Suhbah 2021: Maulana Shaykh Mehmet Adil ar-Rabbani (25/25)
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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.
People ask why they go through troubles. It is because the things that they value are worthless things. This is the reason. If they value worthy things, they won’t have troubles. What is the worthless thing? Dunya. Dunya is worthless. The meaning of Dunya in its original language is low, something low means low.
Allah ‘Azza wa-Jalla said it openly, but mankind doesn’t know this. They put Dunya in the highest place, whereas it is something that should be the lowest. It is a low thing, and they are putting it first. And when this worthless thing becomes worthy, they lose and get very upset. They run after it throughout their lives and think about earning the Dunya. People should think about earning the Akhirah, and not the Dunya. This world won’t have any value then. Akhirah is the valuable place.
Grandshaykh used to say that people have enemies which are: Nafs/ego, Hawa/desires, Dunya and shaytan. The first enemy of a person is his ego. Then come his desires; wishing for bad things. The third is Dunya, and lastly comes shaytan. The shaytan is not the first among these things. The shaytan is the last enemy.
Therefore, when you don’t value Dunya, when you control your ego and don’t follow it, and when you don’t follow your desires, you defeat these enemies and you will be at peace. But if you are a prisoner of these
things and do as they like, you will never be at peace. Whether you have the whole world or nothing, it is the same.
This is even more important for people of this time. They should not forget it because there are many troubles. And the way to get rid of these troubles is not to value them. You should trust in Allah ‘Azza wa- Jalla. Allah is Powerful over everything. Allah is Al-Razzaq. If we have our Rizq, we eat.
There is no need to torture yourself by saying, “This and that has become so expensive”. Don’t forget Allah by worshiping Dunya. Allah ‘Azza wa-Jalla won’t send anyone to Akhirah unless their Rizq is over. If your Rizq is over, then you die. If you have Rizq, you live on.
May Allah protect us. May the troubles be gone insha’Allah. May we be together with Allah. He is Powerful over everything. Allah is the One who makes everything difficult to be easy. Allah is the One who makes difficult things easy. And when it is easy, nothing harms a person and he is at peace.
May Allah give us happiness here and hereafter. May He not let us be in need of anyone.
Wa Minallah at-Tawfeeq, Al-Fatiha.
183.WORLD WAR III Sunday, 19 December 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. Auzu Billahi Minashaytanir Rajeem. Bismillahir Rahmanir Raheem, Allah ‘Azza wa-Jalla says, ‘Wa layanṣurannā Llāhu man yanṣuruh’, ‘And Allah will surely help those who help Him.’ Sadaqa Llahu l-‘Azim. (Qur’ān 22:40).
Whoever is with Allah, Allah will help him and victory will be his. Victory is for someone who is with Allah. No matter who is in front of him, that won’t affect him. The one against him will always be defeated. Whoever is against Allah and starts a war against Allah, will be defeated.
Now at the end of times, we are in the time of war. The shaytan and his followers have started a war with all kinds of tricks. World War III started years ago. However, it doesn’t resemble other wars. Other wars had appeared and ended quickly. But this one is going surreptitiously and slowly with the use of all kinds of tricks and dirtiness.
Against Allah, against the religion of Allah and against Islam, all the unbelievers, starting from the richest and ending with the poorest, are attacking Islam from everywhere either openly, or surreptitiously. However, all of them will be defeated. They are harming themselves in this war, but they don’t care. They are persisting by saying, “We are fighting against Allah”.
Many Dajjals have appeared. New ones will appear too. But the main Dajjal will come after them. Allah knows how long it will last. It is by the order of Allah. But eventually, Allah ‘Azza wa-Jalla will be victorious.
As we said, they are using all kinds of weapons. Visible weapons and invisible weapons; they are using all of them. They think that they will finish Islam and humanity. It is not in their hands. Shukr to Allah, we are with Allah. So be together with Allah.
People are cheating youngsters. Youngsters think that these people are important, whereas they are worthless creatures. It is not an honor to be with them. It is the biggest embarrassment to be with them. With the evil and rebellion they are doing, there is no benefit but harm. Those who are with them are causing harm too. They are trying to spread the evil all over the world. Certainly, as there are wars, many people are joining them. Those who join them will be in loss. May Allah protect us.
May Allah give understanding to youngsters so that they don’t fall into these tricks. They should read history a little. They should learn history a little. Even their own people are standing out and saying, “Our people are committing crime against humanity. They want to destroy humanity”. Their greatest scholars and knowledgeable people are saying this. But they are keeping them quiet. How are they saying so many things? Are they not right? They are not right. They can keep them quiet. They can shut them up. They can show the black as white and the white as black. They have everything in their hands. And people are cheated by them. Those whose Iman is weak are cheated.
May Allah give Iman to all of us. May Allah strengthen our Iman so that we are not cheated by them. May we be with Allah. He Insha’Allah the Sahib will come and clean everyone out Insha Allah. Wa Minallah at-Tawfeeq, Al-Fatiha.
184.STRIVE TO BE STEADFAST ON THIS WAY Monday, 20 December 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. Auzu Billahi Minashaytanir Rajeem. Bismillahir Rahmanir Raheem, ‘‘Yuthabbitu Llāhu lladhīna a‘manū bil-qawli th-thābiti fī l-hayāti d- dunyā wa fī l-‘ākḥirati wa yuḍillu Llāhu ḍh-ḍh‘alimīn’’ ‘‘Allah keeps firm those who believe, with the firm word, in worldly life and in the Hereafter. And Allah sends astray the wrongdoers.’’ (Qur’ān 14:27).
Allah ‘Azza wa-Jalla says that Allah puts on the right way and gives steadfastness to whomever He جل جالله wants. Steadfastness means to remain on the right way, not to leave that way and not to break the promise.
Therefore, our Holy Prophet says that even if your deeds are little, they should be continuous. Keep up the steadfastness. Don’t do too much and then leave it by getting tired. Then you will have broken your word and left the way. This is important.
People, may Allah protect us, don’t know what may happen to them during their lives. Oftentimes, a person puts himself on the way and thinks that all his life will pass like that. But sometimes the ego, shaytan or worldly things cheat him and throw him from one way to another. This is bad for him. It is not good for that person. Therefore, we have to always strive so that Allah ‘Azza wa-Jalla makes us steadfast on the way. It is important to strive and to remain steadfast on the way.
