IMAM ‘A’ZAM ABU HANIFAH (02 June 2023/ 13 Dhul Qa’dah 1444)
https://www.nvrislam.net/index.php?j=eng&post=6930
IMAM ‘A’ZAM ABU HANIFAH
Mawlana Sheikh Muhammad Adil ar-Rabbani
02 June 2023/ 13 Dhul Qa’dah 1444
Sufi Meditation Center – Vancouver, Canada
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.
Bismi Llāhi r-Raḥmāni r-Raḥīm:
إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ مَعَ ٱلَّذِينَ ٱتَّقَوا۟ وَّٱلَّذِينَ هُم مُّحْسِنُونَ
(Qur’ān 16:128).
‘‘Inna Llāha ma‘a lladhīna it-taqaw wa lladhīna hum muḥsinūn’’
‘‘Indeed, Allah is with those who fear Him and those who are doers of good.’’ Ṣadaqa Llāhu l-‘aẓīm.
Allah ‘Azza wa-Jalla said that Allah جل جلاله is with the believer who is doing everything according to Allah’s جل جلاله [pleasure] – Allah ‘Azza wa- Jalla is mentioning in Qur’an ‘Azimu sh-Shan that Allah جل جلاله is with people who are afraid of Allah جل جلاله and do good things helping people. Allah جل جلاله is with these people. An important thing in this Ayah: Some people can do for show, but Allah ‘Azza wa-Jalla knows what’s in your heart, what’s in our hearts.
For this, the first thing is to be for the sake of Allah’s جل جلاله happiness and what Allah جل جلاله likes to be in our heart. This is the first aim for the believer, for the Mu’min.
Especially for Tarīqah people, this is very important. Other people, in everything they do they are looking if people will be happy with them, or they’ll be famous, or people will follow them and look at what they are doing. All of this is not for the sake of Allah جل جلاله. They are doing this for the sake of their ego, for themselves. They think it will be of pleasure for them to do this. And of course, most of what they are doing is nonsense. It is of no benefit for anybody and of no benefit at all for them. The benefit for them is they must know [how] to be sincere for Allah جل جلاله. And to do everything for the sake of Allah جل جلاله, not for the sake of their ego; to make their ego bigger and bigger and bigger. No, this is not good for human beings.
The way of Allah جل جلاله - AlhamduliLlah we are in this way, the way of Prophet salla Llāhu ‘alayhi wa-sallam, the way of Ahlu l-Bayt and way of ‘Awliyau’Llah, believers. The way of Tarīqah is to make human beings train themselves and train their egos to be pure for Allah ‘Azza wa-Jalla and pure for Prophet salla Llāhu ‘alayhi wa-sallam. When you do this, you are not in need of anybody to be happy with you or not happy with you; this is not important. When Allah جل جلاله is happy with you, everybody will be happy with you. But if you are not happy with Allah ‘Azza wa-Jalla, nobody will be interested in you. You are doing something for yourself, for your pleasure, for your ego. And this is the wrong way.
Our way AlhamduliLlah is with following Prophet salla Llāhu ‘alayhi wa- sallam and all Sahabah, Ahlu l-Bayt and Madhhabs. Of course AlhamduliLlah we are following the four Madhhabs, Ahlu s-Sunnah wal Jama’ah which is the way of Prophet salla Llāhu ‘alayhi wa-sallam. And of course in each Madhhab, there is easiness for some kind of people, and some kind of people are not familiar with that. There are four options, you can follow any one of them. Because all are accepted by ‘Ulama and are accepting Ahlu l-Bayt. And because they are accepting all Ahlu l-Bayt and all the Sahabah; not leaving anybody.
Don’t think that Ahlu l-Bayt are as these people are thinking: not following Shari’ah. They were the most strongly holding of Shari’ah. Even once- Imam ‘A’zam, Imam Abu Hanifah, the Biggest Imam. They say ‘A’zam which means the Biggest Imam. Every scholar had been accepting this until nowadays. Of course nowadays, there are many enemies for him because he is the strongest one against who are out of Shari’ah and nobody can beat him. When they are attacking him, this means they are attacking all of our belief, even attacking Prophet salla Llāhu ‘alayhi wa-sallam.
