AWAITING SAYYIDINA AL-MAHDI (AS) (23 January 2023/ 01 Rajab 1444)
https://www.nvrislam.net/index.php?j=eng&post=6419
AWAITING SAYYIDINA AL-MAHDI (AS)
Mawlana Sheikh Muhammad Adil ar-Rabbani
23 January 2023/ 01 Rajab 1444
Madina Masjid – Sheffield, 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 Shaykh Abdullāh al-Fā’iz ad-Dāghistāni, Shaykh Muḥammad Nāẓim al-Ḥaqqānī. Madad.
Ṭarīqatunā aṣ-Suḥbah wa l-Khayru fi l-Jam‘iyyah.
This is our Tariqah. Sheikh Baha’uddin Naqshbandi, our Master, what he said about the purpose of Tariqah is to make gathering and to make association, to guide people, to protect them from evil. Because there are many gatherings; gatherings of playing, gatherings of bad things, many things: gambling and other. There are bad friends. But our gathering is for Allah ‘Azza wa-Jalla. This gathering is what Allah جل جلاله likes, what Allah جل جلاله loves, Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم loves and Awliyau’Llah love.
AlhamduliLlah we are gathering for the sake of Allah جل جلاله. Prophet salla Llāhu ‘alayhi wa-sallam says that when a Mu’min goes to meet his Mu’min brother, for each step, Allah جل جلاله forgives one sin, gives one Hasanah/reward and makes him one degree higher. So you are here for the love of Allah جل جلاله, Allah جل جلاله will reward you for this. And especially now that is the first day of Rajab. It is the first of the three months. Allah ‘Azza wa-Jalla says:
“رجب شهري”
“Rajab is My Month.” The second is for Prophet salla Llāhu ‘alayhi wa-sallam. The third, Ramadan, is for the Ummah. So this is very blessed.
On other days, Allah جل جلاله gives for each one, ten; if you do one good thing, Allah جل جلاله rewards you for ten. But if you do a mistake or sin, Allah جل جلاله doesn’t give ten. Allah جل جلاله is Merciful. The Most Merciful is Allah ‘Azza wa-Jalla. He جل جلاله just gives one, He جل جلاله doesn’t give ten times. And He جل جلاله waits for if the person asks forgiveness. Even the angels don’t write until one hour, two hours, three hours.. They ask every time. The one on the left side writes the sin, and that on the right side writes the reward. Both on the right side. The angel on the left side asks, “This man made a sin. I will write it.” “Wait. 1 hour” he says. 1 hour passes. “Do I write?” “No. Wait.” Until eight hours. After that, if he doesn’t ask forgiveness, they write it for him. This writing is not important when you are in life, before death. Even if it is full, if you ask for forgiveness, Allah جل جلاله forgives you. Don’t be hopeless.
إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ يَغْفِرُ ٱلذُّنُوبَ جَمِيعًا
‘’Inna Allāha Yaghfiru dh-Dhunūba Jamī’āan’’
‘’Indeed, Allah forgives all sins.’’
(Qur’ān 39:53).
Allah جل جلاله forgives all sins, but ask for forgiveness!
Allah ‘Azza wa-Jalla loves and likes people to be clean, clean from dirtiness. The most dirtiness is Kufr.
إِنَّمَا ٱلْمُشْرِكُونَ نَجَسٌ
‘‘Innama l-Mushrikoona Najas’’
‘’Indeed the polytheists are unclean.”
(Qur’ān 09:28).
Allah ‘Azza wa-Jalla is saying, the Mushriks, the unbelievers are dirty. Until they accept [Allah جل جلاله] and ask forgiveness, they are dirty. For this, Allah جل جلاله likes the clean servant, clean people. And this cleanliness comes with asking for forgiveness. Repent and ask for forgiveness, Allah جل جلاله will make you clean. If an unbeliever washes himself, the real dirtiness doesn’t go until he accepts Allah ‘Azza wa-Jalla and accepts His جل جلاله orders. This is what Allah جل جلاله wants. The meaning of the Ayah is that Allah جل جلاله wants to forgive you.
