Suhbah 2021: Maulana Shaykh Mehmet Adil ar-Rabbani (22/25)
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is difficult. This should be known. When people remember Allāh, remember our Holy Prophet, remember Awliyā’, these things are easy. With their help, with their support, all our work is easy with the permission of Allāh They give power and beauty to us. No matter how difficult the condition of the world, we don't care with the permission of Allāh.
Turkish people say: don't care if the world burns down. Just like Sayyidunā Ibrāhīm ‘alayhi s- salām, Allāh will protect us in the middle of the fire and will make it as paradise, Insha Allah.
Prophet ṣallá Llāhu ‘alayhi wa-sallam, Allah praise him in Qur’ān many place. And this, in Sūratu l-Qalam. He said, Bismillahir Rahmanir Raheem. "Wa-innaka la-‘alá khuluqin ‘aẓīm" (68:4). "You are the highest attribute, manner, the best manner – you. In this whole universe, the highest one, his good manner – our Prophet ṣallá Llāhu ‘alayhi wa-
sallam, Sayyidunā Muḥammad ṣallá Llāhu ‘alayhi wa-sallam. He is praised by Allāh ‘Azza wa- Jalla and we are his Ummah, his nation. We must be proud for this. We are proud to be his Ummah.
Who [is] proud to be his Ummah, he is with him. No any races or any colour or anything. Because who claim they're, some many of them, they are jealous from Prophet ṣallá Llāhu ‘alayhi wa-sallam even he is, they're from their nation they're not respect. But, alḥamdulilah, we are respect him and we are proud to be his Ummah, to be under his feet. It is the biggest honour for us. And it is his manner, what he done, example and school for whole human being, not only for Muslims. With his mercy, with his politeness, with his justice, with everything – he was the highest point. Who want to learn something, they can. Everybody it is open. no thing secret. For this, we are following him.
With his, what he done, called sunnah. And sunnah, Allāh reward for sunnah, to, when you make sunnah – reward. Ṣaḥābah, they was making his sunnah and they're happy. And one of his ḥadīth Prophet ṣallá Llāhu ‘alayhi wa-sallam saying, "Man aḥyā sunnatī ‘inda faṣadi ummatī falahu ajra mi’ata shahīd." This is... They was meaning, "Who make my, what I done, sunnah, Allāh reward him time of when Ummah become not good at all, Allah reward him as hundred martyrs, shahīd." Shahīd.
And we are living in this time, the time of everything mixed up and nothing, no manner for any people. They are whole, they forget manner. They forget good deed. [They] forget every good thing. Only they're running after themself, their ego, and the other [people] ego also. Their ego is bad but they're also looking for people who are, they're more worse than them ego. They try to follow this.
We are living in this time, but, alḥamdulilah, we are, Insha Allah, with barakah of Prophet ṣallá Llāhu ‘alayhi wa-sallam, it is time to get big benefit. In war, the people, the many people who are clever, they can make big fortune. We are living in time, end of time, it's like this. We are, we must be clever and to make big fortune – not for dunyā, for
ākhirah. For ākhirah, you'll be – in ākhirah will be happy. We are not complaining. Difficult time of course, very difficult time, but if you complain or not complain, nothing change. Only what you must do, you must be with Allāh.
We are also nearly, alḥamdulilah, seven year with Mawlānā after Mawlānā, he put us in this position... It is, alḥamdulilah, difficult... not difficult, alḥamdulilah, with their help. We are not doing anything. With their madad [help] everybody, in shā’a Llāh, what they give, they are happy with them because we don't have anything and barakah come from, not us, from... If we say from us, it will be nothing at all. Alḥamdulilah, they make way with this for continue give barakah. We are happy with everyone coming, every guest coming, and Allāh reward them for this himmah and give them more and more happiness, Insha Allah. And we are not care about what happen in dunyā. Turkish they are say, "If dunyā burn, this man he is not care for this – crazy one," they said. But, alhamdulilah, we are also burning but we are like, Insha Allah, like Sayyidunā Ibrāhīm ‘alayhi s-salām.
"Yā-nāru kūnī bardan wa-salāman ‘alá Ibrāhīm" (21:69). For us, Insha Allah, if whole world burning, we are, in shā’a Llāh, in safe with barakah of Prophet ṣallá Llāhu ‘alayhi wa-sallam and barakah of Mashāyikh, Insha Allah. all them with Awliyā’u Llāh. This is what we must say, we must be remember. If you remember Allāh and Prophet and Awliyā’u Llāh, Ṣāliḥīn, you will be not in fire.
Without this, if anything, as much you can have from dunyā, you're in fire also. You're not safe from fire. But when you're with Allāh جل جالله, all time you are "bardan wa- salāman" (21:69), in shā’a Llāh.
Allāh keep us safe and give us from barakah of Prophet ṣallá Llāhu ‘alayhi wa-sallam and Mashāyikhinā for this holy month, in shā’a Llāh, Allāh accept our du‘ā’.
Wa Minallah at-Tawfeeq, Al-Fatiha.
161.THE MIDDLE IS BEST Saturday, 23 October 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.
There is one ḥadīth sharīf that we used to hear from Grandshaykh Sayyidunā ‘Abdu Llāh al- Fā’iz ad-Dāghistānī. Our Holy Prophet said, “Khayru l-umūri l-wasaṭ”: the best of everything is the middle. Meaning neither a lot, nor a little. The middle way is the best in everything, in worship and in work; it is not good to go to extremes in any aspect of life. Don’t do too little and don’t do too much, so that you don’t get tired and leave everything afterwards. Keep to the middle. You will be at ease.
Doctors have found such a disease now, a disorder of excessiveness. People with this disorder either get too excited and happy, or too upset. They don’t keep to the middle. Keep to the middle. Don’t be too happy and don’t be too sad.
Allāh ‘Azza wa-Jalla is mentioning it in Qur’ān ‘Aẓīmu sh-Sha’n: to be in the middle is good for people in all respects. Because the state of the world is unclear. You become very happy with something. But when you lose it, you become completely upset. In the middle, you are content whether you have something or you don’t by saying: this is our situation. There were some people of old times... One Sulṭān or Amīru l- Mu’minīn had offered a high rank to an ‘ālim (scholar). The ‘ālim did not accept it. They told him, “This is such a high position. Everyone is striving to get it. And you rejected it in front of the Sulṭān. Why did you not accept that beauty, that high rank?” He said, “He can take away my
rank just like he gave it. Instead of feeling humiliated afterwards, I prefer not to accept it from the start.” That is how clever people act. They know the condition of the world. So they choose the middle way. When it’s good, they feel good. When it’s bad, they don’t feel bad.
People nowadays want the ultimate version of everything. They want the best and the most. They cannot control their egos and always ask for superior things. Then they get upset when they can’t have them. And when they have them, but then lose them, they feel much worse. May Allāh protect us. May we follow the holy word of our Holy Prophet, Insha Allah.
