Suhbah 2018: Maulana Shaykh Mehmet Adil ar-Rabbani (7/25)
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onworking. So we need to work. We need to not get tired. Do not say you are tired! Your body starts becoming inactive when you say you are tired. It starts getting sick. That time you would be harmed in every way. Allah Azza wa Jalla created people and everything.
“Wa kulla shay’in ‘indahu bimiqdaar.” “Everything in His sight is with due measure.” (Sura Ra’d:8) Allah Almighty has taught people how everything should be done. When people let go of themselves, they slowly fall into all kinds of diseases, laziness, and bothers. That is why there is no stopping in tariqa. There is no getting tired. Tariqa is the most important thing in our material and spiritual life. Tariqa is the essence of Islam. In its essence there is no stopping, there is no getting tired, and there is no being fed up. People are saying they are getting bored. There is no such thing. These are essential things in tariqa. Because tariqa is the essence of sharia (divine law) we need to be careful of this. Never say you are tired, you are bored, or you should stop. Continue. Continue on this way. You can only stop in the grave and take rest. There you can lie as much as you want until the Day of Judgment. May Allah give us all strength and may He help us In Sha Allah.
Wa Minallah at-Tawfeeq, Al-Fatiha.
47.THE GUIDED ARE NOT HARMED
Thursday, 8 March 2018
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.
Auzu Billahi Minashaytanir Rajeem. Bismillahir Rahmanir Raheem. “Ya ayyuhallathina aamanu ‘alaykum anfusakum laa yadurrukum man dalla ithahtadaytum.” (Sura Maida:105) Allah Azza wa Jalla says in the Noble (Azimush-shan) Koran, “Others do not harm you once you are guided.” Those who are misguided cannot harm you Allah willing. Our Shaykh Mawlana would also say, “Its benefit is for us and its evil is for them.” There is evil, not goodness, for those who are misguided. There is goodness for the guided Allah willing. Because those whom Allah loves are those who are guided. Allah does not like those who are on misguidance and those who are not on the right path. Their affairs do not go well. The faithful look at the condition of the world and sometimes ask, “What is going on?” What Allah wills is happening. The world cannot go on like this forever. There is also a time for it, and the time is near. Therefore, even though the situation and the conditions look bad, it is no harm for those who believe and are guided. It has benefits Allah willing. Allah’s promise is true. We are certainly in goodness; our situation is good. Our best situation is our being on faith. If the world came crashing down it would still not harm those who are on faith and on guidance, because they are together with Allah. Allah Azza wa Jalla is present in every state everywhere. Therefore, He is present when one is in a good state and He is present when one is being tested. Once the person places Him in his heart, as we said, nothing would affect that person. Neither its good nor its evil would affect a believer (mumin). But in the slightest thing those who are not believers get into a flap, get hopeless, get afraid, and fall into distress. May Allah give us stronger faith so neither the good nor the bad, nothing would affect us Inshallah. May we always be in a good state In Sha Allah.
Wa Minallah at-Tawfeeq, Al-Fatiha.
48.A WORD TO THE WISE IS ENOUGH Friday, 9 March 2018
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 says in the verse, “Allathina yastami’unal qawla fayattabi’una ahsanah.” (Sura Zumar:18)
Our Holy Prophet also states: “Allahumaj’alna mimman yastami’unal qawla fayattabi’una ahsanah.” Allah Azza wa Jalla praised them so we may listen to them, find the most beautiful things, and follow them. The most beautiful word, the most beautiful book to recite is Allah’s book, the Noble (Azimush-shan) Koran. It is the most beautiful, most truthful, and most beneficial of books. Not millions but billions of wisdoms and benefits for humanity were revealed to our Holy Prophet. Those who understand know it and know its value. Those who do not understand interpret it according to their own heads: make exegesis (tafsir), make comments, and explain it according to their own desires.
There is no such thing! It is best and it needs to be according to what Allah and our Holy Prophet say. It does not work if you see the truth, say it is not so, and say the opposite. This is what foolish people do. The Noble Koran shows the right path and our Holy Prophet has explained it to us with his beautiful words. Our Holy Prophet’s words are the hadith. Hadith means the words that came out of our Holy Prophet’s mouth. We would not understand anything if it were not for those hadiths and if it were not for our Holy Prophet. Thousands, hundreds of thousands of paths would emerge.
Therefore, the path that is the path of our Holy Prophet, Islam, is the most beautiful path. However, its enemies are plenty and fools are also plenty. The foolish do not understand what is good and interpret according to their own heads. The Turks have a beautiful saying: “The mosquito is music for the one who understands.” So how loud can a mosquito be? But it sounds like music and one understands a good thing (a word to the wise is enough). “The drum and shrill pipe is not enough for the one who does not understand.” The drum and shrill pipe give the person a headache and make the ears ring but he cannot even hear it. This is how people of End Times have become. Allah is showing what is right and our Holy Prophet showed it like a sun, then it is not alright to go ahead and say, “No, I did not hear it,” and what not. YaHu (For God’s sake), how
could you not hear about it? You need to be deaf and you need to be blind to not understand this.
They confused people too. For those who follow them the fault is with themselves. It is not by, “Hear ye! Hear ye!” but even the smallest sound is enough for those who are looking for the path of Allah. Even if you say it with the loudest voice they say, “I did not hear it,” and what not. It will not help in the hereafter: “We had shown you the right path and you went ahead and followed other paths. You will suffer your punishment!”
May Allah keep us safe. May Allah give sense and intelligence to those who are Islam, to Muslims, so they do not do such foolish things. What we mean by foolish works is deviating from the path. May Allah make us all firm-footed on the right path In Sha Allah.
Wa Minallah at-Tawfeeq, Al-Fatiha.
49.REGARDING MARRIAGE Saturday, 10 March 2018
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.
May Allah be happy with you all. Thank you for attending this occasion. You came all the way for the sake of Allah. “Allah gives a reward for each step,” says our Holy Prophet (SAW). If a person sets on a trip to visit his Muslim brother, Allah writes a reward, forgives a sin, and raises him by a station for each step. You came from quite a distance Mashallah. May Allah be happy with all of you. Thank you.
Thank Allah this has become an occasion. Marriage is an important institution in Islamic practice. It is the first institution and it is a necessity. Our Holy Prophet says, “Marriage is half the religion.” Because marriage is needed for a good nation (ummat). Shaitan does not like this institution and does everything in his hands to demolish it. A Muslim need to choose a good person so one can live a good life for a lifetime, protect one’s religion, and protect oneself. What is more important than that is for good generations to continue.
Good generations benefit the parents first, then it benefits the Muslims, then it benefits the whole of mankind. The good Muslim is not only beneficial to Muslims but to the whole of humanity. But when they are bad, Allah forbid, they are harmful to everyone. They are firstly harmful to their parents, then to Muslims, then they are harmful to all people. Therefore, people need to be careful when they are getting married. Our Holy Prophet (SAW) has a hadith on the subject of choosing the woman to marry, “Marriage is for four things: for her beauty, for her lineage meaning her family, for her wealth, and for her religion meaning with the religious one. Chose the fourth from among these four,” says our Holy Prophet.
Chose the religious one. When they are religious, they are benign and they do not have an attitude. And the most important matter in marriage is getting along well. Why fight every day when you can get along? There is no need. Of course sometimes you have a quarrel and you cannot have it without an argument. Because mankind cannot match each other a hundred percent. That is why minor things can occur. There is no person that can get along without anything happening. These things happen and we cannot say they do not. Both sides need to manage each other and get along.
May Allah grant the Nation of Muhammad good generations and may the single have good marriages Inshallah. Now there are some persons who say not to get married so others can serve themselves and Islam. He does not let people who want to get married to get married, or he does not let married couple get along well with each other. What they do does not fit the sunna. A few people can be an exception, but telling the people who follow themselves, “Do not marry. Serve Islam,” is not alright. Serving Islam is getting married first. If people get fooled by him, they will not get married for years and in the end will either fall in sin or the generation will not be good.
As we said, marriage is Allah’s command and the Prophet’s sunna. Our Holy Prophet (SAW) says, “Those who can get married should get married, and those who cannot get married should fast to keep hold of their ego.” Therefore, marriage is the command of Allah. The person who tells everybody not to get married is falling outside of the sunna, Allah forbid. May Allah make it easy on all of us to follow the sunna In Sha Allah.
