Suhbah 2019: Maulana Shaykh Mehmet Adil ar-Rabbani (2/25)
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ot be cured with that medicine. You ought to say, “May Allah give the secret of healing to this medicine.” You should entreat Allah that it become a healing for you. Otherwise, as we see now, they can give medicine upon medicine, [yet] no healing takes place. They try this one then another, they turn the patient into a guinea pig and say, “This worked; this did not work...” In fact, they should have said it with basmala [knowing] that the healing is not in this, but in Allah, [and that] this is just a mean—and then take the medicine. They also should not get themselves used to these pills. Some people take these pills like dried fruits and nuts, [and then] later when they really need them, they do not work, because their system has become immune to these pills.
The other important thing beside this is giving charity. In the giving of charity is healing. The Prophet (SAW) said, “Charity is a healing against illnesses. It increases life span, [and] repels accidents and curses.” People pay a lot of money when it comes to medication, doctor fees, yet they do not give charity. This is something strange: people do not want to give towards goodness, [but] instead they spend on things that have no good in them.
Allah attached meaning to everything. Everything has its own way of behaving, its own adab. When Allah does not inspire the doctor, mostly he does the wrong thing. The doctor may cause another illness, while the patient is normally alright. This brings another problem and suffering. May Allah protect us. May Allah heal people, Insha Allah. Wa Minallah at-Tawfeeq, Al-Fatiha.
8.AVOID FILTHINESS Friday, 25 January 2019
Assalamu Alaykum wa Rahmatullah wa Barakatuh, Auzu Billahi Minashaytanir Rajeem. Bismillahir Rahmanir Raheem, Wassalatu Wassalamu ala Rasulina Muhammadin Sayyidal Awwalin wal Akhirin, Madad Ya RasulAllah, Madad Ya As’habi RasulAllah, Madad Ya Mashayikhina, Shaykh Abdullah Daghestani, Shaykh Nazim Al-Haqqani. Dastur. Tariqatunas sohba, wa khayru fil jamiyya.
The Prophet (SAW) advises: “Wa-jtanibū ’l-khabā’ith!” Khabā’ith is a term that covers all bad, dirty, filthy, najas— all comes under this term khabā’ith.
Our religion is purity, cleanliness. It asks us to keep away from this filth—filth in both physical and spiritual senses of the term. Spiritual filth are the sins. Keep away from them. You must keep away from all filth, dirt. What type of things? Alcohol, then cigarettes are amongst them. People do not give importance to not smoking, however once one is used to it, it has a lot of badness. It is a thing which has no use at all, and is the cause of many illnesses. They are not able count its harms on health. They say it has five hundred, or another says five thousand or millions of harms. No one has come out to say one good purpose it serves. They say things about alcohol—it may have one thing good about it out of a thousand harms. Its good is no good. Cigarettes are worse than alcohol, yet Muslims do not call it a sin. Some call it disliked/hated (makruh); others do not even call it makruh. In fact, it is bad in all ways, [and] even if it had no harm or good, it is [still] a waste. Uselessly, when a poor man is addict, he pays more for cigarettes than he pays for his daily bread. He wastes his children’s, his family’s, provision on cigarettes but still will not give them up. In Islam, Allah ‘azza wa jalla says, “Keep away from these bad things!” This is an order of Islam. Whatever other bad things there are, keep away from all. It is all forbidden, every form of harm, in Islam—harming people, animals, environment, neighbors, every kind. Let alone dirtying the environment, Islam rewards cleaning the streets and removing dirty things from paths, and counts these actions as charity. Allah ‘azza wa jalla has given us such a beautiful religion. Though on the contrary people are running after all these forms of filth, our religion is recommending beauty, goodness. There is no need for other organizations—Greens or Reds, this or that, no need for any of them. They are rather themselves real causes of filth. May Allah guide them, have them come to this beautiful path, Insha Allah.
Wa Minallah at-Tawfeeq, Al-Fatiha
9.FOR THE PLEASURE OF ALLAH Saturday, 26 January 2019
Assalamu Alaykum wa Rahmatullah wa Barakatuh, Auzu Billahi Minashaytanir Rajeem. Bismillahir Rahmanir Raheem, Wassalatu Wassalamu ala Rasulina Muhammadin Sayyidal Awwalin wal Akhirin, Madad Ya RasulAllah, Madad Ya As’habi RasulAllah, Madad Ya Mashayikhina, Shaykh Abdullah Daghestani, Shaykh Nazim Al-Haqqani. Dastur. Tariqatunas sohba, wa khayru fil jamiyya.
Bismillahir Rahmanir Raheem: “Allahumma waffiqnā limā tuḥibbu wa tarḍā.” “Allah, make easy the affairs that you are content with.”
Let it be easy because most people do not do the things Allah is happy with; they find them hard, quite hard.
They would do all kind of things, get tired. They do useful or useless things; they would not complain about them. Whichever things Allah is pleased with they find them hard. Therefore he tells us as a prayer: let these affairs that are liked be easy, [so] we shall be able to do them. Because to hinder even the easiest thing, Satan, ego, [and] desires stand in front of you [and] make it look difficult. They do not want you to be able to do them. But if you do, Allah ‘azza wa jalla will be pleased with you. When He is pleased, your spirit is happy, then you are relieved, light enters in you.
Allah’s contentment makes every affair beautiful. The greatest beauty is Allah’s contentment. When He is pleased with you, every affair you do is good, [and] this becomes the means for your station to elevate. Otherwise, [by] doing things that Allah is not happy with, gloominess descends upon you, suffering starts, troubles happen.
May Allah protect us! May Allah make us able to accomplish things that He is pleased with. May He make these things be easy for us, Insha Allah.
Wa Minallah at-Tawfeeq, Al-Fatiha.
10.SPENDING FOR THE RIGHT PLACE Sunday, 27 January 2019
Assalamu Alaykum wa Rahmatullah wa Barakatuh, Auzu Billahi Minashaytanir Rajeem. Bismillahir Rahmanir Raheem, Wassalatu Wassalamu ala Rasulina Muhammadin Sayyidal Awwalin wal Akhirin, Madad Ya RasulAllah, Madad Ya As’habi RasulAllah, Madad Ya Mashayikhina, Shaykh Abdullah Daghestani, Shaykh Nazim Al-Haqqani. Dastur. Tariqatunas sohba, wa khayru fil jamiyya.
Allah ‘azza wa jalla says, Bismillahir Rahmanir Raheem: “Yaqūlu ’ahlaktu mālān lubadā. A’yaḥsabu ’an lam yarahu ’aḥad?” (Qur’ān 90:6-7) ‘He says, "I have spent wealth in abundance. Does he think that no one has seen him?” Allah says this in the Holy Quran.
You will give the account of your money, the thing that Allah bestowed on you. You will pay for it if you spent what is given you on the wrong things. If it was on the path of the good for the benefit of his family, children, for the Muslims, he will receive the reward. People today spend their possessions on the wrong things. They think they gain something, enjoy it all, feel good. They do every sort of bad thing. Most people after making a lot of money divert from what is right and ruin themselves. Who is the ruined one? “I ruined my property,” they say. Ruining means that something is now useless. At the end they regret, and say, “I was this, I was that...” When the person’s end is good, he is the one who gains. On the other hand, let him spend as mush as he likes all his life long—after losing it all, there is no use of it, is there? No, there is not. No use of it at all. Instead it is harmful. He gains nothing as an investment. He spends a lot, but that is not an investment. It is a harm instead—those are the things you will be crushed under.
