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eir residences and business places a reminder mentioning to beware of Shaitan, and to follow Sayyidina Muhammed (on whom be peace). That is the command of Allah Almighty saying Wazakkir. Allah Almighty told his beloved servant Sayyidina Muhammed (on whom be peace), “Oh! My beloved servant Muhammed (on whom be peace), you must remind my servants to beware of Shaitan. The Prophet spread this holy message for us to follow and we should therefore follow this.
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If to a dog you say “woof” it might run away, but to Shaitan if we say “woof” even a hundred times he will not run away. Therefore we should take care and say, “no, I will not follow you. You are Shaitan and you are bad. Therefore you will send me astray and because of this I will not be your slave”. If you cannot fight against Shaitan because you are feeling weak, say, “Oh, my Lord I am weak, save me from Shaitan, Aizznee, protect me, I am in need of you to fight this feeling. Then the order from Allah Almighty will be for you to say, “Auzubillah, Oh! my lord protect me from Shaitan Nir Rajeem”. When you feel weak in front of Shaitan and his traps say “Oh, my Lord I am weak, so save and protect me from Shaitan”.
14 -AL-GHAFFAR: The Forgiver "He is the one who accepts repentance and forgives. Repentance is between you and Allah and must be accompanied by the firm intention not to do the sinful act again. The sign of acceptance of your repentance and the accordance of forgiveness by Allah is that he will not let you repeat that sinful act again."
14-JOURNEY TO THE DIVINE PRESENCE
Allah Almighty has sent to us Sharia, Tariqa, Marifa and Haqqiqa. Sharia is the means by which we could reach to Haqqiqa or Reality. The Sharia is like a ship and Tariqa like an ocean across which you have to move towards Haqqiqat, your destination. Without Sharia, Tariqa would be useless. It would be like parking a boat in the beach. You have to take it to the ocean to use it. So Sharia without Haqqiqat is nothing. Whoever keeps to the Sharia must enter the Ocean and move on his direction to his destination, be it east or west, north or south.
There are forty-one Tariqat’s and each one is an Ocean. You can use any one of them according to your destination. All of them keep to the Sharia and expect its followers to keep perfect Sharia as without a ship you cannot cross over the Oceans. The knowledge of our destination, which is Haqqiqa, is called Marifa. We ask for Haqqiqa or for the Reality, which is Allah Almighty. Therefore Sharia is like a boat, Tariqa like an Ocean, knowledge of your destination is Marifa and your reaching the destination is Haqqiqa.
The question now is do you need a Sheikh to reach to that destination. For example, you need a Captain in a ship or a Pilot in an airplane to take you from one place to another unless you can steer and guide it yourself.
The final destination of people is the Divine Presence of Allah Almighty. The forty-one Tariqat’s are like forty-one Oceans and you may choose any one of them. If you want to reach anywhere you have to move your boat from the beach to the ocean. Similarly Sharia must be practiced through Tariqa. The Sheikh is like the Captain or Pilot. He is the one who is experienced in going
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back and forth. We novices cannot lead. It is enough to choose a way with one guide. All the Prophets were guides while those who guide after them are their Inheritors. In Mecca and Medina we need the guidance of a Mutawwaf who holds us by the hand and takes us around the Ka’aba etc. So what of going to the Divine Presence of Allah Almighty.
All the Prophets before Islam taught their believers Tariqa , as without it Sharia would be useless. As we said before a boat serves no purpose on land. Its usefulness is only in the Oceans. Once in the Ocean it can reach its destination from different directions.
The forty-one Tariqat’s are forty-one Oceans needing different types of vessels to traverse them. Some need very high tonnage vessels while a simple boat will do for others. Allah Almighty created many Tariqat’s so that each one could choose his mode of travel according to his capacity. If you have a big capacity ship you may move through the Oceans, seas or lakes to your destination which would be the same from any direction. Keeping Sharia only, is like keeping a boat on the beach. So take it to the ocean. The Tariqa, the ocean would never take anything away from Sharia, therefore, you should bring the whole of Sharia into Tariqa and taking anything away makes you an imperfect Tariqa follower. It is not acceptable to Tariqa. Tariqa demands a perfect following of the Sharia as leaving anything out would be like making a hole in your vessel, and that hole is enough to drown you.
Therefore, Tariqa people try to keep more firmly to the Sharia than the others. Finding our destination is a very serious subject. Allah Almighty will ask why we did not take care in finding our destination. Only the Wahabi’s, mindless, empty headed and square headed people don’t understand the Seal of the Prophet Sayyidina Muhammed (on whom be peace). The Wahabi’s do not understand Tariqa. Leave them and keep to your way.
