Suhbah 2018: Maulana Shaykh Mehmet Adil ar-Rabbani (10/25)
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l 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.
Shukr to Allāh, we are finishing the month of Sha‘bān in peace. In Sha Allah next Jum‘ah is Ramaḍān. In Sha Allah from Tuesday night we will start tarāwīḥ prayer. Wednesday is the first, we'll start fasting.
Ramaḍān is the Sulṭān of months, it is holy. Allāh ‘Azza wa Jalla made this month beautiful for the ummah of Muḥammad. Rajab and Sha‘bān are also good but for the ummah of Muḥammad Allāh ‘Azza wa Jalla made Ramaḍān. Its special spirituality comforts people and gives blessings and peace. It is the month of forgiveness and cure. All kinds of beauties are in this month. All over the world – of course, Islamic countries are less than half of the world, much less than half of it – but when Muslims experience Ramaḍān from wherever they are, the blessings of that month makes them happy. And as happy they are in this world, they will be happier in ākhirah. They will reach their happiness. Because in this month Allāh says, "I give it's reward for you. I reward your fasting." If you do one goodness, it will count as ten, one hundred or one thousand. And for fasting, Allāh ‘Azza wa Jalla gives from His Kindness and Generosity. No one can give as He gives. Therefore, your happiness here in this month will be in ākhirah too. It is just a small amount of happiness.
This month is for paying ṣadaqah and zakāh. Zakāh is given once a year. It can be given any month but to give it in Ramaḍān is more blessed and there is more thawāb. Zakāh is farḍ. The thawāb of farḍ is greater than of sunnah or nafl. Therefore, it is a tradition since old times: people give their zakāh every Ramaḍān. It can be paid in another month too, as we said. But zakāh is zakāh. You have to keep its account and pay from year to year. And doing so from Ramaḍān to Ramaḍān is better and nicer – you give it and don't get confused. Because what is done between this Ramaḍān and next Ramaḍān is counted as a year. Because zakāh is not paid according to a daily count. It is given with its niṣāb from year to year. People shouldn't confuse that. When a year passes, you should calculate it in Ramaḍān. If you earned more during that year, you pay it in Ramaḍān. And you will start off clear for the next year. And the next year you pay in same way. You will have no remaining debt.
Because zakāh is the provision appointed by Allāh for the poor, others can't use it. Who gives zakāh cannot say, "I am paying zakāh, it is mine." Zakāh leaves you. It doesn't belong to you. If you give it and then take it part back, you will be committing a sin. You will be stealing, as if you take from someone else's goods. May Allāh give abundance of the heart.
Our Prophet says, as we recited in the khuṭbah, a man can have many things, this does not make him rich. Even if the world belongs to this man, the nature of man is like a beggar. His eyes ask for more, but he doesn't give a penny. The real richness is the richness of the soul, says our Prophet. It shouldn't be in the eyes of a man. The rich one is the person who doesn't have five pence and is full. But who has billions and asks for more, by following his ego and not letting his money go, is poor. May Allāh not make us from them, In Sha Allah.
And there is fasting and tarāwīḥ prayers. The more goodness you do in Ramaḍān, the better for you. And there is fiṭr to be paid per person. Muftīs appoint its amount every year because they make its calculation. Probably, it's 15-20 TL per person. That is for an ordinary person. Some people are poor, it is calculated less for them. That should be paid for every member of the family. That used to be the main zakāh. And when zakāh came, fiṭr became Ṣadaqatu l- Fiṭr – paid during whole Ramaḍān. Fifteen liras, twenty liras, how much you pay, you have to do it before ‘Īd. If you don't pay, you'll miss its benefit. Ṣadaqah keeps troubles, accidents and illnesses away. It destroys them. If you don't pay those five pence, may Allāh help, what may happen that year and you'll pay much more.
In shā’a Llāh, we are reaching this holy month. May we will reach many years. May we reach it next year with the honor of Islām, In Sha Allah. This year again everywhere in the world they are targeting Islām. They are attacking Islām. And Muslims are not begging Allāh to send a savior. They should ask for him. Otherwise, we cannot do anything in such condition. Promised and sent by Allāh, promised to our Prophet are the saviours Mahdī ‘alayhi s-salām and ‘Īsá ‘alayhi s-salām. When they come, all this oppression will stop, In Sha Allah. The world will reach justice and peace. In Sha Allah, it is near because oppression is at its peak. May Allāh help us, In Sha Allah.