When Allah gives, you take benefit from His provision, but do not use this in bad ways, do not do bad things. Allah gave you something clean; do something clean with it! Invest this way, [and] it will be good for you in the end, will be a relief, happiness, what you have in hand remains. Because of spending on the harmful or bad things, most of the time people are left with nothing, [and] they find nothing but loss. May Allah give good thoughts to people, have them think well so that they live like human beings. Living like a human being is living good, your end being good. If you still insist on living mindlessly, then you need to consider what will be your own end. May Allah protect us!
Wa Minallah at-Tawfeeq, Al-Fatiha.
11.FAITHFULNESS Monday, 28 January 2019
Assalamu Alaykum wa Rahmatullah wa Barakatuh, Auzu Billahi Minashaytanir Rajeem. Bismillahir Rahmanir Raheem, Wassalatu Wassalamu ala Rasulina Muhammadin Sayyidal Awwalin wal Akhirin, Madad Ya RasulAllah, Madad Ya As’habi RasulAllah, Madad Ya Mashayikhina, Shaykh Abdullah Daghestani, Shaykh Nazim Al-Haqqani. Dastur. Tariqatunas sohba, wa khayru fil jamiyya.
Bismillahir Rahmanir Raheem “Waylun yawma’idhin lil-mukadhdhibīn,” says Allah ‘azza wa jalla. “Woe on that day to the rejecters!” (Qur’ān 77:15).
It says, “Those who have called the truth a lie are guilty, they will regret that at the time of resurrection.” Those who confirm the truth are the opposite of this. Of the ones who confirmed the truth, the first is Abu Bakr as-Siddiq. He is on the highest station in paradise, and he was the friend and companion of the Prophet (SAW).
The others deserved hell. Seeing truth and still insisting on saying, “This is a lie!” causes their end to be bad. Most people accept the lie as a truth, truth as a lie. They do this, because they follow their desires. And additionally, their doing has no benefit. There is harm in not accepting the truth, no benefit in not accepting. You will accept the truth (Haqq). You will say, “This this the truth.” If you tell a lie, you will regret it on the Day of Resurrection. This is what Allah ‘azza wa jalla tells us in the Holy Quran. Submit to the truth, be with the truth. Follow what He says. If you do, you reach peace. If not, your end will be bad. May Allah not make it so, but it might be forever bad.
Some though they may say what is right sometimes and at other times what is wrong, still they can be saved. God is one. Do not ascribe partners to Him. It is a must to accept Allah. The real possessor of the body is Allah ‘azza wa jalla. On these end days, this is another thing they reject. They will regret a lot.
May Allah protect us! May Allah guide us, Insha Allah. Let us protect our faith, Insha Allah.
Wa Minallah at-Tawfeeq, Al-Fatiha.
12.THE BAD FRIEND Tuesday, 29 January 2019
Assalamu Alaykum wa Rahmatullah wa Barakatuh, Auzu Billahi Minashaytanir Rajeem. Bismillahir Rahmanir Raheem, Wassalatu Wassalamu ala Rasulina Muhammadin Sayyidal Awwalin wal Akhirin, Madad Ya RasulAllah, Madad Ya As’habi RasulAllah, Madad Ya Mashayikhina, Shaykh Abdullah Daghestani, Shaykh Nazim Al-Haqqani. Dastur. Tariqatunas sohba, wa khayru fil jamiyya.
Jealousy, envy are from Satan; they come from him. The first one who envied was Shaytan. Out of envy he said, “I will divert from the path the sons of Adam (‘alayhi s- salām)!” Why? Because he envied Adam (‘alayhi s-salām). He says, “I will take his offspring to hell.”
So the sinner knows that he has sinned, and he wants to take others with him. Why does he do that? Due to envy. He says, “Since I will go to hell, let them come with me! Why should I go alone? Everybody go to hell!” And he tries hard to fulfill this. This is called “a bad friend”. A bad friend shows evil, takes people on a bad path, and thus in most cases a friend turns out not to be good. A real friend is known in times of difficulties. These bad ones run away from you before your difficulties even arise. They take you to a cliff, throw you off, and run away.
These are the soldiers of Satan; they are with him. One must watch out. They come out from all sides. They come in every disguise. So you must be careful who you are friends with. You need to assess a friend who brings out a bad saying or a bad behavior, and ask yourself, “What kind of person is this?” If he is good, fine; if not, keep away.
May Allah grant protection! There is a saying that a bad friend is worse than Shaytan. This is so true—indeed a bad friend is a thousand times worse. He can show all kinds of evil. He would have you get involved in them.
May Allah protect us, [and] keep bad friends away from us! May the bad people keep away from us, Insha Allah.
Wa Minallah at-Tawfeeq, Al-Fatiha.
13.TRUE KNOWLEDGE Wednesday, 30 January 2019
Assalamu Alaykum wa Rahmatullah wa Barakatuh, Auzu Billahi Minashaytanir Rajeem. Bismillahir Rahmanir Raheem, Wassalatu Wassalamu ala Rasulina Muhammadin Sayyidal Awwalin wal Akhirin, Madad Ya RasulAllah, Madad Ya As’habi RasulAllah, Madad Ya Mashayikhina, Shaykh Abdullah Daghestani, Shaykh Nazim Al-Haqqani. Dastur. Tariqatunas sohba, wa khayru fil jamiyya.
Allah created people to gain knowledge. Anything small they learn is part of knowledge. One might be doing something—when young knowing nothing, gradually one grows up by learning. Some people are curious—they continue learning. Real knowledge is the Holy Quran that Allah sent down, our Prophet’s (SAW) shown Way. This is not just a large sea, but an ocean.
Allah ‘azza wa jalla says: “If the seas were ink they would still be insufficient in fully expressing Allah’s knowledge. Man cannot reach even a single point. There is also a knowledge of outward, apparent things. If one learns it conscientiously, Allah shows him His power, loftiness. “Do not think about Allah’s essense (dhāt),” says the Prophet (SAW), because it is impossible to reach this knowledge. You can see His greatness [and] loftiness in His creation [though]. How wonderfully are beings created! The creation of this universe indicates the greatness of Allah.
Now some of those who are educated reach the truth (ḥaqīqah), but some study in vain. Whoever cannot see or reach the truth is empty. Those who call it “only nature” are empty. In the end, such a person only wastes a lot of effort, throwing it in the trash. But the other [kind] is with the truth and is among the rewarded ones. One is a gainer, while the other is a loser. These are Allah given skills. Not everyone can learn, not everyone has the curiosity to dedicate his life to knowledge.
The man who has devoted his whole life to the truth has gained. The other who did not do anything, he has read in vain. His reading does not help himself, nor does it help anyone else.
May Allah teach us true knowledge. Let us take a lesson from this created universe. Let us see Allah's greatness, Insha Allah.
Wa Minallah at-Tawfeeq, Al-Fatiha.
14.GIVING FATWAS Thursday, 31 January 2019
Assalamu Alaykum wa Rahmatullah wa Barakatuh, Auzu Billahi Minashaytanir Rajeem. Bismillahir Rahmanir Raheem, Wassalatu Wassalamu ala Rasulina Muhammadin Sayyidal Awwalin wal Akhirin, Madad Ya RasulAllah, Madad Ya As’habi RasulAllah, Madad Ya Mashayikhina, Shaykh Abdullah Daghestani, Shaykh Nazim Al-Haqqani. Dastur. Tariqatunas sohba, wa khayru fil jamiyya.
The Prophet (SAW) says, “Do not give fatwas!” Do not make a judgement in a legal case you do not know anything about, because the one who does judge should be educated, learned, so that he can determine a [proper] judgement, opinion. It cannot happen according to one’s mind, the truth is different from what they think. People see things differently, and imagine things [even] while their eyes are open.