There is one ḥadīth, when I was young, with – many time I hear from Grandshaykh, Shaykh ‘Abdu Llāh ad-Dāghistānī, when I was fifteen or fourteen, or less, many time we hear this ḥadīth, “Khayru l-umūri l- wasaṭ.” The best thing: the middle. Middle thing the best. This is ḥadīth from Prophet ṣallá Llāhu ‘alayhi wa-sallam. Many times Grandshaykh, he was repeat this. What meaning, to be not extreme, to be middle. If you get something, you happy. If you not get, you are also not so sad. But if you get many thing and after you lose, you will be disappointed and not happy. But people this time, whole people, they are try to not listen for this ḥadīth. They try hardly [hard] to reach something very high, they cannot reach. After, they become depressed and become low and not controlling themself. If you are in middle, you will be control yourself.
This for everything, for life, in your life. Even for ‘ibādah, also same; if you want make too much, too much – you cannot do. You no need to make too much; make it middle. Allāh accept middle, and to be – you can continue. Not lower than what order Allāh for our obligatory. Same – but not, don’t put in yourself too much what you cannot carry. You must be, with yourself, you understand yourself. If you put little more, it will be too much for us. No – middle, it’s enough.
This is mercy from Allāh and Prophet ṣallá Llāhu ‘alayhi wa-sallam for us. Because before us, there was many nations. They have very heavy
obligatory to do this, like Banī Isrā’il – Mūsá ‘alayhi s-salām nations. They have really, six months they was ordering to fast, and fifty time to pray. Really, it was so heavy for them. For this, Mūsá ‘alayhi s-salām, say for our Prophet in Isrā’, it is too much fifty time, untill Allāh, order us five time. Five time is middle, not too much. What, we can do this. And this is I think in Qur’ān, “Ja‘alnākum ummatan wasaṭan” (2:143). In Qur’ān verses: you are middle nation. Not extreme. For this, what we see from extreme, it is not from Islām; not order of Islām to be extreme. All time you must be middle. You must make people, treat people also, with this mentality, not extreme mentality. Everything when you just – give justice, you must be middle. You must look very careful. This what whole Khalīfah of Prophet ṣallá Llāhu ‘alayhi wa-sallam was saying. Until Ottoman time, whole was in justice. But after this, they finish.
And to be wise man, you must look for people who was before us. One of them, I don’t remember name, but he was famous one. Sulṭān, he gave him to be like judge, or for some high position for him. And everybody was looking for this position for to get it. But he refused. It was real... people like to be in this place – very important place; he refused. People ask him, “Why you refuse this? It is big honour, big thing for everybody like to have it.” He said, “I afraid not from this. I afraid when as he put me here, he can kick me out from here. To be... I am now alright, no problem for me. But if we, I have this state, and after they fire me, I will be ashame and I be – cannot be honourable between people. So, I am now honourable. No need to get big, high position, and after I will be low, and it will be this. For this, I not accept this.”
Everybody must know this and control themself, to be used to be in middle. Allāh help us, this is Prophet ṣallá Llāhu ‘alayhi wa-sallam good teaching for us. Allāh make it for all of us, Insha Allah.
Wa Minallah at-Tawfeeq, Al-Fatiha.
162.SITTING ON A TREASURE WITHOUT KNOWING Sunday, 24 October 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 knows where people will live and from where they will get their rizq. He appoints it himself But mankind says, "I will go here. I will go there." They struggle running after profit and rizq. Sometimes it works, sometimes it doesn't. The provision of this world is not important. Important is your provision in ākhirah. Pay attention to that. Don't lose your ākhirah for dunyā.
Many people leave their home countries and go to non-Muslim countries. They say, "We will earn more there. We will have a better life." No matter how you live, this life is not the real life. The real life is the life of the hereafter to which people should pay attention. But they are not giving it importance. Allāh gives people their rizq. Wherever it is destined, they will certainly get their rizq. It is possible that someone travels all around and finds his provision at the place from which he started. He may run after rizq here and there throughout his life, whereas his rizq can be at his feet in his home country.
People are not content anymore. They don't think about ākhirah. All they care about is not even just rizq, but earning money. People of old times were not like this.
There was a real case in which a man had a dream where he saw himself sitting under a grapevine in Baghdad. Someone told him, "There is treasure here. You should come." It is a true story. He saw it about ten
times. Eventually, he started thinking about it. But he had no money. So, he sold everything he had, and left. He sold everything except the house. The man was so convinced about the treasure that he decided to go and find that treasure. He thought, "This treasure is my rizq. I should go and get it," and he went from Istanbul to Baghdad. In Baghdad, he saw the exact place of his dream. There was a coffeeshop with a grapevine, so he ate from its grapes. He looked around and couldn't see anything.
He had no money left and was close to dying when the owner of the coffeeshop asked him, "Why are you here? You have no money. What's your story? Why did you come? Get up and work." He replied, "I had this dream so I came because of it. It seems like a real thing because it was repeated many times – not just once, not three or five times, many more. That's why I came here following my dream. There must be some treasure here." The man said, "This place is mine. There is nothing here. Are you crazy? I also had a dream of such a place in Istanbul," and he described a place somewhere. He actually described the other man's house. "They say the treasure is under this rock. But I'm not as crazy as you to leave everything and wander in poverty." The man realized he was describing his own house. So he thanked him and left without saying anything. He went back home and found that treasure. A huge treasure was discovered. He built a mosque with that treasure. There is this mosque in Istanbul. His mosque is in the Fatih district. This is the story.
Allāh ‘Azza wa-Jalla gives people's rizq from everywhere. But the best is to think about ākhirah together with rizq. We are asking that Allāh gives understanding.
We hear often that people have left their home countries and are living abroad. They don't like the ladies there, Muslim ladies, or those from Muslim families, and they say, "They don't comply with Islām. We should bring from our home country." And we hear very often about people getting out of control after going abroad. They do what even foreigners don't do. They do all kinds of shameful things. Therefore,
people who go abroad should pay attention to these things, to the conditions and adab of the place. They shouldn't bring someone who doesn't know these things and destroy not just their lives here, but also their ākhirah. They should rather find someone locally and get married there.
Don't make a mistake by bringing someone from other Muslim countries. Because there are many shayāṭīn. These shayāṭīn attack women more often. Those places have many shayāṭīn. They won't be able to control their egos. Both your life and her's will be destroyed.
Therefore, may Allāh protect us. May Allāh make our rizq from what is ḥalāl without having to go far away, Insha Allah.
Because people are in such a state now, they leave their home countries and go everywhere after money. When people go after money and lose their religion, it has no benefit.
May Allāh protect us. May Allāh protect Islām, Muslims, and their children from the fitnah of the end of times and from the evil of shayṭān, Insha Allah.
