you harmed don't forgive you in this world, you will carry the punishment for your deeds in hell. And you will be punished by getting a hundred times, a million times more suffering than you caused.
People have no faith anymore. You must believe in Ākhirah, you should believe in Paradise and hell. There is no such belief. They say, "I shot him. I set him on fire. I took revenge. I am relieved now. And no one caught me." Allāh caught you. They say you get caught on camera here. There, you are always watched. You can't escape. Certainly, you will carry your punishment. Allāh is Great.
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One Awliyā’ said that in old times – I can't remember his name now – there was a drought and no rain in one country. They thought about what to do and decided to go out and make a prayer for rain. They went out. First day – no rain. Second day – no rain. Third day – no rain, nothing. There was no rain at all. And then the big Awliyā’ went to the mosque. Someone came before the fajr prayer and he saw him make du‘ā’ there. He made a prayer for rain to Allāh. As soon as he finished, it started raining heavily and covered everywhere. There was a lot of rain. The man was surprised and wondered if it rained because of the prayer of that man. He looked to see who he was, which holy man, which Awliyā’. He looked and saw a black slave making du‘ā’. He didn't say anything to him but followed him from behind until he entered some place.
As day dawned, he went to that house to meet him. He looked around
and asked from the owner, "There is a slave here. I like him. I want to buy him." All the slaves were brought out. "Not this one, not this one... Not this. None of them," he said at last and asked if there were more. "Yes, there is someone useless. We didn't show him to you. He won't be useful to you. He is completely useless, always on his own. And he doesn't know anything but praying by himself. He is sitting over there." The man said, "Let me see him." He recognized him immediately and said, "Let me have him at any price." The owner said, "I can give him for free. He is useless anyway." The man gave some money and took him home. The slave asked him at home, "Why did you take me? I am useless." "You are very useful. With your du‘ā’ it started raining. You are a beloved servant of Allāh. I will make you free for the pleasure of Allāh so that you pray for me as well." He made du‘ā’ and said, "My secret has been revealed." He made sajdah and passed away.
These people are happy on their own. They don't care about the benefits of dunyā. They are people of Ākhirah. Their duty is for Ākhirah, not for dunyā. And they don't desire dunyā. They don't mind being a slave and don't ask for freedom. They ask for the pleasure of Allāh ‘Azza wa- Jalla. And they are beloved servants of Allāh. People of the present time, we are living in this now... Whoever is with the beloved servant of Allāh whoever is with Allāh, Insha Allah, will always be in happiness in dunyā and in Ākhirah. People who are with Mashāyikh, who are straight on the way... When they say, "I am such and such," it means they are not truly initiated into that way. Even when there is suffering, that suffering is a favour from Allāh. It is a virtue Allāh will give you. If you are patient, you will attain high ranks, big virtues, big thawāb.
Because people nowadays have gotten used to complaining. They always complain. Everyone is like this. Everyone is same. People of this end of times are put in a single form. People of the end of times... People of old times must be remembered. What we mean by old times is the people who lived even 30-40 years ago, who lived 50 years ago. We don't mean 300-500 years ago. Their lives were very different from ours. It was much more difficult. There are so many tools to make it simple now but they make people's lives even more difficult. Therefore, don't
be accustomed to complaining. Do not complain. Be with Awliyā’ and Mashāyikh, you will be in Paradise in dunyā and in Paradise in Ākhirah, Insha Allah.
We are living with Allāh ‘Azza wa-Jalla bless, we are happy with Him. If you like to be happy, come to place who praise Prophet ṣallá Llāhu ‘alayhi wa-sallam, mentioning Allāh ‘Azza wa-Jalla. This is what Mawlānā Shaykh was every time he happy with mawlīd – Turkish mawlīd. Meaning, if you want happiness, you want gift from Allāh, praise Prophet ṣallá Llāhu ‘alayhi wa-sallam and come to majlis of dhikr, place of mentioning Allāh ‘Azza wa-Jalla whole time. This is happiness for human being. This is what Mashāyikh taught and people must look after this.
