Suhbah 2015: Maulana Shaykh Mehmet Adil ar-Rabbani (2/30)
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Its trees recite: Subhanallahi Walhamdulillahi Wala’ilaha Ilallahu Wallahu Akbar.” Meaning he is giving glad tidings to people who say this, to the Ummat Muhammad (Nation of Muhammad). Ibrahim (a.s.) is telling this to keep the faith of the Nation strong. “On that day (Judgment Day) everyone will have a concern that will keep them busy. Men will not look at women, and women will not look at men (when they rise from their graves). Everybody will be busy with their concern. Nobody will be able to see other because of the severity of the Day.” Meaning it does not matter how beautiful others might be, people will only look at themselves there. Some people will rise from the grave without anything. Some will rise with a shroud and some without a shroud, according to their station. Even in that condition, nobody will be in a state to look at anybody but themselves. It is such a severe Day.
The Day of Resurrection is such a terrible and awesome day. People think it will be like it is today, but no. No matter how severe it might get with war or whatever, people again have their ego in this world. But because everything is right there, nobody is able to shut an eye due to regret and due to fear. “Everything has a calamity that ruins itself.” Meaning every created thing surely has something that spoils it and wastes it. For example, iron rusts and decays away slowly. I do not know, they say some things wear out in 5000 years, another wears in 10 years, and another wears in 5 years. So everything has something that ruins and wears it out. It destroys it, ruins it and does not keep it the same. “The greatest of calamities is the calamity that will strike my Nation.” Meaning calamities struck other nations and ruined them too. “It is their love for the world, the dinar and the dirham.” The biggest calamity for the Nation of our Holy Prophet is the world. It is the love of the world. Meaning their love of money. “O Abu Hurayra! There is no benefit in most of what they save.” Meaning we were not created for money, to only love the world and collect money in the world. Most do this. They gather the money and do not even spend it on themselves. They are the ones who have been destroyed and there is no good in them. "The exception are those that Allah makes them spend in the way of Haq.” There is a very important point here. Allah made them spend it in the way of Haq. There are many that cannot spend and say, “I cannot give,” but they say this with their tongue. “I am rich but I cannot spend,” he says. What good is it? May Allah give us that thing so we may spend in the way of Haq, and we do not only collect for ourselves (our ego). “Everything has a progression (its progress also means iqbal, meaning its rise) and a regression. It is the sign of the progress of religion for the whole tribe to be religious scholars. Meaning if a whole tribe or nation is in the way of Allah, they all know their religion and faith. This shows the progress of religion. Of course there can be one or two knuckleheads in that tribe. For the whole tribe to understand religion well, excluding them. No matter what, one or two come out that do not understand this, and go in their own ways. They are an exception. This is the progress of religion. “The regression of religion is, with the exception of one or two religious scholars, for the whole tribe not to understand that religion. It is for
what those two say not to be taken into consideration (by their tribe), and they are looked upon as despicable. It is for them not being able to find a helper in their beliefs or goals.” And this is the regression of religion. Meaning with the exception of one or two, now they have all strayed off the path. These two people are not held in esteem either. They are neither in demand nor are they respected. “Everything has an ornament, and the ornament of the Koran is the beautiful voice.” Meaning Qaris (Reciters) with beautiful voices are preferred. That is why the Nation of Muhammad is continuing on this sunna until now. There are Qaris with very beautiful voices. Those who recite the Koran beautifully are held in esteem. It is not bidat or the sort. “Everything has a foundation.” Iman (faith) has a foundation. “[and the foundation of iman is fear (wara)]” The mentioned “wara” is the fear of Allah. “Everything has a branch. The branch of iman is patience.” Meaning we are to be patient with everything and not rebel. There are ignorant people. They rebel without being patient saying, “Why is this happening, and why is that happening?” That is because of their faith not being complete. “Everything has a hump (a peak). The hump of my Nation is my uncle Abbas. Everybody has a grandchild (descendant). The grandchildren of this Nation are Hasan and Hussein.” Because they are the grandchildren of our Holy Prophet, everybody thinks they are little. They think of them as children or youngsters when grandchildren is mentioned. Whereas when both of them became martyrs, they were past 50 years-old. Yet as a miracle of our Holy Prophet, they are known as his grandchildren. “Everything has a wing. The wings of this Nation are Abu Bakr and Omar.” Our Master said, ‘I could not do without them,’ in a Sharif of his. They also had a huge responsibility. The iman and the Islam of those who reject them is to be suspected. Iman is one thing and Islam is another. Islam, everybody is Muslim, but people who are Mumin and have real faith are very few. “Everything has a shield. The shield of this Nation is Ali bin Abi Talib.” It is our Master Hazreti Ali. “Everything has a haqiqa (reality). A servant does not reach the reality of faith until he knows that he does not have fault in what befalls him, but it is written fate; that what does not befall him because of his fault is also written fate.” This is the source of haqiqa. Our Holy Prophet is telling
us reality so that everybody may understand this well. When something unpleasant happens to people, most people misgive as, ‘I wonder if it happened because of my fault.’ No, do not misgive. This was to happen and it was predestined. ‘Allah had fated me.’ Not, ‘If only I had come 2 minutes earlier or been 2 minutes late.’ You were to be here and it was going to befall you. Those who understand this Sharif very well and believe it find comfort. Whatever comes, came from Allah. The one who believes this does not eat one's heart out. He does not feel guilty thinking, ‘Maybe I should have done it, or I should have done it this way or that way.’ No, you keep the right path. If something befell you say, ‘It is from Allah,’ and do not ever feel sad. Say, ‘This was to happen and it happened.’ There is nothing else. If something good befalls you, that is the same way. It is all from Allah. “Everything has a zakat (a charity). As for the zakat (charity) of the body, it is fasting.” If you do not fast, you will not have paid the zakat of your body. That time you will have also sinned for not fasting. Moreover, illness occurs. “Everything has a source. The source of taqwa (fear of Allah) are the hearts of arifs.” Arifs are Allah’s awliya and Allah’s beloved servants. That taqwa springs out from that mine and that source and disperses to people. That is the source. “Everything has a key. The key of the heavens is the statement ‘La Ilaha Illallah.’ “Everything has an essence. The essence of iman is namaz (sala).” Do not say, ‘I have faith, my heart is clean, and I do all the supplications (duas),’ when there is no namaz. When asked, ‘Well, do you pray namaz?’ they say, ‘No, I just don’t pray, and I do all the duas.’ Well then, it has no use. The essence of religion, the pillar of religion, and its everything is namaz. It does not work without namaz. “And the essence of namaz is the opening takbir.” The takbir we all know: Allah Akbar. That is also the essence of namaz. “Every heart has anxiety.” Meaning everybody has anxiety. Some people come and tell me they have anxieties. We tell them everybody has it. There is no person who does not. Our Holy Prophet says that everybody has anxieties. If the anxiety tears the veil of the heart and the tongue speaks it, then the person is held responsible.” Meaning if the anxiety leaves the heart, transfers to the tongue and is spoken out, then sin is written according to what you say. It has a punishment after that. “If it does not tear the veil of the heart and stays
in the heart, then of course the tongue does not speak it and the person does not sin.”
When anxieties occur, whatever it is, do not tell anybody about your anxieties being such and such. Because even if it is not a sin, it grows when spoken. That is why it is our Holy Prophet’s advice that whatever anxieties there are should stay in the heart. Everybody has anxieties. So it is not just with you. Do not forget: everybody has it. Anxieties are from Shaytan. He wants you to bring it out and either sin or make your life a mess. “You will get (in return for spending a camel in the way of Allah) 700 haltered camels on the Day of Resurrection.” A man came to our Holy Prophet and told him he was giving a camel for the sake of Allah. So our holy Prophet told him he would be given 700 each like that camel. Of course, its reward will be given. “You will get as much rewards on the Day of Resurrection as you spend on them. So spend on them (he means her husband and children).“ A rich Sahabe lady asks our Holy Prophet about spending on her children. So our Holy Prophet said, ‘Spend on them. You will be rewarded because of it.’ “The imam and muazzin will be rewarded as much as those who pray namaz with them.” Meaning according to how large the jamaat (congregation) is, the imam and muazzin will get as much more rewards. They also get a reward for every person that comes to the mosque. “The begger, even if coming on horseback, has a right.” There are many beggars now anyway. For this reason give a couple, however much you want. But some are shameless and are not pleased. Now for them, give whatever you want. Meaning there is no such thing as having to give the whole rizq (share) of your family and children to them. Give something little and that is enough. The man who trades and the one who sells bread makes ten and is grateful for it. When you give these ten, they throw it [back] at your head. People are like this now. That is why, let his right leave you, and they can do whatever they want.
Sadaqa Rasulallah Fima Qal, Awkama Qal.
7.WHO IS THE BANKRUPT PERSON? Saturday, November 29, 2014
Assalamu Alaykum Auzu Billahi Minashaytanir Rajeem Bismillahir Rahmanir Raheem Madad Ya Rasulallah, Madad Ya As’habe Rasulallah, Madad Ya Mashayikhina, Sheykh Abdullah Daghestani, Sheykh Nazim al Haqqani. Dastur. Tariqatunas sohba, wal khayru fil jamiyya.
Our Tariqa stands with association. Goodness is with the congregation. Our Holy Prophet asked, “Who are those that are bankrupt?” They replied, “Those who lose their money, become crooked, etc.” So they answered as the person who is left penniless. Our Master said, “No.” “Even if a man is bankrupt, he can eat a bread or maybe half a bread. That is not considered bankruptcy.” Meaning you are still alive and continue living. “It is not so,” continued our Holy Prophet, “The bankrupt is the person that comes to the hereafter without anything.” Nobody can take a car, clothes, belongings and estates to the hereafter. Many have tried to take. They filled their tombs and the top of their graves with gold, silver, treasures, precious stones before they left. Some waited for 5000 and others for 3000 years. Then [others] came, found and took them. They did not have the chance for the hereafter to take it with them. It would not have gone anyway. There, it is their foolishness. Money does not transfer to the hereafter that way. Your money has no value when you close your eyes. You should give money when you are alive. You should spend for the sake of Allah. What use is it if you are the wealthiest man in the world? It has is no use. There, bankrupt people are those who cannot take anything to the hereafter even though they have so much money.