Bismi Llāhi r-Raḥmāni r-Raḥīm:
وَٱللَّهُ يُرِيدُ أَن يَتُوبَ عَلَيْكُمْ وَيُرِيدُ ٱلَّذِينَ يَتَّبِعُونَ ٱلشَّهَوَٰتِ أَن تَمِيلُوا۟ مَيْلًا عَظِيمًا
Wa Allāhu Yurīdu ‘An Yatūba A’laykum Wa‘ Yurīdu l-Ladhīna Yattabi’ūna sh-Shahawāti ‘An Tamīlū Maylāan A’žīmāan’’
‘’Allah wants to accept your repentance, but those who follow vain desires would have you go tremendously astray.’’
(Qur’ān 04:27).
This is what Allah جل جلاله says in His جل جلاله Holy Book, His جل جلاله Holy Word. Allah جل جلاله wants to forgive you, but shaytan and his followers make you not listen to this and to go after your desires, your bad habits and bad deeds, and not ask for forgiveness. And Allah جل جلاله says, “I want to forgive these people.”
So who has a good mind must listen to this. Listen to Allah ‘Azza wa-Jalla, do not listen to shaytan. The shaytan promises, “I will take all of these human beings with me to Jahannam.” And Allah ‘Azza wa-Jalla wants you to come to Paradise.
وَٱللَّهُ يَدْعُوٓا۟ إِلَىٰ دَارِ ٱلسَّلَـٰمِ
‘‘Wa-Llāhu yad‘ū ilá dāri s-salām’’
“And Allah invites to the Home of Peace (i.e. Paradise).’’ (Qur’ān 10:25).
Allah جل جلاله is calling you, “Come to Paradise. Come to the best thing.” What you are doing in Dunya is only making you go under dirtiness, heaviness and bad things. But Allah ‘Azza wa-Jalla is giving you. He جل جلاله wants to make you light and [wants you to] accept what He جل جلاله is saying, “Come.”
Can anything in this world be compared to this? Nothing at all. Nothing. In everything in Dunya, you must find some [wrong]. If somebody is giving you something, like Dunya people, there is surely something wrong. Or even if there’s nothing wrong, he wants something instead of it, “You give me this. I give you that.” But Allah ‘Azza wa-Jalla, without anything. Only obey and accept Allah ‘Azza wa-Jalla. Don’t put any partner or anything. Now they’re not putting a partner, they are not even accepting, “No partner. No god”, they say. And they think they are clever, and other people are idiots. But the reality is the opposite. Those who don’t accept Allah ‘Azza wa-Jalla will be in regret in Akhirah and there will be no other chance for them.
AlhamduliLlah we must be thankful in the morning and evening for Allah ‘Azza wa-Jalla created us as human beings and He جل جلاله gave us Iman. Some of us - Many of us here are born Muslim. AlhamduliLlah there are many also who came to Hidayah (guidance) from Non-Muslims. SubhanAllah this is also His جل جلاله will, His جل جلاله wisdom. We don’t know.
When the time comes, insha’Allah many of the nation will become Muslim. This is our Mashayikh’s: Sheikh AbduLlah ad-Daghestani, Mawlana Sheikh Muhammad Nazim Al-Haqqani, even Sheikh Muḥyīddīn Ibn Al-Arabi - all of these Mashayikh, Awliyau’Llah are saying this. And they are ready but shaytan is cheating them. If they are not cheating them, they would be coming quickly and asking about what Allah جل جلاله gave us, what this religion is.