15-AL-QAHHAR: The Subduer "He is the Ever-Dominating one, who has surrounded all His creation from without and within with His irresistible power. Nothing can escape Him."
15-THE GRINDING OF THE EGO Allah Almighty is Innaka Hamidun Majeed. He does not need to be Glorified by His servants on Earth or by the Angels in the Heavens, the Arsh or the Kursh. He does not need to be Glorified by any of His servants as He has dressed Himself with Absolute Glory from pre- eternity to eternity. We cannot dress Him in Glory as He is Glorious and has kept Absolute Glory and Absolute Greatness to Himself. Our respect and worship do not contribute to His Greatness, as He has already dressed Himself with Absolute Greatness from pre-eternity to eternity. No one can give Him anything as He is Innaka Hameedun Majeed, Subhanallahu wa tha ala. We think that we are doing something for Him but there is no measure between Allah Almighty and us. In fact all of creation cannot even come close to being a very small spot even, through one of His endless Oceans. Yes, His are endless Power Oceans. Who can be a partner to Allah Almighty? If you were the size of all the Universes put together even a small creature the size of an ant may be able to give you something, but if all the Angels and everything in existence were to Glorify Allah Almighty they would still be able to give nothing to Him. We cannot give anything to Allah Almighty and we must know this. Some people pray very long salat, so long that they sometimes forget if they had prayed the Fathiha even. They are very proud of their long Salat and want to know why I pray my salat so quickly. I do not take pride in my prayer and because of this I do not want to imitate the Wahabi’s and perform lengthy prayers. I know that my Salat is not good enough and I ask forgiveness for this. Some of you take pride in your long Salat and my heart sees it. That is why I am talking on this subject. You must be trained. This is why you need a Tariqa. This is because you need to be
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trained at the hands of a Sheikh. Yes, you cannot give anything to Allah Almighty. People may think that their long Salats give something to Allah Almighty and take pride in it. Shaitan was proud of his prayers and said “I am first, I have done the most so I must be first and not Muhammed (on whom be peace).” When Allah Almighty ordered Shaitan to do Sajda to Adam (alai), Shaitan knew that he could not keep his position. Shaitan was proud of his prayers and his worship. Allah Almighty did not order us to worship and glorify Him so as to make us proud. On the contrary it is to bring our egos down and to make us clean. It is to make the ego valueless. Your Nafs has no price. Worship and glorification is the declaration and reminder to you from you that you are not great, that you do not have greatness and that greatness is for Allah Almighty only. This is because He claims to be the greatest. He ordered the five times a day Prayer so that we will able to escape the evil promptings of our ego. Most people do not pray five times a day because their egos do not want to bow down or prostrate to Allah Almighty. Of those who pray the prescribed five times, many of them submit to their ego’s desire in limiting their prayers to the obligatory prayers only and neglecting the Nafl (optional) prayers like Ishraq, Luha, Awwabin, Tahajjad and Tasbih. Salat ul Tasbih is very heavy on the Nafs as it grinds it. Someone told me that he is unable to pray it at the usual time of Tahajjad and my advice to him was that if he missed it at that time, he should do it during the day. His Nafs would say to him that the time for it has now passed when he misses it. But then the best way to grind the ego would be to do it at least during the day. It would revolt at the thought of praying Tasbih every day and would say that once a week would do. Grind the ego and do it daily at Tahajjad time. All the five hundred kinds of worship to Allah Almighty only helps you to grind your ego and deprive it of pride. This is so whether you are a Sheikh or an Alim or a person of better status. I come here to grind your ego and to save you from the ego, and that is Tariqa. Whoever thinks otherwise is wrong. They have misunderstood. I come here to help people conquer their egos and not for the sake of my Nafs.