Allah gave a chance and wrote everybody’s daily bread (rizq). “You will eat this much, and you will drink this much.” Do that. Distribute the rest to people for the sake of Allah. Give the rights of people. Now, people do not give the essential zakat, let alone charity (sadaqa). What happens when they do not give zakat? It becomes forbidden (haram). All his belongings and estates become mixed in haram. Those who do not give zakat will raise the banner of bankruptcy and go the Presence like that at Resurrection. This is for here (bunya) and not for hereafter. The judgment of this world is different and the judgment of the hereafter is different. Those who are bankrupt should not be jailed. This is Islam’s judgment. Shay tan’s judgment runs in today’s world and
they are jailed. The man who does business and goes broke goes to jail most of the time. Normally, according to Islam, there is no need to jail an insolvent man. According to Islamic laws, the bankrupt man, together with a news bearer or crier, is walked from morning to night and the public is informed, “this man has gone bankrupt. Be careful! If you are to give, then give something for the sake of Allah. Do not do business with this man. Do not trade with him. If you do, he has no fault and the fault is yours.” They stroll him around the whole city from morning to night. This way everybody knows who this man is. When this happens, everybody is careful and does not trade with him. There are some people, they do not want the judgment of Sharia. Allah Azza wa Jalla brought down the Kuran Azimushan. It is Allah’s Qadeem-e Kalaam (Old Utterance). He states from the beginning to the end, “Beware of Shaytan, do not be deceived by Shaytan, do not work with him, this one fools you, and he does not return what he takes.” There are Sharifs. There are hundreds of thousands of Hadiths. The things that our Holy Prophet explained are also the same. Do not be taken in by your nafs (ego), and do not be taken in by shaytan. They will make you bankrupt. Those who follow them will definitely see harm. The crier makes it known from morning to night. It is impossible for anybody not to know or hear. Cities in the past were not as huge as now either. All the neighborhoods could be strolled within a day even in the largest cities. It was not crowded.
There were no microphones in the past, but the voice of the people for the duty would not fail to fill the shoes of a microphone. When a crier came out, the people would also listen carefully, because it did not happen every day. They would know what happened. A man who would be fooled by him from now on could not come and complain. It would be his fault and his shortcoming. He paid the price himself. He would pay the price of his foolishness himself. [Suppose] this man ran away from here and went somewhere else. It was not like this in the past. People would know where you came from and where you left. They would know who you were and what you were about. It was not like it is now, like a roadside inn. There were no roadside inns either. There were caravansarays and inns in the past. People would come from travels at night. It was like a fort. Padishahs (kings) would construct them for the sake of Allah and host people as guests. The sultan would pay the expenses. The deputy or emir (chief) of the place would pay them. The person who entered it would enter at night. They would all do and then the doors would be shut. Great hospitality and excellent entertainment existed Mashallah. They were all honored as guests. Prayers would be performed in the morning (subuh). After
prayers (early of course), the caravans would need to leave but the doors would not open. They would ask, “Everybody, see if you have anything missing. Is anything lost?” Everybody would look and if nothing was missing, the doors would open and they would leave. People would not do such things back then, but even if seldom something went missing, everybody would be searched there and whoever had it would come out. No place to run. It was so in the past. No roadside inns.
From now on, so many shaytans have filled everywhere. Encroaching shaytans have increased. Those who would come and go to the country would be questioned about who they were and what they were there for. Is there no freedom? Freedom cannot be for everybody. Freedom has a border if it is going to harm people. So a hundred percent freedom has never happened. He who says it has has lied. Is there in Europe? It is only for disgracefulness. There is endless freedom for what shaytan says and for whatever shaytanic things that come to his mind and imagination. But if you are to say something for the sake of Allah, then no, your name is this and this part of your work is suspicious. Freedom is only for wickedness. Shaytan has freedom. As we mentioned, let us not go bankrupt. Our rizq in the world is enough. A single bite of bread, be it you are the wealthiest man in the world, would not pass your through when rizq is finished. But if your rizq is not finished, even if you are writhing from hunger, a morsel comes to your through and you do not die. People do not understand this. They keep saying, “Our occupation and our work, our occupation and our work.” May Allah not make us follow our nafs. Let us be Allah’s men and lions, so not business nor anything else strays us from Allah’s path. These countries would be done for if it were not for them. Shaytan is running with all his freedom and all his strength. He is running freely. He is touring and doing as he wishes. But thank Allah there are men who make what he does come to nothing. There are Allah’s awliya (saints) and Allah’s beloved servants.
They see a lot of oppression. Who do they get oppressed by? A kaafir (infidel) is a kaafir. There is no sin after unbelief. What they are upset about more than unbelievers is the deception of Muslims. This is the deception of people and their unknowingly going from Allah’s way to Shaytan’s way. What is Allah’s way? Allah Azza wa Jalla states in the Kuran, “You are a nation in the middle. Do not go extreme.” Do not go too much to neither the left side nor the right side. Thank Allah we are the Ahle Sunnat wal Jamaat. The one who is on the right path and not on the perverted path is the Ahle Sunnat wal Jamaat. Being Muslim is
spread everywhere. There are Muslims all over the world, but because it is Akhir Zaman (End Times) Shaytan is using this against Muslims too. He is fighting Muslim with Muslim. No matter how much he tries though, Allah’s beloved servants and Allah’s awliya are strong and will not let him. At the end, just as it has always been, Truth shall prevail and Falsehood shall go away crushed. This is for sure. Waqul ja’al haqqu wazahaqal baatil (Isra:81) “Truth came and falsehood disappeared.” This is Allah’s word. It is not that of Salafis nor the others, the people who do not like the Sahabis. It is Allah’s utterance. Thank Allah, the way of the Ahle Sunnat wal Jamaat continues for 1400 years. The others have a high voice but their numbers are little. They will not increase either. May Allah guide those who go there. Because it is going to be too late when they are sorry. Being sorry is not of use either. Inshallah they get their head together before it is too late. Inshallah may the people here also be protected.
The benefits of loving (muhabbat) Allah, the Prophet, and the Awliya are many. What we are doing is not useless. It is useful. It will make you wealthy in the hereafter. You will be wealthy when other people will be bankrupt. You are wealthy in the hereafter even if you are poor in this world. This, as we say, cannot be done with your own deeds. The most important thing here is the love of the Prophet, love of Allah, and love of Allah’s beloved servants, the Awliya. We will be with them with their support Inshallah. May Allah grant guidance to everybody. Children are also exposed a lot. Things are going bad in the country. May those children also be protected Inshallah. They are ruining thousands of youth just to make a little money. Just as those children are eating that white poison, Allah will burn the insides of those people who do that business. Let him not think that he is benefiting. How are you ruining families and children? You are leaving no morals, no chastity, no honor and no humanity. How dare you do that o ill-bred people?! It will become zaqqum (poisonous tree of Hell) for you. Poison will destroy every part of those people who do that business. May Allah give us intelligence and thought. Let them repent, as the door of repentance is still open. We have neared Resurrection Day, but the door of repentance is still open. It is open until the sun rises from the west, one of the big signs. “If he sins as much as mountains, said our Holy Prophet, “they are all turned to good deeds after repentance.”
That is why, those who do this business should stop for the sake of Allah. Let them save their hereafter. Let them not get fooled by this world. This world does not last. Do not say, “I am rich and I am that.” You are going whether you live for ten years, for fifty years or for a
hundred years. To eternal life, you will eternally either go to Paradise or to Hellfire. May Allah give consideration for others and intelligence to everybody.
Wa Minallah at-Tawfeeq. Al-Fatiha.
8.HADITH LESSONS
Tuesday, December 16, 2014
Auzu Billahi Minashaytanir Rajeem, Bismillahir Rahmanir Rahim Assalatu Wassalamu ala Rasulina Sayyidul Awwalin Walakhirin Madad Ya Rasulullah, Madad Ya Ashab-e Rasulullah, Madad Ya Mashayikihina. Dastur.
Qala Rasulullah (SAW),Our Holy Prophet states in a Sharif: “A martyr, in the sight of Allah, has seven traits.”: When one becomes a martyr, seven characteristics and special features occur on that human. ●“He is forgiven in the first drop of his blood.”: Meaning his sins are forgiven. He becomes purified with forgiveness. ●“He sees his station in Paradise.”
●“He is clothed with the clothes of faith (iman).”
●“He is married to 72 Huri girls.”