Allāh ‘Azza wa-Jalla, He is create people and everyone he has his provision, his life. And Allāh create them different place, different shape, and He give them everything they in need. But people, they are not happy with this. They want more and more and they are not satisfied in their place; they going from place to place for after their work or job or to look for new life. This is, this time many people, they are leaving their country, they say, "We are looking for better life." This life – it is life. Better or not better, it is not life. It is only short time we are traveling. In this traveling short time, we are not here for, for life or forever, only for little while. So for this, if you will look for new life, good life, you prepare yourself for next life – the real life. But people they forget because, since hundred year or more, no any khalīfah, no any Islamic rule, or special rule of khalīfah – the Prophet's, ṣallá Llāhu ‘alayhi wa-sallam, khalīfah – no, [at] this time.
They close this and they are controlling everything in this world. Slowly slowly they poison, they slowly, they put poison and so everybody, they forget ākhirah. They said: life only here, no more life. "So, we must be here to be happy and to collect as much as we can." But you say no, another. But you are collect... Somebody maybe for thousand year enough for him, some people maybe for hundred thousand year they have enough for them. And their life only ninety or eighty or hundred. No need for all this but still they are running after dunyā, forgetting ākhirah.
This for whole people. But for Muslim it is not good. They must look for ākhirah. With every step they going, they must look for if it is good for our ākhirah or not good. Not saying people, "We are going Europe." But in Europe, they are make you like themself or worse than themself. Not acceptable at all what they are doing. And rizq, Allāh جل جالله send for everybody, everywhere. But people, they are not appreciate this. They are looking here, they are running this place, that place. But if they are doing this for themself in their country, they will be more happier, more better than... Honourable, the most thing honourable for themself.
Of course people, they are nowadays like this. Old day, they wasn't like this. Everybody happy with his place. Very few people, they maybe they go to give for learning or make trading, going and coming. And some of them Mashāyikh, they was sending them to country non- Muslim to teach Islām, to show people how Islām. Not like this, they are going to non- Muslim country, they become worse than this people this days.
And one of this, there is real story. It was happen in maybe three hundred years or more in Ottoman Istanbul. They, we said, they are not immigrate from place to place, only very importance.
One of this... one man, he saw in his dream in Baghdad, there is one like coffee shop or something or hotel, there is vine grape like this and, under this, there is treasure. First time, first day, he said, he didn't look too much, "It is dream, everybody can dream." But next day, next day
maybe more than ten times this happen for him and he become to interesting for this. He said, "Maybe this, Allāh send this for me, I must go there and take this, Insha Allah." And he was poor man, nothing with him.
He sell everything, only his house left, nothing was inside. And he hardly reached Baghdad. He didn't have anything to do, only to eat even. Somebody he saw this grape, they eat from grape. And this man who looking after this place asking, "You are here some days and you are very poor, you even you not find something to eat. Go and work. Why you do this?" He said, "I am coming here for this dream. I dreamed this, there is treasure here. It is, so, I come for this."
This man, he was laughing for him. "Oh, you are crazy. I see one dream twenty times. In Istanbul, there is one house like this, like that. I not interesting. You are – you must be clever. Don't be idiot and coming whole this way from Istanbul to this. I am not going there, even I have enough money to go there." This man, when he said this, he say, look he explain his – his house. He said, "Which place?" They said, "There this place." So, this man quickly thanking this man, not saying anything, go back quickly to Istanbul and really he find treasure. And he was thanking for Allāh and he built mosque. This mosque in Fatih, in Istanbul. Ya‘nī not from story – it is real.
So, people they was, Allāh send them and the people sometimes they sitting in treasure without knowing we are in treasure. They leave their country you are in [where] you can pray, you can be honourable. You go to place this people looking for you not good, and you be, many of them, they lose their faith, they lose their honourable – honour. And many people also still going there.
Maybe old people, they some of them used to this life and they are managing to be keep their religion but most of them they are forget, they doing thing. And worse then this, the people who living there, they thought, "If we... this our who here, this woman, girls or boys, not good, not enough religion. We must bring from our country. They are Muslim,
they are growing in Islām and it will be better for us." But many of them, unfortunately, with people when they saw [things] never they saw something like this they become worse ever from other. This is most of them what happen.
And because this unfortunately, we say also for Western organization, they are looking something to destroy the family, to destroy Islām through this people, and they support them. Never support good thing. This is what our days happen. Must people – Muslim people must think too much when they are going from place to place and to for when they are looking for wife or husband. Better now to take from this old Muslim people was in outside their country. Don't bring from country. And there many problem happening for people but still not taking lesson.
It is Allāh... Allāh keep us and keep Muslim from shayṭān, shayāṭīn of this time, from fitnah from this time. And Allāh show us good thing, Insha Allah.
Wa Minallah at-Tawfeeq, Al-Fatiha.
163.TAKE TIME TO THINK Monday, 25 October 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.
We should be careful with everything we do. Even while speaking, you should take care to say good things, says our Holy Prophet ṣallá Llāhu ‘alayhi wa-sallam. When someone speaks, he should either speak about good things or keep quiet. He says not to speak about bad things.
It is better to keep quiet because when you speak, angels write it down and people listen. When something is said, you cannot take it back. Whoever's heart you broke, whomever you lied to, it is already done. It is hard to turn it back.
People shouldn't rush in anything. They should do what they plan after thorough thinking. When they hear something from someone, they should not run around telling about it. Or when they hear about a job, they shouldn't jump on it straight away, before looking into it in order to avoid loss. "As salāmatu fi t-ta’annī wa-n-nadāmatu fi l-‘ajal." In slow action, there is safety. And there is regret in rushing. You will regret it. There will be either physical, or spiritual loss. But when you think first, examine if it is good or not, and act accordingly, it will be good for you.
Consulting with people, asking their opinions and taking advice, is sunnah. Our Holy Prophet said, Allah ‘Azza wa-Jalla ordered, "Wa- shāwirhum fī l-amri" (3:159). Even our Holy Prophet, ṣallá Llāhu ‘alayhi wa-sallam, was told to to ask ṣaḥābah for their opinions.
The greatest example of this was when our Holy Prophet ṣallá Llāhu ‘alayhi wa-sallam made a plan in the battle of Badr. A ṣaḥābah asked our Holy Prophet, "Is this an order from Allāh or is this a plan you made yourself? If Allah ordered so, we will follow with pleasure . When our Holy Prophet asked what else he was considering, he suggested, "Let us stop at a different place. Then we won't face defeat, but will be victorious." Our Holy Prophet ṣallá Llāhu ‘alayhi wa-sallam told him, "Well done. This is a good thing." Because of the plan of that ṣaḥābah, they won the battle in the best way.
There is a lesson in everything our Holy Prophet ṣallá Llāhu ‘alayhi wa- sallam did. Everyone, no matter who they are, should consult with others about what they do. It is sunnah. To ask advice is not a shame or a sin. Always ask advice, so that you don't regret afterwards. If you make a decision on your own and do as you like, you will be at loss yourself, and cause harm to others.
Many people don't condescend to ask out of pride, whereas to do so is good and there is reward in it. They will perform the sunnah of our Holy Prophet ṣallá Llāhu ‘alayhi wa-sallam.
You should rush in good things. It is not good to rush in other things. Good things are charity, praying, fasting, and going on ḥajj. Rush to do them. It is the same with marriage. You should rush for that as well. You should not rush in other things.