He says, “The truth is what I say.” No, what you say cannot be the truth, because Allah’s judgment is one. If everyone’s opinion is going to be considered the truth, then there are millions of people and millions of opinions. That is just not possible. Now every opinion appears on TV or the internet, or [even] in places without these. They have started a course to [learn how to] give fatwas in ten days! They have raised men who start giving fatwas in ten days! What can happen in ten days? Only mischievous (fitna) can result. May Allah protect us from it!
This is something to watch out for. People should not put themselves under this responsibility! They are committing sin. Even if it [i.e., your opinion] is right you, are not sufficiently competent. There are imams and scholars to give fatwas. They know—let them have a look and decide! You must not interfere with everything. You must not decide according to your mind and ego. Your ego does not want to say that it does not know. Instead, it says that it knows it all. [But] in fact, when one does not know, one should say one does not know. That is what all those great companions did. Imam Malik (RA) was asked ten questions, and answered that he knew two of them and but did not know eight. When a great scholar, Imam Malik, does this, who are you to put yourself under the responsibility?
An intelligent man does not take on such responsibilities. May Allah protect this umma from such people. Thousands of scholars say the truth, [and then] one perverted man comes out and people follow what he says! May Allah protect us from such fitna!
Wa Minallah at-Tawfeeq, Al-Fatiha.
15.THE LAST STATION Friday, 1 February 2019
Assalamu Alaykum wa Rahmatullah wa Barakatuh, Auzu Billahi Minashaytanir Rajeem. Bismillahir Rahmanir Raheem, Wassalatu Wassalamu ala Rasulina Muhammadin Sayyidal Awwalin wal Akhirin, Madad Ya RasulAllah, Madad Ya As’habi RasulAllah, Madad Ya Mashayikhina, Shaykh Abdullah Daghestani, Shaykh Nazim Al-Haqqani. Dastur. Tariqatunas sohba, wa khayru fil jamiyya.
It is said that the last place a person will end up is musalla stone [on which the dead body is laid for the funeral (janāza) prayer] onto which one should go in a good state, so that his next life will also be good. When it is asked, “What do you think of this person?” it is a good thing that others say they knew him as someone good. If you know the deceased as good you say “good”. If you do not think of him as good, [but] most of those in the funeral say they knew him as a good person, [fine.] Otherwise, you should say, “May Allah have mercy on him.” If you know someone to have been good, Allah accepts the witnessing of forty people. With the permission of Allah he will be forgiven, but the real thing is his being good, really being good—such a person is [truly] successful. Why do we say this? Our uncle, Abdullah, was a good, nice man. Everyone liked him. In his worship his path was good. He used to come to the dhikrs. Because he attended all the dhikrs, yesterday he was buried in the afternoon [and] tonight his spirit was present with us in our dhikr. This is a good thing for the next life. People are confused in what to do in life, what will happen, what will remain [for one] after this life. In fact, one only eats what [rizq] has been provided up until one’s last portion—and then one leaves this world. During the last few days of a person’s life, others say, “He does not eat, drink, enough.” This refers to his rizq. After the ending of his rizq, he leaves for the next life. However rich you might be, however strong, you will benefit from your rizq only as much as what is allocated for you. You may not eat from your own efforts, [and] therefore [there is] no need to go through troubles for [your] rizq. Allah gives us our rizq. If there is something to worry about, it is your next life. Consider such things as, “Have I done a wrong, or something incomplete? Am I complete? Have I done anything wrong towards another person or damaged something?” Worrying about other things does not help, since worldly worries are endless. When the worry is for the Next Life, it becomes a means for [obtaining] Allah’s forgiveness. May Allah give us all a good life and death! May all of us have a good life in the Next World, insha’Allah! May Allah have mercy on the dead!
Wa Minallah at-Tawfeeq, Al-Fatiha.
16.GREEDINESS Saturday, 2 February 2019
Assalamu Alaykum wa Rahmatullah wa Barakatuh, Auzu Billahi Minashaytanir Rajeem. Bismillahir Rahmanir Raheem, Wassalatu Wassalamu ala Rasulina Muhammadin Sayyidal Awwalin wal Akhirin, Madad Ya RasulAllah, Madad Ya As’habi RasulAllah, Madad Ya Mashayikhina, Shaykh Abdullah Daghestani, Shaykh Nazim Al-Haqqani. Dastur. Tariqatunas sohba, wa khayru fil jamiyya.
People are greedy. Because of their greed, they are in loss most of the time. Tamah means having hungry eyes. Greed is like a bait, and it deceives them the most. In a typical case, someone exaggerates something to make it look a hundred time bigger, then says he wants to give it to you. You become deceived by him and accept the offer, but in the end you find nothing to it at all.
We hear that some people sell the same flat to ten different people for a so-called “cheap” price. Those people jumped on the property thinking it was a bargain, but in the end none [actually] gets the property. Greed for the property of this world is a loss. You should show tamah for the next world—that is the true place, the real. Allah ‘azza wa jalla gives ten for your one, or [even] hundred or a thousand. His property is large, [and] no matter how much He gives nothing affects Him. The lowest one of paradise will be given a property as large as this world. Even for the one who spends a long time in hell, and [then] finally after being forgiven, enters paradise, [even for him] this world is going to be little compared with what will be given to him.
We mean that your ambition should be towards next world. Greed should not be for this world. It is necessary to think whether what you are doing is right. Being deceived is not a good thing, because you also lose your children’s and family’s rizq, but do as much as you can for the Akhirah. Whether you do good deeds or worship. Allah gives for one thing you do ten times, Allah ‘azza wa jalla gives out of His generosity. No need to worry for the sake of this world. It is necessary to work for the Akhirah, Insha Allah.
May Allah help us to have this [good] greed for the Akhirah. This world is trash; may Allah help us not to look at it, Insha Allah.
Wa Minallah at-Tawfeeq, Al-Fatiha.
17.TOLERATING DIFFICULTIES Sunday, 3 February 2019
Assalamu Alaykum wa Rahmatullah wa Barakatuh, Auzu Billahi Minashaytanir Rajeem. Bismillahir Rahmanir Raheem, Wassalatu Wassalamu ala Rasulina Muhammadin Sayyidal Awwalin wal Akhirin, Madad Ya RasulAllah, Madad Ya As’habi RasulAllah, Madad Ya Mashayikhina, Shaykh Abdullah Daghestani, Shaykh Nazim Al-Haqqani. Dastur. Tariqatunas sohba, wa khayru fil jamiyya.
The one who suffered the most is our Prophet (SAW). All the prophets indeed suffered but our Prophet (SAW) says, “I suffered the most.” So when we have difficulties, our difficulties are not really so bad. They made our Prophet (SAW) suffer a lot, but the highest level in the sight of Allah is our Prophet’s (SAW).
Because these are the End Days, everyone around the world is suffering. The more they forget Allah, the more they suffer in hopelessness. Those who are with Allah should remember the suffering of the Prophet (SAW) and be able to say our troubles are nothing so that suffering is not endured in vain—Allah rewards it. Prophets’ suffering ranks higher than that of the companions of prophets, then comes that of the Friends of Allah (awliya’) which is according to their own levels. Their endurance is stronger than ours. Allah created mankind. He knows their strength of endurance. People get fed up, but there are plenty of blessings which they are blinded towards. They do not show gratitude for these provisions (ni‘māt). The only things they remember are the troubles. When they dwell on the troubles, the good taste of every other thing diminishes, [and] becomes meaningless to them. Instead, we should think of the Next Life and ask, “Have we done right or wrong? Are we able to do our duties?” And then we should try to complete those duties.