●“He is saved from the punishment of the grave. He is safe from Resurrection’s most terrible fear..” ●“He is worn on his head a dignity crown, made of ruby that is more beautiful than anything in the world.”: Every piece of ruby in this crown is better than this world and everything in it. ●“He intercedes on behalf of 70 of his relatives.” Martyrdom is a high station. Past people were faithful. They asked for martyrdom to gain all of these. They would supplicate (make dua) to become martyrs. People are even scared to go to military service today. A Faithful (Mumin) lived for these things such that he directly and continuously asked to be enclothed in iman. Allah gives all to the martyr. He is able to intercede on behalf of himself and 70 people. He is even able to intercede on behalf of people who deserve Hellfire. “The martyr has in the sight of
Allah two wives from Huris such that because of their beauty, the bone marrow of their thighs can be easily seen from behind 70 clothes.” “The one who eats and is thankful has a similar reward as the one who fasts patiently.”: Meaning the one who eats and thanks Allah has a similar reward as the one who fasts and is patient. It is due to his thankfulness to Allah. Being thankful is a great deed. Allah granted this to man so they may accordingly gain rewards, and so their stations might increase. “A Mumin will have in Paradise a tent made from an empty pearl 60 miles in length. In it he will have wives who will not see each other. He will visit them time to time.“: Allah’s dominion is as large as He wishes. The weakest Mumin’s place in Paradise is as big as the world. Now think of other things. Of things that are in higher stations. “The one who goes to Hajj on foot has the reward of 70 Hajjs. And the one who goes to Hajj riding gets the reward of one Hajj.”: They would go to Hajj on camels or on foot in the past. There is for the one who only travels walking the reward of 70 Hajjs. “The woman has two veils: the grave and the husband.”: meaning that which covers them. When asked, “Which of those are better?” our Holy Prophet replied, “the grave.”: she suffers from the husband. The grave completely veils a Mumin lady. “The one who prays namaz (sala) has three traits.”: prayer is the pillar of religion. Prayer is the most important thing. It does not matter what you do if you do not pray namaz. You cannot reach the reward of one prayer even if you give the world. Being open handed is beautiful, everything is beautiful, but the benefit is little if one does not pray namaz. ●“Goodness and abundance scatter from the middle of the sky to the middle of his head.”: that is why the one who prays finds tranquility, finds Baraka, and his work goes well. ●“Angels surround him starting from his feet all the way to the middle of the sky.” ●“And he is called upon, ‘if the one who prays knew whom he was reciting to, he would never have separated from prayer.’”
“A slave has three rights upon his master.”: Islam is the religion of rights. Everybody has rights. Humans have rights, the lady has rights,
the man, children, and everybody has rights. Even animals have rights. The slave has rights too. What are his rights then? ●“He does not hurry him in prayer.”: when the slave attends prayer, you cannot say, ‘Come on hurry, you have work to do, you stayed for an hour in prayer.’ If he wants, he can stay in prayer for ten hours and you cannot say anything. ●“He is not to be called upon when eating.”: you cannot get him up saying, ‘Get up. You have work to do,’ when he is eating. ●“He is to sell him when he says, ‘sell me.’”: this too is a mercy that Allah has granted to everybody. And He granted these rights to the slave.
“The son of Adam has not come across anything since the day Allah has created him that is more painful than death.”: meaning the thing that he is most worthy of and the most real is death. Yet it is Allah’s wisdom that no matter how old, the son of Adam just cannot come to terms with his own death. Allah gave him such a thing that people live as if they will never die. That is the most real thing. Everything is like a dream. Everybody will see reality when death arrives. “Then death is lighter compared to the things that he will face after death.”: meaning death will be like nothing compared to the intensity of Resurrection Day, its pain, and Hellfire pain that will occur later. That is why Allah continuously warns people through the tongue of our Holy Prophet in the Koran against these things that will occur. Do not be evil! Let death be the worst so you may rest afterwards. The state of some people is worse after death, as our Holy Prophet has stated. Those who did not care here, those who infringed upon the rights of others, those who were rebellious to Allah, people who gather up and think much of themselves will be worse off after death. The same goes for those who think nobody can do anything to them in the world. Allah is not afraid of anybody. All of their accounts will be written one by one in the Hereafter, and each of them will be questioned one by one. There is no such thing as we die and that is it. “No rain is sent to a nation that does not pay its zakat. If it were not for animals, rain would never have been sent to those who do not pay their zakat.”: That is why when the rain supplication is recited, we should make dua
as, ‘These people are sinful. Send rain for the sake of animals.’ Most people do not give zakat, and when they do not give it does not rain and there is famine. Even if it rains, it rains like flood and ruins the surroundings. “You have not been given anything after the Ikhlas (refining) words, ‘La Ilaha Illallah’, like health.”: meaning health and appetite. For this reason, ask Allah to be safe from worldly and hereafter troubles, and for healthy appetite, ‘Allahumma inni asalukal afwa wal afiya.’ Meaning forgive us and give us healthy appetite. Make dua so that we always, always have healthy appetite. The greatest deed after iman is healthy appetite. “A human increases in power if he comes across hilf, an oath to a friend.”: People make oaths to each other, and if they give baya, the one who stands on it increases in power. It does not increase for the one who says he changed his mind and turns back on his promise. “Yet this hilf does not exist in Islam.”: Allahu a’lam “When Allah created Paradise, he said to Gabriel (Jibreel), ‘Go and have a look at it.’ He went, he saw and he returned saying, ‘O my Lord! For the sake of Your Glory, anybody who hears of it will want to enter it.’”: meaning nobody who hears of its beauties would not want to enter it, and everybody will want to enter such a beautiful place. “Allah adorned it with hardships.”: it is not easy to enter Paradise. You have to overcome some hardships and withstand hardship. “Now go and have a look at it.”: He went, saw and came back saying, ‘O my Lord! For the sake of Your Glory, I am worried that nobody would want to enter it.’”: He said this after seeing the hardships. “When He created Hellfire, He said to Jibreel, ‘Go and have a look at it.’ Gabriel went, he saw and he returned saying, ‘For the sake of Your Glory, nobody who hears of it would ever enter it.’”: meaning the human who hears of Hellfire would not enter it. Perhaps Jibreel Aleyhisselam thought He just created it for nothing. “He adorned it with desire.”: Whatever the number of things that exist, dirty things, that the ego (nafs) wants , He adorned it with desires and things that take a human’s mind away. “Then He ordered, ‘Go and have a look again.’ He went, saw, returned and said, ‘For the sake of Your Glory, I am worried that there will not be anybody who is not going to enter it.’”: meaning forbidden (haraam) desires are so attractive. Allah created both Paradise and Hellfire in this manner. Those who will enter Paradise need to stay away from desires and evils, and as such this is the hardship of Paradise. “When Allah fashioned Adam in the form of
a human, he let him stay so for a while.”: meaning Allah created Adam Aleyhisselam from mud and fired him like clay. Before He put a soul, He let stay thus like clay. “Iblees strolled around him thus looking. When he saw him empty inside, he said, ‘I have succeeded because he is a weak creature.’: in fact it is empty inside, and he might have thought, ‘I can enter inside him.’ That is why he was happy. As a matter of fact, he does enter inside humans. He leads most people to doom. Allah Azza wa Jalla says, ‘Most people are going astray. “Allah blew the soul into Adam (after that situation). When it flew and took its place in his head.”: meaning the soul finally entered when it stopped in Adam Aleyhisselam’s head, and he started to move. “Adam (Aleyhisselam) sneezed and said, ‘Alhamdu Lillahi Rabbil Alameen.’ Allah Azza wa Jalla replied in compassion to him, ‘Yarhamukallah,’ (May Allah have mercy on you).”: that is why it is sunna for man to say Alhamdulillah when sneezing. And in return, man needs to say Yarhamukallah. Sadaqa Rasulallah Fee Maa Qaal, Aw Kama Qaal. Tomorrow is Safar’s last Wednesday. Give more sadaqa Inshallah. Read Ayat alKursi seven times and Alamtara (Sura Feel) seven times. It will pass with safety Inshallah. Al-Fatiha.
9.TEKKES AND ZAWIYAS DURING THE OTTOMAN PERIOD Sunday, December 21, 2014
Assalamu Alaykum Auzu Billahi Minashaytanir Rajeem Bismillahir Rahmanir Raheem Madad Ya Rasulallah, Madad Ya As’habe Rasulallah, Madad Ya Mashayikhina, Sheykh Abdullah Daghestani, Sheykh Nazim al- Haqqani. Dastur. Tariqatunas sohba, wal khayru fil jamiyya.
Tariqa stand with discourse and the congregation. It is almost the same with all tariqas. Discourses are important in our Naqshibandi Tariqa though. Tekkes and zawiyas were removed after the Ottoman period. They realized that these things were around even though the Ottoman state was gone. It is dangerous if these stay. That is why shaytan is cunning, it did not fit him, and he did not want it. He left the people both ignorant and wanted to keep them away from the manners of Islam. That is why he removed these zawiyas and tekkes. However, they were useful for the state, for the Islamic state. Ever since the Ottoman state disappeared, instead of people becoming better, they are becoming more and more wild. Even if they shut the dargahs in Anatolia, on the other hand thank Allah, the alims (scholars) stayed and the salihs (virtuous) stayed. They are people of will. They gave the people enlightenment, they gave guidance, and they gave sohbas where they were located. When pressure is lifted, Mashallah the country is full like before. We see that nothing was shut in other places, but a huge discord appeared there. However much people have distanced themselves from the Ottomans, that much more they have become brutal. So it was this tariqa and this dargah that was teaching them adab (manners). The most important thing is Islam is adab. Allah gave the best adab to our Holy Prophet. There was no yelling and screaming in the time of our Master. There was no such thing as going out in the streets, yelling and screaming. It did not even happen during war time. A sahabi (companion) was acting like a tough guy. Our Holy Prophet said, “Allah does not like these actions, but you can do it against infidels.” There is no permission against Muslims, but there is permission against unbelievers. Why was the Ottoman such a sacred state? Because it was an Islamic state. They were doing everything according to Islam. They were acting according to Islam. There was not even the slightest thing contrary to Islam, opposite to Islam. The Ottoman Empire ruled for almost 700 years. They always spoke ill of the last part of those 700 years, but when the truth is researched it is
understood that we cannot reach them for hundreds of years. Last night they were showing something interesting so we decided to have a look. It was about slavery in the Ottomans. Allah Allah, what a strange thing is this? I do not know who the man is, he was explaining buying and selling slaves. It has procedures and rules of conduct. He explained how it was done. They would first become prisoners of war, then they would become slaves. You cannot decide to smuggle a person and make him a slave, otherwise he will fight you. He explained that one by one too. He showed it all: how they came, how they went, and how they were bought. It was not like the Europeans, descending on a village, and taking away the poor and impoverished people as a family without a war. They all had records, where they came from and where they went, whether it was according to procedure or not. He explained it to the slightest detail. So it was such, there was no oppression. There was no such thing as injustice. That is why it was such a holy state. War, during Ottoman times, was waged with the non-Muslims. What are meant by non-Muslims though, are not the non-Muslims within our own country. They enjoyed the same rights, as they also belonged to the Ottomans. There were viziers and there were grand viziers from all of them. As he was explaining, there was a grand vizier slave. He spoke about him. Sultan Suleyman’s slave became the Grand Vizier. So it can happen. Look at the justice of the Ottomans. There were rights and laws. It also came with an incentive to free them. If a person held on to a slave for about ten years, they would find it shameful. There was a good habit amongst people thinking the slave stayed for so long, and needs to be set free because it is shameful. This habit would encourage people to set slaves free. And after setting them free, they would help them so they could continue making a living and making ends meet. Sometimes it would happen and the slave dies. They would write, “I freed this slave,” on his grave so he would not become a slave on the Day of Judgment. They would laugh much at the one who did it since he freed a dead slave. That is why most people wanted to set free as soon as possible. These things were done because of ayats shown in the Koran as well. Good things were encouraged and done. There, these things were taught in dargahs and learnt from mashayikh (shaykhs). The ikhwan (brothers) and tariqa masters would all get along. Nobody would infringe upon the rights of others. Thank Allah, with the blessings of the Ottomans, many more services will be done in our country Inshallah. With the appearance of Mahdi Aleyhis Salam, he will take hold of the trusts here Inshallah. The inhabitants here will be his helpers Inshallah. There is no khilafa (caliphate) with these fake people who claim, “I am the Khalifa. I am the Caliph.” The caliphate is with the Ottomans now. The Ottomans are the Khalifa. How did the
Abbasi Khalifa hand over the khilafa to the Ottoman Sultan Salim with his own will? Nothing was done by force. The end is near, it will come. When Mahdi Aleyhis Salam also arrives, the Ottoman Sultan, the person here, whoever is the rightful owner, he will deliver it to Mahdi Aleyihs Salam and will be his helper. We are always and still in the title deed of the Ottomans Inshallah. May Allah not separate us from this way. We are honored by the Ottomans. The Ottomans and the Ottoman Sultans put themselves and their lives on the way of Islam. They waved swords in the service of Islam. They gave everything in the way of Islam. How happy they are, thank Allah. How happy is the one who says, “I am Muslim,” thank Allah.