Our Prophet ṣallá Llāhu ‘alayhi wa-sallam saying for people to be... ask for what they will do, not to be hurry. Be, look what you will say. If you say something, Prophet ṣallá Llāhu ‘alayhi wa-sallam saying, you say good, khayr, or don't say anything. Be silent.
Nowaday people if somebody silent, they're not happy with him, he not speak at all. Not speak, but if he speak, he will be saying something maybe people will be not be happy with him, and maybe some they can fight with him. When something he said he will regret and he will, cannot, take it back. When coming from mouth, something it is cannot
be – when you say something, you cannot be take it. And unless you apologise or – sometimes apologise is not enough, because it is spread everywhere and people, not everyone hear your apologise. For this to be calm, to be... not to be make hurry for things.
What you do, you must look. What you will do from business or other thing, anything, you must be slowly looking and asking people and to know what – if it is good or not good. If it is benefit, if not benefit, you will work. Don't be hurry; somebody say something, you quickly run after this. After you be regret; you will be lose maybe money, maybe you lose your honour, or maybe people they will laugh on you. This is what happen when, without thinking, quickly running after what you hear.
If you hear something – maybe somebody saying for you, "This people they're not good," or "They're not happy with you, and they're this and that," you must research if it is true or not true. Not, quickly you give judgement on them and make them your enemy. No, you must look.
Because people, many people they're saying lying – lie, some of them mishearing, they are misunderstanding. Also, they say something, they make you angry, and you destroy your friendship or your... destroy your reward; thinking for this people for bad and maybe fight them. You must be easy; slowly look for this. And for everything you do, also for work or for business, or anything you want to do, you must ask people who know about this. Maybe one, two, five, ten people which, they give you good idea what you're thinking, good or not good. So you can make your work or what you will do with knowledge, not with ignorance. And not – it is not shame for you to ask for something, because everybody need this, and we call this in to Islām, "mashwarah", "shūrá" (consultation).
Allāh ‘Azza wa-Jalla order for Prophet ṣallá Llāhu ‘alayhi wa-sallam, "Wa-shāwirhum fī l- amri" (3:159): Ask people for mashwarah, for what they know about this matter... who, and after you follow them. This is, where the biggest example for this for Ghazwat Badr, first battle
between Muslim and mushrik people. And Prophet ṣallá Llāhu ‘alayhi wa-sallam was making plan in place called Badr.
And there is water every, water well there. And he make place for himself and for Muslim army, before this mushrik army coming. And he was making – putting soldier Muslim to replace [place] them for fight. And one of ṣaḥābah, they was – this also from wisdom of Allāh ‘Azza wa-Jalla – ask Prophet ṣallá Llāhu ‘alayhi wa-sallam if it is, this is, order from Allāh, this plan, or we can negotiate – we can look if it is good or not. Prophet ṣallá Llāhu ‘alayhi wa-sallam quickly said, "No it's from... I am doing this but, you know, if you know better thing, you can tell us." And he said to Prophet ṣallá Llāhu ‘alayhi wa-sallam, "This plan it will be bad for us. We will be in bad situation. Better situation, to another plan, to be in big water well – near water well, because we are fighting and we will be very thirsty. We drink and fight. Other people there will be no water for them, so will be they be no chance for them." Prophet, he was very happy with this. And this is what they done, and alḥamdulilah they won.
But it is everything Prophet ṣallá Llāhu ‘alayhi wa-sallam he done every second for us [a] lesson and wisdom. So, to make ask people for something, not shame, not bad thing. For this, we must – if we hear anything, if we... we must be not directly attacked people. You must ask the reality, if they say this they are in this way or they are... Because many of them we hear some people say this out of sharī‘ah, some of them out of ṭarīqah or out of Islām, they said for many people. And there is many people like this now.
But first, we must be sure about this. After, we can warn – warn people. And also we be not defend of this, because this is out of... But first, we must [be] sure, very sure to be for this matter what they are doing. Allāh make us, give us knowledge to know good and bad, Insha Allah. Wa Minallah at-Tawfeeq, Al-Fatiha.
164.OUR RESPONSIBILITIES Wednesday, 28 October 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.
"Kullukum rā‘in, wa kullukum mas’ūlun ‘an ra‘īyatihi," says our Holy Prophet. Every person is responsible for his family. And those who are in charge of other people, ministers and mayors, they are responsible too. When they take this responsibility, they have to carry it. There are conditions and services they must provide. When they take it on, they must fulfil it. People of the present time think about responsibility from the perspective of personal benefit. They try to turn it into their personal interest.
Everyone will be asked about their actions. If they do goodness, they will have goodness. If they do evil, they will have evil. When people take responsibility, they have their reward and people get benefit for doing it. But they should give back as well. They should give back in service, so that others have benefit too. If they cheat people and bring no benefit, they will have no benefit themselves. People of old times knew their responsibilities. They used to do what they had to do and were at peace. But people nowadays want responsibility, which means liability, and then they don't carry it out of laziness. They accept this duty. And when they don't carry it, they betray the trust. And as we said, that is of no benefit. If you want it, you should do it.
Allāh loves those who help and work. Same with our Holy Prophet. Allāh ‘Azza wa-Jalla is saying, "Wa-quli ‘malū fa-sa-yará Llāhu ‘amalakum" (9:105). Work. Allāh will certainly see what you do. And He
sees. Allāh is always closer to us than our jugular vein (50:16). We should know this. If people act accordingly, they won't do any badness. But if there is no such belief, no such faith, of course, they will do everything. They think they do good things. But a person who does bad things is not a clever person. A clever person is the one who does goodness.
It is addressed in Qur’ānu l-Karīm: "A-fa-lā ta‘qilūn" (37:138). "Will you not understand?" A clever person always makes charity and goodness. But when there is no understanding, they think they are profiting, whereas they cheat no one but themselves. They cause the biggest harm to themselves. May Allāh protect us.
If everyone carried his responsibility and liability, the world would be paradise, and it would be beautiful everywhere. But as they don't carry it, everywhere is chaos, everywhere people are living in stress. There are misunderstandings, quarrels, and fights. May Allāh help us. May we develop our minds, Insha Allah. Because as we said, mindless people who do these things are irresponsible people.
Prophet ṣallá Llāhu ‘alayhi wa-sallam saying, "Everybody he responsible for his, first for his family, after for other, after for other... Like who more, he has responsibility, more people, higher responsibility, more people also. This is... What we are living in this world, it is like this. And Prophet ṣallá Llāhu ‘alayhi wa-sallam saying for people to know this, their responsibility, first for their family. For children, they must look after them. This is their responsibility. After, where they work, if there are people under their order, their order, also, they are responsible for them – to show them what they will do, what they must make. This work, this place – your responsibility in this place, other one, other place – some of them machine, some of them writing, some of them driving. This is, everybody he has responsibility and they must, everybody, to make this with good intention. And to know this – "If we do this, it will be barakah for us and it will be Allāh will reward us for this because we are doing with good intention, no, not che
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is difficult. This should be known. When people remember Allāh, remember our Holy Prophet, remember Awliyā’, these things are easy. With their help, with their support, all our work is easy with the permission of Allāh They give power and beauty to us. No matter how difficult the condition of the world, we don't care with the permission of Allāh.