This is important in everything. Even during a battle, if there is a war; when someone escapes from the war, it is a very big sin. Because one person can lead the whole army to failure. When someone runs away, others look at him and may run away too. Thus, they may lose the whole battle. Therefore, running away from war is worse than killing someone, committing adultery or drinking alcohol. Whoever isn’t steadfast and runs away from battle is as bad.
We are in a greater Jihad throughout our lives. And running away from battle is running away from a smaller Jihad. It is equally bad, because you are defeated by shaytan. And when you are defeated, others look at you and say, “He did this. I will do it too”. You become means for people’s destruction then. Therefore, steadfastness is important. Don’t do too much. Be steadfast on the right way by doing as much as you can. But beware of leaving that way and staying behind. You will perish and be means for everyone to perish.
We are living in the end of times now. This world is keeping so many people busy and dominating over them that they don’t want the slightest goodness. The shaytan, Nafs/ego, Hawa/desires and Dunya don’t want it. They are keeping everyone busy. And when they look around, they have left the way and gone in the wrong direction. May Allah protect us. May Allah help us.
We are living in a difficult time. The more difficult it is, the greater its rewards are. The reward Allah gives to steadfast ones is very big.
May Allah make us steadfast on this way. May we keep our promises Insha Allah.
Wa Minallah at-Tawfeeq, Al-Fatiha.
185.ASK YOUR HEART Tuesday, 21 December 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.
“Ask your heart”, says our Holy Prophet. When there is a certain matter, even if everyone says his opinion, ask your heart nonetheless. Whatever it says, act accordingly.
To act according to everyone’s words doesn’t work sometimes. Many people give Fatwas. Many people give advice. However, if a person relies on the actions of others and does the same and even if he thinks he’s doing the good thing, he should ask his heart. If his heart is ok with it, it is alright. If it is not ok, he shouldn’t do so.
Certainly, apart from religious Fatwas, people have more moments in life. And a heart should be pure. The heart should be the heart which trusts in Allah. Hearts of worldly people are always making Fatwa according to their desires and egos. They may turn out wrong. A person who is with Allah receives true inspiration and does the right thing. But a person with fake inspiration decides to do whatever others do by thinking, “Others did so, it must be right”. Such a thing is wrong.
This is so from all perspectives. Allah has given a mind and heart to people. A man should use both of them, find the true way and do the right thing. We don’t have to do the same thing as the herd does. They call it herd psychology. Wherever a herd goes, everyone follows it. We have to run away from it. We should not stand in front of it. We should not be together with it.
Especially the herds of the end of times, they are taking [people] directly to the cliff. They are taking [them] directly to destruction. May Allah protect us.
Therefore, don’t say, “They did it. We should do the same”. Look at everything with your heart and mind. May Allah give good inspiration and light into our hearts so that we see the truth and goodness Insha Allah.
Wa Minallah at-Tawfeeq, Al-Fatiha.
186.SHAYTAN CHEATS EVERYONE Thursday, 23 December 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 shaytan, they say [about him], “alayhi ma Yastahiqq”, “May he get what he deserves”, is living in order to cheat people. Allah has given him time to cheat people until Qiyamah. You should not say, “I won’t be cheated.” You can be cheated, may Allah protect us. If Allah protects you, then you are fine.
Many people say, “I am educated. I am clever” and they try to do things as they like. They don’t like this religion. They don’t like Islam. And there are some people in Islam who say, “It is not like this, we should correct it. It has become too old”.
Those on top, actually, are the cheating shaytans, because those who come afterwards agree with this idea. Their egos are like this, so they follow it. But the main one who cheats is shaytan. The shaytan cheats people in order to lead them to the worse, not to the better. He said, “It is old now. You cannot do what you want. I will make a better religion for you” and cheated many people.
Since ‘Adam ‘alayhi s-salam... Even ‘Adam ‘alayhi s-salam was cheated. In spite of the order of Allah ‘Azza wa-Jalla, shaytan cheated ‘Adam ‘alayhi s-salam. He cheated him by saying, “If you eat from this, it will be good for you. You will never die”. He made him eat that thing, whereas there is the order of Allah ‘Azza wa-Jalla. As he could cheat him in spite of this, he can cheat other people easily.
We should not follow those who are cheated. Our way is clear. Everything our Holy Prophet showed is clear. To go beyond it and do the opposite brings no goodness to people, but only harm. It brings badness. The end will not be good and people will perish.
It is possible that people may have wealth and money in this world. They think that they are living. That is not real life. That will pass like a dream and be over. The main thing is afterwards. People will perish then.
It is like a dream. You wake up in the morning and remember having many dreams at night. Dreams are beautiful but in the morning you are in the same place. There is nothing. If you get up well in the morning, it is good. But when you wake up and feel bad, this life is just like that.
Life is a dream, and the truth is Akhirah. Work for your Akhirah so that no one cheats you. They are saying, “Muslims are not good. Let’s make up something better” and are killing people, taking people out of the religion. The shaytan is doing all kinds of things. May Allah protect us. We are living in the end of times. May Allah give us strong Iman Insha Allah. Wa Minallah at-Tawfeeq, Al-Fatiha.
187.DON’T INVOLVE YOUR HOUSE IN TRADE Saturday, 25 December 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 says that happiness in this world is to have a good spouse, children and a house. And Turkish people say that residence is for Dunya and Iman is for Akhirah.
To own a house is a good thing. It is a big favor of Allah. When people have a house, they take shelter in it. Even if they work and do others things, they can live by. However, some people... It is the end of times; certainly Shaytan is cheating people even more. Something occurs and people sell everything they have in order to earn money. In attempts to earn more, they then lose their homes.
People make trade, have profit and loss. But they should never approach a place where they take shelter with their families. They shouldn’t think about making trade and earning money by selling it. “Gold rates have gone up, exchange rates have gone down, we will buy foreign currency and have profit”. They shouldn’t think so and make a mistake. Many people make this mistake.
Sometimes they ask and sometimes they don’t. That is the limit; it is called a red line now. Don’t approach your house, the place where you and your children take shelter in. Don’t touch it. It is a favor from Allah to you. You should protect it. That’s it. You can involve other things. You will profit or lose, but don’t leave yourself on the streets and don’t put your children in misery.