Reciting Bismillah ir Rahman ir Raheem before eating and drinking is good to train the ego. The ego wants you to eat and drink for its glory and not for the sake of Allah Almighty. My main purpose of staying here with you for these few days was to try to grind your ego even if it were only for a little while. We fight it when you come to pray your night prayers with your Sheikh and stay on to pray Fajr, then do Zikr, recite Yaseen shareef, listen to Bayan and Nasiha. Your ego then would prompt you to look at yourself as an important person, a great person, and a person demanding respect. We pray to make our egos to be zero and valueless. All respects are due to Allah Almighty but you cannot give anything to Allah Almighty. May Allah Almighty give you and give us from His endless blessings to be together here and in the Divine Presence and to do Sajda to Him. This is a grant from Allah Almighty to us or else your ego would have prevented you from coming here to worship and to be a servant of Allah Almighty. May Allah Almighty forgive us and save us from our egos. What Allah Almighty says is true, what Rasulullah (on whom be peace), says is true and what your Sheikh says is true. Therefore we are asking to follow them. May Allah Almighty keep us on the way of His beloved servant Sayyidina Muhammed (on whom be peace). You and I and everyone are asking to be servants of the Lord Allah Almighty. May Allah Almighty bless us.
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16-AL-WAHHAB: The Benefactor or The Bestower "He is the donor of all, without conditions, without limits, without asking any benefit or return, giving everything to everyone, everywhere, always. He gives money to the poor, health to the sick, children to those who are barren, freedom to the trapped, knowledge to the ignorant. When He gives to you, no one can prevent that good from coming to you.”
16-CERTAINTY IS A TREASURE FROM THE FRIENDS OF ALLAH Certainty is Yaqeen - the Power of Iman with Certainty. Once during the time of Hassan ul Basri, one of the famous Imams, there was an Ajami or non-Arab Saint called Habib ul Ajami, an unlettered person who could neither read nor write but whose heart was full of Divine Light. One day, when Imam Hassan ul Basri visited this Saint, he placed two pieces of bread or Naan, as it is called in the east, before the visitor. That was all he had to give his guest. As the Saint was about to ask Imam Hassan ul Basri to eat, there was a knock on the door by a beggar saying, “Shayyanlillah”, which means, “something for the sake of Allah Almighty”. Habib ul Ajami took both the pieces of bread and gave them away to the beggar. Imam Hassan ul Basri who was hungry at that time disapproved of this act in his heart while thinking that one of those pieces could have been retained for the guest. After a while there was another knock at the door and the Saint had it opened by a person who was staying with him. At the door was a servant carrying a tray of delicious food and he said that it was from his master to the Saint. The Saint who was reading the thoughts of Hassan ul Basri now spoke and said “Oh! Hassan ul Basri, you know so much of knowledge but you do not have Certainty . You were unhappy when I gave those two pieces of bread away, but I knew that it is easy for Allah Almighty to give us much more. I knew it, I believed it and I was certain of it. You knew all this but did not believe. Had you believed you would not have been unhappy when I gave the two pieces of bread away. But look, I was certain. You need more than the knowledge that you possess, because you need Certainty. “ It is not important to know too much and not have Yaqeen, Certainty. Some people may not know a lot of Hadees or the Quran Kareem, but their belief and Certainty may be perfect. You may take much more benefit from such a person than the ones who only know book
knowledge. A cassette cannot give you Certainty neither can reading. Certainty can be passed only from one to another. Rasulullah (on whom be peace), did not give Iman to his Sahaba by asking them to read. The Certainty in his heart was made to run into the hearts of his companions. We must always look for people who have Certainty in their beliefs, no matter even if they be very simple people. Many Doctors claim to know much but do not reach to the level of Certainty. When Imam Hassan ul Basri and Habib ul Ajami who was a Saint at that time were living in Baghdad the Saint met the Imam who was waiting for a boat to cross a river in Basra. Seeing this the Saint asked Hassan ul Basri why he would not recite Bismillah ir Rahman ir Raheem, and walk over the water. Habib ul Ajami then said, Bismillah ir Rahman ir Raheem and walked across the river saying “you know to say Bismillahi Rahman ir Raheem, but your belief has not reached to Certainty. I do not know so much as you do, but my Certainty is full, therefore when I say it I may walk on water”. Allah Almighty granted such powers to Rasulullah (on whom be peace), who in turn gave it to the Sahaba, and every Sahaba had such powers of Certainty. That is the power of miracles. Everyone claims to be a believer but not with Certainty. We must try to reach to the level of Certainty and this could be reached through friendship with people who possess them. They could help us to get such powers. Electricity will flow through a wire only if connected to the mains. The power that Allah Almighty granted to the Prophet (on whom be peace), runs among Muslims up to this day. But most of those who possess this type of Certainty are hidden today unlike before when they showed themselves to the people, and the people ran after them. You will not find them unless you look very carefully. A person who finds a gem in the gravel may throw it away taking it to be just another stone, but the one who knows about gems would take it to a lapidary for cutting and polishing and then turn it into a jewel. Similarly don’t think that Allah Almighty will show His Saints as they are in the polished state. No! they are hidden. My Saints are hidden and no one shall know them unless until I wish to show them to My servants. Therefore we must try to respect everyone, perhaps one of them may be a Saint, a beloved servant of Allah Almighty. We may benefit from him.