And insha’Allah the time will come. The whole world will be Muslim, Islam. Because the religion of Allah جل جلاله is Islam; from Adam ‘alayhi s-salam, to Prophet salla Llāhu ‘alayhi wa-sallam and until Qiyamah. The religion is one. Sometimes they are saying, “Interfaith, Dialogue between religions.” The religion is only one. Ibrahim ‘alayhi s-salam, Adam ‘alayhi s-salam, Musa ‘alayhi s-salam, Isa ‘alayhi s-salam, all said “Aslamtu.” So it will be insha’Allah. In the time of Mahdi ‘alayhi s-salam, the whole world will be Muslim. This is Allah’s جل جلاله Oath to human beings. But of course it is near, Qiyamah. And insha’Allah we are not far.
We see the whole world now are waiting for something. Every system has collapsed, finished. No communism, no socialism, no capitalism. All of these finished. They don’t know what they will do. They even made this theatre of Covid and other to destroy the whole economy of the world. They thought it will be better for them, but it became worse for them. So all of this is by the will of Allah جل جلاله. They thought that they are doing this by their will. But Allah ‘Azza wa- Jalla made people to be like this. People, before 20 years, thought the world will be like this forever: no problems, no war, no anything. But you saw what happened after that. Every time becoming worse and worse, worse and worse; for people to see that this system is finished. Allah جل جلاله will put His جل جلاله system: to rule the whole world with peace, happiness and Barakah insha’Allah.
We are waiting. This is the good tidings of Prophet salla Llāhu ‘alayhi wa- sallam for Mahdi ‘alayhi s-salam and Isa ‘alayhi s-salam. When Christians will see Sayyidina Isa, Jesus ‘alayhi s-salam, they will accept and follow him. And he is following Prophet salla Llāhu ‘alayhi wa-sallam. There is no prophecy after Prophet salla Llāhu ‘alayhi wa-sallam. For this, he will pray behind Sayyidina Al- Mahdi ‘alayhi s-salam. If he prays in front of him, he will be like a prophet. But when he prays behind Sayyidina Mahdi ‘alayhi s-salam, he will be one of the followers of Prophet salla Llāhu ‘alayhi wa-sallam.
So we are insha’Allah waiting. Don’t be hopeless. We are waiting for Faraj ( relief), for the opening of Allah .جل جلاله. And when you are waiting also, Allah .جل جلاله rewards you. Because this is the word of Prophet salla Llāhu ‘alayhi wa-sallam. What he صلى الله عليه وسلم said, you must believe.
Many people you look at and think that they are ‘Alim (scholar), but they make people have doubt. They say, “There’s nothing like this. This Hadith is not acceptable.” But it is a real Hadith, and Mutawātir (reported numerously), Sahih, which means right.
Many Sahabah said this Hadith. This is the belief of Ahlu s- Sunnah wal-Jama’ah. But the belief of reformists, or maybe I don’t know what the Salafi believe – These people don’t believe at all in any miracle of Prophet salla Llāhu ‘alayhi wa-sallam. When they don’t believe this, their belief is very little. Because Nabi means who tells what will happen later. It means Prophecy: telling what will be happening. And Prophet salla Llāhu ‘alayhi wa-sallam was telling us what will be happening until Qiyamah. And before Qiyamah, one of the big signs is Sayyidina Al-Mahdi ‘alayhi s-salam. After him, the signs come quickly.
But now we are waiting for Sayyidina Al-Mahdi ‘alayhi s-salam because the whole world is really very in need for this.
Everything, every people in every country and every city: people are not at rest and are not happy. May Allah جل جلاله send our Sayyidina Al-Mahdi ‘alayhi s-salam and Sayyidina Isa ‘alayhi s-salam insha’Allah very soon. Of course, we don’t know the time. But we must believe and wait: “Today, tomorrow. Today, tomorrow”, all day, Allah جل جلاله rewards you and you will have a strong faith in your heart insha’Allah.
May Allah جل جلاله make us meet him soon insha’Allah, and to see these nice days after this terrible time insha’Allah.
Wa min Allah at-Tawfiq. Al-Fatiha.