Wa Minallah at-Tawfeeq. Al-Fatiha.
10.ONLY BE WITH ALLAH Sunday, December 21, 2014
Assalamu Alaykum Auzu Billahi Minashaytanir Rajeem Bismillahir Rahmanir Raheem Madad Ya Rasulallah, Madad Ya As’habe Rasulallah Madad Ya Mashayikhina, Sheykh Abdullah Daghestani, Sheykh Nazim al-Haqqani. Dastur. Abu Ayyub al-Ansar. Madad. Tariqatunas sohba, wal khayru fil jamiyya.
Our tariqa stand with sohba (association) and the good is in jamaat (congregation) Inshallah. Even if the sohba mentions things we know, people forget. There is no harm even if one hears the same things over. It has benefit but no harm. A person understands better when hearing over and over. Our way, as you know, is the Naqshbandi way. It is the way of saliheen (virtuous) and the way of awliya (saints). Everything they say is beautiful and everything they mention is pleasant. Even if what they say sometimes is not fully understood, none of them say anything contrary to Sharia or people. They order what Allah says and nothing else. Sometimes they tell stories of some meshayikh (shaykhs) and it sounds a little awkward but essentially there is nothing awkward. There is no slipping away even the slightest or going contrary to the way Allah has shown with them. The one who understand it as such has seen himself there. There are many fake shaykhs and fake alims (scholars) now. Many claim to be murshids (guides) but the true are few. There is absolutely nothing wrong with the shaykh, the true murshid. The one who says there is sees his own shortcoming and attributes it to the shaykh. Both Shaytan has explained what his shaykh said incorrectly to him, and he sees it like that due to his own sin and shortcoming. All along, since the time of our Holy Prophet, there is not a fault with shaykhs and true murshids. “No, that one said so, this one said such,” they tell about them not knowing. Or they read their words and because of their inverted meaning, they make it seem faulty. Whereas they are kaamil people (spiritually mature). To tell stories is Allah’s order. “Faqsus al-qasas,” says in the Koran. Meaning tell the stories so people may take lesson. Our holy Prophet has said, “Stories and anecdotes are Allah’s soldiers.” They also show the right way. Once upon a time, a man who “did not know himself” was close to the khalifa. He complained about a couple of famous awliya and Ahlullah (people of Allah). Amongst them were Junayd-e Baghdadi azretleri, a couple of people, and also a salih individual called Muhammad Nuri. He told the khalifa that these
people were contrary to Islam and zindiqs (atheists). He talked of them in such a way that the khalifa, following Allah’s order and protecting the people from such, immediately ordered, “Off with their heads.” While standing in line, Muhammad Nuri Effendi jumped in saying, “Cut my head off first.” The executioner was surprised, “Why did you jump in first when there was no need for it?” he asked. “[So] they may worship for at least another hour,” he answered. Allah put something in the heart of the executioner so he may serve as a lesson for the people. “These people are not what they seem. They look like good people,” he explained to the khalifa hazretleri. Because he is the khalifa, he cannot decide depending on the word of [any] person. He will test them. He sent for the best alim, the Shaykh ul-Islam, to test them. The Shaykh ulIslam asked him some questions. The sacred one got stuck staring at his right for a while. He stared for ten to fifteen minutes. He stared at his left and nothing either. Then he bowed his head and answered all the questions. The Shaykh ul-Islam asked, “Very good. You answered them but why did you wait for so long? You stared right and left for an hour. What happened?” He answered, “I looked right, ‘Do you know the answer to this?’ I asked the angel on the right. ‘I do not know,’ he said. I looked left and asked the angel on the left. He also said, ‘I do not know.’” They are such difficult questions that even the angels do not know the answer. “I looked at my heart. Allah sent it to my heart so I spoke,” he said. When asked, “You mean you do not know the answer?” He answered, “I do not know. Allah sent it. Allah showed the right [answer].” Allah makes such people say the truth. Even if he does not know, Allah makes him say the truest and the best. The khalifa asked, “How are they? What did you think of them?” So the Shaykh ul-Islam hazretleri said, “If these individuals are not Muslim, then nobody is Muslim.” In the past, there was respect for knowledge and truth. Not like now. No respect is left now. No need at all to tell the people who are enemies of the Prophet and the Ahl-e Bayt anymore. They have now become inhuman. They are people who have become monsters, who have become brutal. There is no need to say to them. They kill a man they are suspicious of as if killing a fly anyway. They are a punishment of Allah to this Umma (Nation), because the Umma has also gone out of control and have no respect. Since they are only satisfying their own nafs (ego) and are at the service of their nafs, so Allah sent trouble to Muslims. These are Akhir Zaman (End Times) discords (fitnas). Our Holy Prophet said, “If the people of End Times do one percent of this religion, they will be safe.” This is a time that has a lot of virtue. It is a very virtuous time, but you need to be on the right way, in the way of
Allah. You need to not defy Allah and the Prophet. You need to not conform to your pleasure and your wild nafs’ desires. You need to accept the Truth. We see everywhere that people are not allowing anything to be said to their egos and are not accepting the truth. When the slightest thing is said to them, they are ready to burn, not only the house or the country, but the whole world. People have such an ego. They may burn without reluctance. We see how people in the past burnt and destroyed. There is the infamous guy, Nero. The man burnt all of Rome for his own ego. It is nothing compared to these times. Rome was a little place. It was 2000 years ago. It cannot compare to Beykoz (the district where Shaykh Effendi lives). It was a smaller place. If people could, they would burn the whole world for their ego. Shaykh Effendi said one time, “If a person had the opportunities that pharaoh had, everybody would become pharaoh.” Our Holy Prophet came from the midst of the worst and most dreadful people. The line of our Holy Prophet is the cleanest line from amongst Arabs. He came from a line that spotlessly extends to Adam Aleyhis Salam. But those around caused a lot of pain. Our Holy Prophet said, “No prophet went through as much trouble as I did.” Let us again tell a story of our Holy Prophet’s karamat and miracles. Abdullah ibni Masud Hazretleri was a hafiz (memorized the Koran). He was one of the best reciters of the Koran and his memory was strong. When Sura Rahman was revealed, our Holy Prophet searched for a brave man asking, “Who will go and recite this Sura amongst the mushriks (idolators)?” Nobody stepped forth. Abdullah ibni Masud came out. And he was tiny, little, short, and was not that strong. Our Holy Prophet asked a second time and nobody stepped forth. Abdullah ibni Masud Hazretleri came out. Our Holy Prophet (Sallallahu Aleyhi Wasallam) asked a third time. When nobody stepped forth again, “Go and recite it there,” he told him. He saw that the cruelest of Quraysh had gathered there. He recited without fear. Abu Jahil both pulled his ear and beat him. He had ripped his ear too. He came to our Holy Prophet in that situation, crying of course. Our Holy Prophet was very sad. He saw Jabrayil Aleyhis Salam laughing and said, “O Jabrayil, you are laughing and this man is in this situation. Is it something to laugh at?” “I see what is coming forth and will laugh again then,” said Jabrayil Aleyhis Salam. Afterwards, when the Battle of Badr occurred, there were the dead and the wounded. Our Holy Prophet told Abdullah ibni Masud Hazretleri, “You go too.” He gave him a strange little bayonet and said, “Kill the one you find. You will have been written jihad as well.” It is the wisdom of Allah that he found Abu Jahl lying on the ground in his last breaths. Abdullah ibni Masud Hazretleri
stared from a distance, afraid at the same time. Because a man like a dragon , Abu Jahl was a very strong guy. He stuck the bayonet in his nose. It is also in the Koran. When Abu Jahl saw him, “Is that you? Tell that friend of yours, there is nobody I hate more than him,” he said. He
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Its trees recite: Subhanallahi Walhamdulillahi Wala’ilaha Ilallahu Wallahu Akbar.” Meaning he is giving glad tidings to people who say this, to the Ummat Muhammad (Nation of Muhammad). Ibrahim (a.s.) is telling this to keep the faith of the Nation strong. “On that day (Judgment Day) everyone will have a concern that will keep them busy. Men will not look at women, and women will not look at men (when they rise from their graves). Everybody will be busy with their concern. Nobody will be able to see other because of the severity of the Day.” Meaning it does not matter how beautiful others might be, people will only look at themselves there. Some people will rise from the grave without anything. Some will rise with a shroud and some without a shroud, according to their station. Even in that condition, nobody will be in a state to look at anybody but themselves. It is such a severe Day.