Turkish people say: don't care if the world burns down. Just like Sayyidunā Ibrāhīm ‘alayhi s- salām, Allāh will protect us in the middle of the fire and will make it as paradise, Insha Allah.
Prophet ṣallá Llāhu ‘alayhi wa-sallam, Allah praise him in Qur’ān many place. And this, in Sūratu l-Qalam. He said, Bismillahir Rahmanir Raheem. "Wa-innaka la-‘alá khuluqin ‘aẓīm" (68:4). "You are the highest attribute, manner, the best manner – you. In this whole universe, the highest one, his good manner – our Prophet ṣallá Llāhu ‘alayhi wa-
sallam, Sayyidunā Muḥammad ṣallá Llāhu ‘alayhi wa-sallam. He is praised by Allāh ‘Azza wa- Jalla and we are his Ummah, his nation. We must be proud for this. We are proud to be his Ummah.
Who [is] proud to be his Ummah, he is with him. No any races or any colour or anything. Because who claim they're, some many of them, they are jealous from Prophet ṣallá Llāhu ‘alayhi wa-sallam even he is, they're from their nation they're not respect. But, alḥamdulilah, we are respect him and we are proud to be his Ummah, to be under his feet. It is the biggest honour for us. And it is his manner, what he done, example and school for whole human being, not only for Muslims. With his mercy, with his politeness, with his justice, with everything – he was the highest point. Who want to learn something, they can. Everybody it is open. no thing secret. For this, we are following him.
With his, what he done, called sunnah. And sunnah, Allāh reward for sunnah, to, when you make sunnah – reward. Ṣaḥābah, they was making his sunnah and they're happy. And one of his ḥadīth Prophet ṣallá Llāhu ‘alayhi wa-sallam saying, "Man aḥyā sunnatī ‘inda faṣadi ummatī falahu ajra mi’ata shahīd." This is... They was meaning, "Who make my, what I done, sunnah, Allāh reward him time of when Ummah become not good at all, Allah reward him as hundred martyrs, shahīd." Shahīd.
And we are living in this time, the time of everything mixed up and nothing, no manner for any people. They are whole, they forget manner. They forget good deed. [They] forget every good thing. Only they're running after themself, their ego, and the other [people] ego also. Their ego is bad but they're also looking for people who are, they're more worse than them ego. They try to follow this.
We are living in this time, but, alḥamdulilah, we are, Insha Allah, with barakah of Prophet ṣallá Llāhu ‘alayhi wa-sallam, it is time to get big benefit. In war, the people, the many people who are clever, they can make big fortune. We are living in time, end of time, it's like this. We are, we must be clever and to make big fortune – not for dunyā, for
ākhirah. For ākhirah, you'll be – in ākhirah will be happy. We are not complaining. Difficult time of course, very difficult time, but if you complain or not complain, nothing change. Only what you must do, you must be with Allāh.
We are also nearly, alḥamdulilah, seven year with Mawlānā after Mawlānā, he put us in this position... It is, alḥamdulilah, difficult... not difficult, alḥamdulilah, with their help. We are not doing anything. With their madad [help] everybody, in shā’a Llāh, what they give, they are happy with them because we don't have anything and barakah come from, not us, from... If we say from us, it will be nothing at all. Alḥamdulilah, they make way with this for continue give barakah. We are happy with everyone coming, every guest coming, and Allāh reward them for this himmah and give them more and more happiness, Insha Allah. And we are not care about what happen in dunyā. Turkish they are say, "If dunyā burn, this man he is not care for this – crazy one," they said. But, alhamdulilah, we are also burning but we are like, Insha Allah, like Sayyidunā Ibrāhīm ‘alayhi s-salām.
"Yā-nāru kūnī bardan wa-salāman ‘alá Ibrāhīm" (21:69). For us, Insha Allah, if whole world burning, we are, in shā’a Llāh, in safe with barakah of Prophet ṣallá Llāhu ‘alayhi wa-sallam and barakah of Mashāyikh, Insha Allah. all them with Awliyā’u Llāh. This is what we must say, we must be remember. If you remember Allāh and Prophet and Awliyā’u Llāh, Ṣāliḥīn, you will be not in fire.
Without this, if anything, as much you can have from dunyā, you're in fire also. You're not safe from fire. But when you're with Allāh جل جالله, all time you are "bardan wa- salāman" (21:69), in shā’a Llāh.
Allāh keep us safe and give us from barakah of Prophet ṣallá Llāhu ‘alayhi wa-sallam and Mashāyikhinā for this holy month, in shā’a Llāh, Allāh accept our du‘ā’.
Wa Minallah at-Tawfeeq, Al-Fatiha.
161.THE MIDDLE IS BEST Saturday, 23 October 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.
There is one ḥadīth sharīf that we used to hear from Grandshaykh Sayyidunā ‘Abdu Llāh al- Fā’iz ad-Dāghistānī. Our Holy Prophet said, “Khayru l-umūri l-wasaṭ”: the best of everything is the middle. Meaning neither a lot, nor a little. The middle way is the best in everything, in worship and in work; it is not good to go to extremes in any aspect of life. Don’t do too little and don’t do too much, so that you don’t get tired and leave everything afterwards. Keep to the middle. You will be at ease.
Doctors have found such a disease now, a disorder of excessiveness. People with this disorder either get too excited and happy, or too upset. They don’t keep to the middle. Keep to the middle. Don’t be too happy and don’t be too sad.
Allāh ‘Azza wa-Jalla is mentioning it in Qur’ān ‘Aẓīmu sh-Sha’n: to be in the middle is good for people in all respects. Because the state of the world is unclear. You become very happy with something. But when you lose it, you become completely upset. In the middle, you are content whether you have something or you don’t by saying: this is our situation. There were some people of old times... One Sulṭān or Amīru l- Mu’minīn had offered a high rank to an ‘ālim (scholar). The ‘ālim did not accept it. They told him, “This is such a high position. Everyone is striving to get it. And you rejected it in front of the Sulṭān. Why did you not accept that beauty, that high rank?” He said, “He can take away my
rank just like he gave it. Instead of feeling humiliated afterwards, I prefer not to accept it from the start.” That is how clever people act. They know the condition of the world. So they choose the middle way. When it’s good, they feel good. When it’s bad, they don’t feel bad.
People nowadays want the ultimate version of everything. They want the best and the most. They cannot control their egos and always ask for superior things. Then they get upset when they can’t have them. And when they have them, but then lose them, they feel much worse. May Allāh protect us. May we follow the holy word of our Holy Prophet, Insha Allah.