Wa Minallah at-Tawfeeq, Al-Fatiha.
50.LET US BE CAREFUL WHO WE LOVE Sunday, 11 March 2018
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.
We need to know who to love. The person we are obliged (fard) to love is our Holy Prophet because he is the beloved of Allah. “Mahammadun Habibullah”. Habibullah means the person Allah loves. You do not need to love everybody. Muslims love each other, believers love each other, but we need not love those who insult or are against Islam, Muslims, Allah, and the Prophet, until they let go of what they are doing and love the one we love. Then you can love them, otherwise you have no obligation. Because they are cursing, insulting, and mocking the one people love. People are with the one they love. When someone is with them, Allah forbid, then you never know how that one will pass away in the last breath. Our Holy Prophet says, “A person does not truly believe until he loves what I love and dislikes what I dislike.” What our Holy Prophet loves is clear. He loves Allah. He does not like Shaitan.
As we said, when we love those who love Allah then we are with them. The beloved servants of Allah are the saint (awliya) servants, believer (mumin) servants, and good people. Those He dislikes are devils (shaitans). Who is a devil? There are devils from humans and devils from jinns. They are those who disobey Him, and who battle with Allah. They are devils. Loving them is dangerous. Saying you love them is dangerous. People are with those whom they love, therefore that danger is with them. Before you know it you have become like them. That is why you need to be careful. You need to say all the time, “We are not happy with this. We are not content with what is being done. We are not OK with this person,” so you may protect your ego, protect yourself, and stay away from evil. Because whoever enters the fire will certainly burn too. Do not say nothing would happen to me! When you hear ill words, you need to leave that gathering. People should know that you are not happy with that. The next time they are with you they will not say such things. If they do, you need to leave that gathering again. Allah Azza wa Jalla says in the Koran: “If you hear an ill saying, an ill word against Allah, turn your face from them, do not give them heed.” May Allah always make us be together with those who love Him In Sha Allah.
Wa Minallah at-Tawfeeq, Al-Fatiha.
51.GLORIFYING ALLAH Monday, 12 March 2018
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.
Our Master states: “Kalimatani khafifatani ‘alallisani thaqilatani fil mizaan: Sub Han Allah Wabihamdihi Sub Han Allahil Atheem.” He says there are two words that are light on the tongue meaning it is easy to say but are heavy on the weighing scale. Which scale? The scale in the Day of Judgment. It is a very easy thing in this world and people do not give it much importance, but it will be so heavy in the hereafter and will weigh so much. Glorifying Allah is a big worship. Zikrs are also beneficial things for people. Now, some people have appeared in End Times who say, “There is no zikr. There is no this and there is no that,” but there is. Here, the holy hadith of our Holy Prophet. There are many like it. They are strong hadiths too, what they call “sahih”. These hadiths are the path our Holy Prophet showed us. Our Holy Prophet shows us the way of beauty. Son of man did not come to eat, drink, and stroll. He will do these too, but along with these he will make zikr of Allah and glorify Allah. The more he glorifies the more it is beneficial. It is beneficial for himself. It would not benefit Allah Azza wa Jalla. Allah Almighty and Glorious be He does not need it. If the whole of humanity did good or evil, it would neither harm nor benefit Allah Azza wa Jalla. Allah Azza wa Jalla is treating us. These are treats from His grace. We do this a hundred times every day. There are other glorifications (tasbihat) too and doing them has many benefits as well. So it has benefits for people other than rewards. There are both external and internal benefits. Therefore, it is a duty upon us to thank and glorify Allah. We should not forget it. Those who forget would fall into distress, stay in distress, and cannot be in relief. When distress occurs, make zikr of Allah and make salawat on our Holy Prophet. Through their means it would be a healing and the distress would go away. May Allah make His zikr continuous in our hearts In Sha Allah.
Wa Minallah at-Tawfeeq, Al-Fatiha.
52.REGARDING DREAMS Wednesday, 14 March 2018
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.
Let us talk about the subject of dreams again. Some consider dreams an order and say, “I saw such in my dream and I have to do it.” Allah Azza wa Jalla has informed us about what we need to do through the holy tongue of our Holy Prophet. People are already doing what needs to be done. It is obligatory (fard), necessary (wajib), tradition (sunna), and beloved (mustahab) for a believer (mumin) to do them so he may do them.
Everyone has to do the fard because it is fard. If they do not, there is a punishment for it. Wajib is pretty much the same way. The sunna they can do or not do if they like, but doing the sunna of our Holy Prophet means loving him. People who do not do his sunna mean they do not hold our Holy Prophet in high esteem. And this is a big deficiency. However, those who do things based on, “I saw such in my dream and will do so,” will have done things in vain.
They say you cannot act based on dreams. This is well known in [religious] science. Dreams are categorized and are according to the person. Some prophets would be inspired in dreams. They would see a dream, and upon it the work he was to do would come from dreams. There is no more prophecy. The last prophet, the final prophet, is our Holy Prophet. Because there is no prophet after him, do you consider yourself – far from it (hasha) – a prophet? It cannot be.
The dreams normal, common people see is a wisdom (hikma) of Allah. They call it the world of dreams. The world of dreams is different from the world of reality. You can travel the whole world and the Universe in a dream, and you would be staying where you are. Dreams, the world of dreams, and the world of reality are different. You cannot go ahead and say, “They told me not to offer prayer (namaz) in my dream, ‘You have made it. You do not need it anymore.’” You need to do such and such, but if you attempt something you are not be able to do, then you would feel sorry.
We also need to interpret the things we see in dreams as good. As we said, there is no need to act on it. There are some matters that are sunna to do istikhara on (prayer of seeking guidance). You perform it and accordingly you can do whatever you need to
do. But the dreams you see every day are different. “I saw such a scary dream. I did such and such.” There is no harm, Allah willing, if you do not tell those scary dreams to anybody.
This is a great mystery (hikma) of Allah and it is a lesson for people. It shows Allah’s power (qudra). You are resting where you are and you may be taken everywhere. Therefore, no matter who it is and no matter how important that one is, he cannot deviate from the commands of Allah. Do not comply with Shaitan! May Allah not make us comply Inshallah. Some people, as we said, constantly get up with dreams and sit down with dreams. May Allah always show us the truth In Sha Allah.
Wa Minallah at-Tawfeeq, Al-Fatiha.
53.WISHING GOOD FOR EVERYONE Thursday, 15 March 2018
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.
Faith (iman) is the greatest blessing and the most beautiful thing for humanity. It is one thing being Muslim while iman is stronger. Our Holy Prophet describes how to be a mumin (believer). Those who say “La Ilaha Illallah Muhammadun Rasulullah” have entered Islam but iman is something else. It is stronger.
There is a verse that says, “Do not say you have believed. Say you have become Muslim,” because “faith has not entered your hearts yet.” There are many things to do with faith and one of them is to wish for your Muslim brother, your mumin brother, what you wish of goodness for yourself, to wish from Allah goodness for him too. The believer does not have the attribute of saying, “Let me have it and not him.” This attribute is with those who are not mumin. If you think, “Let this man be like me too. Let him be better than me. May Allah give him more,” you would not lose anything, nothing comes out of your pocket. Just as a wish says our Holy Prophet, it is from faith to think for everyone to be better than you.
This is not just the case for money but for people to be on the path of guidance and for all to be on the right path. It is from faith for you to wish for Allah to protect others from committing sin and doing evil. That is why we see what the situation of the whole Islamic world is like. We ask them guidance from Allah. We ask Allah for them to be good and to stay away from evil and bad ways. Because this is also good for us. It is good to have good people around. If bad people are everywhere it would harm you too anyway.
Faith means being intelligent (having a head on one’s shoulders). When people are intelligent, they understand better how beautiful the commands of Allah and the sayings of our Holy Prophet are. Therefore, we wish for goodness for everybody Inshallah. May they all be guided and be on the right path Inshallah. We wish from Allah for material and spiritual goodness for His believer and Muslim servants.
Wa Minallah at-Tawfeeq, Al-Fatiha.
54.THOSE WHO DO NOT LIKE A JOB Saturday, 17 March 2018
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.