He was – many people don’t know. They thought he is just one like ‘Alim, like Sheikh, not knowing anything. He was from the beginning a very rich one and he traded with silk. He was very honest and didn’t accept anything Haram. Once his partner made something wrong. He sold something without knowing that something was wrong with it, and the man accepted it and took it. But he wasn’t happy with this. He said to his partner, “Give all this money for Sadaqah.” And after this also, because his partner was not careful, he left him. He was doing his business by himself. Then, he met one ‘Alim who told him “You must learn something.” After this, he was learning and left his business for somebody to look after it. He was not afraid from [saying] anything from reality. He was saying everything he knew and learned. He didn’t only learn Fiqh and other; he also knew medicine, mathematics, algebra. He knew everything. He was very brilliant. For this, they were calling him and his name was Imam ‘A’zam. He is a proof for everything.
So once - of course these people have enemies. People are jealous from them and are every time making something against them for people not to love them. Once, he was in Makkah or Madinah. He saw Sayyidina Imam Muḥammad al-Bāqir radiya Llahu ‘anhu, karrama Allahu wajhah. He saw him and said to him, “Who are you?” “Salam, I am Abu Hanifah.” Sayyidina Imam Muḥammad al-Bāqir was angry at him, telling him, “You are the one who is not accepting my grandfather’s Hadith and you are giving Fatwa for yourself. How dare you do this!” Abu Hanifah said, “Never! All my life is for Prophet salla Llāhu ‘alayhi wa-sallam. What you said is wrong! I came here to be dust here, for the end of my life to be here. I am following his صلى الله عليه وسلم Hadith. What I find in Hadith, I give. What I don’t find, I don’t give. And I’ll give you an example for this,” he said [continuing], “Who is the weakest: women or men?” He [al-Bāqir] said, “Women of course.” Sayyidina Imam al-Bāqir continued, “Of course women are weaker than men.” Sayyidina Abu Hanifah said, “In Qur’an it is said that for the woman inheritor there is the half, for men one. If I’m giving according to my ideas, it must be one for the woman and half for the man, because she is weaker.”
Sayyidina Abu Hanifah also said, “Is urine more dirty or is sperm more dirty?” He said, “Of course urine is more dirty. Sperm is clean because human beings are coming from it.” He said, “If urine is more dirty, so every time they urinate, they must make Ghusl. If you’re saying this according to your mentality or I’m saying this according to my mentality, it must be like this. Because if dirty, you must make Ghusl. But they are not making Ghusl every time after urinating. Only when sperm is coming, they must make Ghusl.”
And he asked also, “Which is more rewarded and is a strong ‘I’badah: praying or fasting?” Al-Bāqir said, “Of course praying because we are doing it everyday.” He said, “In Ramadan, when women have their period, she fasts after Ramadan to make up what she left. But for praying, she doesn’t make them up. For seven days or ten days [of the period], she doesn’t pray and she doesn’t make them up later. If it was according to my ideas, it is stronger to repeat [make up for] praying not fasting.” When Imam al-Bāqir heard this, he said, “I am very happy with you.” And he kissed him from his head.
This is what all Imams are: they are following very strongly. Even for Sayyidina Abu Hanifah who is Imam ‘A’zam - they are not listening if ‘Imam ‘A’zam’ or ‘Not Imam ‘A’zam’. They are not listening at all. They are only looking at what he’s doing. Not affected by people who are saying this and saying that. No, they are strongly [following].
But of course those who are following the Imams, even Sunni people, think they are not [following Shari’ah] - they were very very tough in following Shari’ah; not leaving anything. But people are not looking at this, they are only saying, “We are following Imam, all Imam, the 12 Imam.” The 12 Imam are not happy with what these people are doing. These people are not following. They are following what they like to follow. They imagine and think that these people are like them. No, they are giants. They cannot be like them. We must try to follow them as much as we can. And Allah ‘Azza wa-Jalla gives according to your intention.
We must depend on Allah ‘Azza wa-Jalla to support us and send good people for us also insha’Allah. We are very few people in big place, living with unbelievers. They are not accepting any religion and not accepting anything. Because of course most of them who have religion, their religion is not enough for them and they are hiding the good thing, and saying bad things about the good thing and not accepting. Because if they are accepting, all of this country will be believer and accept Allah جل جلاله. But when they do this, shaytan will not be happy and his followers will not be happy.
Allah جل جلاله [says] there is a time for everything. We are waiting with patience. Insha’Allah all of this - the whole world, not only here - will insha’Allah be believers with Sayyidina Al-Mahdi ‘alayhi s-salam. We are living in a time, it is really - every day it is becoming more tight and more tight for believers. You cannot say anything and they are tying your hands, your legs, tying your head and everything. And after that, they are saying, “Come and wrestle with us.” How can we do! [Mawlana laughs].