Alhamdulilah we nearly finish Sha‘bān month. It is maybe next Wednesday, in shā’a Llāh, first of Ramaḍān. Next Friday will be, In Sha Allah, first Friday of Ramaḍān. Ramaḍān it is very blessed month. Allāh He said three months – holy months: one for first Rajab for Allāh ‘Azza wa Jalla, second for Prophet, and third for ummah. And of course we are weak and He make this Ramaḍān month to be happy, the most happiest month between whole other months. It is giving good feeling for each people who are recognise and fast and pray. Where you have been in whole the world it is special month. Even where is place they are no, not Muslim country, also who are following this and practicing fasting and praying tarāwīḥ and other ṣalawāt, you feel very special. Because
this month Allāh He happy with His servant because they are following, making fasting. Fasting it is difficult. Even ego, your ego when you fasting you can control more easier. And Allāh ‘Azza wa Jalla make, when create ego, asking, "Who are you?" He said, "I'm I'm. You You," for Allāh and Allāh send him to make ‘adhdhabuh tortured. But he say after asking again, say again, "You You and me me." After make to fast. After fast it was asking, "Who are you?" He said, "I'm ego and You are my Lord." So to be fasting it is making your ego to be come down. For this Allāh love this when people fasting. He reward them by His countless reward. Because reward if you do something good from to ten times, maybe hundred times, maybe thousand times. But for fasting He said, "I am only know what I will give for Our servant." So this holy month we are fasting whole month, Allāh reward us. And in daytime we are fasting, nighttime also praying, tarāwīḥ, praying other nāfilah, every praying so Allāh reward us. But people they are saying shayṭān also not in this. Al-ḥamdu liLlāh Ramaḍān he is not very strong because Allāh send him to chain him, but also still doing something with this people. They said, "No need for tarāwīḥ. It is not sunnah from Prophet and not obligatory. No you don't pray. Go enjoy yourself." How is this month, for whole month, you worshipping and people becoming more happy, more blessed, and they feel full of good feeling in this month because they are happy they are obeying. After this month it's finish. You feel completely, suddenly you – it is like empty. So, Alhamdulilah, we are for this month also from old time the tradition to give zakāt in Ramaḍān. You can give other time also. Whole year you can give zakāt but the people they was counting from Ramaḍān to Ramaḍān – one year. Because you cannot give zakāt for each day or each month. No. Just from Ramaḍān to Ramaḍān you count how you have more money, you give zakāt for this. So for this it is also month of zakāt also and for giving Zakātu l-Fiṭr for each person. We must give for whole in family. It was before zakāt, before normal zakāt, but when zakāt coming, this becoming Ṣadaqatu l-Fiṭr. And for each person, how much people, rich people they can give more. Poor people they must also give. They don't say, "We don't have money." Because this ṣadaqah, ṣadaqah taking bad thing away from us – illness, stress, accident. Everything it is with ṣadaqah can be go away. So don't say, "I'm poor. I cannot do." Because if you not do this Allāh know what He... Maybe you pay thousand time more than this. So we are, In Sha Allah, reaching this month and we hope to be next year with better condition for Muslims, with real successor of Prophet – Sayyidinā Mahdī ‘alayhi s-salām. What he was saying about him, because now time real very bad and whole world they are fighting each other and they are especially fighting against Muslims. And they put some kind of people in Islām they say, "We are real Muslim," and they are worse than enemy. They are the worst enemy for Islām this people. In Sha Allah, all this when Mahdī ‘alayhi s-salām coming, it will be finish and clean all the world with justice and happiness, In Sha Allah. Allāh make us to reach these days, In Sha Allah.
Wa Minallah at-Tawfeeq, Al-Fatiha.
78.OUR WHOLE LIFE FOR ALLAH Saturday, 12 May 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.