He says I don’t have a job, people show him a job, and he does not like it. He complains the whole time, “Why should I live in this life? Let me die and be saved.” Our Holy Prophet says about them, “Do not wish for death.” He wants to die because he cannot do anything in this world. There are some types, it is the wisdom of Allah, who do not like whatever you offer them. If you offer him the best job, he does not say he does not like it but makes excuses saying, “They fired me. This and that happened.” You could offer him a hundred jobs and he still would not work, but when it comes to complaining he complains.
So it means these people are not happy with Allah. Allah has granted us this life, He created us as Muslims, gave us the greatest blessing (nima), and you go ahead saying, “I don’t like it. Let Allah take my life so I can be saved!” If a person does something good for you and you respond like this, he would call you ungrateful. Allah Azza wa Jalla created you. He gave you hands, feet, and faith. He created you as Islam. You cannot go ahead saying such things. It does not fit manners (adab). Such a thing neither fits Islamic manners nor does it fit human manners.
Allah created millions of people like you, and they are all working and trying. So are you the only one? Will Allah Almighty and Exalted be He not look after you? You need to start somewhere even if it is the lowest work. Then Allah would give you the blessing (baraka). It does not work if you think like, “I want to get rich quick. Allah should give me everything!” Such a thing is foolishness. It is both foolishness and ill- manners towards Allah. You will work. You need to work. Laziness is not good. Shaykh Mawlana would always say, “You would make an allowance even if at least you bought a crate of lemons and sold them.” But no, he wants it immediately. Then he will say, “I bought the crate of lemons and I got stuck with it.”
You tell him, “Do this,” and he says, “I did it and this happened.” So he gives an excuse for everything and then prays to Allah not to make him live anymore. However, Allah forbid when something [scary] happens, he does not know what to do from fear. Allah gave people great blessings. Our being created as humans is the greatest blessing.
Humans are in the highest station among creation. With faith it becomes more acceptable, but even if a human is faithless he is in a high station, because you never know when faith might come. A person could pass away with faith even in the last breath. Therefore, we need to show respect to people. It is also obligatory (fard) to be thankful for the blessings (nimat) Allah has granted. We need to keep our manners.
May Allah give us all good manners. You should say, “No matter how much my ego suffers it is little.” Allah granted us great blessings. There is health, appetite, and all kinds of blessings. Go for the job you find. Millions of people come from outside of this country and thank Allah they are receiving from the blessings (baraka) of this country. They are looking after their families and are being a blessing all around. This is a blessed place. It is blessed everywhere but it is also blessed here. The man who says, “I don’t have a job as I can’t find a job,” is a liar and is lazy. May Allah not make us from them. May Allah give people sense and intelligence In Sha Allah.
Wa Minallah at-Tawfeeq, Al-Fatiha.
55.THE THREE MONTHS AND RAJAB Monday, 18 March 2018
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.
May our month of Rajab be blessed. Inshallah it starts tomorrow, starting with tonight. The Three Months are good months. They are beautiful and holy months: Rajab, Shaban, and Ramadan. The month of Rajab is Allah’s month, Shaban is our Holy Prophet’s month, and Ramadan is the Nation’s (Ummah’s) month. You are written from ten to a thousand times more rewards when you worship during these months. They are months in which the more good, good deeds, and worship we do, the more profitable it is for us.
The Three Months have a different place. There are other holy months in the year but they are not like these. Zil-Qida and Zil-Hijja, the month of hajj. However, it does not affect everybody because not everyone can go to hajj. The effective ones are the Three Months. When it was time for the Three Months, the saints (awliya), believers (mumins), and Muslims would respect these months and would pay more attention to religion and worship. This is the case since old times. Of course there was more respect in the past. Still it is not neglected and people remember it.
People know what to do when it is Rajab. However, Muharram is coming and most people do not remember it when it is the Hijri New Year. But they remember these Three Months more. It has its own worships and zikrs but fasting is the most important. Some fast for three months, while others fast Mondays and Thursdays because they cannot fast it all and it is the same. Or as our Holy Prophet says, “Those who fast in the beginning, the middle, and the end are like those who fast for a month.”
The zikrs are: Subhanallahil Hayyul Qayyum for the first ten days, Sub Han Allahil Ahadis Samad for the second ten days, and Sub Han Allahil Ghafurur Rahim for the third ten days. These are to be counted a hundred times every day. And there is a prayer, a ten rakat namaz in every ten days. You may want to pray it all at once or you may want to pray it two by two. Following them is a short dua, but it needs to be looked up and recited. It would not stay in your memory if we say it now. You can find it everywhere. People print and distribute it. It tells you what to do. We need to not miss the virtue of this beautiful month. Allah makes the most beautiful seasons to grant us from His favors. Allah is generous. The generous man likes to give from his generosity, but Allah
Almighty and Glorious be He is the most generous. Allah Azza wa Jalla is unlike humans. The more you take the more He gives. There is no fear that it will deplete when He gives. No matter how generous people might be, they wonder whether it will finish. However, everything is in the hands of Allah Azza wa Jalla. In this sense He has no worry and no fear, perish the thought (hasha)!
Allah Azza wa Jalla’s generosity does not have a limit or a boundary. “Ask. Do not be reluctant to ask. Do not be shy. Do not refrain. Ask me,” says Allah Azza wa Jalla. May Allah grant us goodness in these good months. May it be blessed. May it be a guidance for Muslims Inshallah. May it be a victory for Muslims. May goodness come and evils go away In Sha Allah.
Wa Minallah at-Tawfeeq, Al-Fatiha.
56.THE DELICACY OF OLDEN PEOPLE Tuesday, 19 March 2018
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.
Visiting the saints (awliya) brings blessings (baraka) to people. Their spirituality is stronger, and their spirituality stays present after you leave. That is why Shaykh Mawlana would say if a person gets distressed or what not he should visit seven maqams (of awliya) so they would gaze on him and their himma (spiritual support) would be present. People relax and people’s faith gets stronger with their himma.
It is harder in End Times. Everything is hard. Olden people were more comfortable and their faith was stronger. That is why there was respect for everyone in old times. People would respect each other. Apart from this, there was much respect for clerics (hodjas), shaykhs, and awliya. There were not so many people to get their heads confused. Now the man says he is a scholar, he is a professor, comes out saying things even ignorant people do not say, and confuses people’s heads. People do not know what to do saying, “Am I right or not?” Instead of strengthening their faith they are weakening their faith.
We went to visit Hazrat Shaykh Sharafuddin yesterday. May Allah accept it. There were also brothers (ikhwan) who had a funeral and we went to them to offer them condolences. It is a good and important thing to mend/placate people. More than when they are joyful, wishing people condolences or wishing them patience when they are sad is good for them and Allah writes good deeds and gives its rewards. Then we went to visit the holy ones in Bursa. We visited the holy sultan of Bursa, Hazrat Amir Sultan. Mashallah, he is also a sultan in the hereafter amongst sultans.
We went to the Grand Mosque (Ulu Jami) so many times but this time we got wisdom: a holy one there explained to us those beautiful writings, their wisdom, and their particulars. As we said, in the past people would do everything for a reason (hikma) and for the benefit of people. Both for beauty and for benefit. May Allah be happy with them, they explained it to us for quite some time there. The tastes of olden people were something else. They were tactful in thought.
Just as cement is coarse, the thought of people of this day and age is coarse. There is no such thing as subtlety. There are lots of people but it is called a useless crowd. We need
to teach it. These subtleties are learned by being on the path of our Holy Prophet, and by following those who are going behind him and on his way. And this is tariqa and awliya. The awliya are thoughtful people. They are people who teach fineness and beautifulness. May Allah be happy with them. May Allah also give these people such beautiful thought and beautiful finesse In Sha Allah.
Al-Fatiha.
57.THE WORLD OF POSSIBILITIES Wednesday, 20 March 2018
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.
Hadrat Shaykh Abdullah Daghestani, often used to say, “Fi Rajab taral ‘ajab.” I cannot remember whose saying it is, but strange things do happen during Rajab, things that astonish people. In the month of Rajab, both spiritual and outwardly strange things happen. The most amazing thing was the miraculous Miraj journey of our Holy Prophet.