Link: https://www.nvrislam.net/index.php?j=eng&post=6419
AWAITING SAYYIDINA AL-MAHDI (AS)
Mawlana Sheikh Muhammad Adil ar-Rabbani
23 January 2023/ 01 Rajab 1444
Madina Masjid – Sheffield, 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 Shaykh Abdullāh al-Fā’iz ad-Dāghistāni, Shaykh Muḥammad Nāẓim al-Ḥaqqānī. Madad.
Ṭarīqatunā aṣ-Suḥbah wa l-Khayru fi l-Jam‘iyyah.
This is our Tariqah. Sheikh Baha’uddin Naqshbandi, our Master, what he said about the purpose of Tariqah is to make gathering and to make association, to guide people, to protect them from evil. Because there are many gatherings; gatherings of playing, gatherings of bad things, many things: gambling and other. There are bad friends. But our gathering is for Allah ‘Azza wa-Jalla. This gathering is what Allah جل جلاله likes, what Allah جل جلاله loves, Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم loves and Awliyau’Llah love.
AlhamduliLlah we are gathering for the sake of Allah جل جلاله. Prophet salla Llāhu ‘alayhi wa-sallam says that when a Mu’min goes to meet his Mu’min brother, for each step, Allah جل جلاله forgives one sin, gives one Hasanah/reward and makes him one degree higher. So you are here for the love of Allah جل جلاله, Allah جل جلاله will reward you for this. And especially now that is the first day of Rajab. It is the first of the three months. Allah ‘Azza wa-Jalla says:
“رجب شهري”
“Rajab is My Month.” The second is for Prophet salla Llāhu ‘alayhi wa-sallam. The third, Ramadan, is for the Ummah. So this is very blessed.
On other days, Allah جل جلاله gives for each one, ten; if you do one good thing, Allah جل جلاله rewards you for ten. But if you do a mistake or sin, Allah جل جلاله doesn’t give ten. Allah جل جلاله is Merciful. The Most Merciful is Allah ‘Azza wa-Jalla. He جل جلاله just gives one, He جل جلاله doesn’t give ten times. And He جل جلاله waits for if the person asks forgiveness. Even the angels don’t write until one hour, two hours, three hours.. They ask every time. The one on the left side writes the sin, and that on the right side writes the reward. Both on the right side. The angel on the left side asks, “This man made a sin. I will write it.” “Wait. 1 hour” he says. 1 hour passes. “Do I write?” “No. Wait.” Until eight hours. After that, if he doesn’t ask forgiveness, they write it for him. This writing is not important when you are in life, before death. Even if it is full, if you ask for forgiveness, Allah جل جلاله forgives you. Don’t be hopeless.
إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ يَغْفِرُ ٱلذُّنُوبَ جَمِيعًا
‘’Inna Allāha Yaghfiru dh-Dhunūba Jamī’āan’’
‘’Indeed, Allah forgives all sins.’’
(Qur’ān 39:53).
Allah جل جلاله forgives all sins, but ask for forgiveness!
Allah ‘Azza wa-Jalla loves and likes people to be clean, clean from dirtiness. The most dirtiness is Kufr.
إِنَّمَا ٱلْمُشْرِكُونَ نَجَسٌ
‘‘Innama l-Mushrikoona Najas’’
‘’Indeed the polytheists are unclean.”
(Qur’ān 09:28).
Allah ‘Azza wa-Jalla is saying, the Mushriks, the unbelievers are dirty. Until they accept [Allah جل جلاله] and ask forgiveness, they are dirty. For this, Allah جل جلاله likes the clean servant, clean people. And this cleanliness comes with asking for forgiveness. Repent and ask for forgiveness, Allah جل جلاله will make you clean. If an unbeliever washes himself, the real dirtiness doesn’t go until he accepts Allah ‘Azza wa-Jalla and accepts His جل جلاله orders. This is what Allah جل جلاله wants. The meaning of the Ayah is that Allah جل جلاله wants to forgive you.