In the end of times, as we said, stock market and exchange rates increase every day. There are various things that deceive people and make them think, “I will sell my house now and buy three or five houses instead”. They lose their homes and are left on the streets. We should pay attention to this. Greed is not good. If you are greedy for something be greedy for the presence of Allah, be greedy in worship of Allah. There is an Arab and Turkish proverb; while going to Damietta for [getting] rice, a man loses bulgur as well. It is a good example. Not everyone now knows what Damietta is. Before, they used to know. But now, they are teaching and studying at universities and don’t know where Konya is, let alone Damietta. Damietta is a city in Egypt. The most famous rice in the world grows there. It was impossible not to find rice there. Before, it was not like now, you couldn’t always find bulgur and other provisions. So a man was offered bulgur. But he said, “I am going to Damietta to get rice. Rice is more delicious. I want to have rice”. He went there and by the wisdom of Allah, he couldn’t find rice that year. He returned and wanted to get bulgur in order not to be hungry. But they had sold out from bulgur as well. He was left without anything.
This is a good example for the condition of the people now. They are selling their homes and investing somewhere in order to buy five or ten more houses. That goes away and there is no house and no place to stay. Therefore, pay attention to this. No matter how much you want to do so, put it out of your mind. Beware of depositing your house in order to make trade. That is the limit. Don’t be greedy, may Allah protect us. The advice of our Holy Prophet is that the house is happiness in this world and is beneficial for Akhirah as well. Those who are renting are renting. But when someone who owned a house is left outside, all kinds of disasters happen to him. May Allah protect us. May Allah protect us from the bad and greedy characteristics of our egos Insha Allah. May Allah help each and every one of us. Wa Minallah at-Tawfeeq, Al-Fatiha.
188.KNOWLEDGE AND IGNORANCE Monday, 27 December 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. Auzu Billahi Minashaytanir Rajeem. Bismillahir Rahmanir Raheem, Allah ‘Azza wa-Jalla say: “Hal yastawī lladhīna yaʿlamūna wa- lladhīna lā yaʿlamūn’’ ‘’Are those who know equal to those who do not know?’’ (Qur’ān 39:09).
Are those who know and those who don’t know equal? Those who know means those who know Allah. To be ‘Alim is to know Allah ‘Azza wa-Jalla. And knowledge is what teaches about Him.
Also our Holy Prophet “Alims/scholars are the heirs of the Prophets.“ They are like them. They are valuable people in the presence of Allah Certainly, true ‘Alims and Mashayikh are people who teach about Allah, who make people love Him and obey Him. Those who don’t do so are those who don’t know. They are not equal. They cannot be put on the same scale. They are those who spread evil and ignorance, not knowledge.
They think something big of themselves. By going around in vain all their lives, they mislead people and themselves.
Those who don’t know Allah ‘Azza wa-Jalla are ignorant. Therefore, it is called Jahiyyah/ ignorance. The first Jahiliyyah was during the time of our Holy Prophet. And now we are living in the second age of Jahiliyyah /Ignorance. It is worse than the first one.
During the first one, even if little, they still had belief. But now people don’t have belief. They say that they are studying; universities are full, everywhere is full. Let alone universities and knowing Allah ‘Azza wa- Jalla, they are trying to deny Him and are competing with each other in it. And then they claim that they are clever. Those who are clever know Allah. Allah ‘Azza wa-Jalla gave mind to people. He gave them this favor in order to know Him. But they are not using it, yet claiming that they are clever. They say, “We know everything”. You don’t know anything. You are ignorant. May Allah protect us.
We are living in the second age of Jahiliyyah/Ignorance. Many people are living in this darkness. They are looking for something but cannot find it. They have minds, they should use them. As we said, universities seem to be teaching something, but they teach nothing. They have neither worldly knowledge, nor knowledge of Iman. Let alone Iman and believing in Allah, what they teach is nothing.
Mawlana Shaykh Nazim used to say that universities are just entertainment, nothing else. May Allah give true knowledge to students so that they rescue themselves. May He give true knowledge to us as well Insha Allah.
Wa Minallah at-Tawfeeq, Al-Fatiha.
189.A SIGN OF THE END OF TIMES Tuesday, 28 December 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 says that everything will lose its Barakah in the end of times. Time will pass very quickly too. It will also have no Barakah, says our Holy Prophet.
Indeed, the days we are living in are exactly like this. You see that the day has just started and is already over. A week starts and is instantly over. A month is over. Let alone a month, a year is over. It has been two years since this illness started. Many things happened and are now over. These things are the signs of the end of times.
There are big signs and small signs. And these are the small signs. However, the big ones are also close to appearing. The current thing that has appeared is time losing its Barakah. Some people say now, “What shall I do? I am bored.” No need to be bored. Time is passing instantly anyway. A year is over and next year is starting. It will pass instantly too. Whoever is meant to live will live. And whoever is not meant to live will be gone.
People get happy about the passing of time; “This year is gone, next year will come. It will be better and nicer.” They are insanely getting prepared from now. “We will celebrate!” You won’t celebrate but will get wormy. It is nothing else. It will not get better with you celebrating and getting wormy. In contrast, if you celebrate in rebellion, the whole year will be bad, and not good at all. May Allah protect us.
A year has no value, actually. But in terms of time and hours, people have arranged their lives according to them. It passes just like that. There is no holiness, no sacredness in a year. Therefore, no need to be excited that a year is gone and a new one will come. You should make Shukr to Allah every day. We are alive, there are so many favors. We are living with the favor of Islam. Goodness comes to us with it. Otherwise, it is not in anything. A year is going and a new one is coming. If you are in a good condition, you should make Shukr to Allah. You cannot make Shukr by rebelling against Allah. Shukr and praise are made with obedience to Allah.
People who do this know themselves that what they are doing is not a clever thing. Our life is becoming shorter. But it’s not important that our life here is shorter. That is the order of Allah. What’s important is that it is not wasted. Not physically, it should not be wasted spiritually. When it is wasted physically, Allah will give the person according to his Rizq.
But spiritually, if we spend our life in rebellion, we should repent and ask forgiveness by saying, “May Allah forgive us for our deeds and our sins that we’ve made throughout this year”. We should beg Allah in repentance so that He forgives all the badness that we did Insha Allah.
May Allah give us the Barakah of time and Barakah of everything Insha Allah.
Wa Minallah at-Tawfeeq, Al-Fatiha.
190.BAD BID’AH AND GOOD BID’AH Wednesday, 29 December 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 prohibited Bid’ah/innovations to people of Bid’ah. Bid’ah means to make new things. There are two types of it. Bid’ah asserted by Salafis is Haram. It is Kufr.
What is called Bid’ah is to make things against the religion, against Islam and to count them as religious. This is bad Bid’ah. And beautiful things made for good purposes are good Bid’ah.
Our Holy Prophet cursed those who made up bad ways which were not in the religion and showed them as if they were in Islam. He said that their prayers and Du’a would not be accepted. There are many examples for it.
