ALLAH جل جلاله QĀDIR QĀDIR

Mawlana Sheikh Muhammad Adil ar-Rabbani 

19 January 2023/ 26 Jumada al-Akhir 1444

Noor Ul Islam Mosque – Bury, UK

As-Salāmu ‘Alaykum wa RaḥmatuLlāhi wa Barakātuh.

A‘ūdhu BiLlāhi Minash-shayṭāni r-rajīm. BismiLlāhi r-Raḥmāni r-Raḥīm.

Wa ṣ-Salātu wa s-Salāmu ‘alá Rasūlinā Muḥammadin Sayyidi l-Awwalīna wa l-Akhirīn. Madad yā RasūlAllāh, Madad yā Sādāti Aṣḥābi RasūliLlāh, Madad yā Mashāyikhinā, Dastūr Mawlana Sheikh Abdullāh al-Fā’iz ad-Dāghistāni, Sheikh Muḥammad Nāẓim al-Ḥaqqānī. Madad.

 Ṭarīqatunā aṣ-Suḥbah wa l-Khayru fi l-Jam‘iyyah.

We thank Allah ‘Azza wa-Jalla that we meet again with the Barakah of Allah ‘Azza wa-Jalla, Barakah of Mashayikh and Barakah of Prophet salla Llāhu ‘alayhi wa-sallam. We are gathering for the love of them. We want their pleasure and for them to be happy with us. This is our main reason and all of you who came here. You came here from around here or from a long distance. You are coming for the sake of Allah جل جلاله. Allah جل جلاله will reward you for this.

Allah جل جلاله is doing what He جل جلاله wants. Nobody can ask Him جل جلاله, “What are You doing?” Whoever is here is [here] from the favor of Allah جل جلاله Who is gathering you for His جل جلاله love and for Prophet salla Llāhu ‘alayhi wa-sallam’s love; He جل جلاله is gathering you here. We are asking Allah ‘Azza wa-Jalla to keep us until the last breath in this way, to not be cheated by shaytan and his followers. Because who are not following the good way, their end will be difficult. To go on the way of Allah جل جلاله without a Murshid, without guidance is difficult.

So insha’Allah as Allah جل جلاله made us to be here with love and with happiness, may He جل جلاله make us be our whole life in this. And in the next life also insha’Allah we be with our Mashayikh in the presence of Prophet salla Llāhu ‘alayhi wa-sallam also, in Jannatul Firdaus. This is the biggest gift from Allah جل جلاله for all of us.

Because He جل جلاله is Able of everything; Allah ‘Azza wa-Jalla. Many people couldn’t be here – Once Sheikh ʿAbdul Qādir Gīlānī, Hadratu l-Baz, Ghawth ul A’zam, our Sheikh ʿAbdul Qādir Gīlānī was going with his followers and there was one drunk man there. He knew Sheikh ʿAbdul Qādir. He was drunk but he realized him. He was on the street, struggling to stand up but couldn’t. He said, “O Sheikh ʿAbdul Qādir, Allah Qādir?” ʿAbdul Qādir means the Abid/servant of Allah جل جلاله Who can do everything. Qādir means Able. He asked him, “O ʿAbdul Qādir, Allah Qādir?” He is asking him if Allah جل جلاله is Able. He answered, “Qādir Qādir.” [meaning] “Yes, Able Able.” He was shaking a little bit like this and he was asking again, “ʿAbdul Qādir, Allah Qādir?” - Is Allah جل جلاله Able? “Yes, Qādir Qādir” - “He’s Able, He’s Able” he said. The third time also the same, “Allah Qādir?” Sheikh ʿAbdul Qādir - may Allah جل جلاله raise his Maqam and make his Barakah upon us also insha’Allah as we are mentioning his name, and by mentioning his name he will look for all of you. He said, “Yes. Allah Qādir Qādir” and he was crying and making Sajdah. His followers were asking, “What is the wisdom from this?” He said, “First of all, when he asked if Allah is Able, he meant: Can Allah جل جلاله make me get rid of this situation?” He answered, “Yes, Allah is Able to make you get rid of this, of being drunk.” The second time he was asking, “Is Allah Able to make me on the right way, to follow you, to follow the good way?” “Yes, He جل جلاله is Able”, he said. The third times he was asking Sheikh ʿAbdul Qādir, “Is Allah Able to make you like me?” Sheikh ʿAbdul Qādir said, “Yes, Allah is Able to make me like you.” Even Sheikh ʿAbdul Qādir Gīlānī. And he was crying and going into Sujud for Allah جل جلاله to save him from this situation.