The Day of Resurrection is such a terrible and awesome day. People think it will be like it is today, but no. No matter how severe it might get with war or whatever, people again have their ego in this world. But because everything is right there, nobody is able to shut an eye due to regret and due to fear. “Everything has a calamity that ruins itself.” Meaning every created thing surely has something that spoils it and wastes it. For example, iron rusts and decays away slowly. I do not know, they say some things wear out in 5000 years, another wears in 10 years, and another wears in 5 years. So everything has something that ruins and wears it out. It destroys it, ruins it and does not keep it the same. “The greatest of calamities is the calamity that will strike my Nation.” Meaning calamities struck other nations and ruined them too. “It is their love for the world, the dinar and the dirham.” The biggest calamity for the Nation of our Holy Prophet is the world. It is the love of the world. Meaning their love of money. “O Abu Hurayra! There is no benefit in most of what they save.” Meaning we were not created for money, to only love the world and collect money in the world. Most do this. They gather the money and do not even spend it on themselves. They are the ones who have been destroyed and there is no good in them. "The exception are those that Allah makes them spend in the way of Haq.” There is a very important point here. Allah made them spend it in the way of Haq. There are many that cannot spend and say, “I cannot give,” but they say this with their tongue. “I am rich but I cannot spend,” he says. What good is it? May Allah give us that thing so we may spend in the way of Haq, and we do not only collect for ourselves (our ego). “Everything has a progression (its progress also means iqbal, meaning its rise) and a regression. It is the sign of the progress of religion for the whole tribe to be religious scholars. Meaning if a whole tribe or nation is in the way of Allah, they all know their religion and faith. This shows the progress of religion. Of course there can be one or two knuckleheads in that tribe. For the whole tribe to understand religion well, excluding them. No matter what, one or two come out that do not understand this, and go in their own ways. They are an exception. This is the progress of religion. “The regression of religion is, with the exception of one or two religious scholars, for the whole tribe not to understand that religion. It is for
what those two say not to be taken into consideration (by their tribe), and they are looked upon as despicable. It is for them not being able to find a helper in their beliefs or goals.” And this is the regression of religion. Meaning with the exception of one or two, now they have all strayed off the path. These two people are not held in esteem either. They are neither in demand nor are they respected. “Everything has an ornament, and the ornament of the Koran is the beautiful voice.” Meaning Qaris (Reciters) with beautiful voices are preferred. That is why the Nation of Muhammad is continuing on this sunna until now. There are Qaris with very beautiful voices. Those who recite the Koran beautifully are held in esteem. It is not bidat or the sort. “Everything has a foundation.” Iman (faith) has a foundation. “[and the foundation of iman is fear (wara)]” The mentioned “wara” is the fear of Allah. “Everything has a branch. The branch of iman is patience.” Meaning we are to be patient with everything and not rebel. There are ignorant people. They rebel without being patient saying, “Why is this happening, and why is that happening?” That is because of their faith not being complete. “Everything has a hump (a peak). The hump of my Nation is my uncle Abbas. Everybody has a grandchild (descendant). The grandchildren of this Nation are Hasan and Hussein.” Because they are the grandchildren of our Holy Prophet, everybody thinks they are little. They think of them as children or youngsters when grandchildren is mentioned. Whereas when both of them became martyrs, they were past 50 years-old. Yet as a miracle of our Holy Prophet, they are known as his grandchildren. “Everything has a wing. The wings of this Nation are Abu Bakr and Omar.” Our Master said, ‘I could not do without them,’ in a Sharif of his. They also had a huge responsibility. The iman and the Islam of those who reject them is to be suspected. Iman is one thing and Islam is another. Islam, everybody is Muslim, but people who are Mumin and have real faith are very few. “Everything has a shield. The shield of this Nation is Ali bin Abi Talib.” It is our Master Hazreti Ali. “Everything has a haqiqa (reality). A servant does not reach the reality of faith until he knows that he does not have fault in what befalls him, but it is written fate; that what does not befall him because of his fault is also written fate.” This is the source of haqiqa. Our Holy Prophet is telling
us reality so that everybody may understand this well. When something unpleasant happens to people, most people misgive as, ‘I wonder if it happened because of my fault.’ No, do not misgive. This was to happen and it was predestined. ‘Allah had fated me.’ Not, ‘If only I had come 2 minutes earlier or been 2 minutes late.’ You were to be here and it was going to befall you. Those who understand this Sharif very well and believe it find comfort. Whatever comes, came from Allah. The one who believes this does not eat one's heart out. He does not feel guilty thinking, ‘Maybe I should have done it, or I should have done it this way or that way.’ No, you keep the right path. If something befell you say, ‘It is from Allah,’ and do not ever feel sad. Say, ‘This was to happen and it happened.’ There is nothing else. If something good befalls you, that is the same way. It is all from Allah. “Everything has a zakat (a charity). As for the zakat (charity) of the body, it is fasting.” If you do not fast, you will not have paid the zakat of your body. That time you will have also sinned for not fasting. Moreover, illness occurs. “Everything has a source. The source of taqwa (fear of Allah) are the hearts of arifs.” Arifs are Allah’s awliya and Allah’s beloved servants. That taqwa springs out from that mine and that source and disperses to people. That is the source. “Everything has a key. The key of the heavens is the statement ‘La Ilaha Illallah.’ “Everything has an essence. The essence of iman is namaz (sala).” Do not say, ‘I have faith, my heart is clean, and I do all the supplications (duas),’ when there is no namaz. When asked, ‘Well, do you pray namaz?’ they say, ‘No, I just don’t pray, and I do all the duas.’ Well then, it has no use. The essence of religion, the pillar of religion, and its everything is namaz. It does not work without namaz. “And the essence of namaz is the opening takbir.” The takbir we all know: Allah Akbar. That is also the essence of namaz. “Every heart has anxiety.” Meaning everybody has anxiety. Some people come and tell me they have anxieties. We tell them everybody has it. There is no person who does not. Our Holy Prophet says that everybody has anxieties. If the anxiety tears the veil of the heart and the tongue speaks it, then the person is held responsible.” Meaning if the anxiety leaves the heart, transfers to the tongue and is spoken out, then sin is written according to what you say. It has a punishment after that. “If it does not tear the veil of the heart and stays
in the heart, then of course the tongue does not speak it and the person does not sin.”
When anxieties occur, whatever it is, do not tell anybody about your anxieties being such and such. Because even if it is not a sin, it grows when spoken. That is why it is our Holy Prophet’s advice that whatever anxieties there are should stay in the heart. Everybody has anxieties. So it is not just with you. Do not forget: everybody has it. Anxieties are from Shaytan. He wants you to bring it out and either sin or make your life a mess. “You will get (in return for spending a camel in the way of Allah) 700 haltered camels on the Day of Resurrection.” A man came to our Holy Prophet and told him he was giving a camel for the sake of Allah. So our holy Prophet told him he would be given 700 each like that camel. Of course, its reward will be given. “You will get as much rewards on the Day of Resurrection as you spend on them. So spend on them (he means her husband and children).“ A rich Sahabe lady asks our Holy Prophet about spending on her children. So our Holy Prophet said, ‘Spend on them. You will be rewarded because of it.’ “The imam and muazzin will be rewarded as much as those who pray namaz with them.” Meaning according to how large the jamaat (congregation) is, the imam and muazzin will get as much more rewards. They also get a reward for every person that comes to the mosque. “The begger, even if coming on horseback, has a right.” There are many beggars now anyway. For this reason give a couple, however much you want. But some are shameless and are not pleased. Now for them, give whatever you want. Meaning there is no such thing as having to give the whole rizq (share) of your family and children to them. Give something little and that is enough. The man who trades and the one who sells bread makes ten and is grateful for it. When you give these ten, they throw it [back] at your head. People are like this now. That is why, let his right leave you, and they can do whatever they want.
Sadaqa Rasulallah Fima Qal, Awkama Qal.
7.WHO IS THE BANKRUPT PERSON? Saturday, November 29, 2014
Assalamu Alaykum Auzu Billahi Minashaytanir Rajeem Bismillahir Rahmanir Raheem Madad Ya Rasulallah, Madad Ya As’habe Rasulallah, Madad Ya Mashayikhina, Sheykh Abdullah Daghestani, Sheykh Nazim al Haqqani. Dastur. Tariqatunas sohba, wal khayru fil jamiyya.
Our Tariqa stands with association. Goodness is with the congregation. Our Holy Prophet asked, “Who are those that are bankrupt?” They replied, “Those who lose their money, become crooked, etc.” So they answered as the person who is left penniless. Our Master said, “No.” “Even if a man is bankrupt, he can eat a bread or maybe half a bread. That is not considered bankruptcy.” Meaning you are still alive and continue living. “It is not so,” continued our Holy Prophet, “The bankrupt is the person that comes to the hereafter without anything.” Nobody can take a car, clothes, belongings and estates to the hereafter. Many have tried to take. They filled their tombs and the top of their graves with gold, silver, treasures, precious stones before they left. Some waited for 5000 and others for 3000 years. Then [others] came, found and took them. They did not have the chance for the hereafter to take it with them. It would not have gone anyway. There, it is their foolishness. Money does not transfer to the hereafter that way. Your money has no value when you close your eyes. You should give money when you are alive. You should spend for the sake of Allah. What use is it if you are the wealthiest man in the world? It has is no use. There, bankrupt people are those who cannot take anything to the hereafter even though they have so much money.