Some people do things on some days that our Holy Prophet hadn’t done. They torture themselves and others. They yell and scream. These are a kind of Bid’ah. And they encourage all people to do so. These are things that have no benefit and Thawab at all. It is just an example, nothing else. Such things that are not in the religion but are shown to be religious are Bid’ah.
Otherwise, good things like honoring our Holy Prophet, writing poems about him, making Salawat and various things like this are good Bid’ah.
People ask, “Was there Dala’il al Khayrat during the time of our Holy Prophet?” No. It was made up later. Salawat is made to our Holy Prophet and his beautiful attributes are recited with it. It brings Thawab and it is good. But others swear at the Sahabah and Khalifahs. That is bad Bid’ah, because swearing at those beloved by our Holy Prophet is not suitable, it is not a good thing. There is a punishment for it.
You should love those whom he loves, and you shouldn’t love those whom he doesn’t love. This is Bid’ah Hasanah, which is a good Bid’ah. May Allah give understanding to people so that they know what is good and bad. They are already clear. The good is clear and the bad is clear. There is no doubt in them. And may we stay away from things that are doubtful Insha Allah. Wa Minallah at-Tawfeeq, Al-Fatiha.
191.OBEY THOSE IN AUTHORITY Thursday, 30 December 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.
Bismillahir Rahmanir Raheem: ‘Yā ayyuhā llathīna ā‘manū Aṭiū’ Llāha wa aṭiū’ r-Rasūla wa Ūli l- ‘Amri minkum’, ‘O you who have believed, obey Allah and obey the Messenger and those in authority among you.’ (Qur’ān 04:59).
Firstly, obey the order of Allah, says Allah ‘Azza wa-Jalla. Obey our Holy Prophet and then obey Ūli l-‘Amr, the government above us.
It is the order of Allah ‘Azza wa-Jalla. It is something people should do in the first place. People who live in this world by the favor of Allah have to obey Allah. They have to carry out Allah’s orders as much as they can. When they say that this much is what they can do, that’s fine. But if they rebel against Allah and say that they won’t obey any order, they will be in loss themselves then.
Allah ‘Azza wa-Jalla is not in need of anyone. Everyone is in need of Allah ‘Azza wa-Jalla. Therefore, we have to obey the orders of Allah as much as we can, no matter what order it is. We have to act upon them and walk on that way, on the way of our Holy Prophet.
If there is no Ūli l-‘Amr/authority in the world, people will act as they like. It will be a complete mess. This is important too, because going against the authority is a sin. It had happened in old times as well. There are related Fatwas. They can give them all kinds of punishment.
And they have given it since old times. In order to provide peace and security to people, in order to provide a comfortable life and working conditions, Allah ‘Azza wa-Jalla brought them to this Maqam. He put them in servanthood to people. However people are, Allah ‘Azza wa- Jalla gives the government according to them. Allah ‘Azza wa-Jalla gives it according to their needs. If they obey them, they will be in peace. If they don’t like it and don’t obey them, they will be in loss.
When serving and when hindering the service... People are the ones receiving the service, and Ūli l-‘Amr/ those in authority provide the service. If people don’t want it, they will be in loss then.
Therefore, those who obey it throughout their lives will be in comfort both here and hereafter. Especially, people of Tariqa should know this and conform to it. Rebellion is never good. The shaytan is the first one who rebelled against Allah ‘Azza wa-Jalla. He rebelled and protested, so he is worth of curse. May Allah protect us. May we not be from the rebellious ones Insha Allah.
May Allah give us good sustenance. May Allah protect Islam, Muslims and the helpers of Islam.
Wa Minallah at-Tawfeeq, Al-Fatiha.
192.WHAT’S IMPORTANT IN THIS TIME IS REPENTANCE Friday, 31 December 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.
In some evil there is goodness, says Allah ‘Azza wa-Jalla. Some things you assume to be evil can be good. The time we are living in is full of distress, illnesses and this and that. There is goodness in everything insha’Allah.
Many people have changed their customs because of this thing. They forgot about their customs and have developed different conditions. People have certainly changed.
There are many changes. One of them is that today is the holy day of Jum’ah, but tonight the commercial year is ending. Let’s call it commercial, not Gregorian. We see it as commercial now, because they’ve turned it into business. It is coming to an end. They made their calculations and in order to make markets, they gave great importance to it. By counting the last minutes and the last hours of the year, they did all kinds of shame and committed sins.
Since two years, Allah made such a thing that people only care about themselves. People don’t have the strength to care about these things anymore. They are lightheaded and sick. “Get vaccinated. Isolate yourself. Stay home. Don’t talk to anyone. Don’t meet anyone”.
There is such a condition that they don’t know how long it will last. It will last as long as Allah wants. This is not important. What’s important is to repent.
In the beginning, it was like always. Even in old times and during the time of Pharaoh, when Musa ‘alayhi s-salam came to Pharaoh and told him to repent and that a disaster would come to him. When the disaster occurred, he repented and said, “Pray to your Lord so that He lifts this disaster. We will believe and become Muslim”. Musa ‘alayhi s-salam would pray, it would end, but they would go wild again. Another disaster would come to them. And again, they would say, “If you pray to your Lord to lift this disaster off us, we will believe”. That disaster would be lifted and they would go wild once again.
The condition of this time is the same. When it started, people got lost and didn’t know what to do. They repented. But then the vaccination appeared. And they thought that they would be saved with the vaccination. A single vaccination turned out not to be enough. But they didn’t come to repentance. And with more and more vaccinations, it will go on like this. May Allah protect us.
We have to take a lesson. We have to realize that it didn’t come to mankind without a reason. It came so that people repent and come to the right way.
Today is a holy day. But tonight; may Allah protect us, may people not be involved in sins. May they leave sins. A year is over. Even though it is commercial, a year is a year. We have to evaluate it, whether we are in profit or loss. We should repent for our sins. Insha’Allah may these new coming days be good for us, because it is not a clever thing for people to calculate by years.
As elderly people say, we have three days to live; yesterday is gone, today is here and we are alive, but Allah knows about tomorrow, whether we are alive or not. Therefore, to say that the new year will be
good; it is unclear if you will reach the new year, or if the new year will be over for you.
May Allah let us live with Iman. May our Iman be strengthened. It is the most important thing. New year or old year is not important. May Allah treat us with His favors every day Insha Allah. May we all have good days and days with Iman Insha Allah. May the Ummah have guidance. May He give mind and understanding to mankind.