So Allah ‘Azza wa-Jalla is Able of everything. And we must thank Allah  جل جلاله that He جل جلاله made us AlhamduliLlah on His جل جلاله way and did not make us to look at other people and to be too much proud. This is from Allah ‘Azza wa-Jalla’s favor. He جل جلاله can make us like drunk people, like atheists, like anything else, even like a rat, like dog Ḥāshā (far from it), like a donkey or like a cockroach or anything else. Allah جل جلاله can make us like this. So we mustn’t be so proud, “We are doing this. We are doing that.” This is:   هذا من فضل ربي - This is from the favor of Allah جل جلاله for us. We must thank Allah جل جلاله. Don’t say, “I’m better than the other. I’m better than this.” All the time, only look at yourself. Look at what Allah جل جلاله gave you and be happy with this. Don’t look at other people. It is Tariqah’s teaching. This is the Adab of Tariqah - Good behavior of Tariqah: to look at yourself and not have any proudness. For this, the Mashayikh many times say, “Who has in his heart one little bit of proudness will not be safe from Jahannam.” He must go to Jahannam first to get cleaned from this proudness and come after that to Paradise, to Jannah.

Our Tariqah, all the 40 Tariqahs: Naqshbandi, Qadiri, Gilani and Rifai, all of them teach Adab. Who is not in Tariqah, we see many people are proud. Once I was in Hajj. When we were in the bus, there was one of these people who don’t believe in Mashayikh and don’t believe in spirituality. Everything for them is bad, every Muslim is not right.

 Turkish people were speaking, and AlhamduliLlah they don’t understand. They [Turkish people] said something and one word of Arabic and he thought that they speak Arabic. So he was speaking to them and he said, “I am Hafiz Qur’an and I know 65,000 Hadith. I know this, I know that.” And he said, “This is Bid’ah” about Salawat and other things. How do you know this? He was proud. We didn’t say anything because there’s no need to say anything to these people, because they know Qur’an by heart and know thousands, ten thousands of Hadith but they are not accepting the greatness of Prophet salla Llāhu ‘alayhi wa-sallam, and how Allah ‘Azza wa-Jalla praised him صلى الله عليه وسلم in the Qur’an and asked to make Salawat. And when you make Salawat they say, “This is Bid’ah. This is Shirk.” How? What should we do? “Don’t do this.” How? “I am Hafiz of the Qur’an.” You know it only by words. You don’t know anything of َthe Qur’an . You are like, Allah ‘Azza wa-Jalla described these people: 

كَمَثَلِ ٱلْحِمَارِ يَحْمِلُ أَسْفَارًۢا

“ Kamathali l-Ĥimāri Yaĥmilu ‘Asfārāan”,

 “Is like that of a donkey“ who carries books (but understands nothing from them).” (Qur’ān 62:05). 

As a donkey carrying books. They are big donkey but small donkey [Mawlana laughs]. You can maybe put on a big donkey 500 books because he is strong. But what’s the benefit? There’s no benefit. The only benefit is to bring [the books] from place to place, but there’s no benefit for himself. If you put straw for him he will be more happy than this. These are the people who are not understanding the teaching of Islam, the teaching of the Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم, the teaching of Allah ‘Azza wa- Jalla; the most beautiful, the most nice teaching for all human beings.