Allah gave a chance and wrote everybody’s daily bread (rizq). “You will eat this much, and you will drink this much.” Do that. Distribute the rest to people for the sake of Allah. Give the rights of people. Now, people do not give the essential zakat, let alone charity (sadaqa). What happens when they do not give zakat? It becomes forbidden (haram). All his belongings and estates become mixed in haram. Those who do not give zakat will raise the banner of bankruptcy and go the Presence like that at Resurrection. This is for here (bunya) and not for hereafter. The judgment of this world is different and the judgment of the hereafter is different. Those who are bankrupt should not be jailed. This is Islam’s judgment. Shay tan’s judgment runs in today’s world and
they are jailed. The man who does business and goes broke goes to jail most of the time. Normally, according to Islam, there is no need to jail an insolvent man. According to Islamic laws, the bankrupt man, together with a news bearer or crier, is walked from morning to night and the public is informed, “this man has gone bankrupt. Be careful! If you are to give, then give something for the sake of Allah. Do not do business with this man. Do not trade with him. If you do, he has no fault and the fault is yours.” They stroll him around the whole city from morning to night. This way everybody knows who this man is. When this happens, everybody is careful and does not trade with him. There are some people, they do not want the judgment of Sharia. Allah Azza wa Jalla brought down the Kuran Azimushan. It is Allah’s Qadeem-e Kalaam (Old Utterance). He states from the beginning to the end, “Beware of Shaytan, do not be deceived by Shaytan, do not work with him, this one fools you, and he does not return what he takes.” There are Sharifs. There are hundreds of thousands of Hadiths. The things that our Holy Prophet explained are also the same. Do not be taken in by your nafs (ego), and do not be taken in by shaytan. They will make you bankrupt. Those who follow them will definitely see harm. The crier makes it known from morning to night. It is impossible for anybody not to know or hear. Cities in the past were not as huge as now either. All the neighborhoods could be strolled within a day even in the largest cities. It was not crowded.
There were no microphones in the past, but the voice of the people for the duty would not fail to fill the shoes of a microphone. When a crier came out, the people would also listen carefully, because it did not happen every day. They would know what happened. A man who would be fooled by him from now on could not come and complain. It would be his fault and his shortcoming. He paid the price himself. He would pay the price of his foolishness himself. [Suppose] this man ran away from here and went somewhere else. It was not like this in the past. People would know where you came from and where you left. They would know who you were and what you were about. It was not like it is now, like a roadside inn. There were no roadside inns either. There were caravansarays and inns in the past. People would come from travels at night. It was like a fort. Padishahs (kings) would construct them for the sake of Allah and host people as guests. The sultan would pay the expenses. The deputy or emir (chief) of the place would pay them. The person who entered it would enter at night. They would all do and then the doors would be shut. Great hospitality and excellent entertainment existed Mashallah. They were all honored as guests. Prayers would be performed in the morning (subuh). After
prayers (early of course), the caravans would need to leave but the doors would not open. They would ask, “Everybody, see if you have anything missing. Is anything lost?” Everybody would look and if nothing was missing, the doors would open and they would leave. People would not do such things back then, but even if seldom something went missing, everybody would be searched there and whoever had it would come out. No place to run. It was so in the past. No roadside inns.
From now on, so many shaytans have filled everywhere. Encroaching shaytans have increased. Those who would come and go to the country would be questioned about who they were and what they were there for. Is there no freedom? Freedom cannot be for everybody. Freedom has a border if it is going to harm people. So a hundred percent freedom has never happened. He who says it has has lied. Is there in Europe? It is only for disgracefulness. There is endless freedom for what shaytan says and for whatever shaytanic things that come to his mind and imagination. But if you are to say something for the sake of Allah, then no, your name is this and this part of your work is suspicious. Freedom is only for wickedness. Shaytan has freedom. As we mentioned, let us not go bankrupt. Our rizq in the world is enough. A single bite of bread, be it you are the wealthiest man in the world, would not pass your through when rizq is finished. But if your rizq is not finished, even if you are writhing from hunger, a morsel comes to your through and you do not die. People do not understand this. They keep saying, “Our occupation and our work, our occupation and our work.” May Allah not make us follow our nafs. Let us be Allah’s men and lions, so not business nor anything else strays us from Allah’s path. These countries would be done for if it were not for them. Shaytan is running with all his freedom and all his strength. He is running freely. He is touring and doing as he wishes. But thank Allah there are men who make what he does come to nothing. There are Allah’s awliya (saints) and Allah’s beloved servants.
They see a lot of oppression. Who do they get oppressed by? A kaafir (infidel) is a kaafir. There is no sin after unbelief. What they are upset about more than unbelievers is the deception of Muslims. This is the deception of people and their unknowingly going from Allah’s way to Shaytan’s way. What is Allah’s way? Allah Azza wa Jalla states in the Kuran, “You are a nation in the middle. Do not go extreme.” Do not go too much to neither the left side nor the right side. Thank Allah we are the Ahle Sunnat wal Jamaat. The one who is on the right path and not on the perverted path is the Ahle Sunnat wal Jamaat. Being Muslim is
spread everywhere. There are Muslims all over the world, but because it is Akhir Zaman (End Times) Shaytan is using this against Muslims too. He is fighting Muslim with Muslim. No matter how much he tries though, Allah’s beloved servants and Allah’s awliya are strong and will not let him. At the end, just as it has always been, Truth shall prevail and Falsehood shall go away crushed. This is for sure. Waqul ja’al haqqu wazahaqal baatil (Isra:81) “Truth came and falsehood disappeared.” This is Allah’s word. It is not that of Salafis nor the others, the people who do not like the Sahabis. It is Allah’s utterance. Thank Allah, the way of the Ahle Sunnat wal Jamaat continues for 1400 years. The others have a high voice but their numbers are little. They will not increase either. May Allah guide those who go there. Because it is going to be too late when they are sorry. Being sorry is not of use either. Inshallah they get their head together before it is too late. Inshallah may the people here also be protected.
The benefits of loving (muhabbat) Allah, the Prophet, and the Awliya are many. What we are doing is not useless. It is useful. It will make you wealthy in the hereafter. You will be wealthy when other people will be bankrupt. You are wealthy in the hereafter even if you are poor in this world. This, as we say, cannot be done with your own deeds. The most important thing here is the love of the Prophet, love of Allah, and love of Allah’s beloved servants, the Awliya. We will be with them with their support Inshallah. May Allah grant guidance to everybody. Children are also exposed a lot. Things are going bad in the country. May those children also be protected Inshallah. They are ruining thousands of youth just to make a little money. Just as those children are eating that white poison, Allah will burn the insides of those people who do that business. Let him not think that he is benefiting. How are you ruining families and children? You are leaving no morals, no chastity, no honor and no humanity. How dare you do that o ill-bred people?! It will become zaqqum (poisonous tree of Hell) for you. Poison will destroy every part of those people who do that business. May Allah give us intelligence and thought. Let them repent, as the door of repentance is still open. We have neared Resurrection Day, but the door of repentance is still open. It is open until the sun rises from the west, one of the big signs. “If he sins as much as mountains, said our Holy Prophet, “they are all turned to good deeds after repentance.”
That is why, those who do this business should stop for the sake of Allah. Let them save their hereafter. Let them not get fooled by this world. This world does not last. Do not say, “I am rich and I am that.” You are going whether you live for ten years, for fifty years or for a
hundred years. To eternal life, you will eternally either go to Paradise or to Hellfire. May Allah give consideration for others and intelligence to everybody.
Wa Minallah at-Tawfeeq. Al-Fatiha.
8.HADITH LESSONS
Tuesday, December 16, 2014
Auzu Billahi Minashaytanir Rajeem, Bismillahir Rahmanir Rahim Assalatu Wassalamu ala Rasulina Sayyidul Awwalin Walakhirin Madad Ya Rasulullah, Madad Ya Ashab-e Rasulullah, Madad Ya Mashayikihina. Dastur.
Qala Rasulullah (SAW),Our Holy Prophet states in a Sharif: “A martyr, in the sight of Allah, has seven traits.”: When one becomes a martyr, seven characteristics and special features occur on that human. ●“He is forgiven in the first drop of his blood.”: Meaning his sins are forgiven. He becomes purified with forgiveness. ●“He sees his station in Paradise.”
●“He is clothed with the clothes of faith (iman).”
●“He is married to 72 Huri girls.”