But a time will come when all of this will open and insha’Allah the light of Islam, the light of Prophet salla Llāhu ‘alayhi wa-sallam will be from east to west, north to south insha’Allah. This is what Mawlana Sheikh was giving us good tidings about. And he was waiting for this. But insha’Allah we believe we will reach insha’Allah. Because everything is getting more difficult. There is one Qasidah that Mawlana Sheikh was saying,Qasidah Al-Munfarijah: ”ِ اِشتَذِى اَزْمَت تَنْفَرِ جِي“
,“Ishtaddi ‘Azmah Tanfariji”
“Difficulties intensify (aggravate) and so follows the opening.” This is a little bit of a long Qasidah. It means difficult times increase more and more and there becomes darkness, more oppression, more unbelief, more coming against Allah جل جلاله, coming against Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم, coming against humanity; it comes, comes, and comes, until it reaches the top then after this it will finish insha’Allah.
They say, the darkest time is the night and after comes the light. And now we are really living in a time where it’s darkness everywhere. Nobody is happy. Everybody – even if they are living in a little bit better country, people are not happy. They are anxious. If not from thinking about their family, then from thinking about other things: “What will happen? These people are coming here. These people are going there. These people are doing this.” Everybody, the whole world is in a situation of unhappiness. Of course it will be like this until the light comes insha’Allah. And after this there will be happiness insha’Allah. May Allah جل جلاله make these days come quickly before more difficulty comes insha’Allah, to reach these happy days insha’Allah. Because when you reach these happy days, it is happiness for here and for Akhirah also. The most important thing is Akhirah. May Allah جل جلاله help us. May Allah جل جلاله keep you and keep us safe in this Dunya.
You must be together, help each other and insha’Allah help poor people. As much as you help, Allah جل جلاله sends more. If you only think that what we have will finish, it finishes. But when you give, Allah جل جلاله gives you more insha’Allah. May Allah جل جلاله make our Dergahs more and more. As Mawlana Sheikh, ‘Aa’la Allahu Darajatih (May Allah جل جلاله increase his rank) said, insha’Allah his intention is for 40,000 Dergahs.
May Allah جل جلاله make each Dergah a center for light, for following the real Islam, following Prophet salla Llāhu ‘alayhi wa-sallam, following Madhhabs, following Ahlu l-Bayt and following all Imams insha’Allah.
Wa min Allah at-Tawfiq. Al-Fatiha.
Link: https://www.nvrislam.net/index.php?j=eng&post=6930
IMAM ‘A’ZAM ABU HANIFAH
Mawlana Sheikh Muhammad Adil ar-Rabbani
02 June 2023/ 13 Dhul Qa’dah 1444
Sufi Meditation Center – Vancouver, Canada
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.
Bismi Llāhi r-Raḥmāni r-Raḥīm:
إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ مَعَ ٱلَّذِينَ ٱتَّقَوا۟ وَّٱلَّذِينَ هُم مُّحْسِنُونَ
(Qur’ān 16:128).
‘‘Inna Llāha ma‘a lladhīna it-taqaw wa lladhīna hum muḥsinūn’’
‘‘Indeed, Allah is with those who fear Him and those who are doers of good.’’ Ṣadaqa Llāhu l-‘aẓīm.
Allah ‘Azza wa-Jalla said that Allah جل جلاله is with the believer who is doing everything according to Allah’s جل جلاله [pleasure] – Allah ‘Azza wa- Jalla is mentioning in Qur’an ‘Azimu sh-Shan that Allah جل جلاله is with people who are afraid of Allah جل جلاله and do good things helping people. Allah جل جلاله is with these people. An important thing in this Ayah: Some people can do for show, but Allah ‘Azza wa-Jalla knows what’s in your heart, what’s in our hearts.
For this, the first thing is to be for the sake of Allah’s جل جلاله happiness and what Allah جل جلاله likes to be in our heart. This is the first aim for the believer, for the Mu’min.
Especially for Tarīqah people, this is very important. Other people, in everything they do they are looking if people will be happy with them, or they’ll be famous, or people will follow them and look at what they are doing. All of this is not for the sake of Allah جل جلاله. They are doing this for the sake of their ego, for themselves. They think it will be of pleasure for them to do this. And of course, most of what they are doing is nonsense. It is of no benefit for anybody and of no benefit at all for them. The benefit for them is they must know [how] to be sincere for Allah جل جلاله. And to do everything for the sake of Allah جل جلاله, not for the sake of their ego; to make their ego bigger and bigger and bigger. No, this is not good for human beings.