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Respecting everyone is a Sunnah. We must respect the young, the old, the poor, the rich, the worker, the businessman, man and woman. If you give respect, you may come across a beloved servant of Allah, a friend of Allah Almighty who may save your life here and help you in the hereafter.
17-AL-RAZZAQ: The Sustainer or The Provider "Sustenance is needed to maintain the creation. There is a physical and a spiritual Sustenance."
17-THE MOST BEAUTIFUL RECITAL Rasulullah (on whom be peace), said Ad Dheen un Nasiha, that Islam lives in Nasiha. Nasiha is the life of Dheen. There is no Dheen without Nasiha. Even Rasulullah (on whom be peace), came to us as an adviser. Advising the servants of Allah Almighty was his most important mission. His first Nasiha, first advice to all mankind was “Oh, people say La Ilaha Illallah, La Ilaha Illallah, La Ilaha Illallah Muhammed ur Rasulullah , and fight those who don’t say it “. Those who say La Ilaha Illallah are Hizbullah, they are with Allah Almighty and those who are against saying it are Hizbush Shaitan, so fight them. As long as people keep the Prophet’s (on whom be peace), first Nasiha or advice Islam will stay alive. This is why the first thing we teach our children is to say La Ilaha Ilallah, La Ilaha Illallah, La Ilaha Illallah. This is what we try to make them say first. Whoever says this in the early stages of life would certainly keep it till his end and would not forget it. Allah Almighty would not deprive the good words of kalima Thayyiba from His servant during his last days or on his leaving this life. The one who is beginning with La Ilaha Illallah will end with La Ilaha Illallah and those whose last words are La Ilaha Illallah must definitely go to Paradise. There is no doubt about it. We have been ordered to teach everyone La Ilaha Illallah, as then his or her last words too would be La Ilaha Illallah. The Prophet (on whom be peace), has described La Ilaha Illallah, as Aflal ul Zikr, the most precious and the most acceptable Zikr. This Zikr makes Allah Almighty happy. He would say with pride to his Angels “My servants are saying La Ilaha Illallah. Recite La Ilaha Illallah, while you walk and talk and do not be against it. In many places today the recital of La Ilaha Illallah is considered a Bidaat (innovation). Makkah and Madina are also among them. You cannot do this Zikr there. If they see even three people gathered together reciting La Ilaha Illallah, they would be stopped and asked to disperse.
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How can the reciting of La Ilaha Illallah, be Bidaat? Why should its recital be prevented in the Masjid or Masjidul Haram or Masjidul Nabavi us Shareef? We are approaching the end of the World and the times of evil. The first Thableegh, the first Bayan of Rasulullah (on whom be peace), to all people and for all times up to Qiyama and perhaps eternity was to make them reach to that Kalima Thayyiba, the Most Beautiful Recital, La Ilaha Illallah. The tongues of all the Prophets vibrated with this most valuable, joyful and refreshing recital La Ilaha Illallah . The Prophet (on whom be peace), has stated that Allah Almighty grants one hundred and one rewards for one who says La Ilaha Illallah , the one of which is the removal of stress from the heart. The demand for psychiatrists are so high that there are as many or more of their clinics than even grocery shops and still there is a queue for them. My challenge to the psychiatrists is that they too would end up like their patients. So many of these Doctors come to see me in London, America and Germany, and I advise them not to see more than seven patients a day. To see more than seven patients a day is a heavy burden and these Doctors would end up needing another psychiatrist to care for them. My prescription for stress is to take a shower and pray two Rakats, then sit down and recite La Ilaha Illallah, a hundred times. There is no necessity for drugs. In fact psychiatrists should stop giving medicines and suggest this recital to their patients. Therefore the first Thableegh - La ilaha illallah, is for all people, for Muslims and Non-Muslims alike. A day would come when everyone has to say it. People forget their Lord, their Creator, and as a punishment He is also leaving them as forgotten. It is just that these people are unable to reach to His blessings. Allah Almighty does not forget any of His creatures whether they be animals or reptiles or insects or whatever. Nothing would be in existence if it were forgotten by Allah Almighty. Everything is under the control of Allah Almighty. Allah
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eir residences and business places a reminder mentioning to beware of Shaitan, and to follow Sayyidina Muhammed (on whom be peace). That is the command of Allah Almighty saying Wazakkir. Allah Almighty told his beloved servant Sayyidina Muhammed (on whom be peace), “Oh! My beloved servant Muhammed (on whom be peace), you must remind my servants to beware of Shaitan. The Prophet spread this holy message for us to follow and we should therefore follow this.