Allahﷻcompletes this world’s work. Whether you make yourself suffer over it, or are upset about it, has no effect. As long as Allah does not approve of them, worries and anxieties are useless, but when we endure things for the sake of Allah, this act [itself] becomes a good deed. In the Next Life a person will [even] wish that he had gone through more suffering. What is this that earns so much reward?” they will say. “Life on earth was already short.” However then is already too late. May Allah be our helper, Insha Allah. May our heart be with Him, Insha Allah. Whatever troubles there are, may they be for His sake, for the sake of Allah.
Wa Minallah at-Tawfeeq, Al-Fatiha.
18.THE BARAKA OF THE BASMALAH Monday, 4 February 2019
Assalamu Alaykum wa Rahmatullah wa Barakatuh, Auzu Billahi Minashaytanir Rajeem. Bismillahir Rahmanir Raheem, Wassalatu Wassalamu ala Rasulina Muhammadin Sayyidal Awwalin wal Akhirin, Madad Ya RasulAllah, Madad Ya As’habi RasulAllah, Madad Ya Mashayikhina, Shaykh Abdullah Daghestani, Shaykh Nazim Al-Haqqani. Dastur. Tariqatunas sohba, wa khayru fil jamiyya.
Allah ‘azza wa jalla’s first order to the Prophet (SAW) was, “Iqra!” which means, “Read!” “Read in the name of Allah,” it says. Reading without this recitation is useless. There is baraka in things that are read in the name of Allah, and they bring benefit. It is necessary to start everything with the recitation of, “In the name of Allah.” When we start with the name of Allah, “Bismillahir Rahmanir Raheem,” the thing you do becomes the means for something good. You start walking with the Basmalah, before you eat or drink also you say the Basmalah. When you start in the name of Allah, the ordinary food you eat turns into goodness, or an ordinary drink benefits you. It benefits both your body and spirit. Otherwise, it would not benefit you and instead would harm.
There is a story, a true story. In the past, there existed people very big and tall. One of them was a survivor after a flood and he was quite big—Allah knows how tall he was. Plenty of food was not enough for him.
This is a story from Noah’s (AS) time. He would try to get everyone’s food wherever he went, but still would not feel full. Noah (AS) said to him, “Let me give you something you will be full with.” He said, “All right, give it.” Noah (AS) offered him a few crumbs of bread, and asked him to eat them after saying, “Bismillahir Rahmanir Raheem.” The man replied, “No, I won’t say it.” This is because he was a non-believer. Noah (AS) said, “Say it, go ahead, you will be full.” The man insisted, “No, I won’t say it.” The more Noah (AS) insisted, the more he refused. [In the end,] Noah (AS) tricked him by asking, “What was the thing you were not going to say?”
And [so] the man said, “‘Bismillahir Rahmanir Raheem’ is what I will not say.” “Now done! Eat them!” said Noah (AS). The man ate the first crumb and the next, but could not eat the third, because he was full! And he said that he could not put another crumb in to his mouth. Later the man got angry and said, “You did black magic on me!” and ran away.
People now are greedy. They remember nothing about Basmalah, then greediness peaks. If we start everything with Basmalah, it will be full of baraka, beneficial. It will be enough
for us and for others. This is the greatest provision. Basmalah was given to the Prophet (SAW), [and] he passed it onto his people. May the baraka of Basmalah be upon us, Insha Allah. Wa Minallah at-Tawfeeq, Al-Fatiha.
19.DOGS BARK, THE CARAVAN GOES ON Tuesday, 5 February 2019
Assalamu Alaykum wa Rahmatullah wa Barakatuh, Auzu Billahi Minashaytanir Rajeem. Bismillahir Rahmanir Raheem, Wassalatu Wassalamu ala Rasulina Muhammadin Sayyidal Awwalin wal Akhirin, Madad Ya RasulAllah, Madad Ya As’habi RasulAllah, Madad Ya Mashayikhina, Shaykh Abdullah Daghestani, Shaykh Nazim Al-Haqqani. Dastur. Tariqatunas sohba, wa khayru fil jamiyya.
One of the conditions of īmān is: "Khayruhu wa-sharruhu mina Llāh." Both good and evil are from Allāh. We are talking about conditions of īmān. Everyone should know them. When they know or act upon these conditions, there are no problems. But when there is a problem, a man starts getting angry and fights. He thinks it comes from some opponent person, whereas it is the decision of Allāh so that they are tested with each other.
A person is happy when he is flattered and gets upset when spoken badly about. That is human nature. However, friends of Allāh, possessors of true faith, say that both should be the same. You should treat equally the one who swears at you and the one who favours you. You shouldn't be happy about the one and shouldn't be upset about the other. You should say you must have been at fault and it is a test for you in this world. If you accept it, you will be in comfort in dunyā. You won't have any conflict with anyone. You won't have to argue and fight. And in contrast, you shouldn't be happy for being favoured by someone. That is a favor of Allāh. You should make shukr to Him.
Other people like it very much when they are flattered. They become satisfied. They don't accept even a tiny instruction. If someone comes and says, "You are this and that," or gets into an argument or fight, they make the same response. They lose their composure and discredit themselves. We should pay attention to this since, dignity, which is also gravitas – a believer possesses dignity, gravitas. There is no need to respond to everyone's words. That is not the order of Allāh. "Wa-idhā khāṭabahumu l-jāhilūna qālū salāma." (25:63) When heedless ones tell you something bad, you should act as if you don't care. "Qālū salāma," means peace. Our job is peace. Otherwise, you will have no reputation. And you will have no benefit.
Our fathers used to say, "Dogs bark and the caravan goes on." When an irreputable man says something to you, when a dog barks, do you stop and bark back at him? Mind your business. Lead your caravan. Don't be bothered. It is his duty to do so. May Allāh let all of us carry out this beautiful condition of īmān, Insha Allah
Allāh ‘Azza wa-Jalla we have condition of Islām five and for belief, īmān, six. One of them: "Khayruhu wa-sharruhu mina Llāha ta‘ālá" – good and bad, good things and bad things all from Allāh ‘Azza wa-Jalla. We must believe this is from six, five of six, sixth condition from Islām. One of them like this. But who make this or try to do this? Very few people. Everything they thought coming from people from around. They are not thinking this coming from Allāh as test for us.
When somebody praise you, you are very happy. You, we are very very happy. But if somebody shout at you and swore on you, you are become very angry. But it's either, each of them is coming from Allāh. Allāh, Awliyā’u Llāh, they are saying we must be same. If somebody praise you or swore on you, you must be no different between those: not to be very happy when they are saying praise you and not be angry when somebody shout at you or saying bad thing about you. You must know this all coming from Allāh. And if you are, somebody shout on you, you must look for yourself: "Maybe I do something wrong. I deserve this what this man saying. Why my ego it is worse than what he said."
This is beloved people for Allāh who can do this. Other people they not accept any thing about themself. They thought they are the most perfect; nobody can say anything for them. But when something happen, you must, Awliyā’u Llāh saying "this from Allāh" and they are be not fighting with people or shouting on people what for to be like them. No. It is not good character this character. Good character who are be calm when somebody in you, your level or lower than your level. Don't look for this. Only you don't answer and don't take it serious from this. Think this is from Allāh. But even you don't have anything, this is test for you to make your level higher. But people no patience, especially these days people all arguing which each other. Even they now, they have a new fashion, this modern time now they have not swearing in by speaking – by computer. They said, "This man saying for this, like that, and they saying for me." I'm not, even I don't have any time to see this. I went for anything, we don't have time. How you can find time to swore on each other in this internet and other thing? But this is all from shayṭān and the people they forget for order of Allāh Allāh to accept everything from Him. No need to answer to anybody. If they are saying, only continue your way because there is Turkish saying: "Dog barking, caravan walking, continue, not looking." Because old time caravan going and many dogs around they are barking. If they barking, what they will stop and bark to them? No need. Only they are continuing their way, to they have long way to go so no need to be busy with nonsense thing. Allāh make us to follow this rule
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ot be cured with that medicine. You ought to say, “May Allah give the secret of healing to this medicine.” You should entreat Allah that it become a healing for you. Otherwise, as we see now, they can give medicine upon medicine, [yet] no healing takes place. They try this one then another, they turn the patient into a guinea pig and say, “This worked; this did not work...” In fact, they should have said it with basmala [knowing] that the healing is not in this, but in Allah, [and that] this is just a mean—and then take the medicine. They also should not get themselves used to these pills. Some people take these pills like dried fruits and nuts, [and then] later when they really need them, they do not work, because their system has become immune to these pills.