This dunyā, now people just looking for job, for – many thing they are looking but what they don't look for [is] how to make Allāh pleased with us, happy with us. This is what we forget. They forget all time. Only they are – important thing for them, to have more and more and more. What is this? What you get more and more? If you don't have love of Allāh and Prophet ṣallá Llāhu ‘alayhi wa-sallam, this not make you happy, make you more misery. Because your intention just to collect, not only to even you enjoy yourself. Many people we know, they were succeed and they was working seven days a week and they have good business but when you see them, maybe you thought they are working in this shop because they are like very misery. But they have money enough for hundred year. But also their aim only to collect money, not to do anything for Allāh, for poor people, for sake of Prophet ṣallá Llāhu ‘alayhi wa-sallam. Who work and make this for Allāh, he will be happy and pleased with what he done because his aim – all time pleasure of Allāh and Allāh happy with people who doing this for Him, not forgetting anytime Allāh ‘Azza wa-Jalla.
Because our life it is, for everybody, certain time and in this certain time you must be take as much you can take from this, benefit from this. Don't waste anything. If Allāh open for you, don't say, "This is, what I can do this?" You can do many thing for charity, for sake of Allāh for
every good thing. People they are looking only for appearance, not looking for other thing. They was also with – I said in Turkish but it is also for this, like this – who he is like to be in Paradise, he must be with Allāh with Awliyā’u Llāh, with Mashāyikh. Who are with them, they are in Paradise in dunyā and Ākhirah, even if they are in the worst situation. This what one of great Awliyā’u Llāh, I forget his name now. There was drought in city, in country and they pray for rain. People – this is the sunnah of Prophet ṣallá Llāhu ‘alayhi wa- sallam, if [no] any, no rain, whole city or whole village, they go out to some open place and they make istighfār and praying and making du‘ā’ for rain.
It is every time Allāh give rain after this. But in this time once, this Awliyā’, he was in one country and they went out. They pray first day – no one drop of rain coming. And they was ya‘nī people – small, old, every kind of people. Second day also – no one drop also. Third day also they go all and so they was very disappoint and hopeless. "Allāh, He maybe He is angry with us, He don't want give us water." And nighttime, this Awliyā’u Llāh, he said, "I was in mosque and one man, I before tahajjud I saw one man, he coming and standing behind one pillar and praying. After praying, make du‘ā’ asking for rain. And when he finish du‘ā’ – rain. It was heavy rain. Raining, raining, raining. Everywhere was full of water. And he went." And this Awliyā’u Llāh, he know this – Allāh ‘Azza wa-Jalla, for the sake of this man, He make this rain to come.
He follow him and he saw him went to one house. In morning, he went that house and asking for him and because in old time was slave people. Many slave they, people living with their masters. And he said to master, "I saw one poor from your slave in mosque, I want to buy him." Old time they was selling and buying. So this man he said, "Okay. Which one?" He said, "I don't know but when I see him, I can know who he is." They bring the best one for him. He said, "Not this, not that. No one of this, what you show me. You have another one?" He said, "No, I don't have." He said, "You sure?" "Yes, there is one but he is not good for you at all. He is not useful anything. Not doing anything, only he very ill – not eating, not drinking. Praying whole time, worshipping
Allāh. For this I just give him ṣadaqah, leave him there to live there. I not bothering him or saying anything for him." He said, "Can I see this?" And when he see him, "Yeah that's – this one I want him." "I can give you free," he said. "He is not doing anything." "No I will give his price and I must take him and make him "free for Allāh. So he take him to his house, not saying anything in front of master. When he go to his house, he said, "Why you buy me? I am useless, I cannot do anything for you. You pay money for me for nothing. You lose your money. Forgive me but I told you this and my master say." He said, "I know you are – I see you in the mosque and you are doing this du‘ā’ and Allāh accept and I give you free for Allāh ‘Azza wa-Jalla." When he said this, other one he was crying and saying, "Oh, my secret coming, let me pray two raka‘āt." And when he prayed two raka‘āt, he was finish. So, he was happy with no anything for him disturb him in dunyā. And in dunyā, he is like with Allāh, he was in Paradise also. But when Ākhirah – also Paradise. For this, people don't be hopeless, don't be making complaining. This nowadays people, all of them complaining for everything. It is time difficult but it is also from Allāh ‘Azza wa-Jalla. Same before. Old people, they wasn't so much complaining – old time people. Old time people, what we said – not before 500 year or 300 year – maybe for 50, 60 year before. People they was not so complaining like this. But nowaday people, they teach them: "Everything you must complain, you must ask this, you must ask, you are in democracy, you are to..." So, making people more unhappy. Not happy, more unhappy. Before people, they were teaching them to obey Allāh and to be only themself in peace. Who is in peace with himself, he is in Paradise, even he is in jail or another place.