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If to a dog you say “woof” it might run away, but to Shaitan if we say “woof” even a hundred times he will not run away. Therefore we should take care and say, “no, I will not follow you. You are Shaitan and you are bad. Therefore you will send me astray and because of this I will not be your slave”. If you cannot fight against Shaitan because you are feeling weak, say, “Oh, my Lord I am weak, save me from Shaitan, Aizznee, protect me, I am in need of you to fight this feeling. Then the order from Allah Almighty will be for you to say, “Auzubillah, Oh! my lord protect me from Shaitan Nir Rajeem”. When you feel weak in front of Shaitan and his traps say “Oh, my Lord I am weak, so save and protect me from Shaitan”.
14 -AL-GHAFFAR: The Forgiver "He is the one who accepts repentance and forgives. Repentance is between you and Allah and must be accompanied by the firm intention not to do the sinful act again. The sign of acceptance of your repentance and the accordance of forgiveness by Allah is that he will not let you repeat that sinful act again."
14-JOURNEY TO THE DIVINE PRESENCE
Allah Almighty has sent to us Sharia, Tariqa, Marifa and Haqqiqa. Sharia is the means by which we could reach to Haqqiqa or Reality. The Sharia is like a ship and Tariqa like an ocean across which you have to move towards Haqqiqat, your destination. Without Sharia, Tariqa would be useless. It would be like parking a boat in the beach. You have to take it to the ocean to use it. So Sharia without Haqqiqat is nothing. Whoever keeps to the Sharia must enter the Ocean and move on his direction to his destination, be it east or west, north or south.
There are forty-one Tariqat’s and each one is an Ocean. You can use any one of them according to your destination. All of them keep to the Sharia and expect its followers to keep perfect Sharia as without a ship you cannot cross over the Oceans. The knowledge of our destination, which is Haqqiqa, is called Marifa. We ask for Haqqiqa or for the Reality, which is Allah Almighty. Therefore Sharia is like a boat, Tariqa like an Ocean, knowledge of your destination is Marifa and your reaching the destination is Haqqiqa.
The question now is do you need a Sheikh to reach to that destination. For example, you need a Captain in a ship or a Pilot in an airplane to take you from one place to another unless you can steer and guide it yourself.
The final destination of people is the Divine Presence of Allah Almighty. The forty-one Tariqat’s are like forty-one Oceans and you may choose any one of them. If you want to reach anywhere you have to move your boat from the beach to the ocean. Similarly Sharia must be practiced through Tariqa. The Sheikh is like the Captain or Pilot. He is the one who is experienced in going
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back and forth. We novices cannot lead. It is enough to choose a way with one guide. All the Prophets were guides while those who guide after them are their Inheritors. In Mecca and Medina we need the guidance of a Mutawwaf who holds us by the hand and takes us around the Ka’aba etc. So what of going to the Divine Presence of Allah Almighty.
All the Prophets before Islam taught their believers Tariqa , as without it Sharia would be useless. As we said before a boat serves no purpose on land. Its usefulness is only in the Oceans. Once in the Ocean it can reach its destination from different directions.
The forty-one Tariqat’s are forty-one Oceans needing different types of vessels to traverse them. Some need very high tonnage vessels while a simple boat will do for others. Allah Almighty created many Tariqat’s so that each one could choose his mode of travel according to his capacity. If you have a big capacity ship you may move through the Oceans, seas or lakes to your destination which would be the same from any direction. Keeping Sharia only, is like keeping a boat on the beach. So take it to the ocean. The Tariqa, the ocean would never take anything away from Sharia, therefore, you should bring the whole of Sharia into Tariqa and taking anything away makes you an imperfect Tariqa follower. It is not acceptable to Tariqa. Tariqa demands a perfect following of the Sharia as leaving anything out would be like making a hole in your vessel, and that hole is enough to drown you.
Therefore, Tariqa people try to keep more firmly to the Sharia than the others. Finding our destination is a very serious subject. Allah Almighty will ask why we did not take care in finding our destination. Only the Wahabi’s, mindless, empty headed and square headed people don’t understand the Seal of the Prophet Sayyidina Muhammed (on whom be peace). The Wahabi’s do not understand Tariqa. Leave them and keep to your way.