The other important thing beside this is giving charity. In the giving of charity is healing. The Prophet (SAW) said, “Charity is a healing against illnesses. It increases life span, [and] repels accidents and curses.” People pay a lot of money when it comes to medication, doctor fees, yet they do not give charity. This is something strange: people do not want to give towards goodness, [but] instead they spend on things that have no good in them.
Allah attached meaning to everything. Everything has its own way of behaving, its own adab. When Allah does not inspire the doctor, mostly he does the wrong thing. The doctor may cause another illness, while the patient is normally alright. This brings another problem and suffering. May Allah protect us. May Allah heal people, Insha Allah. Wa Minallah at-Tawfeeq, Al-Fatiha.
8.AVOID FILTHINESS Friday, 25 January 2019
Assalamu Alaykum wa Rahmatullah wa Barakatuh, Auzu Billahi Minashaytanir Rajeem. Bismillahir Rahmanir Raheem, Wassalatu Wassalamu ala Rasulina Muhammadin Sayyidal Awwalin wal Akhirin, Madad Ya RasulAllah, Madad Ya As’habi RasulAllah, Madad Ya Mashayikhina, Shaykh Abdullah Daghestani, Shaykh Nazim Al-Haqqani. Dastur. Tariqatunas sohba, wa khayru fil jamiyya.
The Prophet (SAW) advises: “Wa-jtanibū ’l-khabā’ith!” Khabā’ith is a term that covers all bad, dirty, filthy, najas— all comes under this term khabā’ith.
Our religion is purity, cleanliness. It asks us to keep away from this filth—filth in both physical and spiritual senses of the term. Spiritual filth are the sins. Keep away from them. You must keep away from all filth, dirt. What type of things? Alcohol, then cigarettes are amongst them. People do not give importance to not smoking, however once one is used to it, it has a lot of badness. It is a thing which has no use at all, and is the cause of many illnesses. They are not able count its harms on health. They say it has five hundred, or another says five thousand or millions of harms. No one has come out to say one good purpose it serves. They say things about alcohol—it may have one thing good about it out of a thousand harms. Its good is no good. Cigarettes are worse than alcohol, yet Muslims do not call it a sin. Some call it disliked/hated (makruh); others do not even call it makruh. In fact, it is bad in all ways, [and] even if it had no harm or good, it is [still] a waste. Uselessly, when a poor man is addict, he pays more for cigarettes than he pays for his daily bread. He wastes his children’s, his family’s, provision on cigarettes but still will not give them up. In Islam, Allah ‘azza wa jalla says, “Keep away from these bad things!” This is an order of Islam. Whatever other bad things there are, keep away from all. It is all forbidden, every form of harm, in Islam—harming people, animals, environment, neighbors, every kind. Let alone dirtying the environment, Islam rewards cleaning the streets and removing dirty things from paths, and counts these actions as charity. Allah ‘azza wa jalla has given us such a beautiful religion. Though on the contrary people are running after all these forms of filth, our religion is recommending beauty, goodness. There is no need for other organizations—Greens or Reds, this or that, no need for any of them. They are rather themselves real causes of filth. May Allah guide them, have them come to this beautiful path, Insha Allah.
Wa Minallah at-Tawfeeq, Al-Fatiha
9.FOR THE PLEASURE OF ALLAH Saturday, 26 January 2019
Assalamu Alaykum wa Rahmatullah wa Barakatuh, Auzu Billahi Minashaytanir Rajeem. Bismillahir Rahmanir Raheem, Wassalatu Wassalamu ala Rasulina Muhammadin Sayyidal Awwalin wal Akhirin, Madad Ya RasulAllah, Madad Ya As’habi RasulAllah, Madad Ya Mashayikhina, Shaykh Abdullah Daghestani, Shaykh Nazim Al-Haqqani. Dastur. Tariqatunas sohba, wa khayru fil jamiyya.
Bismillahir Rahmanir Raheem: “Allahumma waffiqnā limā tuḥibbu wa tarḍā.” “Allah, make easy the affairs that you are content with.”
Let it be easy because most people do not do the things Allah is happy with; they find them hard, quite hard.
They would do all kind of things, get tired. They do useful or useless things; they would not complain about them. Whichever things Allah is pleased with they find them hard. Therefore he tells us as a prayer: let these affairs that are liked be easy, [so] we shall be able to do them. Because to hinder even the easiest thing, Satan, ego, [and] desires stand in front of you [and] make it look difficult. They do not want you to be able to do them. But if you do, Allah ‘azza wa jalla will be pleased with you. When He is pleased, your spirit is happy, then you are relieved, light enters in you.
Allah’s contentment makes every affair beautiful. The greatest beauty is Allah’s contentment. When He is pleased with you, every affair you do is good, [and] this becomes the means for your station to elevate. Otherwise, [by] doing things that Allah is not happy with, gloominess descends upon you, suffering starts, troubles happen.
May Allah protect us! May Allah make us able to accomplish things that He is pleased with. May He make these things be easy for us, Insha Allah.
Wa Minallah at-Tawfeeq, Al-Fatiha.
10.SPENDING FOR THE RIGHT PLACE Sunday, 27 January 2019
Assalamu Alaykum wa Rahmatullah wa Barakatuh, Auzu Billahi Minashaytanir Rajeem. Bismillahir Rahmanir Raheem, Wassalatu Wassalamu ala Rasulina Muhammadin Sayyidal Awwalin wal Akhirin, Madad Ya RasulAllah, Madad Ya As’habi RasulAllah, Madad Ya Mashayikhina, Shaykh Abdullah Daghestani, Shaykh Nazim Al-Haqqani. Dastur. Tariqatunas sohba, wa khayru fil jamiyya.
Allah ‘azza wa jalla says, Bismillahir Rahmanir Raheem: “Yaqūlu ’ahlaktu mālān lubadā. A’yaḥsabu ’an lam yarahu ’aḥad?” (Qur’ān 90:6-7) ‘He says, "I have spent wealth in abundance. Does he think that no one has seen him?” Allah says this in the Holy Quran.
You will give the account of your money, the thing that Allah bestowed on you. You will pay for it if you spent what is given you on the wrong things. If it was on the path of the good for the benefit of his family, children, for the Muslims, he will receive the reward. People today spend their possessions on the wrong things. They think they gain something, enjoy it all, feel good. They do every sort of bad thing. Most people after making a lot of money divert from what is right and ruin themselves. Who is the ruined one? “I ruined my property,” they say. Ruining means that something is now useless. At the end they regret, and say, “I was this, I was that...” When the person’s end is good, he is the one who gains. On the other hand, let him spend as mush as he likes all his life long—after losing it all, there is no use of it, is there? No, there is not. No use of it at all. Instead it is harmful. He gains nothing as an investment. He spends a lot, but that is not an investment. It is a harm instead—those are the things you will be crushed under.