So Allāh give us this happiness and make us to be with who are with Awliyā’, Mashāyikh – he is in dunyā and Ākhirah in Jannah also, in Paradise, Insha Allah.
Wa Minallah at-Tawfeeq, Al-Fatiha.
120.MY LORD CHOOSE THE BEST FOR ME Wednesday, 28 July 2021
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 ṣallá Llāhu ‘alayhi wa-sallam teaches us good things. And he taught us good prayers: "Allāhumma khir lī wa-khtar lī." "O Allāh, choose the good thing for me. Let the best be with me."
Mankind chooses what he thinks is good and then, what he thought was good, turns out to be bad. And sometimes he refuses things thinking they are bad, but they turn out to be good.
Therefore, our Holy Prophet ṣallá Llāhu ‘alayhi wa-sallam would say that Allāh knows what is unseen and he would pray that Allāh chooses and gives what is best. It is a good prayer. Because people are cheated by appearances and then they get upset. When you do this, you know it is from Allāh, you must accept what happens and be patient even though it might be distressing: "We made this du‘ā’ to Allāh ‘Azza wa- Jalla. For sure, Allāh ‘Azza wa- Jalla has chosen what is best for us." And it is advisable that we believe Him.
Because mankind is hasty. He wants everything to happen in a minute. It can be also, but since Allāh ‘Azza wa-Jalla created mankind and this life in such way, that everything is a test. Some people pass this test and some don't. Whoever passes it, reaches happiness. And whoever doesn't pass it, will not have a good end. Since the beginning of mankind, since Ādam ‘alayhi s-salām, until now, there have been various tests. Some people were homeless. Some didn't have food and nowhere to cook.
People of the present time have everything but still they are not happy. Why? Because there is little īmān (faith). If someone has īmān, he knows that is from Allāh. Allāh ‘Azza wa-Jalla chose this for us.
We should say He chose the best thing for us. When you don't say this, you will always have troubles. They run here and there. No need to run. Trust in Allāh and that it's good. It will end well with the permission of Allāh. But if you say it is not good, it is not right, then it won't be good. Our Holy Prophet ṣallá Llāhu ‘alayhi wa-sallam is saying, "Tafā‘lū bi-l- khayri tajidūh." "Hope for the best and you will have it." Think that the best will happen. It certainly is what will happen. The word of the Holy Prophet ṣallá Llāhu ‘alayhi wa-sallam is reliable and right. It is not like the word of others.
Therefore, always hope for the best. "This will end up well. This thing will work out," always say this. And may your hopes be good, Insha Allah.
Prophet ṣallá Llāhu ‘alayhi wa-sallam, he teach us the best thing in our life. All our life to to be good – we must follow Prophet ṣallá Llāhu ‘alayhi wa-sallam and what he said. He teach us many thing and one of this to how to make du‘ā’, praying for Allāh – to make say, "Allāhumma khir lī wa-khtar lī," – "O my Lord, my Allāh ‘Azza wa-Jalla, You choose for me the khayr – best, good, good thing – and make it for me. To what You choose for me, give me this good thing." This is from Prophet ṣallá Llāhu ‘alayhi wa-sallam teaching to us, to how make praying. Because human being they many time they choose something it is not good. They thought it is good. After, they find it is not good – bad thing. And sometimes they not choose something they thought it is bad but at the end, this what they thought bad, it was good. This is for this, Prophet ṣallá Llāhu ‘alayhi wa-sallam make it easy for us to say this every time: "O my Lord choose for me. I am – I don't know to choose. You choose for me good thing and give me."