Wa Minallah at-Tawfeeq, Al-Fatiha.
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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.
People ask why they go through troubles. It is because the things that they value are worthless things. This is the reason. If they value worthy things, they won’t have troubles. What is the worthless thing? Dunya. Dunya is worthless. The meaning of Dunya in its original language is low, something low means low.
Allah ‘Azza wa-Jalla said it openly, but mankind doesn’t know this. They put Dunya in the highest place, whereas it is something that should be the lowest. It is a low thing, and they are putting it first. And when this worthless thing becomes worthy, they lose and get very upset. They run after it throughout their lives and think about earning the Dunya. People should think about earning the Akhirah, and not the Dunya. This world won’t have any value then. Akhirah is the valuable place.
Grandshaykh used to say that people have enemies which are: Nafs/ego, Hawa/desires, Dunya and shaytan. The first enemy of a person is his ego. Then come his desires; wishing for bad things. The third is Dunya, and lastly comes shaytan. The shaytan is not the first among these things. The shaytan is the last enemy.
Therefore, when you don’t value Dunya, when you control your ego and don’t follow it, and when you don’t follow your desires, you defeat these enemies and you will be at peace. But if you are a prisoner of these
things and do as they like, you will never be at peace. Whether you have the whole world or nothing, it is the same.
This is even more important for people of this time. They should not forget it because there are many troubles. And the way to get rid of these troubles is not to value them. You should trust in Allah ‘Azza wa- Jalla. Allah is Powerful over everything. Allah is Al-Razzaq. If we have our Rizq, we eat.
There is no need to torture yourself by saying, “This and that has become so expensive”. Don’t forget Allah by worshiping Dunya. Allah ‘Azza wa-Jalla won’t send anyone to Akhirah unless their Rizq is over. If your Rizq is over, then you die. If you have Rizq, you live on.
May Allah protect us. May the troubles be gone insha’Allah. May we be together with Allah. He is Powerful over everything. Allah is the One who makes everything difficult to be easy. Allah is the One who makes difficult things easy. And when it is easy, nothing harms a person and he is at peace.
May Allah give us happiness here and hereafter. May He not let us be in need of anyone.
Wa Minallah at-Tawfeeq, Al-Fatiha.
183.WORLD WAR III Sunday, 19 December 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. Auzu Billahi Minashaytanir Rajeem. Bismillahir Rahmanir Raheem, Allah ‘Azza wa-Jalla says, ‘Wa layanṣurannā Llāhu man yanṣuruh’, ‘And Allah will surely help those who help Him.’ Sadaqa Llahu l-‘Azim. (Qur’ān 22:40).
Whoever is with Allah, Allah will help him and victory will be his. Victory is for someone who is with Allah. No matter who is in front of him, that won’t affect him. The one against him will always be defeated. Whoever is against Allah and starts a war against Allah, will be defeated.
Now at the end of times, we are in the time of war. The shaytan and his followers have started a war with all kinds of tricks. World War III started years ago. However, it doesn’t resemble other wars. Other wars had appeared and ended quickly. But this one is going surreptitiously and slowly with the use of all kinds of tricks and dirtiness.
Against Allah, against the religion of Allah and against Islam, all the unbelievers, starting from the richest and ending with the poorest, are attacking Islam from everywhere either openly, or surreptitiously. However, all of them will be defeated. They are harming themselves in this war, but they don’t care. They are persisting by saying, “We are fighting against Allah”.
Many Dajjals have appeared. New ones will appear too. But the main Dajjal will come after them. Allah knows how long it will last. It is by the order of Allah. But eventually, Allah ‘Azza wa-Jalla will be victorious.
As we said, they are using all kinds of weapons. Visible weapons and invisible weapons; they are using all of them. They think that they will finish Islam and humanity. It is not in their hands. Shukr to Allah, we are with Allah. So be together with Allah.
People are cheating youngsters. Youngsters think that these people are important, whereas they are worthless creatures. It is not an honor to be with them. It is the biggest embarrassment to be with them. With the evil and rebellion they are doing, there is no benefit but harm. Those who are with them are causing harm too. They are trying to spread the evil all over the world. Certainly, as there are wars, many people are joining them. Those who join them will be in loss. May Allah protect us.
May Allah give understanding to youngsters so that they don’t fall into these tricks. They should read history a little. They should learn history a little. Even their own people are standing out and saying, “Our people are committing crime against humanity. They want to destroy humanity”. Their greatest scholars and knowledgeable people are saying this. But they are keeping them quiet. How are they saying so many things? Are they not right? They are not right. They can keep them quiet. They can shut them up. They can show the black as white and the white as black. They have everything in their hands. And people are cheated by them. Those whose Iman is weak are cheated.
May Allah give Iman to all of us. May Allah strengthen our Iman so that we are not cheated by them. May we be with Allah. He Insha’Allah the Sahib will come and clean everyone out Insha Allah. Wa Minallah at-Tawfeeq, Al-Fatiha.
184.STRIVE TO BE STEADFAST ON THIS WAY Monday, 20 December 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. Auzu Billahi Minashaytanir Rajeem. Bismillahir Rahmanir Raheem, ‘‘Yuthabbitu Llāhu lladhīna a‘manū bil-qawli th-thābiti fī l-hayāti d- dunyā wa fī l-‘ākḥirati wa yuḍillu Llāhu ḍh-ḍh‘alimīn’’ ‘‘Allah keeps firm those who believe, with the firm word, in worldly life and in the Hereafter. And Allah sends astray the wrongdoers.’’ (Qur’ān 14:27).
Allah ‘Azza wa-Jalla says that Allah puts on the right way and gives steadfastness to whomever He جل جالله wants. Steadfastness means to remain on the right way, not to leave that way and not to break the promise.
Therefore, our Holy Prophet says that even if your deeds are little, they should be continuous. Keep up the steadfastness. Don’t do too much and then leave it by getting tired. Then you will have broken your word and left the way. This is important.
People, may Allah protect us, don’t know what may happen to them during their lives. Oftentimes, a person puts himself on the way and thinks that all his life will pass like that. But sometimes the ego, shaytan or worldly things cheat him and throw him from one way to another. This is bad for him. It is not good for that person. Therefore, we have to always strive so that Allah ‘Azza wa-Jalla makes us steadfast on the way. It is important to strive and to remain steadfast on the way.
This is important in everything. Even during a battle, if there is a war; when someone escapes from the war, it is a very big sin. Because one person can lead the whole army to failure. When someone runs away, others look at him and may run away too. Thus, they may lose the whole battle. Therefore, running away from war is worse than killing someone, committing adultery or drinking alcohol. Whoever isn’t steadfast and runs away from battle is as bad.