When Allah gives, you take benefit from His provision, but do not use this in bad ways, do not do bad things. Allah gave you something clean; do something clean with it! Invest this way, [and] it will be good for you in the end, will be a relief, happiness, what you have in hand remains. Because of spending on the harmful or bad things, most of the time people are left with nothing, [and] they find nothing but loss. May Allah give good thoughts to people, have them think well so that they live like human beings. Living like a human being is living good, your end being good. If you still insist on living mindlessly, then you need to consider what will be your own end. May Allah protect us!
Wa Minallah at-Tawfeeq, Al-Fatiha.
11.FAITHFULNESS Monday, 28 January 2019
Assalamu Alaykum wa Rahmatullah wa Barakatuh, Auzu Billahi Minashaytanir Rajeem. Bismillahir Rahmanir Raheem, Wassalatu Wassalamu ala Rasulina Muhammadin Sayyidal Awwalin wal Akhirin, Madad Ya RasulAllah, Madad Ya As’habi RasulAllah, Madad Ya Mashayikhina, Shaykh Abdullah Daghestani, Shaykh Nazim Al-Haqqani. Dastur. Tariqatunas sohba, wa khayru fil jamiyya.
Bismillahir Rahmanir Raheem “Waylun yawma’idhin lil-mukadhdhibīn,” says Allah ‘azza wa jalla. “Woe on that day to the rejecters!” (Qur’ān 77:15).
It says, “Those who have called the truth a lie are guilty, they will regret that at the time of resurrection.” Those who confirm the truth are the opposite of this. Of the ones who confirmed the truth, the first is Abu Bakr as-Siddiq. He is on the highest station in paradise, and he was the friend and companion of the Prophet (SAW).
The others deserved hell. Seeing truth and still insisting on saying, “This is a lie!” causes their end to be bad. Most people accept the lie as a truth, truth as a lie. They do this, because they follow their desires. And additionally, their doing has no benefit. There is harm in not accepting the truth, no benefit in not accepting. You will accept the truth (Haqq). You will say, “This this the truth.” If you tell a lie, you will regret it on the Day of Resurrection. This is what Allah ‘azza wa jalla tells us in the Holy Quran. Submit to the truth, be with the truth. Follow what He says. If you do, you reach peace. If not, your end will be bad. May Allah not make it so, but it might be forever bad.
Some though they may say what is right sometimes and at other times what is wrong, still they can be saved. God is one. Do not ascribe partners to Him. It is a must to accept Allah. The real possessor of the body is Allah ‘azza wa jalla. On these end days, this is another thing they reject. They will regret a lot.
May Allah protect us! May Allah guide us, Insha Allah. Let us protect our faith, Insha Allah.
Wa Minallah at-Tawfeeq, Al-Fatiha.
12.THE BAD FRIEND Tuesday, 29 January 2019
Assalamu Alaykum wa Rahmatullah wa Barakatuh, Auzu Billahi Minashaytanir Rajeem. Bismillahir Rahmanir Raheem, Wassalatu Wassalamu ala Rasulina Muhammadin Sayyidal Awwalin wal Akhirin, Madad Ya RasulAllah, Madad Ya As’habi RasulAllah, Madad Ya Mashayikhina, Shaykh Abdullah Daghestani, Shaykh Nazim Al-Haqqani. Dastur. Tariqatunas sohba, wa khayru fil jamiyya.
Jealousy, envy are from Satan; they come from him. The first one who envied was Shaytan. Out of envy he said, “I will divert from the path the sons of Adam (‘alayhi s- salām)!” Why? Because he envied Adam (‘alayhi s-salām). He says, “I will take his offspring to hell.”
So the sinner knows that he has sinned, and he wants to take others with him. Why does he do that? Due to envy. He says, “Since I will go to hell, let them come with me! Why should I go alone? Everybody go to hell!” And he tries hard to fulfill this. This is called “a bad friend”. A bad friend shows evil, takes people on a bad path, and thus in most cases a friend turns out not to be good. A real friend is known in times of difficulties. These bad ones run away from you before your difficulties even arise. They take you to a cliff, throw you off, and run away.
These are the soldiers of Satan; they are with him. One must watch out. They come out from all sides. They come in every disguise. So you must be careful who you are friends with. You need to assess a friend who brings out a bad saying or a bad behavior, and ask yourself, “What kind of person is this?” If he is good, fine; if not, keep away.
May Allah grant protection! There is a saying that a bad friend is worse than Shaytan. This is so true—indeed a bad friend is a thousand times worse. He can show all kinds of evil. He would have you get involved in them.
May Allah protect us, [and] keep bad friends away from us! May the bad people keep away from us, Insha Allah.
Wa Minallah at-Tawfeeq, Al-Fatiha.
13.TRUE KNOWLEDGE Wednesday, 30 January 2019
Assalamu Alaykum wa Rahmatullah wa Barakatuh, Auzu Billahi Minashaytanir Rajeem. Bismillahir Rahmanir Raheem, Wassalatu Wassalamu ala Rasulina Muhammadin Sayyidal Awwalin wal Akhirin, Madad Ya RasulAllah, Madad Ya As’habi RasulAllah, Madad Ya Mashayikhina, Shaykh Abdullah Daghestani, Shaykh Nazim Al-Haqqani. Dastur. Tariqatunas sohba, wa khayru fil jamiyya.
Allah created people to gain knowledge. Anything small they learn is part of knowledge. One might be doing something—when young knowing nothing, gradually one grows up by learning. Some people are curious—they continue learning. Real knowledge is the Holy Quran that Allah sent down, our Prophet’s (SAW) shown Way. This is not just a large sea, but an ocean.
Allah ‘azza wa jalla says: “If the seas were ink they would still be insufficient in fully expressing Allah’s knowledge. Man cannot reach even a single point. There is also a knowledge of outward, apparent things. If one learns it conscientiously, Allah shows him His power, loftiness. “Do not think about Allah’s essense (dhāt),” says the Prophet (SAW), because it is impossible to reach this knowledge. You can see His greatness [and] loftiness in His creation [though]. How wonderfully are beings created! The creation of this universe indicates the greatness of Allah.
Now some of those who are educated reach the truth (ḥaqīqah), but some study in vain. Whoever cannot see or reach the truth is empty. Those who call it “only nature” are empty. In the end, such a person only wastes a lot of effort, throwing it in the trash. But the other [kind] is with the truth and is among the rewarded ones. One is a gainer, while the other is a loser. These are Allah given skills. Not everyone can learn, not everyone has the curiosity to dedicate his life to knowledge.
The man who has devoted his whole life to the truth has gained. The other who did not do anything, he has read in vain. His reading does not help himself, nor does it help anyone else.
May Allah teach us true knowledge. Let us take a lesson from this created universe. Let us see Allah's greatness, Insha Allah.
Wa Minallah at-Tawfeeq, Al-Fatiha.
14.GIVING FATWAS Thursday, 31 January 2019
Assalamu Alaykum wa Rahmatullah wa Barakatuh, Auzu Billahi Minashaytanir Rajeem. Bismillahir Rahmanir Raheem, Wassalatu Wassalamu ala Rasulina Muhammadin Sayyidal Awwalin wal Akhirin, Madad Ya RasulAllah, Madad Ya As’habi RasulAllah, Madad Ya Mashayikhina, Shaykh Abdullah Daghestani, Shaykh Nazim Al-Haqqani. Dastur. Tariqatunas sohba, wa khayru fil jamiyya.
The Prophet (SAW) says, “Do not give fatwas!” Do not make a judgement in a legal case you do not know anything about, because the one who does judge should be educated, learned, so that he can determine a [proper] judgement, opinion. It cannot happen according to one’s mind, the truth is different from what they think. People see things differently, and imagine things [even] while their eyes are open.