There is one ḥadīth, when I was young, with – many time I hear from Grandshaykh, Shaykh ‘Abdu Llāh ad-Dāghistānī, when I was fifteen or fourteen, or less, many time we hear this ḥadīth, “Khayru l-umūri l- wasaṭ.” The best thing: the middle. Middle thing the best. This is ḥadīth from Prophet ṣallá Llāhu ‘alayhi wa-sallam. Many times Grandshaykh, he was repeat this. What meaning, to be not extreme, to be middle. If you get something, you happy. If you not get, you are also not so sad. But if you get many thing and after you lose, you will be disappointed and not happy. But people this time, whole people, they are try to not listen for this ḥadīth. They try hardly [hard] to reach something very high, they cannot reach. After, they become depressed and become low and not controlling themself. If you are in middle, you will be control yourself.
This for everything, for life, in your life. Even for ‘ibādah, also same; if you want make too much, too much – you cannot do. You no need to make too much; make it middle. Allāh accept middle, and to be – you can continue. Not lower than what order Allāh for our obligatory. Same – but not, don’t put in yourself too much what you cannot carry. You must be, with yourself, you understand yourself. If you put little more, it will be too much for us. No – middle, it’s enough.
This is mercy from Allāh and Prophet ṣallá Llāhu ‘alayhi wa-sallam for us. Because before us, there was many nations. They have very heavy
obligatory to do this, like Banī Isrā’il – Mūsá ‘alayhi s-salām nations. They have really, six months they was ordering to fast, and fifty time to pray. Really, it was so heavy for them. For this, Mūsá ‘alayhi s-salām, say for our Prophet in Isrā’, it is too much fifty time, untill Allāh, order us five time. Five time is middle, not too much. What, we can do this. And this is I think in Qur’ān, “Ja‘alnākum ummatan wasaṭan” (2:143). In Qur’ān verses: you are middle nation. Not extreme. For this, what we see from extreme, it is not from Islām; not order of Islām to be extreme. All time you must be middle. You must make people, treat people also, with this mentality, not extreme mentality. Everything when you just – give justice, you must be middle. You must look very careful. This what whole Khalīfah of Prophet ṣallá Llāhu ‘alayhi wa-sallam was saying. Until Ottoman time, whole was in justice. But after this, they finish.
And to be wise man, you must look for people who was before us. One of them, I don’t remember name, but he was famous one. Sulṭān, he gave him to be like judge, or for some high position for him. And everybody was looking for this position for to get it. But he refused. It was real... people like to be in this place – very important place; he refused. People ask him, “Why you refuse this? It is big honour, big thing for everybody like to have it.” He said, “I afraid not from this. I afraid when as he put me here, he can kick me out from here. To be... I am now alright, no problem for me. But if we, I have this state, and after they fire me, I will be ashame and I be – cannot be honourable between people. So, I am now honourable. No need to get big, high position, and after I will be low, and it will be this. For this, I not accept this.”
Everybody must know this and control themself, to be used to be in middle. Allāh help us, this is Prophet ṣallá Llāhu ‘alayhi wa-sallam good teaching for us. Allāh make it for all of us, Insha Allah.
Wa Minallah at-Tawfeeq, Al-Fatiha.
162.SITTING ON A TREASURE WITHOUT KNOWING Sunday, 24 October 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 knows where people will live and from where they will get their rizq. He appoints it himself But mankind says, "I will go here. I will go there." They struggle running after profit and rizq. Sometimes it works, sometimes it doesn't. The provision of this world is not important. Important is your provision in ākhirah. Pay attention to that. Don't lose your ākhirah for dunyā.
Many people leave their home countries and go to non-Muslim countries. They say, "We will earn more there. We will have a better life." No matter how you live, this life is not the real life. The real life is the life of the hereafter to which people should pay attention. But they are not giving it importance. Allāh gives people their rizq. Wherever it is destined, they will certainly get their rizq. It is possible that someone travels all around and finds his provision at the place from which he started. He may run after rizq here and there throughout his life, whereas his rizq can be at his feet in his home country.
People are not content anymore. They don't think about ākhirah. All they care about is not even just rizq, but earning money. People of old times were not like this.
There was a real case in which a man had a dream where he saw himself sitting under a grapevine in Baghdad. Someone told him, "There is treasure here. You should come." It is a true story. He saw it about ten
times. Eventually, he started thinking about it. But he had no money. So, he sold everything he had, and left. He sold everything except the house. The man was so convinced about the treasure that he decided to go and find that treasure. He thought, "This treasure is my rizq. I should go and get it," and he went from Istanbul to Baghdad. In Baghdad, he saw the exact place of his dream. There was a coffeeshop with a grapevine, so he ate from its grapes. He looked around and couldn't see anything.
He had no money left and was close to dying when the owner of the coffeeshop asked him, "Why are you here? You have no money. What's your story? Why did you come? Get up and work." He replied, "I had this dream so I came because of it. It seems like a real thing because it was repeated many times – not just once, not three or five times, many more. That's why I came here following my dream. There must be some treasure here." The man said, "This place is mine. There is nothing here. Are you crazy? I also had a dream of such a place in Istanbul," and he described a place somewhere. He actually described the other man's house. "They say the treasure is under this rock. But I'm not as crazy as you to leave everything and wander in poverty." The man realized he was describing his own house. So he thanked him and left without saying anything. He went back home and found that treasure. A huge treasure was discovered. He built a mosque with that treasure. There is this mosque in Istanbul. His mosque is in the Fatih district. This is the story.
Allāh ‘Azza wa-Jalla gives people's rizq from everywhere. But the best is to think about ākhirah together with rizq. We are asking that Allāh gives understanding.
We hear often that people have left their home countries and are living abroad. They don't like the ladies there, Muslim ladies, or those from Muslim families, and they say, "They don't comply with Islām. We should bring from our home country." And we hear very often about people getting out of control after going abroad. They do what even foreigners don't do. They do all kinds of shameful things. Therefore,
people who go abroad should pay attention to these things, to the conditions and adab of the place. They shouldn't bring someone who doesn't know these things and destroy not just their lives here, but also their ākhirah. They should rather find someone locally and get married there.
Don't make a mistake by bringing someone from other Muslim countries. Because there are many shayāṭīn. These shayāṭīn attack women more often. Those places have many shayāṭīn. They won't be able to control their egos. Both your life and her's will be destroyed.
Therefore, may Allāh protect us. May Allāh make our rizq from what is ḥalāl without having to go far away, Insha Allah.
Because people are in such a state now, they leave their home countries and go everywhere after money. When people go after money and lose their religion, it has no benefit.
May Allāh protect us. May Allāh protect Islām, Muslims, and their children from the fitnah of the end of times and from the evil of shayṭān, Insha Allah.
Allāh ‘Azza wa-Jalla, He is create people and everyone he has his provision, his life. And Allāh create them different place, different shape, and He give them everything they in need. But people, they are not happy with this. They want more and more and they are not satisfied in their place; they going from place to place for after their work or job or to look for new life. This is, this time many people, they are leaving their country, they say, "We are looking for better life." This life – it is life. Better or not better, it is not life. It is only short time we are traveling. In this traveling short time, we are not here for, for life or forever, only for little while. So for this, if you will look for new life, good life, you prepare yourself for next life – the real life. But people they forget because, since hundred year or more, no any khalīfah, no any Islamic rule, or special rule of khalīfah – the Prophet's, ṣallá Llāhu ‘alayhi wa-sallam, khalīfah – no, [at] this time.