People are astonished thinking how such a journey could take place and their minds are incapable of comprehending it. Especially those who think of themselves as scholars (ulama) assume that this journey happened during sleep. Why should it happen in sleep? Anyone can have dreams in an ordinary way. Does that count as a miracle? Miracles happen in amazing ways, and those who experience them witness the happenings of awesome things, whereas something that happens in a dream is not anything special. Either their minds are incapable of receiving the power of Allah or they are stubbornly unwilling to accept the truth, and are deceived by the game of Shaitan.
Our Holy Prophet, in the sight of Allah, reached to the greatest station and honor where no other could. Shaitan cannot accept this, and therefore Shaitan, to divert those who think of themselves as “ulama” from the path, puts in their minds some ideas. This is not to be called “inspiration”, because inspiration is only from Allah. These are bad thoughts. Shaitan has many soldiers. The number of believers is a lot, and the number of his soldiers is even more. He puts ideas in people’s minds to keep them away from faith and belief. In the sight of Allah, these strange things are not difficult to cause, but easy. These things appear to be strange in the sight of people. Anything that is difficult is easy for Allah. Things we see are things Allah shows us.
A person prefers to use his ordinary usual ways and does not want to change. That is why Allah brought us miracles, to awaken us. The order of Allah is fulfilled. This world is the world of possibilities; all is possible to happen. This is why a believer does not find these things strange. He knows this is the order of Allah. A believer waits for the happening of these amazing events and prepares himself.
Let us see what happens, what sort of things happen in the holy month of Rajab. May it be good for people and for Islam, Inshallah. For those who are diverted from the path, enemies of Islam, and enemies of the prophets, bad things happen. This is the way it is, here in the world and in the hereafter. May Allah protect us all from these happenings and let them be beneficial for us, In Sha Allah.
Wa Minallah at-Tawfeeq, Al-Fatiha.
58.CONSULTATION AND ITS IMPORTANCE Thursday, 21 March 2018
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.
Islam shows us the way in everything. It tells us, “When you are about to do something you ought to consult (istishara).”
“Wa amruhum shoora baynahum.” (Sura Shoora:38) Shoora means consultation. Allah Azza wa Jalla says, “Ask others and find out. Then leave it to Allah in trust (tawakkul).”
“Fa itha azamta fatawakkal Alallah.” “And when you have decided, then rely upon Allah” (Sura Aali Imran:159) He says, “Rely on Him, start your business, and do not be in doubt all the time.” Of course a person, on his own, might see an affair from one side. To see the other sides, the other points of view, it is good to seek the thoughts of others too, especially in the case of marriage. In other matters such as trade or a business partnership, you need to ask, “What kind of people are they? Are they trustworthy or not? Can I do business or share a house with them?”
As we said, the person sees one side, one point of view, and you do not see the other side but someone else does. Therefore ask around, find out, and decide upon the matter then leave it to Allah in trust. Do not do it in a hurry, otherwise the matter would be left incomplete. To leave it incomplete is inappropriate. If so you too would regret it and the other person remains treated unjustly. “The counsellor is trustworthy”, says our Holy Prophet. The one who is consulted for istishara has to tell the truth about the matter. This is not back biting (ghiyba). At such a time one has to tell the truth about the other person. If the other person has certain faults, the faults should be told. Then it is up to you whether to go ahead and accept the person or not. You should say, “This person has such and such fault so take him in marriage if you like. This person has such and such fault so it is up to you if you want to do business with him. Be careful!”
It would be inappropriate for you to regret it later, if you have not done istishara. A matter has already happened by then. Otherwise, you still have some time before it actually happens. And [if you choose it] it is your fault. It is not the fault of whoever suggested the business to you. It is a must to think thoroughly. Therefore, sometimes Sheikh Mawlana would ask people, “Look first and be careful! Are you going to do business or build a home with this person?” Sometimes people do business with others and are shocked by them, and then come to the Sheikh and complain to him, “Such and such happened.” Many times the Sheikh would say, “Did you ask me? It would have been different if you had asked me and you would not have ended in this situation.”
Therefore, istishara is important. It is not a shame. As we said earlier, to tell others about the faults of the person is not considered backbiting. Sometimes when people are about to backbite, they are not aware that it is backbiting. But when istishara is done, to avoid seeming to backbite, they might conceal the truth. Therefore istishara is ordered in Islam, and the one who follows it rests assured.
In Sha Allah may Allah forgive us our faults. May our eyes be open so we do not end up treating anybody unjustly. If you do it from the start you would not be cross with anybody later. If you do it when it is little it would pass easily. When more is built up, there might be hate and loathing and this is not a good thing. May Allah give us good states, In Sha Allah.
Wa Minallah at-Tawfeeq, Al-Fatiha.
59.THOSE WHO ARE MODEST RECEIVE RESPECT Monday, 2 April 2018
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.
Our Holy Prophet says, “Addabani Rabbi fa’ahsana ta’dibi”, “Allah taught me adab (good manners); I was dressed with the best of manners.” Adab is a beautiful thing. Now they called it etiquette. The Prophet had the best adab. He is the best example for mankind. It is necessary to follow his path. A person with adab is respected amongst the people, and loved too. Even if others may not like him, they still show their respect.
Islam, Muslims have dignity. What is meant by dignity? In the light of the Prophet , to know how to sit, how to behave appropriately in an assembly. Those who submit themselves to his path, as we said before, are accepted by others, they are trusted, and their words are trusted. Otherwise, if one behaves like most people, then he is considered less by others.
Everything has an appropriate time. Sometimes it is permissible and appropriate to joke; we then make a joke. When it is required to be serious, we then maintain seriousness. How to speak to an older person, or a young one, all is included within this education. Now it is the End Times. They speak without thinking, then they outburst suddenly. Then even if they may be wrong, they do not accept their mistake, or without apologising, they see themselves right. If this takes place, they are far from dignity, far from modesty. People prefer to keep away from them, or to keep away from the harm or evil they might cause. Those people are not liked.
The meaning of dignity is “sobriety”, which means that when something happens, one thinks, ponders upon it, then speaks about it, or decides what to do about it. Because once a word is uttered, it cannot be taken back. This is something to take care of. We need to live life with care. Surely this cannot happen instantaneously. It is learned slowly. By trial and error, one contemplates the result, and takes an account of one’s action. In the process of contemplation and account taking, one gradually becomes a dignified and modest man.
As we said before, these good characteristics are at the basis of Islam. A true Muslim is the one who is like our Holy Prophet. Our Holy Prophet did not get angry in such ways
as an ordinary person does. When he got angry, he got angry for the sake of God and not for his ego (nafs). Most of the time he was gentle. We need to be like him and take him as an example Insha’Allah. May Allah teach us all these beautiful habits, beautiful adab, In Sha Allah.
Wa Minallah at-Tawfeeq, Al-Fatiha.
60.BENEFITS OF PATIENCE Wednesday, 4 April 2018
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.
Wa-ṣbir wa mā ṣabruka illā bi-Llāhi,” says Allah ‘azza wa jall. (Qur’ān )16:127“And be patient, and your patience is not but by Allah.” When mentioning ṣabr (patience), it is possible to be patient about everything. Being patient about great calamities, or being patient about each other too, these are all the same practice of ṣabr. Today people have no patience. The final end of ṣabr is peace. People act suddenly and in unrestrained ways, then they regret it. Sometimes, may Allah protect us, the regret is for unbeneficial things.
Further, one of the most important matters is the patience between a husband and a wife, because marriage is a foundation that Allah loves. Divorce, though permissible, is disliked the most by Allah. Now people get married and soon we hear they are divorced. Why is this? Because of impatience. They exaggerate any little thing and create a problem which later results in divorce; the family falls apart. In fact, if they stay patient and quiet, they would get along well.
Satan brings forth many excuses so that people would not be patient. Such as, “How could such a thing be said against you? How could such a thing be done to you?” In fact, it was not said or done purposely. If one is not patient, the matter ends in regret.
As we said, these people bring out arrogance together with impatience, which makes the case worse. Even walking on the way, one needs to be patient and not take an account of what happens wrong roundabout, so that one’s business can happen in ease. But, contrarily, if one is bothered by everything, one could go through many fights a day— which turns into a habit! What happens at the end of that only Allah knows. May Allah teach people this good characteristic, In Sha Allah. Let us be patient with each other and receive the reward of it from Allah.
Wa Minallah at-Tawfeeq, Al-Fatiha.