He says, “The truth is what I say.” No, what you say cannot be the truth, because Allah’s judgment is one. If everyone’s opinion is going to be considered the truth, then there are millions of people and millions of opinions. That is just not possible. Now every opinion appears on TV or the internet, or [even] in places without these. They have started a course to [learn how to] give fatwas in ten days! They have raised men who start giving fatwas in ten days! What can happen in ten days? Only mischievous (fitna) can result. May Allah protect us from it!
This is something to watch out for. People should not put themselves under this responsibility! They are committing sin. Even if it [i.e., your opinion] is right you, are not sufficiently competent. There are imams and scholars to give fatwas. They know—let them have a look and decide! You must not interfere with everything. You must not decide according to your mind and ego. Your ego does not want to say that it does not know. Instead, it says that it knows it all. [But] in fact, when one does not know, one should say one does not know. That is what all those great companions did. Imam Malik (RA) was asked ten questions, and answered that he knew two of them and but did not know eight. When a great scholar, Imam Malik, does this, who are you to put yourself under the responsibility?
An intelligent man does not take on such responsibilities. May Allah protect this umma from such people. Thousands of scholars say the truth, [and then] one perverted man comes out and people follow what he says! May Allah protect us from such fitna!
Wa Minallah at-Tawfeeq, Al-Fatiha.
15.THE LAST STATION Friday, 1 February 2019
Assalamu Alaykum wa Rahmatullah wa Barakatuh, Auzu Billahi Minashaytanir Rajeem. Bismillahir Rahmanir Raheem, Wassalatu Wassalamu ala Rasulina Muhammadin Sayyidal Awwalin wal Akhirin, Madad Ya RasulAllah, Madad Ya As’habi RasulAllah, Madad Ya Mashayikhina, Shaykh Abdullah Daghestani, Shaykh Nazim Al-Haqqani. Dastur. Tariqatunas sohba, wa khayru fil jamiyya.
It is said that the last place a person will end up is musalla stone [on which the dead body is laid for the funeral (janāza) prayer] onto which one should go in a good state, so that his next life will also be good. When it is asked, “What do you think of this person?” it is a good thing that others say they knew him as someone good. If you know the deceased as good you say “good”. If you do not think of him as good, [but] most of those in the funeral say they knew him as a good person, [fine.] Otherwise, you should say, “May Allah have mercy on him.” If you know someone to have been good, Allah accepts the witnessing of forty people. With the permission of Allah he will be forgiven, but the real thing is his being good, really being good—such a person is [truly] successful. Why do we say this? Our uncle, Abdullah, was a good, nice man. Everyone liked him. In his worship his path was good. He used to come to the dhikrs. Because he attended all the dhikrs, yesterday he was buried in the afternoon [and] tonight his spirit was present with us in our dhikr. This is a good thing for the next life. People are confused in what to do in life, what will happen, what will remain [for one] after this life. In fact, one only eats what [rizq] has been provided up until one’s last portion—and then one leaves this world. During the last few days of a person’s life, others say, “He does not eat, drink, enough.” This refers to his rizq. After the ending of his rizq, he leaves for the next life. However rich you might be, however strong, you will benefit from your rizq only as much as what is allocated for you. You may not eat from your own efforts, [and] therefore [there is] no need to go through troubles for [your] rizq. Allah gives us our rizq. If there is something to worry about, it is your next life. Consider such things as, “Have I done a wrong, or something incomplete? Am I complete? Have I done anything wrong towards another person or damaged something?” Worrying about other things does not help, since worldly worries are endless. When the worry is for the Next Life, it becomes a means for [obtaining] Allah’s forgiveness. May Allah give us all a good life and death! May all of us have a good life in the Next World, insha’Allah! May Allah have mercy on the dead!
Wa Minallah at-Tawfeeq, Al-Fatiha.
16.GREEDINESS Saturday, 2 February 2019
Assalamu Alaykum wa Rahmatullah wa Barakatuh, Auzu Billahi Minashaytanir Rajeem. Bismillahir Rahmanir Raheem, Wassalatu Wassalamu ala Rasulina Muhammadin Sayyidal Awwalin wal Akhirin, Madad Ya RasulAllah, Madad Ya As’habi RasulAllah, Madad Ya Mashayikhina, Shaykh Abdullah Daghestani, Shaykh Nazim Al-Haqqani. Dastur. Tariqatunas sohba, wa khayru fil jamiyya.
People are greedy. Because of their greed, they are in loss most of the time. Tamah means having hungry eyes. Greed is like a bait, and it deceives them the most. In a typical case, someone exaggerates something to make it look a hundred time bigger, then says he wants to give it to you. You become deceived by him and accept the offer, but in the end you find nothing to it at all.
We hear that some people sell the same flat to ten different people for a so-called “cheap” price. Those people jumped on the property thinking it was a bargain, but in the end none [actually] gets the property. Greed for the property of this world is a loss. You should show tamah for the next world—that is the true place, the real. Allah ‘azza wa jalla gives ten for your one, or [even] hundred or a thousand. His property is large, [and] no matter how much He gives nothing affects Him. The lowest one of paradise will be given a property as large as this world. Even for the one who spends a long time in hell, and [then] finally after being forgiven, enters paradise, [even for him] this world is going to be little compared with what will be given to him.
We mean that your ambition should be towards next world. Greed should not be for this world. It is necessary to think whether what you are doing is right. Being deceived is not a good thing, because you also lose your children’s and family’s rizq, but do as much as you can for the Akhirah. Whether you do good deeds or worship. Allah gives for one thing you do ten times, Allah ‘azza wa jalla gives out of His generosity. No need to worry for the sake of this world. It is necessary to work for the Akhirah, Insha Allah.
May Allah help us to have this [good] greed for the Akhirah. This world is trash; may Allah help us not to look at it, Insha Allah.
Wa Minallah at-Tawfeeq, Al-Fatiha.
17.TOLERATING DIFFICULTIES Sunday, 3 February 2019
Assalamu Alaykum wa Rahmatullah wa Barakatuh, Auzu Billahi Minashaytanir Rajeem. Bismillahir Rahmanir Raheem, Wassalatu Wassalamu ala Rasulina Muhammadin Sayyidal Awwalin wal Akhirin, Madad Ya RasulAllah, Madad Ya As’habi RasulAllah, Madad Ya Mashayikhina, Shaykh Abdullah Daghestani, Shaykh Nazim Al-Haqqani. Dastur. Tariqatunas sohba, wa khayru fil jamiyya.
The one who suffered the most is our Prophet (SAW). All the prophets indeed suffered but our Prophet (SAW) says, “I suffered the most.” So when we have difficulties, our difficulties are not really so bad. They made our Prophet (SAW) suffer a lot, but the highest level in the sight of Allah is our Prophet’s (SAW).
Because these are the End Days, everyone around the world is suffering. The more they forget Allah, the more they suffer in hopelessness. Those who are with Allah should remember the suffering of the Prophet (SAW) and be able to say our troubles are nothing so that suffering is not endured in vain—Allah rewards it. Prophets’ suffering ranks higher than that of the companions of prophets, then comes that of the Friends of Allah (awliya’) which is according to their own levels. Their endurance is stronger than ours. Allah created mankind. He knows their strength of endurance. People get fed up, but there are plenty of blessings which they are blinded towards. They do not show gratitude for these provisions (ni‘māt). The only things they remember are the troubles. When they dwell on the troubles, the good taste of every other thing diminishes, [and] becomes meaningless to them. Instead, we should think of the Next Life and ask, “Have we done right or wrong? Are we able to do our duties?” And then we should try to complete those duties.
Allahﷻcompletes this world’s work. Whether you make yourself suffer over it, or are upset about it, has no effect. As long as Allah does not approve of them, worries and anxieties are useless, but when we endure things for the sake of Allah, this act [itself] becomes a good deed. In the Next Life a person will [even] wish that he had gone through more suffering. What is this that earns so much reward?” they will say. “Life on earth was already short.” However then is already too late. May Allah be our helper, Insha Allah. May our heart be with Him, Insha Allah. Whatever troubles there are, may they be for His sake, for the sake of Allah.