Mashāyikh sometimes ask "What did you do for Allāh today?" Sometimes they write it down in some places. They ask, "What did you do for Allāh today?" You should have done some goodness and remember it. Think whether you did something good or something for the sake of Allāh جل ه الل ج. We should do so. But even better is, as our Prophet said: Bismillahir Rahmanir Raheem, "Qul inna ṣalātī wa nusukī wa maḥyāya wa mamātī liLlāhi rabbi l-‘ālamīna lā sharīka lahu wa bidhālika umirtu wa-ana awwalu l- muslimīn" (6:162-163). "My prayers and worshipping, my life and death , everything is for Allah I am ordered so," says our Prophet. He says, "I am the first Muslim." And like our Prophet did, Muslims shouldn't ask what they did during the day but make intention from the morning when they wake up and head to work to do everything for the pleasure of Allāh
In Sha Allah, as Allāh likes and wants it. He says, "We intend to do everything for the pleasure of Allāh." Then everything we do will be accepted. Whatever you do – when you go after provision, when you go after knowledge, when you go for a visit, when you go for a trip, when you talk to people – everything you do will be for Allāh. When you ask, "What did I do today?", better to be able to say, "I made intention in the morning to do everything for Allāh, to obey Him." This is the shortcut. We shouldn't forget it every day so that when we do wrong during the day, we realize we won't deserve the pleasure of Allāh and be embarrassed from Allāh ‘Azza wa Jalla. Then we remember not to do it. But apart from that, whatever you do, eat, drink, go somewhere, or come, as we said, Allāh will accept it. "We did everything for Allāh, not for our ego.
Allah sent us to this world not to be a servant for our ego, but to be a servant for Allāh We intend to do servanthood for Allāh. For His pleasure, we intend our position to be like this from morning till evening, In Sha Allah." Everything will be for the pleasure of Allāh will give according to our intentions. "Innamā l-a‘mālu bi n-niyyāt." Actions are according to intentions. People make intentions. Most people can't accomplish them but as long as there is intention, that intention is accepted with Allāh. Because He knows our intentions. Someone decides to do something, he promises to do it, and when he doesn't, he says he was going to. Others ask, "Why didn't you do?" "I
was intending to. It didn't work out." They say, "I don't benefit from intentions." But Allāh ‘Azza wa Jalla is not this way. Allāh ‘Azza wa Jalla accepts our intentions. If you do it – ten rewards. If you couldn't do it, He still gives one reward.
Therefore, we make intention, In Sha Allah, to live all our lives for Allāh– until the end. And every day, In Sha Allah, when we wake up in the morning, we intend it for Allāh's pleasure. May we be able to achieve our intentions, In Sha Allah.
We intend so, In Sha Allah. They ask there is a word – "What you done today for Allāh for your Lord?" This is many place they write. Even in this wall. In sometimes in book and some place – "what you done good thing today?" What you normally for Muslim, "What you done for your Lord for Allāh?" "What you done for Allāh?" You give charity, you pray, you fast, you do this and that – this all you must do. So we can say, "We can do, we do this." But there is more important than this. What āyah for Prophet saying, Bismillahir Rahmanir Raheem, "Qul inna ṣalātī wa nusukī wa maḥyāya wa mamātī liLlāhi rabbi l- ‘ālamīn, lā sharīka lahu wa bi-dhālika umirtu wa ana awwalu l- muslimīn" (6:162-163). "My praying, my fasting, my doing good thing, charity, my life and my death – all this for Allāh ‘Azza wa Jalla. For no any partner for Him and this is what I was ordered and I'm the first of believer."
This is for Prophet teaching us. So no need to say, "Today I done this, I did this." You must intention to be whole your day for Allāh ‘Azza wa Jalla, for your Lord. "We intention this morning we wake up for fajr, our intention to be all my days according for Allāh's order and to do good thing until next day. This is my intention." You can, so it is like whole thing what you done in your day, for Allāh ‘Azza wa Jalla and He accept because it is intention. Intention very important. This is what you done in daytime: go wake up, eating, drinking, praying, and meeting people, speaking, working. teaching people, you learn something from people – everything Allāh reward you as you done for Him. This is what Prophet teach us. Our whole life for Allāh ‘Azza wa Jalla. Who do this, intention for Allah, Allah reward him. Not to for our ego, no. This day for Allāh Allāh, whole day for Allāh.