The way of Allah جل جلاله - AlhamduliLlah we are in this way, the way of Prophet salla Llāhu ‘alayhi wa-sallam, the way of Ahlu l-Bayt and way of ‘Awliyau’Llah, believers. The way of Tarīqah is to make human beings train themselves and train their egos to be pure for Allah ‘Azza wa-Jalla and pure for Prophet salla Llāhu ‘alayhi wa-sallam. When you do this, you are not in need of anybody to be happy with you or not happy with you; this is not important. When Allah جل جلاله is happy with you, everybody will be happy with you. But if you are not happy with Allah ‘Azza wa-Jalla, nobody will be interested in you. You are doing something for yourself, for your pleasure, for your ego. And this is the wrong way.
Our way AlhamduliLlah is with following Prophet salla Llāhu ‘alayhi wa- sallam and all Sahabah, Ahlu l-Bayt and Madhhabs. Of course AlhamduliLlah we are following the four Madhhabs, Ahlu s-Sunnah wal Jama’ah which is the way of Prophet salla Llāhu ‘alayhi wa-sallam. And of course in each Madhhab, there is easiness for some kind of people, and some kind of people are not familiar with that. There are four options, you can follow any one of them. Because all are accepted by ‘Ulama and are accepting Ahlu l-Bayt. And because they are accepting all Ahlu l-Bayt and all the Sahabah; not leaving anybody.
Don’t think that Ahlu l-Bayt are as these people are thinking: not following Shari’ah. They were the most strongly holding of Shari’ah. Even once- Imam ‘A’zam, Imam Abu Hanifah, the Biggest Imam. They say ‘A’zam which means the Biggest Imam. Every scholar had been accepting this until nowadays. Of course nowadays, there are many enemies for him because he is the strongest one against who are out of Shari’ah and nobody can beat him. When they are attacking him, this means they are attacking all of our belief, even attacking Prophet salla Llāhu ‘alayhi wa-sallam.
He was – many people don’t know. They thought he is just one like ‘Alim, like Sheikh, not knowing anything. He was from the beginning a very rich one and he traded with silk. He was very honest and didn’t accept anything Haram. Once his partner made something wrong. He sold something without knowing that something was wrong with it, and the man accepted it and took it. But he wasn’t happy with this. He said to his partner, “Give all this money for Sadaqah.” And after this also, because his partner was not careful, he left him. He was doing his business by himself. Then, he met one ‘Alim who told him “You must learn something.” After this, he was learning and left his business for somebody to look after it. He was not afraid from [saying] anything from reality. He was saying everything he knew and learned. He didn’t only learn Fiqh and other; he also knew medicine, mathematics, algebra. He knew everything. He was very brilliant. For this, they were calling him and his name was Imam ‘A’zam. He is a proof for everything.
So once - of course these people have enemies. People are jealous from them and are every time making something against them for people not to love them. Once, he was in Makkah or Madinah. He saw Sayyidina Imam Muḥammad al-Bāqir radiya Llahu ‘anhu, karrama Allahu wajhah. He saw him and said to him, “Who are you?” “Salam, I am Abu Hanifah.” Sayyidina Imam Muḥammad al-Bāqir was angry at him, telling him, “You are the one who is not accepting my grandfather’s Hadith and you are giving Fatwa for yourself. How dare you do this!” Abu Hanifah said, “Never! All my life is for Prophet salla Llāhu ‘alayhi wa-sallam. What you said is wrong! I came here to be dust here, for the end of my life to be here. I am following his صلى الله عليه وسلم Hadith. What I find in Hadith, I give. What I don’t find, I don’t give. And I’ll give you an example for this,” he said [continuing], “Who is the weakest: women or men?” He [al-Bāqir] said, “Women of course.” Sayyidina Imam al-Bāqir continued, “Of course women are weaker than men.” Sayyidina Abu Hanifah said, “In Qur’an it is said that for the woman inheritor there is the half, for men one. If I’m giving according to my ideas, it must be one for the woman and half for the man, because she is weaker.”
Sayyidina Abu Hanifah also said, “Is urine more dirty or is sperm more dirty?” He said, “Of course urine is more dirty. Sperm is clean because human beings are coming from it.” He said, “If urine is more dirty, so every time they urinate, they must make Ghusl. If you’re saying this according to your mentality or I’m saying this according to my mentality, it must be like this. Because if dirty, you must make Ghusl. But they are not making Ghusl every time after urinating. Only when sperm is coming, they must make Ghusl.”