They close this and they are controlling everything in this world. Slowly slowly they poison, they slowly, they put poison and so everybody, they forget ākhirah. They said: life only here, no more life. "So, we must be here to be happy and to collect as much as we can." But you say no, another. But you are collect... Somebody maybe for thousand year enough for him, some people maybe for hundred thousand year they have enough for them. And their life only ninety or eighty or hundred. No need for all this but still they are running after dunyā, forgetting ākhirah.
This for whole people. But for Muslim it is not good. They must look for ākhirah. With every step they going, they must look for if it is good for our ākhirah or not good. Not saying people, "We are going Europe." But in Europe, they are make you like themself or worse than themself. Not acceptable at all what they are doing. And rizq, Allāh جل جالله send for everybody, everywhere. But people, they are not appreciate this. They are looking here, they are running this place, that place. But if they are doing this for themself in their country, they will be more happier, more better than... Honourable, the most thing honourable for themself.
Of course people, they are nowadays like this. Old day, they wasn't like this. Everybody happy with his place. Very few people, they maybe they go to give for learning or make trading, going and coming. And some of them Mashāyikh, they was sending them to country non- Muslim to teach Islām, to show people how Islām. Not like this, they are going to non- Muslim country, they become worse than this people this days.
And one of this, there is real story. It was happen in maybe three hundred years or more in Ottoman Istanbul. They, we said, they are not immigrate from place to place, only very importance.
One of this... one man, he saw in his dream in Baghdad, there is one like coffee shop or something or hotel, there is vine grape like this and, under this, there is treasure. First time, first day, he said, he didn't look too much, "It is dream, everybody can dream." But next day, next day
maybe more than ten times this happen for him and he become to interesting for this. He said, "Maybe this, Allāh send this for me, I must go there and take this, Insha Allah." And he was poor man, nothing with him.
He sell everything, only his house left, nothing was inside. And he hardly reached Baghdad. He didn't have anything to do, only to eat even. Somebody he saw this grape, they eat from grape. And this man who looking after this place asking, "You are here some days and you are very poor, you even you not find something to eat. Go and work. Why you do this?" He said, "I am coming here for this dream. I dreamed this, there is treasure here. It is, so, I come for this."
This man, he was laughing for him. "Oh, you are crazy. I see one dream twenty times. In Istanbul, there is one house like this, like that. I not interesting. You are – you must be clever. Don't be idiot and coming whole this way from Istanbul to this. I am not going there, even I have enough money to go there." This man, when he said this, he say, look he explain his – his house. He said, "Which place?" They said, "There this place." So, this man quickly thanking this man, not saying anything, go back quickly to Istanbul and really he find treasure. And he was thanking for Allāh and he built mosque. This mosque in Fatih, in Istanbul. Ya‘nī not from story – it is real.
So, people they was, Allāh send them and the people sometimes they sitting in treasure without knowing we are in treasure. They leave their country you are in [where] you can pray, you can be honourable. You go to place this people looking for you not good, and you be, many of them, they lose their faith, they lose their honourable – honour. And many people also still going there.
Maybe old people, they some of them used to this life and they are managing to be keep their religion but most of them they are forget, they doing thing. And worse then this, the people who living there, they thought, "If we... this our who here, this woman, girls or boys, not good, not enough religion. We must bring from our country. They are Muslim,
they are growing in Islām and it will be better for us." But many of them, unfortunately, with people when they saw [things] never they saw something like this they become worse ever from other. This is most of them what happen.
And because this unfortunately, we say also for Western organization, they are looking something to destroy the family, to destroy Islām through this people, and they support them. Never support good thing. This is what our days happen. Must people – Muslim people must think too much when they are going from place to place and to for when they are looking for wife or husband. Better now to take from this old Muslim people was in outside their country. Don't bring from country. And there many problem happening for people but still not taking lesson.
It is Allāh... Allāh keep us and keep Muslim from shayṭān, shayāṭīn of this time, from fitnah from this time. And Allāh show us good thing, Insha Allah.
Wa Minallah at-Tawfeeq, Al-Fatiha.
163.TAKE TIME TO THINK Monday, 25 October 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.
We should be careful with everything we do. Even while speaking, you should take care to say good things, says our Holy Prophet ṣallá Llāhu ‘alayhi wa-sallam. When someone speaks, he should either speak about good things or keep quiet. He says not to speak about bad things.
It is better to keep quiet because when you speak, angels write it down and people listen. When something is said, you cannot take it back. Whoever's heart you broke, whomever you lied to, it is already done. It is hard to turn it back.
People shouldn't rush in anything. They should do what they plan after thorough thinking. When they hear something from someone, they should not run around telling about it. Or when they hear about a job, they shouldn't jump on it straight away, before looking into it in order to avoid loss. "As salāmatu fi t-ta’annī wa-n-nadāmatu fi l-‘ajal." In slow action, there is safety. And there is regret in rushing. You will regret it. There will be either physical, or spiritual loss. But when you think first, examine if it is good or not, and act accordingly, it will be good for you.
Consulting with people, asking their opinions and taking advice, is sunnah. Our Holy Prophet said, Allah ‘Azza wa-Jalla ordered, "Wa- shāwirhum fī l-amri" (3:159). Even our Holy Prophet, ṣallá Llāhu ‘alayhi wa-sallam, was told to to ask ṣaḥābah for their opinions.
The greatest example of this was when our Holy Prophet ṣallá Llāhu ‘alayhi wa-sallam made a plan in the battle of Badr. A ṣaḥābah asked our Holy Prophet, "Is this an order from Allāh or is this a plan you made yourself? If Allah ordered so, we will follow with pleasure . When our Holy Prophet asked what else he was considering, he suggested, "Let us stop at a different place. Then we won't face defeat, but will be victorious." Our Holy Prophet ṣallá Llāhu ‘alayhi wa-sallam told him, "Well done. This is a good thing." Because of the plan of that ṣaḥābah, they won the battle in the best way.
There is a lesson in everything our Holy Prophet ṣallá Llāhu ‘alayhi wa- sallam did. Everyone, no matter who they are, should consult with others about what they do. It is sunnah. To ask advice is not a shame or a sin. Always ask advice, so that you don't regret afterwards. If you make a decision on your own and do as you like, you will be at loss yourself, and cause harm to others.
Many people don't condescend to ask out of pride, whereas to do so is good and there is reward in it. They will perform the sunnah of our Holy Prophet ṣallá Llāhu ‘alayhi wa-sallam.
You should rush in good things. It is not good to rush in other things. Good things are charity, praying, fasting, and going on ḥajj. Rush to do them. It is the same with marriage. You should rush for that as well. You should not rush in other things.