Bismi Llāhi r-Raḥmāni r-Raḥīm:
وَٱللَّهُ يُرِيدُ أَن يَتُوبَ عَلَيْكُمْ وَيُرِيدُ ٱلَّذِينَ يَتَّبِعُونَ ٱلشَّهَوَٰتِ أَن تَمِيلُوا۟ مَيْلًا عَظِيمًا
Wa Allāhu Yurīdu ‘An Yatūba A’laykum Wa‘ Yurīdu l-Ladhīna Yattabi’ūna sh-Shahawāti ‘An Tamīlū Maylāan A’žīmāan’’
‘’Allah wants to accept your repentance, but those who follow vain desires would have you go tremendously astray.’’
(Qur’ān 04:27).
This is what Allah جل جلاله says in His جل جلاله Holy Book, His جل جلاله Holy Word. Allah جل جلاله wants to forgive you, but shaytan and his followers make you not listen to this and to go after your desires, your bad habits and bad deeds, and not ask for forgiveness. And Allah جل جلاله says, “I want to forgive these people.”
So who has a good mind must listen to this. Listen to Allah ‘Azza wa-Jalla, do not listen to shaytan. The shaytan promises, “I will take all of these human beings with me to Jahannam.” And Allah ‘Azza wa-Jalla wants you to come to Paradise.
وَٱللَّهُ يَدْعُوٓا۟ إِلَىٰ دَارِ ٱلسَّلَـٰمِ
‘‘Wa-Llāhu yad‘ū ilá dāri s-salām’’
“And Allah invites to the Home of Peace (i.e. Paradise).’’ (Qur’ān 10:25).
Allah جل جلاله is calling you, “Come to Paradise. Come to the best thing.” What you are doing in Dunya is only making you go under dirtiness, heaviness and bad things. But Allah ‘Azza wa-Jalla is giving you. He جل جلاله wants to make you light and [wants you to] accept what He جل جلاله is saying, “Come.”
Can anything in this world be compared to this? Nothing at all. Nothing. In everything in Dunya, you must find some [wrong]. If somebody is giving you something, like Dunya people, there is surely something wrong. Or even if there’s nothing wrong, he wants something instead of it, “You give me this. I give you that.” But Allah ‘Azza wa-Jalla, without anything. Only obey and accept Allah ‘Azza wa-Jalla. Don’t put any partner or anything. Now they’re not putting a partner, they are not even accepting, “No partner. No god”, they say. And they think they are clever, and other people are idiots. But the reality is the opposite. Those who don’t accept Allah ‘Azza wa-Jalla will be in regret in Akhirah and there will be no other chance for them.
AlhamduliLlah we must be thankful in the morning and evening for Allah ‘Azza wa-Jalla created us as human beings and He جل جلاله gave us Iman. Some of us - Many of us here are born Muslim. AlhamduliLlah there are many also who came to Hidayah (guidance) from Non-Muslims. SubhanAllah this is also His جل جلاله will, His جل جلاله wisdom. We don’t know.
When the time comes, insha’Allah many of the nation will become Muslim. This is our Mashayikh’s: Sheikh AbduLlah ad-Daghestani, Mawlana Sheikh Muhammad Nazim Al-Haqqani, even Sheikh Muḥyīddīn Ibn Al-Arabi - all of these Mashayikh, Awliyau’Llah are saying this. And they are ready but shaytan is cheating them. If they are not cheating them, they would be coming quickly and asking about what Allah جل جلاله gave us, what this religion is.