We are in a greater Jihad throughout our lives. And running away from battle is running away from a smaller Jihad. It is equally bad, because you are defeated by shaytan. And when you are defeated, others look at you and say, “He did this. I will do it too”. You become means for people’s destruction then. Therefore, steadfastness is important. Don’t do too much. Be steadfast on the right way by doing as much as you can. But beware of leaving that way and staying behind. You will perish and be means for everyone to perish.
We are living in the end of times now. This world is keeping so many people busy and dominating over them that they don’t want the slightest goodness. The shaytan, Nafs/ego, Hawa/desires and Dunya don’t want it. They are keeping everyone busy. And when they look around, they have left the way and gone in the wrong direction. May Allah protect us. May Allah help us.
We are living in a difficult time. The more difficult it is, the greater its rewards are. The reward Allah gives to steadfast ones is very big.
May Allah make us steadfast on this way. May we keep our promises Insha Allah.
Wa Minallah at-Tawfeeq, Al-Fatiha.
185.ASK YOUR HEART Tuesday, 21 December 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.
“Ask your heart”, says our Holy Prophet. When there is a certain matter, even if everyone says his opinion, ask your heart nonetheless. Whatever it says, act accordingly.
To act according to everyone’s words doesn’t work sometimes. Many people give Fatwas. Many people give advice. However, if a person relies on the actions of others and does the same and even if he thinks he’s doing the good thing, he should ask his heart. If his heart is ok with it, it is alright. If it is not ok, he shouldn’t do so.
Certainly, apart from religious Fatwas, people have more moments in life. And a heart should be pure. The heart should be the heart which trusts in Allah. Hearts of worldly people are always making Fatwa according to their desires and egos. They may turn out wrong. A person who is with Allah receives true inspiration and does the right thing. But a person with fake inspiration decides to do whatever others do by thinking, “Others did so, it must be right”. Such a thing is wrong.
This is so from all perspectives. Allah has given a mind and heart to people. A man should use both of them, find the true way and do the right thing. We don’t have to do the same thing as the herd does. They call it herd psychology. Wherever a herd goes, everyone follows it. We have to run away from it. We should not stand in front of it. We should not be together with it.
Especially the herds of the end of times, they are taking [people] directly to the cliff. They are taking [them] directly to destruction. May Allah protect us.
Therefore, don’t say, “They did it. We should do the same”. Look at everything with your heart and mind. May Allah give good inspiration and light into our hearts so that we see the truth and goodness Insha Allah.
Wa Minallah at-Tawfeeq, Al-Fatiha.
186.SHAYTAN CHEATS EVERYONE Thursday, 23 December 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 shaytan, they say [about him], “alayhi ma Yastahiqq”, “May he get what he deserves”, is living in order to cheat people. Allah has given him time to cheat people until Qiyamah. You should not say, “I won’t be cheated.” You can be cheated, may Allah protect us. If Allah protects you, then you are fine.
Many people say, “I am educated. I am clever” and they try to do things as they like. They don’t like this religion. They don’t like Islam. And there are some people in Islam who say, “It is not like this, we should correct it. It has become too old”.
Those on top, actually, are the cheating shaytans, because those who come afterwards agree with this idea. Their egos are like this, so they follow it. But the main one who cheats is shaytan. The shaytan cheats people in order to lead them to the worse, not to the better. He said, “It is old now. You cannot do what you want. I will make a better religion for you” and cheated many people.
Since ‘Adam ‘alayhi s-salam... Even ‘Adam ‘alayhi s-salam was cheated. In spite of the order of Allah ‘Azza wa-Jalla, shaytan cheated ‘Adam ‘alayhi s-salam. He cheated him by saying, “If you eat from this, it will be good for you. You will never die”. He made him eat that thing, whereas there is the order of Allah ‘Azza wa-Jalla. As he could cheat him in spite of this, he can cheat other people easily.
We should not follow those who are cheated. Our way is clear. Everything our Holy Prophet showed is clear. To go beyond it and do the opposite brings no goodness to people, but only harm. It brings badness. The end will not be good and people will perish.
It is possible that people may have wealth and money in this world. They think that they are living. That is not real life. That will pass like a dream and be over. The main thing is afterwards. People will perish then.
It is like a dream. You wake up in the morning and remember having many dreams at night. Dreams are beautiful but in the morning you are in the same place. There is nothing. If you get up well in the morning, it is good. But when you wake up and feel bad, this life is just like that.
Life is a dream, and the truth is Akhirah. Work for your Akhirah so that no one cheats you. They are saying, “Muslims are not good. Let’s make up something better” and are killing people, taking people out of the religion. The shaytan is doing all kinds of things. May Allah protect us. We are living in the end of times. May Allah give us strong Iman Insha Allah. Wa Minallah at-Tawfeeq, Al-Fatiha.
187.DON’T INVOLVE YOUR HOUSE IN TRADE Saturday, 25 December 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 says that happiness in this world is to have a good spouse, children and a house. And Turkish people say that residence is for Dunya and Iman is for Akhirah.
To own a house is a good thing. It is a big favor of Allah. When people have a house, they take shelter in it. Even if they work and do others things, they can live by. However, some people... It is the end of times; certainly Shaytan is cheating people even more. Something occurs and people sell everything they have in order to earn money. In attempts to earn more, they then lose their homes.
People make trade, have profit and loss. But they should never approach a place where they take shelter with their families. They shouldn’t think about making trade and earning money by selling it. “Gold rates have gone up, exchange rates have gone down, we will buy foreign currency and have profit”. They shouldn’t think so and make a mistake. Many people make this mistake.
Sometimes they ask and sometimes they don’t. That is the limit; it is called a red line now. Don’t approach your house, the place where you and your children take shelter in. Don’t touch it. It is a favor from Allah to you. You should protect it. That’s it. You can involve other things. You will profit or lose, but don’t leave yourself on the streets and don’t put your children in misery.