When you make this du‘ā’, you must believe what Allāh He send for you, this is from Him choose for you, so, even you see it is not so good
or you feel it is bad, you must be patient because not everything at once it will be what you want. But sometime taking time. Sometime quickly, sometime slowly. So you must be patient and believe this is from Allāh. "He chose for me, I didn't. I put Him. My intention for Allāh to choose for me and it will be, at the end, good."
Many people, they cheated by appearance of thing and they running after this. Running too much to get it, and when they get it, look it is not good. They lose everything. For this, very important when you ask from Allāh and you believe, you will be believe for good thing, not bad thing you ask from Allāh: "O my Allāh, choose for me, which number [winning number] it will be." Big money coming from number, many number now they gambling, or they doing something, asking. This you cannot make in gambling thing: "O my Lord choose for me this" – this is ridiculous. Cannot be. You, when somebody saying, "O my Lord choose..." he will be... he will be not choosing bad thing. Not... Choosing only good thing for him and for his family or for community or for Muslim – this is what he will be asked.
Insha Allah, we must believe for this. Allāh choose for us the best and we must be thankful for Him. Because Prophet ṣallá Llāhu ‘alayhi wa- sallam saying, "Tafā‘lū bi-l- khayri tajidūh." You must believe every time, you hope you good thing you will find. This is Prophet ṣallá Llāhu ‘alayhi wa-sallam saying and he is the most correct and honour, trustful. So don't think every time for bad thing it will happen or it will be. Every time you must think it is good thing will happen. "This will be good – better and better." This is also good tiding from Prophet ṣallá Llāhu ‘alayhi wa-sallam. Because many people they are saying, "Oh, I am miserable. It will be worse and it will be..." No.
Every time must be, we are trust for Allāh and He choose for us. It will be better and better, Insha Allah.
Wa Minallah at-Tawfeeq, Al-Fatiha.
121.THE JOURNEY TO ĀKHIRAH Thursday, 29 July 2021
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 gave people both life and death. Therefore, everyone should be prepared for this journey. Whoever is prepared will be relaxed. They always say, "The way is long, you should go prepared. The way is very long, the more food you take with you, the easier it will be." We are in the journey of life.
There is a brother in Berlin. We said, "We will be praying as travellers which is two raka‘āt farḍ. We pray two raka‘āt farḍ during travel. Who is not travelling should continue the prayer." All of us who were travelling stopped. Those who were local kept on praying except one. They told him, "These people are travellers and you are not." He said, "No, I am a traveller too. We are on a journey. We never stop. Our journey towards Ākhirah is going on. That is why we are travellers," he said and prayed two raka‘āt with us. It is right what he said. All of us are travellers. Our destination should be good, Insha Allah.
Mankind should be prepared in dunyā and for Ākhirah. How will he prepare for Ākhirah? As our Holy Prophet ṣallá Llāhu ‘alayhi wa-sallam said, when people go to Ākhirah, there will be no more praying, nor fasting – nothing. Some people ask, "Will we pray in Paradise as well?" No, there is no praying in Paradise. There is no fasting as well. Everything ends here. You should do them here. There is nothing in Ākhirah. There are some things that will be with you in Ākhirah. Our Holy Prophet ṣallá Llāhu ‘alayhi wa-sallam says, when someone dies,
three things continue for him. First is his charity, his donation to foundations, waqf. As long as the foundation's charity goes on, it will be written for him. Second is the knowledge he shares when he teaches people good things. That goes on. And the third is to bring up a good child. With permission of Allāh, all the worship and good deeds of his children will be written for him too. These are important things. These are valuable things.
Because our life is not in our hands. It passes away. Things that will continue after you are important.
Our beloved brother, Ali Reza Efendi, passed away last week. He had been a murīd of Mawlānā Shaykh Nāẓim for 50 years. He was a very good man. We said something at the cemetery but couldn't speak much. The best things he left are the good people, children he had brought up well, his daughters. That is important. That goodness will continue And there was a lot of good work he did in this world. He was a murīd of Mawlānā Shaykh Nāẓim and a good Muslim both. He was a good person with īmān. This is the greatest, the most valuable thing for a person. There is nothing more valuable than this for people.