15-AL-QAHHAR: The Subduer "He is the Ever-Dominating one, who has surrounded all His creation from without and within with His irresistible power. Nothing can escape Him."
15-THE GRINDING OF THE EGO Allah Almighty is Innaka Hamidun Majeed. He does not need to be Glorified by His servants on Earth or by the Angels in the Heavens, the Arsh or the Kursh. He does not need to be Glorified by any of His servants as He has dressed Himself with Absolute Glory from pre- eternity to eternity. We cannot dress Him in Glory as He is Glorious and has kept Absolute Glory and Absolute Greatness to Himself. Our respect and worship do not contribute to His Greatness, as He has already dressed Himself with Absolute Greatness from pre-eternity to eternity. No one can give Him anything as He is Innaka Hameedun Majeed, Subhanallahu wa tha ala. We think that we are doing something for Him but there is no measure between Allah Almighty and us. In fact all of creation cannot even come close to being a very small spot even, through one of His endless Oceans. Yes, His are endless Power Oceans. Who can be a partner to Allah Almighty? If you were the size of all the Universes put together even a small creature the size of an ant may be able to give you something, but if all the Angels and everything in existence were to Glorify Allah Almighty they would still be able to give nothing to Him. We cannot give anything to Allah Almighty and we must know this. Some people pray very long salat, so long that they sometimes forget if they had prayed the Fathiha even. They are very proud of their long Salat and want to know why I pray my salat so quickly. I do not take pride in my prayer and because of this I do not want to imitate the Wahabi’s and perform lengthy prayers. I know that my Salat is not good enough and I ask forgiveness for this. Some of you take pride in your long Salat and my heart sees it. That is why I am talking on this subject. You must be trained. This is why you need a Tariqa. This is because you need to be
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trained at the hands of a Sheikh. Yes, you cannot give anything to Allah Almighty. People may think that their long Salats give something to Allah Almighty and take pride in it. Shaitan was proud of his prayers and said “I am first, I have done the most so I must be first and not Muhammed (on whom be peace).” When Allah Almighty ordered Shaitan to do Sajda to Adam (alai), Shaitan knew that he could not keep his position. Shaitan was proud of his prayers and his worship. Allah Almighty did not order us to worship and glorify Him so as to make us proud. On the contrary it is to bring our egos down and to make us clean. It is to make the ego valueless. Your Nafs has no price. Worship and glorification is the declaration and reminder to you from you that you are not great, that you do not have greatness and that greatness is for Allah Almighty only. This is because He claims to be the greatest. He ordered the five times a day Prayer so that we will able to escape the evil promptings of our ego. Most people do not pray five times a day because their egos do not want to bow down or prostrate to Allah Almighty. Of those who pray the prescribed five times, many of them submit to their ego’s desire in limiting their prayers to the obligatory prayers only and neglecting the Nafl (optional) prayers like Ishraq, Luha, Awwabin, Tahajjad and Tasbih. Salat ul Tasbih is very heavy on the Nafs as it grinds it. Someone told me that he is unable to pray it at the usual time of Tahajjad and my advice to him was that if he missed it at that time, he should do it during the day. His Nafs would say to him that the time for it has now passed when he misses it. But then the best way to grind the ego would be to do it at least during the day. It would revolt at the thought of praying Tasbih every day and would say that once a week would do. Grind the ego and do it daily at Tahajjad time. All the five hundred kinds of worship to Allah Almighty only helps you to grind your ego and deprive it of pride. This is so whether you are a Sheikh or an Alim or a person of better status. I come here to grind your ego and to save you from the ego, and that is Tariqa. Whoever thinks otherwise is wrong. They have misunderstood. I come here to help people conquer their egos and not for the sake of my Nafs.