61.ALLAH LOVES BEAUTY Thursday, 5 April 2018
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.
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onworking. So we need to work. We need to not get tired. Do not say you are tired! Your body starts becoming inactive when you say you are tired. It starts getting sick. That time you would be harmed in every way. Allah Azza wa Jalla created people and everything.
“Wa kulla shay’in ‘indahu bimiqdaar.” “Everything in His sight is with due measure.” (Sura Ra’d:8) Allah Almighty has taught people how everything should be done. When people let go of themselves, they slowly fall into all kinds of diseases, laziness, and bothers. That is why there is no stopping in tariqa. There is no getting tired. Tariqa is the most important thing in our material and spiritual life. Tariqa is the essence of Islam. In its essence there is no stopping, there is no getting tired, and there is no being fed up. People are saying they are getting bored. There is no such thing. These are essential things in tariqa. Because tariqa is the essence of sharia (divine law) we need to be careful of this. Never say you are tired, you are bored, or you should stop. Continue. Continue on this way. You can only stop in the grave and take rest. There you can lie as much as you want until the Day of Judgment. May Allah give us all strength and may He help us In Sha Allah.
Wa Minallah at-Tawfeeq, Al-Fatiha.
47.THE GUIDED ARE NOT HARMED
Thursday, 8 March 2018
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.
Auzu Billahi Minashaytanir Rajeem. Bismillahir Rahmanir Raheem. “Ya ayyuhallathina aamanu ‘alaykum anfusakum laa yadurrukum man dalla ithahtadaytum.” (Sura Maida:105) Allah Azza wa Jalla says in the Noble (Azimush-shan) Koran, “Others do not harm you once you are guided.” Those who are misguided cannot harm you Allah willing. Our Shaykh Mawlana would also say, “Its benefit is for us and its evil is for them.” There is evil, not goodness, for those who are misguided. There is goodness for the guided Allah willing. Because those whom Allah loves are those who are guided. Allah does not like those who are on misguidance and those who are not on the right path. Their affairs do not go well. The faithful look at the condition of the world and sometimes ask, “What is going on?” What Allah wills is happening. The world cannot go on like this forever. There is also a time for it, and the time is near. Therefore, even though the situation and the conditions look bad, it is no harm for those who believe and are guided. It has benefits Allah willing. Allah’s promise is true. We are certainly in goodness; our situation is good. Our best situation is our being on faith. If the world came crashing down it would still not harm those who are on faith and on guidance, because they are together with Allah. Allah Azza wa Jalla is present in every state everywhere. Therefore, He is present when one is in a good state and He is present when one is being tested. Once the person places Him in his heart, as we said, nothing would affect that person. Neither its good nor its evil would affect a believer (mumin). But in the slightest thing those who are not believers get into a flap, get hopeless, get afraid, and fall into distress. May Allah give us stronger faith so neither the good nor the bad, nothing would affect us Inshallah. May we always be in a good state In Sha Allah.
Wa Minallah at-Tawfeeq, Al-Fatiha.
48.A WORD TO THE WISE IS ENOUGH Friday, 9 March 2018
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 says in the verse, “Allathina yastami’unal qawla fayattabi’una ahsanah.” (Sura Zumar:18)
Our Holy Prophet also states: “Allahumaj’alna mimman yastami’unal qawla fayattabi’una ahsanah.” Allah Azza wa Jalla praised them so we may listen to them, find the most beautiful things, and follow them. The most beautiful word, the most beautiful book to recite is Allah’s book, the Noble (Azimush-shan) Koran. It is the most beautiful, most truthful, and most beneficial of books. Not millions but billions of wisdoms and benefits for humanity were revealed to our Holy Prophet. Those who understand know it and know its value. Those who do not understand interpret it according to their own heads: make exegesis (tafsir), make comments, and explain it according to their own desires.
There is no such thing! It is best and it needs to be according to what Allah and our Holy Prophet say. It does not work if you see the truth, say it is not so, and say the opposite. This is what foolish people do. The Noble Koran shows the right path and our Holy Prophet has explained it to us with his beautiful words. Our Holy Prophet’s words are the hadith. Hadith means the words that came out of our Holy Prophet’s mouth. We would not understand anything if it were not for those hadiths and if it were not for our Holy Prophet. Thousands, hundreds of thousands of paths would emerge.
Therefore, the path that is the path of our Holy Prophet, Islam, is the most beautiful path. However, its enemies are plenty and fools are also plenty. The foolish do not understand what is good and interpret according to their own heads. The Turks have a beautiful saying: “The mosquito is music for the one who understands.” So how loud can a mosquito be? But it sounds like music and one understands a good thing (a word to the wise is enough). “The drum and shrill pipe is not enough for the one who does not understand.” The drum and shrill pipe give the person a headache and make the ears ring but he cannot even hear it. This is how people of End Times have become. Allah is showing what is right and our Holy Prophet showed it like a sun, then it is not alright to go ahead and say, “No, I did not hear it,” and what not. YaHu (For God’s sake), how
could you not hear about it? You need to be deaf and you need to be blind to not understand this.
They confused people too. For those who follow them the fault is with themselves. It is not by, “Hear ye! Hear ye!” but even the smallest sound is enough for those who are looking for the path of Allah. Even if you say it with the loudest voice they say, “I did not hear it,” and what not. It will not help in the hereafter: “We had shown you the right path and you went ahead and followed other paths. You will suffer your punishment!”
May Allah keep us safe. May Allah give sense and intelligence to those who are Islam, to Muslims, so they do not do such foolish things. What we mean by foolish works is deviating from the path. May Allah make us all firm-footed on the right path In Sha Allah.
Wa Minallah at-Tawfeeq, Al-Fatiha.
49.REGARDING MARRIAGE Saturday, 10 March 2018
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.
May Allah be happy with you all. Thank you for attending this occasion. You came all the way for the sake of Allah. “Allah gives a reward for each step,” says our Holy Prophet (SAW). If a person sets on a trip to visit his Muslim brother, Allah writes a reward, forgives a sin, and raises him by a station for each step. You came from quite a distance Mashallah. May Allah be happy with all of you. Thank you.
Thank Allah this has become an occasion. Marriage is an important institution in Islamic practice. It is the first institution and it is a necessity. Our Holy Prophet says, “Marriage is half the religion.” Because marriage is needed for a good nation (ummat). Shaitan does not like this institution and does everything in his hands to demolish it. A Muslim need to choose a good person so one can live a good life for a lifetime, protect one’s religion, and protect oneself. What is more important than that is for good generations to continue.
Good generations benefit the parents first, then it benefits the Muslims, then it benefits the whole of mankind. The good Muslim is not only beneficial to Muslims but to the whole of humanity. But when they are bad, Allah forbid, they are harmful to everyone. They are firstly harmful to their parents, then to Muslims, then they are harmful to all people. Therefore, people need to be careful when they are getting married. Our Holy Prophet (SAW) has a hadith on the subject of choosing the woman to marry, “Marriage is for four things: for her beauty, for her lineage meaning her family, for her wealth, and for her religion meaning with the religious one. Chose the fourth from among these four,” says our Holy Prophet.
Chose the religious one. When they are religious, they are benign and they do not have an attitude. And the most important matter in marriage is getting along well. Why fight every day when you can get along? There is no need. Of course sometimes you have a quarrel and you cannot have it without an argument. Because mankind cannot match each other a hundred percent. That is why minor things can occur. There is no person that can get along without anything happening. These things happen and we cannot say they do not. Both sides need to manage each other and get along.
May Allah grant the Nation of Muhammad good generations and may the single have good marriages Inshallah. Now there are some persons who say not to get married so others can serve themselves and Islam. He does not let people who want to get married to get married, or he does not let married couple get along well with each other. What they do does not fit the sunna. A few people can be an exception, but telling the people who follow themselves, “Do not marry. Serve Islam,” is not alright. Serving Islam is getting married first. If people get fooled by him, they will not get married for years and in the end will either fall in sin or the generation will not be good.
As we said, marriage is Allah’s command and the Prophet’s sunna. Our Holy Prophet (SAW) says, “Those who can get married should get married, and those who cannot get married should fast to keep hold of their ego.” Therefore, marriage is the command of Allah. The person who tells everybody not to get married is falling outside of the sunna, Allah forbid. May Allah make it easy on all of us to follow the sunna In Sha Allah.