So people are carrying this without knowing and they like to finish Tariqah and the way of the Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم. They are not accepting all Tariqahs. They say, “This is Shirk, Bid’ah.” Without Tariqah, there will be no Iman. Iman is with the love of the Prophet salla Llāhu ‘alayhi wa-sallam. Because this love brings from the heart of Prophet salla Llāhu ‘alayhi wa-sallam to the hearts of all people: Iman, Islam. Prophet salla Llāhu ‘alayhi wa-sallam says, “Who makes Salawat on me, I reply to him.” This is the benefit of Salawat, to make Durood Sharif on the Prophet salla Llāhu ‘alayhi wa-sallam. So he’s صلى الله عليه وسلم the whole time giving to the hearts of people this Nur/light, this connection, this Iman: belief in Allah ‘Azza wa-Jalla.

Especially on Jum’ah Night, Friday Night; [meaning] from now until tomorrow evening is Jum’ah. “ He salla Llāhu ‘alayhi wa-sallam said: 

“On this nice night, give more and more Salawat on me“ .   Prophet salla Llāhu ‘alayhi wa-sallam says. Allah جل جلاله blesses you and gives you more Barakah and happiness. Every good thing comes with Salawat. Don’t worry for your Dunya, for your living. Be with Allah جل جلاله and don’t worry.

We are living in a time, the whole world now is very worried and very anxious, “What will happen?” What will happen: What Allah جل جلاله wants will happen. AlhamduliLlah we are waiting for the good thing because we believe in what Prophet salla Llāhu ‘alayhi wa-sallam told us about this time. This time is : “The last nation is the best of nations.” Meaning the Ummah of  Akhiru z-Zaman who practice and obey what the Prophet salla Llāhu ‘alayhi wa- sallam says, they will have more rewards than other Ummah. 

Prophet salla Llāhu ‘alayhi wa-sallam even says that who makes one Sunnah of the Prophet salla Llāhu ‘alayhi wa-sallam, He جل جلاله gives him [rewards of]: he was sometimes saying 7 Shaheed and sometimes 100 Shaheed. So even if our time looks like it’s difficult, [but] for the Mu’min nothing is difficult.

Allah ‘Azza wa-Jalla created us in this time; not before. Any objection? No, We cannot say anything. For Mu’min, for Muslim, especially for Tariqah people, we are accepting what Allah جل جلاله gives us and we are happy with You O our Lord. Forgive us if we are maybe sometimes making objections [saying], “What is this! What is that!” Don’t do this. Try to only obey Him جل جلاله and to do good things for yourself, for your family, for your relatives and for Muslims. Our duty is to do this, not to harm people, not to fight with people.

Now is the time to be quiet, to look at yourself and to be patient insha’Allah. After this will be insha’Allah what Prophet salla Llāhu ‘alayhi wa- sallam gave us good tidings about: the end of times when Sayyidina Al-Mahdi ‘alayhi s-salam comes and everything will be good. Before that, nothing can be good. They make elections, they do this, they take that, this comes, this goes. This is not important. What’s important for us is Sayyidina Al-Mahdi ‘alayhi s-salam. Don’t have hope in these people. They are all the same. Their teaching is the same: to come only to cheat people and go. So don’t interfere in this. Look after yourself and your family, and wait for Sayyidina Al-Mahdi ‘alayhi s-salam. Even when you are waiting for him, Allah جل جلاله rewards you: 

انتظار الفرج عبادة

 “Awaiting relief is a worship”. 

May Allah جل جلاله reward you. May Allah جل جلاله make us meet him insha’Allah. 

May Allah جل جلاله keep you safe and keep our belief safe, our Iman safe insha’Allah. 

Thank you for all of you.

Wa min Allah at-Tawfiq. 

As-Salāmu ‘Alaykum wa RaḥmatuLlāhi wa

 Barakātuh. 

Al-Fatiha.

 

Sheikh Muhammed Adil Mawlana Sultan