Wa Minallah at-Tawfeeq, Al-Fatiha.
18.THE BARAKA OF THE BASMALAH Monday, 4 February 2019
Assalamu Alaykum wa Rahmatullah wa Barakatuh, Auzu Billahi Minashaytanir Rajeem. Bismillahir Rahmanir Raheem, Wassalatu Wassalamu ala Rasulina Muhammadin Sayyidal Awwalin wal Akhirin, Madad Ya RasulAllah, Madad Ya As’habi RasulAllah, Madad Ya Mashayikhina, Shaykh Abdullah Daghestani, Shaykh Nazim Al-Haqqani. Dastur. Tariqatunas sohba, wa khayru fil jamiyya.
Allah ‘azza wa jalla’s first order to the Prophet (SAW) was, “Iqra!” which means, “Read!” “Read in the name of Allah,” it says. Reading without this recitation is useless. There is baraka in things that are read in the name of Allah, and they bring benefit. It is necessary to start everything with the recitation of, “In the name of Allah.” When we start with the name of Allah, “Bismillahir Rahmanir Raheem,” the thing you do becomes the means for something good. You start walking with the Basmalah, before you eat or drink also you say the Basmalah. When you start in the name of Allah, the ordinary food you eat turns into goodness, or an ordinary drink benefits you. It benefits both your body and spirit. Otherwise, it would not benefit you and instead would harm.
There is a story, a true story. In the past, there existed people very big and tall. One of them was a survivor after a flood and he was quite big—Allah knows how tall he was. Plenty of food was not enough for him.
This is a story from Noah’s (AS) time. He would try to get everyone’s food wherever he went, but still would not feel full. Noah (AS) said to him, “Let me give you something you will be full with.” He said, “All right, give it.” Noah (AS) offered him a few crumbs of bread, and asked him to eat them after saying, “Bismillahir Rahmanir Raheem.” The man replied, “No, I won’t say it.” This is because he was a non-believer. Noah (AS) said, “Say it, go ahead, you will be full.” The man insisted, “No, I won’t say it.” The more Noah (AS) insisted, the more he refused. [In the end,] Noah (AS) tricked him by asking, “What was the thing you were not going to say?”
And [so] the man said, “‘Bismillahir Rahmanir Raheem’ is what I will not say.” “Now done! Eat them!” said Noah (AS). The man ate the first crumb and the next, but could not eat the third, because he was full! And he said that he could not put another crumb in to his mouth. Later the man got angry and said, “You did black magic on me!” and ran away.
People now are greedy. They remember nothing about Basmalah, then greediness peaks. If we start everything with Basmalah, it will be full of baraka, beneficial. It will be enough
for us and for others. This is the greatest provision. Basmalah was given to the Prophet (SAW), [and] he passed it onto his people. May the baraka of Basmalah be upon us, Insha Allah. Wa Minallah at-Tawfeeq, Al-Fatiha.
19.DOGS BARK, THE CARAVAN GOES ON Tuesday, 5 February 2019
Assalamu Alaykum wa Rahmatullah wa Barakatuh, Auzu Billahi Minashaytanir Rajeem. Bismillahir Rahmanir Raheem, Wassalatu Wassalamu ala Rasulina Muhammadin Sayyidal Awwalin wal Akhirin, Madad Ya RasulAllah, Madad Ya As’habi RasulAllah, Madad Ya Mashayikhina, Shaykh Abdullah Daghestani, Shaykh Nazim Al-Haqqani. Dastur. Tariqatunas sohba, wa khayru fil jamiyya.
One of the conditions of īmān is: "Khayruhu wa-sharruhu mina Llāh." Both good and evil are from Allāh. We are talking about conditions of īmān. Everyone should know them. When they know or act upon these conditions, there are no problems. But when there is a problem, a man starts getting angry and fights. He thinks it comes from some opponent person, whereas it is the decision of Allāh so that they are tested with each other.
A person is happy when he is flattered and gets upset when spoken badly about. That is human nature. However, friends of Allāh, possessors of true faith, say that both should be the same. You should treat equally the one who swears at you and the one who favours you. You shouldn't be happy about the one and shouldn't be upset about the other. You should say you must have been at fault and it is a test for you in this world. If you accept it, you will be in comfort in dunyā. You won't have any conflict with anyone. You won't have to argue and fight. And in contrast, you shouldn't be happy for being favoured by someone. That is a favor of Allāh. You should make shukr to Him.
Other people like it very much when they are flattered. They become satisfied. They don't accept even a tiny instruction. If someone comes and says, "You are this and that," or gets into an argument or fight, they make the same response. They lose their composure and discredit themselves. We should pay attention to this since, dignity, which is also gravitas – a believer possesses dignity, gravitas. There is no need to respond to everyone's words. That is not the order of Allāh. "Wa-idhā khāṭabahumu l-jāhilūna qālū salāma." (25:63) When heedless ones tell you something bad, you should act as if you don't care. "Qālū salāma," means peace. Our job is peace. Otherwise, you will have no reputation. And you will have no benefit.
Our fathers used to say, "Dogs bark and the caravan goes on." When an irreputable man says something to you, when a dog barks, do you stop and bark back at him? Mind your business. Lead your caravan. Don't be bothered. It is his duty to do so. May Allāh let all of us carry out this beautiful condition of īmān, Insha Allah
Allāh ‘Azza wa-Jalla we have condition of Islām five and for belief, īmān, six. One of them: "Khayruhu wa-sharruhu mina Llāha ta‘ālá" – good and bad, good things and bad things all from Allāh ‘Azza wa-Jalla. We must believe this is from six, five of six, sixth condition from Islām. One of them like this. But who make this or try to do this? Very few people. Everything they thought coming from people from around. They are not thinking this coming from Allāh as test for us.
When somebody praise you, you are very happy. You, we are very very happy. But if somebody shout at you and swore on you, you are become very angry. But it's either, each of them is coming from Allāh. Allāh, Awliyā’u Llāh, they are saying we must be same. If somebody praise you or swore on you, you must be no different between those: not to be very happy when they are saying praise you and not be angry when somebody shout at you or saying bad thing about you. You must know this all coming from Allāh. And if you are, somebody shout on you, you must look for yourself: "Maybe I do something wrong. I deserve this what this man saying. Why my ego it is worse than what he said."
This is beloved people for Allāh who can do this. Other people they not accept any thing about themself. They thought they are the most perfect; nobody can say anything for them. But when something happen, you must, Awliyā’u Llāh saying "this from Allāh" and they are be not fighting with people or shouting on people what for to be like them. No. It is not good character this character. Good character who are be calm when somebody in you, your level or lower than your level. Don't look for this. Only you don't answer and don't take it serious from this. Think this is from Allāh. But even you don't have anything, this is test for you to make your level higher. But people no patience, especially these days people all arguing which each other. Even they now, they have a new fashion, this modern time now they have not swearing in by speaking – by computer. They said, "This man saying for this, like that, and they saying for me." I'm not, even I don't have any time to see this. I went for anything, we don't have time. How you can find time to swore on each other in this internet and other thing? But this is all from shayṭān and the people they forget for order of Allāh Allāh to accept everything from Him. No need to answer to anybody. If they are saying, only continue your way because there is Turkish saying: "Dog barking, caravan walking, continue, not looking." Because old time caravan going and many dogs around they are barking. If they barking, what they will stop and bark to them? No need. Only they are continuing their way, to they have long way to go so no need to be busy with nonsense thing. Allāh make us to follow this rule
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