Wa Minallah at-Tawfeeq, Al-Fatiha.
50.LET US BE CAREFUL WHO WE LOVE Sunday, 11 March 2018
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.
We need to know who to love. The person we are obliged (fard) to love is our Holy Prophet because he is the beloved of Allah. “Mahammadun Habibullah”. Habibullah means the person Allah loves. You do not need to love everybody. Muslims love each other, believers love each other, but we need not love those who insult or are against Islam, Muslims, Allah, and the Prophet, until they let go of what they are doing and love the one we love. Then you can love them, otherwise you have no obligation. Because they are cursing, insulting, and mocking the one people love. People are with the one they love. When someone is with them, Allah forbid, then you never know how that one will pass away in the last breath. Our Holy Prophet says, “A person does not truly believe until he loves what I love and dislikes what I dislike.” What our Holy Prophet loves is clear. He loves Allah. He does not like Shaitan.
As we said, when we love those who love Allah then we are with them. The beloved servants of Allah are the saint (awliya) servants, believer (mumin) servants, and good people. Those He dislikes are devils (shaitans). Who is a devil? There are devils from humans and devils from jinns. They are those who disobey Him, and who battle with Allah. They are devils. Loving them is dangerous. Saying you love them is dangerous. People are with those whom they love, therefore that danger is with them. Before you know it you have become like them. That is why you need to be careful. You need to say all the time, “We are not happy with this. We are not content with what is being done. We are not OK with this person,” so you may protect your ego, protect yourself, and stay away from evil. Because whoever enters the fire will certainly burn too. Do not say nothing would happen to me! When you hear ill words, you need to leave that gathering. People should know that you are not happy with that. The next time they are with you they will not say such things. If they do, you need to leave that gathering again. Allah Azza wa Jalla says in the Koran: “If you hear an ill saying, an ill word against Allah, turn your face from them, do not give them heed.” May Allah always make us be together with those who love Him In Sha Allah.
Wa Minallah at-Tawfeeq, Al-Fatiha.
51.GLORIFYING ALLAH Monday, 12 March 2018
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.
Our Master states: “Kalimatani khafifatani ‘alallisani thaqilatani fil mizaan: Sub Han Allah Wabihamdihi Sub Han Allahil Atheem.” He says there are two words that are light on the tongue meaning it is easy to say but are heavy on the weighing scale. Which scale? The scale in the Day of Judgment. It is a very easy thing in this world and people do not give it much importance, but it will be so heavy in the hereafter and will weigh so much. Glorifying Allah is a big worship. Zikrs are also beneficial things for people. Now, some people have appeared in End Times who say, “There is no zikr. There is no this and there is no that,” but there is. Here, the holy hadith of our Holy Prophet. There are many like it. They are strong hadiths too, what they call “sahih”. These hadiths are the path our Holy Prophet showed us. Our Holy Prophet shows us the way of beauty. Son of man did not come to eat, drink, and stroll. He will do these too, but along with these he will make zikr of Allah and glorify Allah. The more he glorifies the more it is beneficial. It is beneficial for himself. It would not benefit Allah Azza wa Jalla. Allah Almighty and Glorious be He does not need it. If the whole of humanity did good or evil, it would neither harm nor benefit Allah Azza wa Jalla. Allah Azza wa Jalla is treating us. These are treats from His grace. We do this a hundred times every day. There are other glorifications (tasbihat) too and doing them has many benefits as well. So it has benefits for people other than rewards. There are both external and internal benefits. Therefore, it is a duty upon us to thank and glorify Allah. We should not forget it. Those who forget would fall into distress, stay in distress, and cannot be in relief. When distress occurs, make zikr of Allah and make salawat on our Holy Prophet. Through their means it would be a healing and the distress would go away. May Allah make His zikr continuous in our hearts In Sha Allah.
Wa Minallah at-Tawfeeq, Al-Fatiha.
52.REGARDING DREAMS Wednesday, 14 March 2018
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.
Let us talk about the subject of dreams again. Some consider dreams an order and say, “I saw such in my dream and I have to do it.” Allah Azza wa Jalla has informed us about what we need to do through the holy tongue of our Holy Prophet. People are already doing what needs to be done. It is obligatory (fard), necessary (wajib), tradition (sunna), and beloved (mustahab) for a believer (mumin) to do them so he may do them.
Everyone has to do the fard because it is fard. If they do not, there is a punishment for it. Wajib is pretty much the same way. The sunna they can do or not do if they like, but doing the sunna of our Holy Prophet means loving him. People who do not do his sunna mean they do not hold our Holy Prophet in high esteem. And this is a big deficiency. However, those who do things based on, “I saw such in my dream and will do so,” will have done things in vain.
They say you cannot act based on dreams. This is well known in [religious] science. Dreams are categorized and are according to the person. Some prophets would be inspired in dreams. They would see a dream, and upon it the work he was to do would come from dreams. There is no more prophecy. The last prophet, the final prophet, is our Holy Prophet. Because there is no prophet after him, do you consider yourself – far from it (hasha) – a prophet? It cannot be.
The dreams normal, common people see is a wisdom (hikma) of Allah. They call it the world of dreams. The world of dreams is different from the world of reality. You can travel the whole world and the Universe in a dream, and you would be staying where you are. Dreams, the world of dreams, and the world of reality are different. You cannot go ahead and say, “They told me not to offer prayer (namaz) in my dream, ‘You have made it. You do not need it anymore.’” You need to do such and such, but if you attempt something you are not be able to do, then you would feel sorry.
We also need to interpret the things we see in dreams as good. As we said, there is no need to act on it. There are some matters that are sunna to do istikhara on (prayer of seeking guidance). You perform it and accordingly you can do whatever you need to
do. But the dreams you see every day are different. “I saw such a scary dream. I did such and such.” There is no harm, Allah willing, if you do not tell those scary dreams to anybody.
This is a great mystery (hikma) of Allah and it is a lesson for people. It shows Allah’s power (qudra). You are resting where you are and you may be taken everywhere. Therefore, no matter who it is and no matter how important that one is, he cannot deviate from the commands of Allah. Do not comply with Shaitan! May Allah not make us comply Inshallah. Some people, as we said, constantly get up with dreams and sit down with dreams. May Allah always show us the truth In Sha Allah.
Wa Minallah at-Tawfeeq, Al-Fatiha.
53.WISHING GOOD FOR EVERYONE Thursday, 15 March 2018
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.
Faith (iman) is the greatest blessing and the most beautiful thing for humanity. It is one thing being Muslim while iman is stronger. Our Holy Prophet describes how to be a mumin (believer). Those who say “La Ilaha Illallah Muhammadun Rasulullah” have entered Islam but iman is something else. It is stronger.
There is a verse that says, “Do not say you have believed. Say you have become Muslim,” because “faith has not entered your hearts yet.” There are many things to do with faith and one of them is to wish for your Muslim brother, your mumin brother, what you wish of goodness for yourself, to wish from Allah goodness for him too. The believer does not have the attribute of saying, “Let me have it and not him.” This attribute is with those who are not mumin. If you think, “Let this man be like me too. Let him be better than me. May Allah give him more,” you would not lose anything, nothing comes out of your pocket. Just as a wish says our Holy Prophet, it is from faith to think for everyone to be better than you.
This is not just the case for money but for people to be on the path of guidance and for all to be on the right path. It is from faith for you to wish for Allah to protect others from committing sin and doing evil. That is why we see what the situation of the whole Islamic world is like. We ask them guidance from Allah. We ask Allah for them to be good and to stay away from evil and bad ways. Because this is also good for us. It is good to have good people around. If bad people are everywhere it would harm you too anyway.
Faith means being intelligent (having a head on one’s shoulders). When people are intelligent, they understand better how beautiful the commands of Allah and the sayings of our Holy Prophet are. Therefore, we wish for goodness for everybody Inshallah. May they all be guided and be on the right path Inshallah. We wish from Allah for material and spiritual goodness for His believer and Muslim servants.
Wa Minallah at-Tawfeeq, Al-Fatiha.
54.THOSE WHO DO NOT LIKE A JOB Saturday, 17 March 2018
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.