And insha’Allah the time will come. The whole world will be Muslim, Islam. Because the religion of Allah جل جلاله is Islam; from Adam ‘alayhi s-salam, to Prophet salla Llāhu ‘alayhi wa-sallam and until Qiyamah. The religion is one. Sometimes they are saying, “Interfaith, Dialogue between religions.” The religion is only one. Ibrahim ‘alayhi s-salam, Adam ‘alayhi s-salam, Musa ‘alayhi s-salam, Isa ‘alayhi s-salam, all said “Aslamtu.” So it will be insha’Allah. In the time of Mahdi ‘alayhi s-salam, the whole world will be Muslim. This is Allah’s جل جلاله Oath to human beings. But of course it is near, Qiyamah. And insha’Allah we are not far.
We see the whole world now are waiting for something. Every system has collapsed, finished. No communism, no socialism, no capitalism. All of these finished. They don’t know what they will do. They even made this theatre of Covid and other to destroy the whole economy of the world. They thought it will be better for them, but it became worse for them. So all of this is by the will of Allah جل جلاله. They thought that they are doing this by their will. But Allah ‘Azza wa- Jalla made people to be like this. People, before 20 years, thought the world will be like this forever: no problems, no war, no anything. But you saw what happened after that. Every time becoming worse and worse, worse and worse; for people to see that this system is finished. Allah جل جلاله will put His جل جلاله system: to rule the whole world with peace, happiness and Barakah insha’Allah.
We are waiting. This is the good tidings of Prophet salla Llāhu ‘alayhi wa- sallam for Mahdi ‘alayhi s-salam and Isa ‘alayhi s-salam. When Christians will see Sayyidina Isa, Jesus ‘alayhi s-salam, they will accept and follow him. And he is following Prophet salla Llāhu ‘alayhi wa-sallam. There is no prophecy after Prophet salla Llāhu ‘alayhi wa-sallam. For this, he will pray behind Sayyidina Al- Mahdi ‘alayhi s-salam. If he prays in front of him, he will be like a prophet. But when he prays behind Sayyidina Mahdi ‘alayhi s-salam, he will be one of the followers of Prophet salla Llāhu ‘alayhi wa-sallam.
So we are insha’Allah waiting. Don’t be hopeless. We are waiting for Faraj ( relief), for the opening of Allah .جل جلاله. And when you are waiting also, Allah .جل جلاله rewards you. Because this is the word of Prophet salla Llāhu ‘alayhi wa-sallam. What he صلى الله عليه وسلم said, you must believe.
Many people you look at and think that they are ‘Alim (scholar), but they make people have doubt. They say, “There’s nothing like this. This Hadith is not acceptable.” But it is a real Hadith, and Mutawātir (reported numerously), Sahih, which means right.
Many Sahabah said this Hadith. This is the belief of Ahlu s- Sunnah wal-Jama’ah. But the belief of reformists, or maybe I don’t know what the Salafi believe – These people don’t believe at all in any miracle of Prophet salla Llāhu ‘alayhi wa-sallam. When they don’t believe this, their belief is very little. Because Nabi means who tells what will happen later. It means Prophecy: telling what will be happening. And Prophet salla Llāhu ‘alayhi wa-sallam was telling us what will be happening until Qiyamah. And before Qiyamah, one of the big signs is Sayyidina Al-Mahdi ‘alayhi s-salam. After him, the signs come quickly.
But now we are waiting for Sayyidina Al-Mahdi ‘alayhi s-salam because the whole world is really very in need for this.
Everything, every people in every country and every city: people are not at rest and are not happy. May Allah جل جلاله send our Sayyidina Al-Mahdi ‘alayhi s-salam and Sayyidina Isa ‘alayhi s-salam insha’Allah very soon. Of course, we don’t know the time. But we must believe and wait: “Today, tomorrow. Today, tomorrow”, all day, Allah جل جلاله rewards you and you will have a strong faith in your heart insha’Allah.
May Allah جل جلاله make us meet him soon insha’Allah, and to see these nice days after this terrible time insha’Allah.
Wa min Allah at-Tawfiq. Al-Fatiha.
Link: https://www.nvrislam.net/index.php?j=eng&post=6419