And he asked also, “Which is more rewarded and is a strong ‘I’badah: praying or fasting?” Al-Bāqir said, “Of course praying because we are doing it everyday.” He said, “In Ramadan, when women have their period, she fasts after Ramadan to make up what she left. But for praying, she doesn’t make them up. For seven days or ten days [of the period], she doesn’t pray and she doesn’t make them up later. If it was according to my ideas, it is stronger to repeat [make up for] praying not fasting.” When Imam al-Bāqir heard this, he said, “I am very happy with you.” And he kissed him from his head.
This is what all Imams are: they are following very strongly. Even for Sayyidina Abu Hanifah who is Imam ‘A’zam - they are not listening if ‘Imam ‘A’zam’ or ‘Not Imam ‘A’zam’. They are not listening at all. They are only looking at what he’s doing. Not affected by people who are saying this and saying that. No, they are strongly [following].
But of course those who are following the Imams, even Sunni people, think they are not [following Shari’ah] - they were very very tough in following Shari’ah; not leaving anything. But people are not looking at this, they are only saying, “We are following Imam, all Imam, the 12 Imam.” The 12 Imam are not happy with what these people are doing. These people are not following. They are following what they like to follow. They imagine and think that these people are like them. No, they are giants. They cannot be like them. We must try to follow them as much as we can. And Allah ‘Azza wa-Jalla gives according to your intention.
We must depend on Allah ‘Azza wa-Jalla to support us and send good people for us also insha’Allah. We are very few people in big place, living with unbelievers. They are not accepting any religion and not accepting anything. Because of course most of them who have religion, their religion is not enough for them and they are hiding the good thing, and saying bad things about the good thing and not accepting. Because if they are accepting, all of this country will be believer and accept Allah جل جلاله. But when they do this, shaytan will not be happy and his followers will not be happy.
Allah جل جلاله [says] there is a time for everything. We are waiting with patience. Insha’Allah all of this - the whole world, not only here - will insha’Allah be believers with Sayyidina Al-Mahdi ‘alayhi s-salam. We are living in a time, it is really - every day it is becoming more tight and more tight for believers. You cannot say anything and they are tying your hands, your legs, tying your head and everything. And after that, they are saying, “Come and wrestle with us.” How can we do! [Mawlana laughs].
But a time will come when all of this will open and insha’Allah the light of Islam, the light of Prophet salla Llāhu ‘alayhi wa-sallam will be from east to west, north to south insha’Allah. This is what Mawlana Sheikh was giving us good tidings about. And he was waiting for this. But insha’Allah we believe we will reach insha’Allah. Because everything is getting more difficult. There is one Qasidah that Mawlana Sheikh was saying,Qasidah Al-Munfarijah: ”ِ اِشتَذِى اَزْمَت تَنْفَرِ جِي“
,“Ishtaddi ‘Azmah Tanfariji”
“Difficulties intensify (aggravate) and so follows the opening.” This is a little bit of a long Qasidah. It means difficult times increase more and more and there becomes darkness, more oppression, more unbelief, more coming against Allah جل جلاله, coming against Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم, coming against humanity; it comes, comes, and comes, until it reaches the top then after this it will finish insha’Allah.
They say, the darkest time is the night and after comes the light. And now we are really living in a time where it’s darkness everywhere. Nobody is happy. Everybody – even if they are living in a little bit better country, people are not happy. They are anxious. If not from thinking about their family, then from thinking about other things: “What will happen? These people are coming here. These people are going there. These people are doing this.” Everybody, the whole world is in a situation of unhappiness. Of course it will be like this until the light comes insha’Allah. And after this there will be happiness insha’Allah. May Allah جل جلاله make these days come quickly before more difficulty comes insha’Allah, to reach these happy days insha’Allah. Because when you reach these happy days, it is happiness for here and for Akhirah also. The most important thing is Akhirah. May Allah جل جلاله help us. May Allah جل جلاله keep you and keep us safe in this Dunya.
You must be together, help each other and insha’Allah help poor people. As much as you help, Allah جل جلاله sends more. If you only think that what we have will finish, it finishes. But when you give, Allah جل جلاله gives you more insha’Allah. May Allah جل جلاله make our Dergahs more and more. As Mawlana Sheikh, ‘Aa’la Allahu Darajatih (May Allah جل جلاله increase his rank) said, insha’Allah his intention is for 40,000 Dergahs.
May Allah جل جلاله make each Dergah a center for light, for following the real Islam, following Prophet salla Llāhu ‘alayhi wa-sallam, following Madhhabs, following Ahlu l-Bayt and following all Imams insha’Allah.
Wa min Allah at-Tawfiq. Al-Fatiha.
Link: https://www.nvrislam.net/index.php?j=eng&post=6930