Reciting Bismillah ir Rahman ir Raheem before eating and drinking is good to train the ego. The ego wants you to eat and drink for its glory and not for the sake of Allah Almighty. My main purpose of staying here with you for these few days was to try to grind your ego even if it were only for a little while. We fight it when you come to pray your night prayers with your Sheikh and stay on to pray Fajr, then do Zikr, recite Yaseen shareef, listen to Bayan and Nasiha. Your ego then would prompt you to look at yourself as an important person, a great person, and a person demanding respect. We pray to make our egos to be zero and valueless. All respects are due to Allah Almighty but you cannot give anything to Allah Almighty. May Allah Almighty give you and give us from His endless blessings to be together here and in the Divine Presence and to do Sajda to Him. This is a grant from Allah Almighty to us or else your ego would have prevented you from coming here to worship and to be a servant of Allah Almighty. May Allah Almighty forgive us and save us from our egos. What Allah Almighty says is true, what Rasulullah (on whom be peace), says is true and what your Sheikh says is true. Therefore we are asking to follow them. May Allah Almighty keep us on the way of His beloved servant Sayyidina Muhammed (on whom be peace). You and I and everyone are asking to be servants of the Lord Allah Almighty. May Allah Almighty bless us.
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16-AL-WAHHAB: The Benefactor or The Bestower "He is the donor of all, without conditions, without limits, without asking any benefit or return, giving everything to everyone, everywhere, always. He gives money to the poor, health to the sick, children to those who are barren, freedom to the trapped, knowledge to the ignorant. When He gives to you, no one can prevent that good from coming to you.”
16-CERTAINTY IS A TREASURE FROM THE FRIENDS OF ALLAH Certainty is Yaqeen - the Power of Iman with Certainty. Once during the time of Hassan ul Basri, one of the famous Imams, there was an Ajami or non-Arab Saint called Habib ul Ajami, an unlettered person who could neither read nor write but whose heart was full of Divine Light. One day, when Imam Hassan ul Basri visited this Saint, he placed two pieces of bread or Naan, as it is called in the east, before the visitor. That was all he had to give his guest. As the Saint was about to ask Imam Hassan ul Basri to eat, there was a knock on the door by a beggar saying, “Shayyanlillah”, which means, “something for the sake of Allah Almighty”. Habib ul Ajami took both the pieces of bread and gave them away to the beggar. Imam Hassan ul Basri who was hungry at that time disapproved of this act in his heart while thinking that one of those pieces could have been retained for the guest. After a while there was another knock at the door and the Saint had it opened by a person who was staying with him. At the door was a servant carrying a tray of delicious food and he said that it was from his master to the Saint. The Saint who was reading the thoughts of Hassan ul Basri now spoke and said “Oh! Hassan ul Basri, you know so much of knowledge but you do not have Certainty . You were unhappy when I gave those two pieces of bread away, but I knew that it is easy for Allah Almighty to give us much more. I knew it, I believed it and I was certain of it. You knew all this but did not believe. Had you believed you would not have been unhappy when I gave the two pieces of bread away. But look, I was certain. You need more than the knowledge that you possess, because you need Certainty. “ It is not important to know too much and not have Yaqeen, Certainty. Some people may not know a lot of Hadees or the Quran Kareem, but their belief and Certainty may be perfect. You may take much more benefit from such a person than the ones who only know book
knowledge. A cassette cannot give you Certainty neither can reading. Certainty can be passed only from one to another. Rasulullah (on whom be peace), did not give Iman to his Sahaba by asking them to read. The Certainty in his heart was made to run into the hearts of his companions. We must always look for people who have Certainty in their beliefs, no matter even if they be very simple people. Many Doctors claim to know much but do not reach to the level of Certainty. When Imam Hassan ul Basri and Habib ul Ajami who was a Saint at that time were living in Baghdad the Saint met the Imam who was waiting for a boat to cross a river in Basra. Seeing this the Saint asked Hassan ul Basri why he would not recite Bismillah ir Rahman ir Raheem, and walk over the water. Habib ul Ajami then said, Bismillah ir Rahman ir Raheem and walked across the river saying “you know to say Bismillahi Rahman ir Raheem, but your belief has not reached to Certainty. I do not know so much as you do, but my Certainty is full, therefore when I say it I may walk on water”. Allah Almighty granted such powers to Rasulullah (on whom be peace), who in turn gave it to the Sahaba, and every Sahaba had such powers of Certainty. That is the power of miracles. Everyone claims to be a believer but not with Certainty. We must try to reach to the level of Certainty and this could be reached through friendship with people who possess them. They could help us to get such powers. Electricity will flow through a wire only if connected to the mains. The power that Allah Almighty granted to the Prophet (on whom be peace), runs among Muslims up to this day. But most of those who possess this type of Certainty are hidden today unlike before when they showed themselves to the people, and the people ran after them. You will not find them unless you look very carefully. A person who finds a gem in the gravel may throw it away taking it to be just another stone, but the one who knows about gems would take it to a lapidary for cutting and polishing and then turn it into a jewel. Similarly don’t think that Allah Almighty will show His Saints as they are in the polished state. No! they are hidden. My Saints are hidden and no one shall know them unless until I wish to show them to My servants. Therefore we must try to respect everyone, perhaps one of them may be a Saint, a beloved servant of Allah Almighty. We may benefit from him.