●“He is saved from the punishment of the grave. He is safe from Resurrection’s most terrible fear..” ●“He is worn on his head a dignity crown, made of ruby that is more beautiful than anything in the world.”: Every piece of ruby in this crown is better than this world and everything in it. ●“He intercedes on behalf of 70 of his relatives.” Martyrdom is a high station. Past people were faithful. They asked for martyrdom to gain all of these. They would supplicate (make dua) to become martyrs. People are even scared to go to military service today. A Faithful (Mumin) lived for these things such that he directly and continuously asked to be enclothed in iman. Allah gives all to the martyr. He is able to intercede on behalf of himself and 70 people. He is even able to intercede on behalf of people who deserve Hellfire. “The martyr has in the sight of
Allah two wives from Huris such that because of their beauty, the bone marrow of their thighs can be easily seen from behind 70 clothes.” “The one who eats and is thankful has a similar reward as the one who fasts patiently.”: Meaning the one who eats and thanks Allah has a similar reward as the one who fasts and is patient. It is due to his thankfulness to Allah. Being thankful is a great deed. Allah granted this to man so they may accordingly gain rewards, and so their stations might increase. “A Mumin will have in Paradise a tent made from an empty pearl 60 miles in length. In it he will have wives who will not see each other. He will visit them time to time.“: Allah’s dominion is as large as He wishes. The weakest Mumin’s place in Paradise is as big as the world. Now think of other things. Of things that are in higher stations. “The one who goes to Hajj on foot has the reward of 70 Hajjs. And the one who goes to Hajj riding gets the reward of one Hajj.”: They would go to Hajj on camels or on foot in the past. There is for the one who only travels walking the reward of 70 Hajjs. “The woman has two veils: the grave and the husband.”: meaning that which covers them. When asked, “Which of those are better?” our Holy Prophet replied, “the grave.”: she suffers from the husband. The grave completely veils a Mumin lady. “The one who prays namaz (sala) has three traits.”: prayer is the pillar of religion. Prayer is the most important thing. It does not matter what you do if you do not pray namaz. You cannot reach the reward of one prayer even if you give the world. Being open handed is beautiful, everything is beautiful, but the benefit is little if one does not pray namaz. ●“Goodness and abundance scatter from the middle of the sky to the middle of his head.”: that is why the one who prays finds tranquility, finds Baraka, and his work goes well. ●“Angels surround him starting from his feet all the way to the middle of the sky.” ●“And he is called upon, ‘if the one who prays knew whom he was reciting to, he would never have separated from prayer.’”
“A slave has three rights upon his master.”: Islam is the religion of rights. Everybody has rights. Humans have rights, the lady has rights,
the man, children, and everybody has rights. Even animals have rights. The slave has rights too. What are his rights then? ●“He does not hurry him in prayer.”: when the slave attends prayer, you cannot say, ‘Come on hurry, you have work to do, you stayed for an hour in prayer.’ If he wants, he can stay in prayer for ten hours and you cannot say anything. ●“He is not to be called upon when eating.”: you cannot get him up saying, ‘Get up. You have work to do,’ when he is eating. ●“He is to sell him when he says, ‘sell me.’”: this too is a mercy that Allah has granted to everybody. And He granted these rights to the slave.
“The son of Adam has not come across anything since the day Allah has created him that is more painful than death.”: meaning the thing that he is most worthy of and the most real is death. Yet it is Allah’s wisdom that no matter how old, the son of Adam just cannot come to terms with his own death. Allah gave him such a thing that people live as if they will never die. That is the most real thing. Everything is like a dream. Everybody will see reality when death arrives. “Then death is lighter compared to the things that he will face after death.”: meaning death will be like nothing compared to the intensity of Resurrection Day, its pain, and Hellfire pain that will occur later. That is why Allah continuously warns people through the tongue of our Holy Prophet in the Koran against these things that will occur. Do not be evil! Let death be the worst so you may rest afterwards. The state of some people is worse after death, as our Holy Prophet has stated. Those who did not care here, those who infringed upon the rights of others, those who were rebellious to Allah, people who gather up and think much of themselves will be worse off after death. The same goes for those who think nobody can do anything to them in the world. Allah is not afraid of anybody. All of their accounts will be written one by one in the Hereafter, and each of them will be questioned one by one. There is no such thing as we die and that is it. “No rain is sent to a nation that does not pay its zakat. If it were not for animals, rain would never have been sent to those who do not pay their zakat.”: That is why when the rain supplication is recited, we should make dua
as, ‘These people are sinful. Send rain for the sake of animals.’ Most people do not give zakat, and when they do not give it does not rain and there is famine. Even if it rains, it rains like flood and ruins the surroundings. “You have not been given anything after the Ikhlas (refining) words, ‘La Ilaha Illallah’, like health.”: meaning health and appetite. For this reason, ask Allah to be safe from worldly and hereafter troubles, and for healthy appetite, ‘Allahumma inni asalukal afwa wal afiya.’ Meaning forgive us and give us healthy appetite. Make dua so that we always, always have healthy appetite. The greatest deed after iman is healthy appetite. “A human increases in power if he comes across hilf, an oath to a friend.”: People make oaths to each other, and if they give baya, the one who stands on it increases in power. It does not increase for the one who says he changed his mind and turns back on his promise. “Yet this hilf does not exist in Islam.”: Allahu a’lam “When Allah created Paradise, he said to Gabriel (Jibreel), ‘Go and have a look at it.’ He went, he saw and he returned saying, ‘O my Lord! For the sake of Your Glory, anybody who hears of it will want to enter it.’”: meaning nobody who hears of its beauties would not want to enter it, and everybody will want to enter such a beautiful place. “Allah adorned it with hardships.”: it is not easy to enter Paradise. You have to overcome some hardships and withstand hardship. “Now go and have a look at it.”: He went, saw and came back saying, ‘O my Lord! For the sake of Your Glory, I am worried that nobody would want to enter it.’”: He said this after seeing the hardships. “When He created Hellfire, He said to Jibreel, ‘Go and have a look at it.’ Gabriel went, he saw and he returned saying, ‘For the sake of Your Glory, nobody who hears of it would ever enter it.’”: meaning the human who hears of Hellfire would not enter it. Perhaps Jibreel Aleyhisselam thought He just created it for nothing. “He adorned it with desire.”: Whatever the number of things that exist, dirty things, that the ego (nafs) wants , He adorned it with desires and things that take a human’s mind away. “Then He ordered, ‘Go and have a look again.’ He went, saw, returned and said, ‘For the sake of Your Glory, I am worried that there will not be anybody who is not going to enter it.’”: meaning forbidden (haraam) desires are so attractive. Allah created both Paradise and Hellfire in this manner. Those who will enter Paradise need to stay away from desires and evils, and as such this is the hardship of Paradise. “When Allah fashioned Adam in the form of
a human, he let him stay so for a while.”: meaning Allah created Adam Aleyhisselam from mud and fired him like clay. Before He put a soul, He let stay thus like clay. “Iblees strolled around him thus looking. When he saw him empty inside, he said, ‘I have succeeded because he is a weak creature.’: in fact it is empty inside, and he might have thought, ‘I can enter inside him.’ That is why he was happy. As a matter of fact, he does enter inside humans. He leads most people to doom. Allah Azza wa Jalla says, ‘Most people are going astray. “Allah blew the soul into Adam (after that situation). When it flew and took its place in his head.”: meaning the soul finally entered when it stopped in Adam Aleyhisselam’s head, and he started to move. “Adam (Aleyhisselam) sneezed and said, ‘Alhamdu Lillahi Rabbil Alameen.’ Allah Azza wa Jalla replied in compassion to him, ‘Yarhamukallah,’ (May Allah have mercy on you).”: that is why it is sunna for man to say Alhamdulillah when sneezing. And in return, man needs to say Yarhamukallah. Sadaqa Rasulallah Fee Maa Qaal, Aw Kama Qaal. Tomorrow is Safar’s last Wednesday. Give more sadaqa Inshallah. Read Ayat alKursi seven times and Alamtara (Sura Feel) seven times. It will pass with safety Inshallah. Al-Fatiha.
9.TEKKES AND ZAWIYAS DURING THE OTTOMAN PERIOD Sunday, December 21, 2014
Assalamu Alaykum Auzu Billahi Minashaytanir Rajeem Bismillahir Rahmanir Raheem Madad Ya Rasulallah, Madad Ya As’habe Rasulallah, Madad Ya Mashayikhina, Sheykh Abdullah Daghestani, Sheykh Nazim al- Haqqani. Dastur. Tariqatunas sohba, wal khayru fil jamiyya.
Tariqa stand with discourse and the congregation. It is almost the same with all tariqas. Discourses are important in our Naqshibandi Tariqa though. Tekkes and zawiyas were removed after the Ottoman period. They realized that these things were around even though the Ottoman state was gone. It is dangerous if these stay. That is why shaytan is cunning, it did not fit him, and he did not want it. He left the people both ignorant and wanted to keep them away from the manners of Islam. That is why he removed these zawiyas and tekkes. However, they were useful for the state, for the Islamic state. Ever since the Ottoman state disappeared, instead of people becoming better, they are becoming more and more wild. Even if they shut the dargahs in Anatolia, on the other hand thank Allah, the alims (scholars) stayed and the salihs (virtuous) stayed. They are people of will. They gave the people enlightenment, they gave guidance, and they gave sohbas where they were located. When pressure is lifted, Mashallah the country is full like before. We see that nothing was shut in other places, but a huge discord appeared there. However much people have distanced themselves from the Ottomans, that much more they have become brutal. So it was this tariqa and this dargah that was teaching them adab (manners). The most important thing is Islam is adab. Allah gave the best adab to our Holy Prophet. There was no yelling and screaming in the time of our Master. There was no such thing as going out in the streets, yelling and screaming. It did not even happen during war time. A sahabi (companion) was acting like a tough guy. Our Holy Prophet said, “Allah does not like these actions, but you can do it against infidels.” There is no permission against Muslims, but there is permission against unbelievers. Why was the Ottoman such a sacred state? Because it was an Islamic state. They were doing everything according to Islam. They were acting according to Islam. There was not even the slightest thing contrary to Islam, opposite to Islam. The Ottoman Empire ruled for almost 700 years. They always spoke ill of the last part of those 700 years, but when the truth is researched it is
understood that we cannot reach them for hundreds of years. Last night they were showing something interesting so we decided to have a look. It was about slavery in the Ottomans. Allah Allah, what a strange thing is this? I do not know who the man is, he was explaining buying and selling slaves. It has procedures and rules of conduct. He explained how it was done. They would first become prisoners of war, then they would become slaves. You cannot decide to smuggle a person and make him a slave, otherwise he will fight you. He explained that one by one too. He showed it all: how they came, how they went, and how they were bought. It was not like the Europeans, descending on a village, and taking away the poor and impoverished people as a family without a war. They all had records, where they came from and where they went, whether it was according to procedure or not. He explained it to the slightest detail. So it was such, there was no oppression. There was no such thing as injustice. That is why it was such a holy state. War, during Ottoman times, was waged with the non-Muslims. What are meant by non-Muslims though, are not the non-Muslims within our own country. They enjoyed the same rights, as they also belonged to the Ottomans. There were viziers and there were grand viziers from all of them. As he was explaining, there was a grand vizier slave. He spoke about him. Sultan Suleyman’s slave became the Grand Vizier. So it can happen. Look at the justice of the Ottomans. There were rights and laws. It also came with an incentive to free them. If a person held on to a slave for about ten years, they would find it shameful. There was a good habit amongst people thinking the slave stayed for so long, and needs to be set free because it is shameful. This habit would encourage people to set slaves free. And after setting them free, they would help them so they could continue making a living and making ends meet. Sometimes it would happen and the slave dies. They would write, “I freed this slave,” on his grave so he would not become a slave on the Day of Judgment. They would laugh much at the one who did it since he freed a dead slave. That is why most people wanted to set free as soon as possible. These things were done because of ayats shown in the Koran as well. Good things were encouraged and done. There, these things were taught in dargahs and learnt from mashayikh (shaykhs). The ikhwan (brothers) and tariqa masters would all get along. Nobody would infringe upon the rights of others. Thank Allah, with the blessings of the Ottomans, many more services will be done in our country Inshallah. With the appearance of Mahdi Aleyhis Salam, he will take hold of the trusts here Inshallah. The inhabitants here will be his helpers Inshallah. There is no khilafa (caliphate) with these fake people who claim, “I am the Khalifa. I am the Caliph.” The caliphate is with the Ottomans now. The Ottomans are the Khalifa. How did the
Abbasi Khalifa hand over the khilafa to the Ottoman Sultan Salim with his own will? Nothing was done by force. The end is near, it will come. When Mahdi Aleyhis Salam also arrives, the Ottoman Sultan, the person here, whoever is the rightful owner, he will deliver it to Mahdi Aleyihs Salam and will be his helper. We are always and still in the title deed of the Ottomans Inshallah. May Allah not separate us from this way. We are honored by the Ottomans. The Ottomans and the Ottoman Sultans put themselves and their lives on the way of Islam. They waved swords in the service of Islam. They gave everything in the way of Islam. How happy they are, thank Allah. How happy is the one who says, “I am Muslim,” thank Allah.