He was at fault in front of us like Mawlānā Shaykh Nāẓim. His fault was that he made us love him. When you love someone, it is bitter when they leave. There are some people who haven't done anything good in life. The best they did was that no one got upset when they left. But these other people upset others when they go.
Insha Allah, Allāh will let us meet again. Certainly, he is in Paradise. Certainly, those who love each other will meet, Insha Allah. May Allāh bless his soul.
Our life, Allāh ‘Azza wa-Jalla, He give us certain time for everybody and it will be finish sometime. So for this, what we important for us in this dunyā – to be prepared for this journey, journey of Ākhirah. Because we are believer, we are here not for permanent, we are only passing through. Before hundred year there was different people,
nobody, no one of them now here. All they just walking, going – finish. But what important, to take with you to this journey, important journey, to be save yourself from this dangerous, difficult journey. You must be prepared well. And Allāh ‘Azza wa-Jalla, He tell us, with Prophet ṣallá Llāhu ‘alayhi wa-sallam, what to do. To do – to be make some good thing for your journey take with you – good deed and what Allāh order, to do this. This is, when you do this, no problem after this because you are in journey only.
Once, funny thing happened. Once I was in Berlin. We praying with jamā‘ah. When jamā‘ah, I imām, I told them: "I am imām, you... I am musāfir. Musāfir – two raka‘āt he must pray. I pray two raka‘āt, you continue four raka‘āt." And all of them continue, who was passenger with me – musāfir, they stopped But one of this not passenger people, he was make salām in two raka‘āt. And they tell him, "Why you do this? You are not musāfir, you are here." "No, no. I am also musāfir, we are going through Ākhirah. So I pray two raka‘āt enough." This is joke but it is real, ya‘nī, we are not... All our life – journey, beginning from childhood and until finish and we go to another place, another people we meet them there, we... Some people here, many people not happy here – sad. Other side people happy with welcoming who coming from here with good deed.
And we must, Prophet ṣallá Llāhu ‘alayhi wa-sallam saying, after this, nothing – no obligatory for... No praying, no fasting, nothing. Only in this life this happen. In Jannah, in Paradise – no praying, no fasting. Qur’ān – they can. They read and they make – they enjoy with Qur’ān because Qur’ān forever this, Allāh... But other this, for this life there is order – you must do ḥajj and other matter. When you die – finish, no more. And no more reward for you – this Prophet ṣallá Llāhu ‘alayhi wa-sallam saying.
Only the three thing continue. One of them to make charity – waqf, something like this. This for Qiyāmah, until Qiyāmah, Allāh make this reward in your... write on your this reward list. The other, to give people good knowledge and this knowledge will be make people to be
in hidāyah (guidance) – write book or tell people. And this also, also everybody coming for hidāyah with this book – Allāh reward you also. Third one, it is important also, very important to leave after you good generation, good children, grandchildren. All this what they make from ‘ibādah, from charity, Allāh also this on your list also – reward list.
This is what we have last week, our best murīd he was, he passed away but he was, alḥamdulilah, all this – he was with him. He is lucky and he was, Mawlānā was loving him. And, Insha Allah, he accept him because murīd when he, through last minutes, Shaykh take him. So he is, alhamdulilah, happy and, Insha Allah, this what he done – big thing for him. But he has, like Mawlānā, some bad thing. Mawlānā also like him. He make people to love him. When he left us, we are very sorry but we know many people – nobody love them but what they do the last minute, nobody care for them, if they go or not go. So, this what with Mawlānā also, very sad we are. But, alḥamdulilah, we are sad here but he is happy.
Important thing for him, for us – the who leave us for Ākhirah, to be happy in Ākhirah. We can be sad little bit but we also same way – passenger.
So, Insha Allah make us with them in Ākhirah. Allāh say, you are with people – they will be with people who love them. So, Insha Allah, we love them, we love Prophet ṣallá Llāhu ‘alayhi wa-sallam, Insha Allah, we meet in Paradise all of this, Insha Allah.
Wa Minallah at-Tawfeeq, Al-Fatiha.