He says I don’t have a job, people show him a job, and he does not like it. He complains the whole time, “Why should I live in this life? Let me die and be saved.” Our Holy Prophet says about them, “Do not wish for death.” He wants to die because he cannot do anything in this world. There are some types, it is the wisdom of Allah, who do not like whatever you offer them. If you offer him the best job, he does not say he does not like it but makes excuses saying, “They fired me. This and that happened.” You could offer him a hundred jobs and he still would not work, but when it comes to complaining he complains.
So it means these people are not happy with Allah. Allah has granted us this life, He created us as Muslims, gave us the greatest blessing (nima), and you go ahead saying, “I don’t like it. Let Allah take my life so I can be saved!” If a person does something good for you and you respond like this, he would call you ungrateful. Allah Azza wa Jalla created you. He gave you hands, feet, and faith. He created you as Islam. You cannot go ahead saying such things. It does not fit manners (adab). Such a thing neither fits Islamic manners nor does it fit human manners.
Allah created millions of people like you, and they are all working and trying. So are you the only one? Will Allah Almighty and Exalted be He not look after you? You need to start somewhere even if it is the lowest work. Then Allah would give you the blessing (baraka). It does not work if you think like, “I want to get rich quick. Allah should give me everything!” Such a thing is foolishness. It is both foolishness and ill- manners towards Allah. You will work. You need to work. Laziness is not good. Shaykh Mawlana would always say, “You would make an allowance even if at least you bought a crate of lemons and sold them.” But no, he wants it immediately. Then he will say, “I bought the crate of lemons and I got stuck with it.”
You tell him, “Do this,” and he says, “I did it and this happened.” So he gives an excuse for everything and then prays to Allah not to make him live anymore. However, Allah forbid when something [scary] happens, he does not know what to do from fear. Allah gave people great blessings. Our being created as humans is the greatest blessing.
Humans are in the highest station among creation. With faith it becomes more acceptable, but even if a human is faithless he is in a high station, because you never know when faith might come. A person could pass away with faith even in the last breath. Therefore, we need to show respect to people. It is also obligatory (fard) to be thankful for the blessings (nimat) Allah has granted. We need to keep our manners.
May Allah give us all good manners. You should say, “No matter how much my ego suffers it is little.” Allah granted us great blessings. There is health, appetite, and all kinds of blessings. Go for the job you find. Millions of people come from outside of this country and thank Allah they are receiving from the blessings (baraka) of this country. They are looking after their families and are being a blessing all around. This is a blessed place. It is blessed everywhere but it is also blessed here. The man who says, “I don’t have a job as I can’t find a job,” is a liar and is lazy. May Allah not make us from them. May Allah give people sense and intelligence In Sha Allah.
Wa Minallah at-Tawfeeq, Al-Fatiha.
55.THE THREE MONTHS AND RAJAB Monday, 18 March 2018
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.
May our month of Rajab be blessed. Inshallah it starts tomorrow, starting with tonight. The Three Months are good months. They are beautiful and holy months: Rajab, Shaban, and Ramadan. The month of Rajab is Allah’s month, Shaban is our Holy Prophet’s month, and Ramadan is the Nation’s (Ummah’s) month. You are written from ten to a thousand times more rewards when you worship during these months. They are months in which the more good, good deeds, and worship we do, the more profitable it is for us.
The Three Months have a different place. There are other holy months in the year but they are not like these. Zil-Qida and Zil-Hijja, the month of hajj. However, it does not affect everybody because not everyone can go to hajj. The effective ones are the Three Months. When it was time for the Three Months, the saints (awliya), believers (mumins), and Muslims would respect these months and would pay more attention to religion and worship. This is the case since old times. Of course there was more respect in the past. Still it is not neglected and people remember it.
People know what to do when it is Rajab. However, Muharram is coming and most people do not remember it when it is the Hijri New Year. But they remember these Three Months more. It has its own worships and zikrs but fasting is the most important. Some fast for three months, while others fast Mondays and Thursdays because they cannot fast it all and it is the same. Or as our Holy Prophet says, “Those who fast in the beginning, the middle, and the end are like those who fast for a month.”
The zikrs are: Subhanallahil Hayyul Qayyum for the first ten days, Sub Han Allahil Ahadis Samad for the second ten days, and Sub Han Allahil Ghafurur Rahim for the third ten days. These are to be counted a hundred times every day. And there is a prayer, a ten rakat namaz in every ten days. You may want to pray it all at once or you may want to pray it two by two. Following them is a short dua, but it needs to be looked up and recited. It would not stay in your memory if we say it now. You can find it everywhere. People print and distribute it. It tells you what to do. We need to not miss the virtue of this beautiful month. Allah makes the most beautiful seasons to grant us from His favors. Allah is generous. The generous man likes to give from his generosity, but Allah
Almighty and Glorious be He is the most generous. Allah Azza wa Jalla is unlike humans. The more you take the more He gives. There is no fear that it will deplete when He gives. No matter how generous people might be, they wonder whether it will finish. However, everything is in the hands of Allah Azza wa Jalla. In this sense He has no worry and no fear, perish the thought (hasha)!
Allah Azza wa Jalla’s generosity does not have a limit or a boundary. “Ask. Do not be reluctant to ask. Do not be shy. Do not refrain. Ask me,” says Allah Azza wa Jalla. May Allah grant us goodness in these good months. May it be blessed. May it be a guidance for Muslims Inshallah. May it be a victory for Muslims. May goodness come and evils go away In Sha Allah.
Wa Minallah at-Tawfeeq, Al-Fatiha.
56.THE DELICACY OF OLDEN PEOPLE Tuesday, 19 March 2018
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.
Visiting the saints (awliya) brings blessings (baraka) to people. Their spirituality is stronger, and their spirituality stays present after you leave. That is why Shaykh Mawlana would say if a person gets distressed or what not he should visit seven maqams (of awliya) so they would gaze on him and their himma (spiritual support) would be present. People relax and people’s faith gets stronger with their himma.
It is harder in End Times. Everything is hard. Olden people were more comfortable and their faith was stronger. That is why there was respect for everyone in old times. People would respect each other. Apart from this, there was much respect for clerics (hodjas), shaykhs, and awliya. There were not so many people to get their heads confused. Now the man says he is a scholar, he is a professor, comes out saying things even ignorant people do not say, and confuses people’s heads. People do not know what to do saying, “Am I right or not?” Instead of strengthening their faith they are weakening their faith.
We went to visit Hazrat Shaykh Sharafuddin yesterday. May Allah accept it. There were also brothers (ikhwan) who had a funeral and we went to them to offer them condolences. It is a good and important thing to mend/placate people. More than when they are joyful, wishing people condolences or wishing them patience when they are sad is good for them and Allah writes good deeds and gives its rewards. Then we went to visit the holy ones in Bursa. We visited the holy sultan of Bursa, Hazrat Amir Sultan. Mashallah, he is also a sultan in the hereafter amongst sultans.
We went to the Grand Mosque (Ulu Jami) so many times but this time we got wisdom: a holy one there explained to us those beautiful writings, their wisdom, and their particulars. As we said, in the past people would do everything for a reason (hikma) and for the benefit of people. Both for beauty and for benefit. May Allah be happy with them, they explained it to us for quite some time there. The tastes of olden people were something else. They were tactful in thought.
Just as cement is coarse, the thought of people of this day and age is coarse. There is no such thing as subtlety. There are lots of people but it is called a useless crowd. We need
to teach it. These subtleties are learned by being on the path of our Holy Prophet, and by following those who are going behind him and on his way. And this is tariqa and awliya. The awliya are thoughtful people. They are people who teach fineness and beautifulness. May Allah be happy with them. May Allah also give these people such beautiful thought and beautiful finesse In Sha Allah.
Al-Fatiha.
57.THE WORLD OF POSSIBILITIES Wednesday, 20 March 2018
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.
Hadrat Shaykh Abdullah Daghestani, often used to say, “Fi Rajab taral ‘ajab.” I cannot remember whose saying it is, but strange things do happen during Rajab, things that astonish people. In the month of Rajab, both spiritual and outwardly strange things happen. The most amazing thing was the miraculous Miraj journey of our Holy Prophet.