Our Prophet ṣallá Llāhu ‘alayhi wa-sallam saying for people to be... ask for what they will do, not to be hurry. Be, look what you will say. If you say something, Prophet ṣallá Llāhu ‘alayhi wa-sallam saying, you say good, khayr, or don't say anything. Be silent.
Nowaday people if somebody silent, they're not happy with him, he not speak at all. Not speak, but if he speak, he will be saying something maybe people will be not be happy with him, and maybe some they can fight with him. When something he said he will regret and he will, cannot, take it back. When coming from mouth, something it is cannot
be – when you say something, you cannot be take it. And unless you apologise or – sometimes apologise is not enough, because it is spread everywhere and people, not everyone hear your apologise. For this to be calm, to be... not to be make hurry for things.
What you do, you must look. What you will do from business or other thing, anything, you must be slowly looking and asking people and to know what – if it is good or not good. If it is benefit, if not benefit, you will work. Don't be hurry; somebody say something, you quickly run after this. After you be regret; you will be lose maybe money, maybe you lose your honour, or maybe people they will laugh on you. This is what happen when, without thinking, quickly running after what you hear.
If you hear something – maybe somebody saying for you, "This people they're not good," or "They're not happy with you, and they're this and that," you must research if it is true or not true. Not, quickly you give judgement on them and make them your enemy. No, you must look.
Because people, many people they're saying lying – lie, some of them mishearing, they are misunderstanding. Also, they say something, they make you angry, and you destroy your friendship or your... destroy your reward; thinking for this people for bad and maybe fight them. You must be easy; slowly look for this. And for everything you do, also for work or for business, or anything you want to do, you must ask people who know about this. Maybe one, two, five, ten people which, they give you good idea what you're thinking, good or not good. So you can make your work or what you will do with knowledge, not with ignorance. And not – it is not shame for you to ask for something, because everybody need this, and we call this in to Islām, "mashwarah", "shūrá" (consultation).
Allāh ‘Azza wa-Jalla order for Prophet ṣallá Llāhu ‘alayhi wa-sallam, "Wa-shāwirhum fī l- amri" (3:159): Ask people for mashwarah, for what they know about this matter... who, and after you follow them. This is, where the biggest example for this for Ghazwat Badr, first battle
between Muslim and mushrik people. And Prophet ṣallá Llāhu ‘alayhi wa-sallam was making plan in place called Badr.
And there is water every, water well there. And he make place for himself and for Muslim army, before this mushrik army coming. And he was making – putting soldier Muslim to replace [place] them for fight. And one of ṣaḥābah, they was – this also from wisdom of Allāh ‘Azza wa-Jalla – ask Prophet ṣallá Llāhu ‘alayhi wa-sallam if it is, this is, order from Allāh, this plan, or we can negotiate – we can look if it is good or not. Prophet ṣallá Llāhu ‘alayhi wa-sallam quickly said, "No it's from... I am doing this but, you know, if you know better thing, you can tell us." And he said to Prophet ṣallá Llāhu ‘alayhi wa-sallam, "This plan it will be bad for us. We will be in bad situation. Better situation, to another plan, to be in big water well – near water well, because we are fighting and we will be very thirsty. We drink and fight. Other people there will be no water for them, so will be they be no chance for them." Prophet, he was very happy with this. And this is what they done, and alḥamdulilah they won.
But it is everything Prophet ṣallá Llāhu ‘alayhi wa-sallam he done every second for us [a] lesson and wisdom. So, to make ask people for something, not shame, not bad thing. For this, we must – if we hear anything, if we... we must be not directly attacked people. You must ask the reality, if they say this they are in this way or they are... Because many of them we hear some people say this out of sharī‘ah, some of them out of ṭarīqah or out of Islām, they said for many people. And there is many people like this now.
But first, we must be sure about this. After, we can warn – warn people. And also we be not defend of this, because this is out of... But first, we must [be] sure, very sure to be for this matter what they are doing. Allāh make us, give us knowledge to know good and bad, Insha Allah. Wa Minallah at-Tawfeeq, Al-Fatiha.
164.OUR RESPONSIBILITIES Wednesday, 28 October 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.
"Kullukum rā‘in, wa kullukum mas’ūlun ‘an ra‘īyatihi," says our Holy Prophet. Every person is responsible for his family. And those who are in charge of other people, ministers and mayors, they are responsible too. When they take this responsibility, they have to carry it. There are conditions and services they must provide. When they take it on, they must fulfil it. People of the present time think about responsibility from the perspective of personal benefit. They try to turn it into their personal interest.
Everyone will be asked about their actions. If they do goodness, they will have goodness. If they do evil, they will have evil. When people take responsibility, they have their reward and people get benefit for doing it. But they should give back as well. They should give back in service, so that others have benefit too. If they cheat people and bring no benefit, they will have no benefit themselves. People of old times knew their responsibilities. They used to do what they had to do and were at peace. But people nowadays want responsibility, which means liability, and then they don't carry it out of laziness. They accept this duty. And when they don't carry it, they betray the trust. And as we said, that is of no benefit. If you want it, you should do it.
Allāh loves those who help and work. Same with our Holy Prophet. Allāh ‘Azza wa-Jalla is saying, "Wa-quli ‘malū fa-sa-yará Llāhu ‘amalakum" (9:105). Work. Allāh will certainly see what you do. And He
sees. Allāh is always closer to us than our jugular vein (50:16). We should know this. If people act accordingly, they won't do any badness. But if there is no such belief, no such faith, of course, they will do everything. They think they do good things. But a person who does bad things is not a clever person. A clever person is the one who does goodness.
It is addressed in Qur’ānu l-Karīm: "A-fa-lā ta‘qilūn" (37:138). "Will you not understand?" A clever person always makes charity and goodness. But when there is no understanding, they think they are profiting, whereas they cheat no one but themselves. They cause the biggest harm to themselves. May Allāh protect us.
If everyone carried his responsibility and liability, the world would be paradise, and it would be beautiful everywhere. But as they don't carry it, everywhere is chaos, everywhere people are living in stress. There are misunderstandings, quarrels, and fights. May Allāh help us. May we develop our minds, Insha Allah. Because as we said, mindless people who do these things are irresponsible people.
Prophet ṣallá Llāhu ‘alayhi wa-sallam saying, "Everybody he responsible for his, first for his family, after for other, after for other... Like who more, he has responsibility, more people, higher responsibility, more people also. This is... What we are living in this world, it is like this. And Prophet ṣallá Llāhu ‘alayhi wa-sallam saying for people to know this, their responsibility, first for their family. For children, they must look after them. This is their responsibility. After, where they work, if there are people under their order, their order, also, they are responsible for them – to show them what they will do, what they must make. This work, this place – your responsibility in this place, other one, other place – some of them machine, some of them writing, some of them driving. This is, everybody he has responsibility and they must, everybody, to make this with good intention. And to know this – "If we do this, it will be barakah for us and it will be Allāh will reward us for this because we are doing with good intention, no, not che
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