122.REAL RICHNESS LIES IN CHARACTER Friday, 30 July 2021
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 created people differently. Allāh ‘Azza wa-Jalla was saying, we read in the khuṭbah earlier, people say there are some people who you would not think are poor. They don't show from their appearance. They devote themselves to Allāh. They ask for goodness from Allāh, not from people. People assume they are well off because they don't ask anyone for anything. They don't demand anything. They ask only, if Allāh ‘Azza wa-Jalla wants, it will come from Him.
There are only a few people like this now. In old times, according to Islamic upbringing and adab, there were many. But nowadays, even though people are not in need, they still ask people for money, something else from others.. Asking is not good. Our Holy Prophet ṣallá Llāhu ‘alayhi wa-sallam is saying regarding those who ask for things from people when they are not really in need, that their faces will be melted away on the Day of Judgment. Allāh ‘Azza wa-Jalla will put them in such a condition.
Our Holy Prophet ṣallá Llāhu ‘alayhi wa-sallam is saying in ḥadīth as well, that richness is not about having a lot of money. Our Holy Prophet ṣallá Llāhu ‘alayhi wa-sallam is the most reliable, the most righteous, and the greatest of people. If richness was with money, the condition of the rich people would not be like this. Our Holy Prophet says a rich person is the one who doesn't lower himself in front of others, a person who is content with what he has and is thankful for it. We see people
who are so rich they could buy a whole country but their natures, their egos are worse than a beggar's. Whatever comes in front of them, they take without looking if it is ḥalāl or ḥarām. Whoever takes, cannot satisfy his ego. Not only for seven generations, but if they spend for 700 years, they can't finish all their money. As if they will live for a million years, they can't content their egos. They are not rich. They are poor.
Rich is the one who controls his ego and feels satisfied with what he has, who makes shukr for it. When you get your daily rizq, thank Allāh that your rizq is coming. No need to run around for more. This world is not worth abandonning Allāh ‘Azza wa-Jalla and worshipping dunyā. Who worships dunyā is never full. Whatever you give, they don't stop. Sometimes so many people... There is not just one example. There are millions of examples of this, billions of examples of the poverty of people's egos, for their lowness.
Because they are slaves of this world. They work for dunyā at all times. Moreover, they don't do good things for themselves or for their families with that money. They live only to collect more money. This is all their life is about. And eventually, they pass away without taking a single coin with them.
May Allāh make our nafs to be rich – we mean by "nafs", our souls. May our souls be rich so that we don't fall into such a state, a bad state that Allāh dislikes, a state that people dislike. They don't like it but do it themselves. May Allāh protect us.
Allāh ‘Azza wa-Jalla say in Qur’ān, there is people you thought – you think they are rich. Why? Because they are not asking people or trying to show themself as poor to get something from people. This is people, Allāh like them. He is happy with them. Why? Because they are not asking from people. Only they are happy what Allāh give them. Allāh like this people. And they are never asking from people, "Something give me." Even they have very tough, very bad time, they need something to do, even this time, even they are not asking. But Allāh ‘Azza wa-Jalla, He give them their rizq. They are not asking from
people, asking from Allāh ‘Azza wa-Jalla. This is the best people Allāh create.
Old time people, they was following Islām, following Qur’ān, following Ṭarīqah and what they are seeing, they doing. They are not trying to do, they doing. Because nowadays, people maybe they try to do but after little bit, they need something, quickly they ask the people. They was taught by mashāyikh, by Islāmic rule, it is mercy not make people – they looking for this people and they help them even. Even they are not showing, people – there was many people they know this people and they was helping them. This is also very important to look for poor people around you, especially neighbour or in the city. So, this people, they are not to be obligatory [not obliged] to ask something. This people not asking but also our it was, nowadays also, duty but nowadays people, they are... nobody hide, they all asking with important thing or not important thing, all time they asking.
This asking not good. Prophet ṣallá Llāhu ‘alayhi wa-sallam was saying, if somebody asking without need; even with need also not good, but without need, day – Day of Resurrection, he will be his face meat going, melting. This very bad thing. And Prophet ṣallá Llāhu ‘alayhi wa- sallam saying for this people, there is people not, richness not by money, not by what they have in dunyā from land or other thing or companies or anything else. Maybe you have million like this but it is – this richness not richness. Richness: to be yourself, by your character – rich. This what meaning? Not with money or with what material.