People are astonished thinking how such a journey could take place and their minds are incapable of comprehending it. Especially those who think of themselves as scholars (ulama) assume that this journey happened during sleep. Why should it happen in sleep? Anyone can have dreams in an ordinary way. Does that count as a miracle? Miracles happen in amazing ways, and those who experience them witness the happenings of awesome things, whereas something that happens in a dream is not anything special. Either their minds are incapable of receiving the power of Allah or they are stubbornly unwilling to accept the truth, and are deceived by the game of Shaitan.
Our Holy Prophet, in the sight of Allah, reached to the greatest station and honor where no other could. Shaitan cannot accept this, and therefore Shaitan, to divert those who think of themselves as “ulama” from the path, puts in their minds some ideas. This is not to be called “inspiration”, because inspiration is only from Allah. These are bad thoughts. Shaitan has many soldiers. The number of believers is a lot, and the number of his soldiers is even more. He puts ideas in people’s minds to keep them away from faith and belief. In the sight of Allah, these strange things are not difficult to cause, but easy. These things appear to be strange in the sight of people. Anything that is difficult is easy for Allah. Things we see are things Allah shows us.
A person prefers to use his ordinary usual ways and does not want to change. That is why Allah brought us miracles, to awaken us. The order of Allah is fulfilled. This world is the world of possibilities; all is possible to happen. This is why a believer does not find these things strange. He knows this is the order of Allah. A believer waits for the happening of these amazing events and prepares himself.
Let us see what happens, what sort of things happen in the holy month of Rajab. May it be good for people and for Islam, Inshallah. For those who are diverted from the path, enemies of Islam, and enemies of the prophets, bad things happen. This is the way it is, here in the world and in the hereafter. May Allah protect us all from these happenings and let them be beneficial for us, In Sha Allah.
Wa Minallah at-Tawfeeq, Al-Fatiha.
58.CONSULTATION AND ITS IMPORTANCE Thursday, 21 March 2018
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.
Islam shows us the way in everything. It tells us, “When you are about to do something you ought to consult (istishara).”
“Wa amruhum shoora baynahum.” (Sura Shoora:38) Shoora means consultation. Allah Azza wa Jalla says, “Ask others and find out. Then leave it to Allah in trust (tawakkul).”
“Fa itha azamta fatawakkal Alallah.” “And when you have decided, then rely upon Allah” (Sura Aali Imran:159) He says, “Rely on Him, start your business, and do not be in doubt all the time.” Of course a person, on his own, might see an affair from one side. To see the other sides, the other points of view, it is good to seek the thoughts of others too, especially in the case of marriage. In other matters such as trade or a business partnership, you need to ask, “What kind of people are they? Are they trustworthy or not? Can I do business or share a house with them?”
As we said, the person sees one side, one point of view, and you do not see the other side but someone else does. Therefore ask around, find out, and decide upon the matter then leave it to Allah in trust. Do not do it in a hurry, otherwise the matter would be left incomplete. To leave it incomplete is inappropriate. If so you too would regret it and the other person remains treated unjustly. “The counsellor is trustworthy”, says our Holy Prophet. The one who is consulted for istishara has to tell the truth about the matter. This is not back biting (ghiyba). At such a time one has to tell the truth about the other person. If the other person has certain faults, the faults should be told. Then it is up to you whether to go ahead and accept the person or not. You should say, “This person has such and such fault so take him in marriage if you like. This person has such and such fault so it is up to you if you want to do business with him. Be careful!”
It would be inappropriate for you to regret it later, if you have not done istishara. A matter has already happened by then. Otherwise, you still have some time before it actually happens. And [if you choose it] it is your fault. It is not the fault of whoever suggested the business to you. It is a must to think thoroughly. Therefore, sometimes Sheikh Mawlana would ask people, “Look first and be careful! Are you going to do business or build a home with this person?” Sometimes people do business with others and are shocked by them, and then come to the Sheikh and complain to him, “Such and such happened.” Many times the Sheikh would say, “Did you ask me? It would have been different if you had asked me and you would not have ended in this situation.”
Therefore, istishara is important. It is not a shame. As we said earlier, to tell others about the faults of the person is not considered backbiting. Sometimes when people are about to backbite, they are not aware that it is backbiting. But when istishara is done, to avoid seeming to backbite, they might conceal the truth. Therefore istishara is ordered in Islam, and the one who follows it rests assured.
In Sha Allah may Allah forgive us our faults. May our eyes be open so we do not end up treating anybody unjustly. If you do it from the start you would not be cross with anybody later. If you do it when it is little it would pass easily. When more is built up, there might be hate and loathing and this is not a good thing. May Allah give us good states, In Sha Allah.
Wa Minallah at-Tawfeeq, Al-Fatiha.
59.THOSE WHO ARE MODEST RECEIVE RESPECT Monday, 2 April 2018
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.
Our Holy Prophet says, “Addabani Rabbi fa’ahsana ta’dibi”, “Allah taught me adab (good manners); I was dressed with the best of manners.” Adab is a beautiful thing. Now they called it etiquette. The Prophet had the best adab. He is the best example for mankind. It is necessary to follow his path. A person with adab is respected amongst the people, and loved too. Even if others may not like him, they still show their respect.
Islam, Muslims have dignity. What is meant by dignity? In the light of the Prophet , to know how to sit, how to behave appropriately in an assembly. Those who submit themselves to his path, as we said before, are accepted by others, they are trusted, and their words are trusted. Otherwise, if one behaves like most people, then he is considered less by others.
Everything has an appropriate time. Sometimes it is permissible and appropriate to joke; we then make a joke. When it is required to be serious, we then maintain seriousness. How to speak to an older person, or a young one, all is included within this education. Now it is the End Times. They speak without thinking, then they outburst suddenly. Then even if they may be wrong, they do not accept their mistake, or without apologising, they see themselves right. If this takes place, they are far from dignity, far from modesty. People prefer to keep away from them, or to keep away from the harm or evil they might cause. Those people are not liked.
The meaning of dignity is “sobriety”, which means that when something happens, one thinks, ponders upon it, then speaks about it, or decides what to do about it. Because once a word is uttered, it cannot be taken back. This is something to take care of. We need to live life with care. Surely this cannot happen instantaneously. It is learned slowly. By trial and error, one contemplates the result, and takes an account of one’s action. In the process of contemplation and account taking, one gradually becomes a dignified and modest man.
As we said before, these good characteristics are at the basis of Islam. A true Muslim is the one who is like our Holy Prophet. Our Holy Prophet did not get angry in such ways
as an ordinary person does. When he got angry, he got angry for the sake of God and not for his ego (nafs). Most of the time he was gentle. We need to be like him and take him as an example Insha’Allah. May Allah teach us all these beautiful habits, beautiful adab, In Sha Allah.
Wa Minallah at-Tawfeeq, Al-Fatiha.
60.BENEFITS OF PATIENCE Wednesday, 4 April 2018
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.
Wa-ṣbir wa mā ṣabruka illā bi-Llāhi,” says Allah ‘azza wa jall. (Qur’ān )16:127“And be patient, and your patience is not but by Allah.” When mentioning ṣabr (patience), it is possible to be patient about everything. Being patient about great calamities, or being patient about each other too, these are all the same practice of ṣabr. Today people have no patience. The final end of ṣabr is peace. People act suddenly and in unrestrained ways, then they regret it. Sometimes, may Allah protect us, the regret is for unbeneficial things.
Further, one of the most important matters is the patience between a husband and a wife, because marriage is a foundation that Allah loves. Divorce, though permissible, is disliked the most by Allah. Now people get married and soon we hear they are divorced. Why is this? Because of impatience. They exaggerate any little thing and create a problem which later results in divorce; the family falls apart. In fact, if they stay patient and quiet, they would get along well.
Satan brings forth many excuses so that people would not be patient. Such as, “How could such a thing be said against you? How could such a thing be done to you?” In fact, it was not said or done purposely. If one is not patient, the matter ends in regret.
As we said, these people bring out arrogance together with impatience, which makes the case worse. Even walking on the way, one needs to be patient and not take an account of what happens wrong roundabout, so that one’s business can happen in ease. But, contrarily, if one is bothered by everything, one could go through many fights a day— which turns into a habit! What happens at the end of that only Allah knows. May Allah teach people this good characteristic, In Sha Allah. Let us be patient with each other and receive the reward of it from Allah.
Wa Minallah at-Tawfeeq, Al-Fatiha.
61.ALLAH LOVES BEAUTY Thursday, 5 April 2018
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.
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