In the end of times, as we said, stock market and exchange rates increase every day. There are various things that deceive people and make them think, “I will sell my house now and buy three or five houses instead”. They lose their homes and are left on the streets. We should pay attention to this. Greed is not good. If you are greedy for something be greedy for the presence of Allah, be greedy in worship of Allah. There is an Arab and Turkish proverb; while going to Damietta for [getting] rice, a man loses bulgur as well. It is a good example. Not everyone now knows what Damietta is. Before, they used to know. But now, they are teaching and studying at universities and don’t know where Konya is, let alone Damietta. Damietta is a city in Egypt. The most famous rice in the world grows there. It was impossible not to find rice there. Before, it was not like now, you couldn’t always find bulgur and other provisions. So a man was offered bulgur. But he said, “I am going to Damietta to get rice. Rice is more delicious. I want to have rice”. He went there and by the wisdom of Allah, he couldn’t find rice that year. He returned and wanted to get bulgur in order not to be hungry. But they had sold out from bulgur as well. He was left without anything.
This is a good example for the condition of the people now. They are selling their homes and investing somewhere in order to buy five or ten more houses. That goes away and there is no house and no place to stay. Therefore, pay attention to this. No matter how much you want to do so, put it out of your mind. Beware of depositing your house in order to make trade. That is the limit. Don’t be greedy, may Allah protect us. The advice of our Holy Prophet is that the house is happiness in this world and is beneficial for Akhirah as well. Those who are renting are renting. But when someone who owned a house is left outside, all kinds of disasters happen to him. May Allah protect us. May Allah protect us from the bad and greedy characteristics of our egos Insha Allah. May Allah help each and every one of us. Wa Minallah at-Tawfeeq, Al-Fatiha.
188.KNOWLEDGE AND IGNORANCE Monday, 27 December 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. Auzu Billahi Minashaytanir Rajeem. Bismillahir Rahmanir Raheem, Allah ‘Azza wa-Jalla say: “Hal yastawī lladhīna yaʿlamūna wa- lladhīna lā yaʿlamūn’’ ‘’Are those who know equal to those who do not know?’’ (Qur’ān 39:09).
Are those who know and those who don’t know equal? Those who know means those who know Allah. To be ‘Alim is to know Allah ‘Azza wa-Jalla. And knowledge is what teaches about Him.
Also our Holy Prophet “Alims/scholars are the heirs of the Prophets.“ They are like them. They are valuable people in the presence of Allah Certainly, true ‘Alims and Mashayikh are people who teach about Allah, who make people love Him and obey Him. Those who don’t do so are those who don’t know. They are not equal. They cannot be put on the same scale. They are those who spread evil and ignorance, not knowledge.
They think something big of themselves. By going around in vain all their lives, they mislead people and themselves.
Those who don’t know Allah ‘Azza wa-Jalla are ignorant. Therefore, it is called Jahiyyah/ ignorance. The first Jahiliyyah was during the time of our Holy Prophet. And now we are living in the second age of Jahiliyyah /Ignorance. It is worse than the first one.
During the first one, even if little, they still had belief. But now people don’t have belief. They say that they are studying; universities are full, everywhere is full. Let alone universities and knowing Allah ‘Azza wa- Jalla, they are trying to deny Him and are competing with each other in it. And then they claim that they are clever. Those who are clever know Allah. Allah ‘Azza wa-Jalla gave mind to people. He gave them this favor in order to know Him. But they are not using it, yet claiming that they are clever. They say, “We know everything”. You don’t know anything. You are ignorant. May Allah protect us.
We are living in the second age of Jahiliyyah/Ignorance. Many people are living in this darkness. They are looking for something but cannot find it. They have minds, they should use them. As we said, universities seem to be teaching something, but they teach nothing. They have neither worldly knowledge, nor knowledge of Iman. Let alone Iman and believing in Allah, what they teach is nothing.
Mawlana Shaykh Nazim used to say that universities are just entertainment, nothing else. May Allah give true knowledge to students so that they rescue themselves. May He give true knowledge to us as well Insha Allah.
Wa Minallah at-Tawfeeq, Al-Fatiha.
189.A SIGN OF THE END OF TIMES Tuesday, 28 December 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 says that everything will lose its Barakah in the end of times. Time will pass very quickly too. It will also have no Barakah, says our Holy Prophet.
Indeed, the days we are living in are exactly like this. You see that the day has just started and is already over. A week starts and is instantly over. A month is over. Let alone a month, a year is over. It has been two years since this illness started. Many things happened and are now over. These things are the signs of the end of times.
There are big signs and small signs. And these are the small signs. However, the big ones are also close to appearing. The current thing that has appeared is time losing its Barakah. Some people say now, “What shall I do? I am bored.” No need to be bored. Time is passing instantly anyway. A year is over and next year is starting. It will pass instantly too. Whoever is meant to live will live. And whoever is not meant to live will be gone.
People get happy about the passing of time; “This year is gone, next year will come. It will be better and nicer.” They are insanely getting prepared from now. “We will celebrate!” You won’t celebrate but will get wormy. It is nothing else. It will not get better with you celebrating and getting wormy. In contrast, if you celebrate in rebellion, the whole year will be bad, and not good at all. May Allah protect us.
A year has no value, actually. But in terms of time and hours, people have arranged their lives according to them. It passes just like that. There is no holiness, no sacredness in a year. Therefore, no need to be excited that a year is gone and a new one will come. You should make Shukr to Allah every day. We are alive, there are so many favors. We are living with the favor of Islam. Goodness comes to us with it. Otherwise, it is not in anything. A year is going and a new one is coming. If you are in a good condition, you should make Shukr to Allah. You cannot make Shukr by rebelling against Allah. Shukr and praise are made with obedience to Allah.
People who do this know themselves that what they are doing is not a clever thing. Our life is becoming shorter. But it’s not important that our life here is shorter. That is the order of Allah. What’s important is that it is not wasted. Not physically, it should not be wasted spiritually. When it is wasted physically, Allah will give the person according to his Rizq.
But spiritually, if we spend our life in rebellion, we should repent and ask forgiveness by saying, “May Allah forgive us for our deeds and our sins that we’ve made throughout this year”. We should beg Allah in repentance so that He forgives all the badness that we did Insha Allah.
May Allah give us the Barakah of time and Barakah of everything Insha Allah.
Wa Minallah at-Tawfeeq, Al-Fatiha.
190.BAD BID’AH AND GOOD BID’AH Wednesday, 29 December 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 prohibited Bid’ah/innovations to people of Bid’ah. Bid’ah means to make new things. There are two types of it. Bid’ah asserted by Salafis is Haram. It is Kufr.
What is called Bid’ah is to make things against the religion, against Islam and to count them as religious. This is bad Bid’ah. And beautiful things made for good purposes are good Bid’ah.
Our Holy Prophet cursed those who made up bad ways which were not in the religion and showed them as if they were in Islam. He said that their prayers and Du’a would not be accepted. There are many examples for it.