Richness, it is by spiritual, by your to be good one, to not ask for this. Because we know and we see millions of example for people where they are rich but they are more worse than beggar, worse than thieves. They try to get everything without looking for ḥarām – ḥalāl or ḥarām. They can... what they can take, they quickly take. And this not enough for them. They need more and more and more.
This is – for this Prophet ṣallá Llāhu ‘alayhi wa-sallam [saying] this people they are not rich. They are poor and they are worse than beggar.
Because they are only living for collecting money and fortune. And they are – it is not even enjoying with life or to make another people enjoy with life. Maybe, their family they can take this or it will be for family also not good. So, to be rich [means] not to look for dunyā. But if you have enough for you, don't say, "I want more and more and more." Because when you take more, you must make what Allāh orders for you – [charity] There is responsibility – there is good [then] if you have more. When you do this, you will be save yourself from this bad situation, to be like worse than beggar.
Allāh make us to save ourself, not to be like this people because this people ... Now all world like this. They are pumping air 24 hour for people only for money, for money, for money. This money, that money, that thing with... From air coming money, from earth coming, from water coming. They make people crazy only for this. They – people, they thought they will be forever. Forever in Jannah, you can have everything. You will be full of gold and diamond and jewelry, everything. But here, dunyā, enough for you what Allāh give you. Allāh, He .give your provision. When your provision finish, you will go, if even you have all this world. Allāh keep us safe from our bad manner, bad action, Insha Allah. Wa Minallah at-Tawfeeq, Al-Fatiha.
123.NO HARM IN ISLĀM Saturday, 31 July 2021
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 Holy Prophet ṣallá Llāhu ‘alayhi wa-sallam is saying, "Lā ḍarara wa-lā ḍirār." There is no causing harm in Islām. It is forbidden to cause harm. It is forbidden in Islām to cause harm to someone's property, family, or children. Allāh ‘Azza wa-Jalla will bring justice... There is no justice in this world. But the justice of Allāh ‘Azza wa-Jalla will manifest. Everyone thinks they will get away with their actions but they will be held accountable for everything. Nothing will be ignored.
For the right of Allāh ‘Azza wa-Jalla, He is forgiving. Allāh forgives. But when you don't pay back what you owe to others, when you don't repent to Allāh ‘Azza wa-Jalla, when you don't ask forgiveness sincerely from those to whom you caused harm, and if they don't forgive you, you are in trouble. When something happens, a man gets angry and wants to cause harm to the one who opposes him. Retribution (qiṣāṣ) is different. When someone has been hurt, he is allowed to make qiṣāṣ. But he cannot cause harm to their relatives or family.
Our Holy Prophet ṣallá Llāhu ‘alayhi wa-sallam forbade blood feuds and similar things. It is not from Islām. Our Holy Prophet ṣallá Llāhu ‘alayhi wa-sallam was the first to cancel it. He said this in his Farewell Khuṭbah that they had blood feuds in the past. It still occurs now as well but it is not according to Islām. There is qiṣāṣ for the murder of a person. Now they leave it to the government. The government accords its punishment. Otherwise, it is wrong.
When someone harms you, you cannot harm his family in revenge. They didn't do anything to you. It is said in Qur’ān ‘Aẓīmu sh-Sha’n, "Wa-lā taziru wāziratun wizra ukhrá" (39:7). No one can take the punishment of another. Only the one who did the harm should take the punishment in dunyā and in Ākhirah, just him, alone. Others cannot be punished instead of him.
But the condition of this world is that people have mixed everything up. There is a lot of oppression. People are harming other creatures out of revenge, desire, and various other shayṭānic things. They think they will find peace after revenge. You will be brought to account on the Day of Judgment in Ākhirah. And if those you harmed don't forgive you in this world, you will carry the punishment for your deeds in hell. And you will be punished by getting a hundred times, a million times more suffering than you caused.
People have no faith anymore. You must believe in Ākhirah, you should believe in Paradise and hell. There is no such belief. They say, "I shot him. I set him on fire. I took revenge. I am relieved now. And no one caught me." Allāh caught you. They say you get caught on camera here. There, you are always watched. You can't escape. Certainly, you will carry your punishment. Allāh is Great.
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