Wa Minallah at-Tawfeeq. Al-Fatiha.
10.ONLY BE WITH ALLAH Sunday, December 21, 2014
Assalamu Alaykum Auzu Billahi Minashaytanir Rajeem Bismillahir Rahmanir Raheem Madad Ya Rasulallah, Madad Ya As’habe Rasulallah Madad Ya Mashayikhina, Sheykh Abdullah Daghestani, Sheykh Nazim al-Haqqani. Dastur. Abu Ayyub al-Ansar. Madad. Tariqatunas sohba, wal khayru fil jamiyya.
Our tariqa stand with sohba (association) and the good is in jamaat (congregation) Inshallah. Even if the sohba mentions things we know, people forget. There is no harm even if one hears the same things over. It has benefit but no harm. A person understands better when hearing over and over. Our way, as you know, is the Naqshbandi way. It is the way of saliheen (virtuous) and the way of awliya (saints). Everything they say is beautiful and everything they mention is pleasant. Even if what they say sometimes is not fully understood, none of them say anything contrary to Sharia or people. They order what Allah says and nothing else. Sometimes they tell stories of some meshayikh (shaykhs) and it sounds a little awkward but essentially there is nothing awkward. There is no slipping away even the slightest or going contrary to the way Allah has shown with them. The one who understand it as such has seen himself there. There are many fake shaykhs and fake alims (scholars) now. Many claim to be murshids (guides) but the true are few. There is absolutely nothing wrong with the shaykh, the true murshid. The one who says there is sees his own shortcoming and attributes it to the shaykh. Both Shaytan has explained what his shaykh said incorrectly to him, and he sees it like that due to his own sin and shortcoming. All along, since the time of our Holy Prophet, there is not a fault with shaykhs and true murshids. “No, that one said so, this one said such,” they tell about them not knowing. Or they read their words and because of their inverted meaning, they make it seem faulty. Whereas they are kaamil people (spiritually mature). To tell stories is Allah’s order. “Faqsus al-qasas,” says in the Koran. Meaning tell the stories so people may take lesson. Our holy Prophet has said, “Stories and anecdotes are Allah’s soldiers.” They also show the right way. Once upon a time, a man who “did not know himself” was close to the khalifa. He complained about a couple of famous awliya and Ahlullah (people of Allah). Amongst them were Junayd-e Baghdadi azretleri, a couple of people, and also a salih individual called Muhammad Nuri. He told the khalifa that these
people were contrary to Islam and zindiqs (atheists). He talked of them in such a way that the khalifa, following Allah’s order and protecting the people from such, immediately ordered, “Off with their heads.” While standing in line, Muhammad Nuri Effendi jumped in saying, “Cut my head off first.” The executioner was surprised, “Why did you jump in first when there was no need for it?” he asked. “[So] they may worship for at least another hour,” he answered. Allah put something in the heart of the executioner so he may serve as a lesson for the people. “These people are not what they seem. They look like good people,” he explained to the khalifa hazretleri. Because he is the khalifa, he cannot decide depending on the word of [any] person. He will test them. He sent for the best alim, the Shaykh ul-Islam, to test them. The Shaykh ulIslam asked him some questions. The sacred one got stuck staring at his right for a while. He stared for ten to fifteen minutes. He stared at his left and nothing either. Then he bowed his head and answered all the questions. The Shaykh ul-Islam asked, “Very good. You answered them but why did you wait for so long? You stared right and left for an hour. What happened?” He answered, “I looked right, ‘Do you know the answer to this?’ I asked the angel on the right. ‘I do not know,’ he said. I looked left and asked the angel on the left. He also said, ‘I do not know.’” They are such difficult questions that even the angels do not know the answer. “I looked at my heart. Allah sent it to my heart so I spoke,” he said. When asked, “You mean you do not know the answer?” He answered, “I do not know. Allah sent it. Allah showed the right [answer].” Allah makes such people say the truth. Even if he does not know, Allah makes him say the truest and the best. The khalifa asked, “How are they? What did you think of them?” So the Shaykh ul-Islam hazretleri said, “If these individuals are not Muslim, then nobody is Muslim.” In the past, there was respect for knowledge and truth. Not like now. No respect is left now. No need at all to tell the people who are enemies of the Prophet and the Ahl-e Bayt anymore. They have now become inhuman. They are people who have become monsters, who have become brutal. There is no need to say to them. They kill a man they are suspicious of as if killing a fly anyway. They are a punishment of Allah to this Umma (Nation), because the Umma has also gone out of control and have no respect. Since they are only satisfying their own nafs (ego) and are at the service of their nafs, so Allah sent trouble to Muslims. These are Akhir Zaman (End Times) discords (fitnas). Our Holy Prophet said, “If the people of End Times do one percent of this religion, they will be safe.” This is a time that has a lot of virtue. It is a very virtuous time, but you need to be on the right way, in the way of
Allah. You need to not defy Allah and the Prophet. You need to not conform to your pleasure and your wild nafs’ desires. You need to accept the Truth. We see everywhere that people are not allowing anything to be said to their egos and are not accepting the truth. When the slightest thing is said to them, they are ready to burn, not only the house or the country, but the whole world. People have such an ego. They may burn without reluctance. We see how people in the past burnt and destroyed. There is the infamous guy, Nero. The man burnt all of Rome for his own ego. It is nothing compared to these times. Rome was a little place. It was 2000 years ago. It cannot compare to Beykoz (the district where Shaykh Effendi lives). It was a smaller place. If people could, they would burn the whole world for their ego. Shaykh Effendi said one time, “If a person had the opportunities that pharaoh had, everybody would become pharaoh.” Our Holy Prophet came from the midst of the worst and most dreadful people. The line of our Holy Prophet is the cleanest line from amongst Arabs. He came from a line that spotlessly extends to Adam Aleyhis Salam. But those around caused a lot of pain. Our Holy Prophet said, “No prophet went through as much trouble as I did.” Let us again tell a story of our Holy Prophet’s karamat and miracles. Abdullah ibni Masud Hazretleri was a hafiz (memorized the Koran). He was one of the best reciters of the Koran and his memory was strong. When Sura Rahman was revealed, our Holy Prophet searched for a brave man asking, “Who will go and recite this Sura amongst the mushriks (idolators)?” Nobody stepped forth. Abdullah ibni Masud came out. And he was tiny, little, short, and was not that strong. Our Holy Prophet asked a second time and nobody stepped forth. Abdullah ibni Masud Hazretleri came out. Our Holy Prophet (Sallallahu Aleyhi Wasallam) asked a third time. When nobody stepped forth again, “Go and recite it there,” he told him. He saw that the cruelest of Quraysh had gathered there. He recited without fear. Abu Jahil both pulled his ear and beat him. He had ripped his ear too. He came to our Holy Prophet in that situation, crying of course. Our Holy Prophet was very sad. He saw Jabrayil Aleyhis Salam laughing and said, “O Jabrayil, you are laughing and this man is in this situation. Is it something to laugh at?” “I see what is coming forth and will laugh again then,” said Jabrayil Aleyhis Salam. Afterwards, when the Battle of Badr occurred, there were the dead and the wounded. Our Holy Prophet told Abdullah ibni Masud Hazretleri, “You go too.” He gave him a strange little bayonet and said, “Kill the one you find. You will have been written jihad as well.” It is the wisdom of Allah that he found Abu Jahl lying on the ground in his last breaths. Abdullah ibni Masud Hazretleri
stared from a distance, afraid at the same time. Because a man like a dragon , Abu Jahl was a very strong guy. He stuck the bayonet in his nose. It is also in the Koran. When Abu Jahl saw him, “Is that you? Tell that friend of yours, there is nobody I hate more than him,” he said. He
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