Some people do things on some days that our Holy Prophet hadn’t done. They torture themselves and others. They yell and scream. These are a kind of Bid’ah. And they encourage all people to do so. These are things that have no benefit and Thawab at all. It is just an example, nothing else. Such things that are not in the religion but are shown to be religious are Bid’ah.
Otherwise, good things like honoring our Holy Prophet, writing poems about him, making Salawat and various things like this are good Bid’ah.
People ask, “Was there Dala’il al Khayrat during the time of our Holy Prophet?” No. It was made up later. Salawat is made to our Holy Prophet and his beautiful attributes are recited with it. It brings Thawab and it is good. But others swear at the Sahabah and Khalifahs. That is bad Bid’ah, because swearing at those beloved by our Holy Prophet is not suitable, it is not a good thing. There is a punishment for it.
You should love those whom he loves, and you shouldn’t love those whom he doesn’t love. This is Bid’ah Hasanah, which is a good Bid’ah. May Allah give understanding to people so that they know what is good and bad. They are already clear. The good is clear and the bad is clear. There is no doubt in them. And may we stay away from things that are doubtful Insha Allah. Wa Minallah at-Tawfeeq, Al-Fatiha.
191.OBEY THOSE IN AUTHORITY Thursday, 30 December 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.
Bismillahir Rahmanir Raheem: ‘Yā ayyuhā llathīna ā‘manū Aṭiū’ Llāha wa aṭiū’ r-Rasūla wa Ūli l- ‘Amri minkum’, ‘O you who have believed, obey Allah and obey the Messenger and those in authority among you.’ (Qur’ān 04:59).
Firstly, obey the order of Allah, says Allah ‘Azza wa-Jalla. Obey our Holy Prophet and then obey Ūli l-‘Amr, the government above us.
It is the order of Allah ‘Azza wa-Jalla. It is something people should do in the first place. People who live in this world by the favor of Allah have to obey Allah. They have to carry out Allah’s orders as much as they can. When they say that this much is what they can do, that’s fine. But if they rebel against Allah and say that they won’t obey any order, they will be in loss themselves then.
Allah ‘Azza wa-Jalla is not in need of anyone. Everyone is in need of Allah ‘Azza wa-Jalla. Therefore, we have to obey the orders of Allah as much as we can, no matter what order it is. We have to act upon them and walk on that way, on the way of our Holy Prophet.
If there is no Ūli l-‘Amr/authority in the world, people will act as they like. It will be a complete mess. This is important too, because going against the authority is a sin. It had happened in old times as well. There are related Fatwas. They can give them all kinds of punishment.
And they have given it since old times. In order to provide peace and security to people, in order to provide a comfortable life and working conditions, Allah ‘Azza wa-Jalla brought them to this Maqam. He put them in servanthood to people. However people are, Allah ‘Azza wa- Jalla gives the government according to them. Allah ‘Azza wa-Jalla gives it according to their needs. If they obey them, they will be in peace. If they don’t like it and don’t obey them, they will be in loss.
When serving and when hindering the service... People are the ones receiving the service, and Ūli l-‘Amr/ those in authority provide the service. If people don’t want it, they will be in loss then.
Therefore, those who obey it throughout their lives will be in comfort both here and hereafter. Especially, people of Tariqa should know this and conform to it. Rebellion is never good. The shaytan is the first one who rebelled against Allah ‘Azza wa-Jalla. He rebelled and protested, so he is worth of curse. May Allah protect us. May we not be from the rebellious ones Insha Allah.
May Allah give us good sustenance. May Allah protect Islam, Muslims and the helpers of Islam.
Wa Minallah at-Tawfeeq, Al-Fatiha.
192.WHAT’S IMPORTANT IN THIS TIME IS REPENTANCE Friday, 31 December 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.
In some evil there is goodness, says Allah ‘Azza wa-Jalla. Some things you assume to be evil can be good. The time we are living in is full of distress, illnesses and this and that. There is goodness in everything insha’Allah.
Many people have changed their customs because of this thing. They forgot about their customs and have developed different conditions. People have certainly changed.
There are many changes. One of them is that today is the holy day of Jum’ah, but tonight the commercial year is ending. Let’s call it commercial, not Gregorian. We see it as commercial now, because they’ve turned it into business. It is coming to an end. They made their calculations and in order to make markets, they gave great importance to it. By counting the last minutes and the last hours of the year, they did all kinds of shame and committed sins.
Since two years, Allah made such a thing that people only care about themselves. People don’t have the strength to care about these things anymore. They are lightheaded and sick. “Get vaccinated. Isolate yourself. Stay home. Don’t talk to anyone. Don’t meet anyone”.
There is such a condition that they don’t know how long it will last. It will last as long as Allah wants. This is not important. What’s important is to repent.
In the beginning, it was like always. Even in old times and during the time of Pharaoh, when Musa ‘alayhi s-salam came to Pharaoh and told him to repent and that a disaster would come to him. When the disaster occurred, he repented and said, “Pray to your Lord so that He lifts this disaster. We will believe and become Muslim”. Musa ‘alayhi s-salam would pray, it would end, but they would go wild again. Another disaster would come to them. And again, they would say, “If you pray to your Lord to lift this disaster off us, we will believe”. That disaster would be lifted and they would go wild once again.
The condition of this time is the same. When it started, people got lost and didn’t know what to do. They repented. But then the vaccination appeared. And they thought that they would be saved with the vaccination. A single vaccination turned out not to be enough. But they didn’t come to repentance. And with more and more vaccinations, it will go on like this. May Allah protect us.
We have to take a lesson. We have to realize that it didn’t come to mankind without a reason. It came so that people repent and come to the right way.
Today is a holy day. But tonight; may Allah protect us, may people not be involved in sins. May they leave sins. A year is over. Even though it is commercial, a year is a year. We have to evaluate it, whether we are in profit or loss. We should repent for our sins. Insha’Allah may these new coming days be good for us, because it is not a clever thing for people to calculate by years.
As elderly people say, we have three days to live; yesterday is gone, today is here and we are alive, but Allah knows about tomorrow, whether we are alive or not. Therefore, to say that the new year will be
good; it is unclear if you will reach the new year, or if the new year will be over for you.
May Allah let us live with Iman. May our Iman be strengthened. It is the most important thing. New year or old year is not important. May Allah treat us with His favors every day Insha Allah. May we all have good days and days with Iman Insha Allah. May the Ummah have guidance. May He give mind and understanding to mankind.
Wa Minallah at-Tawfeeq, Al-Fatiha.
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