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Respecting everyone is a Sunnah. We must respect the young, the old, the poor, the rich, the worker, the businessman, man and woman. If you give respect, you may come across a beloved servant of Allah, a friend of Allah Almighty who may save your life here and help you in the hereafter.
17-AL-RAZZAQ: The Sustainer or The Provider "Sustenance is needed to maintain the creation. There is a physical and a spiritual Sustenance."
17-THE MOST BEAUTIFUL RECITAL Rasulullah (on whom be peace), said Ad Dheen un Nasiha, that Islam lives in Nasiha. Nasiha is the life of Dheen. There is no Dheen without Nasiha. Even Rasulullah (on whom be peace), came to us as an adviser. Advising the servants of Allah Almighty was his most important mission. His first Nasiha, first advice to all mankind was “Oh, people say La Ilaha Illallah, La Ilaha Illallah, La Ilaha Illallah Muhammed ur Rasulullah , and fight those who don’t say it “. Those who say La Ilaha Illallah are Hizbullah, they are with Allah Almighty and those who are against saying it are Hizbush Shaitan, so fight them. As long as people keep the Prophet’s (on whom be peace), first Nasiha or advice Islam will stay alive. This is why the first thing we teach our children is to say La Ilaha Ilallah, La Ilaha Illallah, La Ilaha Illallah. This is what we try to make them say first. Whoever says this in the early stages of life would certainly keep it till his end and would not forget it. Allah Almighty would not deprive the good words of kalima Thayyiba from His servant during his last days or on his leaving this life. The one who is beginning with La Ilaha Illallah will end with La Ilaha Illallah and those whose last words are La Ilaha Illallah must definitely go to Paradise. There is no doubt about it. We have been ordered to teach everyone La Ilaha Illallah, as then his or her last words too would be La Ilaha Illallah. The Prophet (on whom be peace), has described La Ilaha Illallah, as Aflal ul Zikr, the most precious and the most acceptable Zikr. This Zikr makes Allah Almighty happy. He would say with pride to his Angels “My servants are saying La Ilaha Illallah. Recite La Ilaha Illallah, while you walk and talk and do not be against it. In many places today the recital of La Ilaha Illallah is considered a Bidaat (innovation). Makkah and Madina are also among them. You cannot do this Zikr there. If they see even three people gathered together reciting La Ilaha Illallah, they would be stopped and asked to disperse.
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How can the reciting of La Ilaha Illallah, be Bidaat? Why should its recital be prevented in the Masjid or Masjidul Haram or Masjidul Nabavi us Shareef? We are approaching the end of the World and the times of evil. The first Thableegh, the first Bayan of Rasulullah (on whom be peace), to all people and for all times up to Qiyama and perhaps eternity was to make them reach to that Kalima Thayyiba, the Most Beautiful Recital, La Ilaha Illallah. The tongues of all the Prophets vibrated with this most valuable, joyful and refreshing recital La Ilaha Illallah . The Prophet (on whom be peace), has stated that Allah Almighty grants one hundred and one rewards for one who says La Ilaha Illallah , the one of which is the removal of stress from the heart. The demand for psychiatrists are so high that there are as many or more of their clinics than even grocery shops and still there is a queue for them. My challenge to the psychiatrists is that they too would end up like their patients. So many of these Doctors come to see me in London, America and Germany, and I advise them not to see more than seven patients a day. To see more than seven patients a day is a heavy burden and these Doctors would end up needing another psychiatrist to care for them. My prescription for stress is to take a shower and pray two Rakats, then sit down and recite La Ilaha Illallah, a hundred times. There is no necessity for drugs. In fact psychiatrists should stop giving medicines and suggest this recital to their patients. Therefore the first Thableegh - La ilaha illallah, is for all people, for Muslims and Non-Muslims alike. A day would come when everyone has to say it. People forget their Lord, their Creator, and as a punishment He is also leaving them as forgotten. It is just that these people are unable to reach to His blessings. Allah Almighty does not forget any of His creatures whether they be animals or reptiles or insects or whatever. Nothing would be in existence if it were forgotten by Allah Almighty. Everything is under the control of Allah Almighty. Allah
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