Even ego trying to do not make you to do something, also Allāh reward you by for your intention. Because intention very important in divinely, in presence of Allāh ‘Azza wa Jalla. He said if you have good intention, and your intention to do something I couldn't do, it will be reward you one reward. If you done it, you will reward ten times, hundred times, or more. But for people, human being, you intention something to do for people, and tell them, "I was intention to do this but I couldn't do this. Sorry." They will become angry for you. "Why you say this and you didn't do and we are waiting for you and come you didn't come, you didn't..." They get very angry. They not even ask for something from them. "What? Why we will give you this? You didn't done anything." "But my intention good to, I'm was intention to do this for you." But nothing hear. But for Allāh
‘Azza wa Jalla not like this. If you even you didn't do anything, He reward you but because He not in need for you. People in need for you.
So it is good tiding from Prophet. Whole days, whole life, In Sha Allah, for our Lord. We intention to be in His service only for Him not for our ego. Allāh help us to to do this and reward us, In Sha Allah.
Wa Minallah at-Tawfeeq, Al-Fatiha.
79.THE NATION OF THE PROPHET MUHAMMAD Sunday, 13 May 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 existence in this world is by Allāh's will. Allāh's destiny put us in this time. There were many people and many nations who lived before. The best of them was the Nation of our Prophet, Ummatu Muḥammad. Who is from that Nation has received a huge favour. But who doesn't accept it rejects that great favour. To follow our Prophet is a big favour in dunyā too. It is a privilege, in fact. To be from the Nation of our Prophet is the biggest honor. Who says "I don't accept it" is not considered as from the Nation. You can't force anyone. Because when someone rejects an offer, he becomes ungrateful. He carries his punishment.
To be from the Ummah of Muḥammad, as we said, to live under his command... People who lived in places where his khulafa ruled, lived good lives. Because the first order of our Prophet is justice. When there is justice, there is beauty. Everything is good, there is no oppression. And the second order is mercy. There is mercy and justice for people who live in that country. There is no discrimination. There is no favoring Muslims by dividing people into Muslims and non-Muslims. Besides, when such a thing happens, more attention is paid so that the rights of non-Muslims are not taken. Therefore, the khulafā’ of our Prophet and Sultans lived like this for centuries. And as a result, the Ottomans still have khalīfah. Under their rule, people lived their best days, Muslims and the Islamic world.
Because khulafā’ didn't take their positions for fun. They sat there for the Nation of our Prophet. They sat there to raise the word of Allāh. They were humble and merciful. When they gave salām on Fridays to the people, people used to show respect by saying, "Long live, Pādishāh." And after that, Sultans used to have it said: "Long live, Pādishāh," because it's good that they live. And in order that there is no pride in their egos, they would ask them to say another sentence like – "Don't get proud. There is Allāh above you." It continued for centuries, based on this. They were never proud. They were humble. And the most important is that they were murīds to their beloved shaykhs. They obeyed and loved them. Many times even the greatest Sultans, like Fātiḥ Sulṭān Meḥmed and Sulṭān Sulaymān, went to their dergahs and said, "We don't want this world. We want ākhirah. We don't want this throne. We want to be servants in this dergah." Most
of them said so. But of course, the shaykh's order was: "Your duty is there. Go and carry your duty." Otherwise, they didn't desire salṭanāt, money and power.
They ruled under such conditions. They were wonderful people who followed the way of our Prophet. Therefore, to be Muslim and to live under a Muslim ruler in justice, to live under a ruler who knows Allāh and accepts our Prophet, is a great favour. Of course, there are few people like this in the current world conditions. It is very rare. May Allāh return those old days. May He raise Muslims. May they live under the rule of khulafā’, in shā’a Llāh. Those days are beautiful because there is justice for everyone and everybody is pleased. But of course, shayṭān says the opposite. He oppresses them but oppression cannot last. The truth will come out at last. May their maqāms increase, In Sha Allah.
Today we are living in this world. Allāh ‘Azza wa Jalla create us and we are living [in a] time, we didn't want to be here, but Allāh He doing what He like to do. And we thank Him to be this time we are living, to be from Nation of Prophet. To be Nation of Prophet Muḥammad it is the biggest favour for humanity. Who accept to be from his Nation, he is lucky. Who not accept, he is unlucky. Because this chance Allāh give for whole human being, to be from Nation of Prophet. But who are not like to be, also Allāh He not let him do. And he is unlucky because to be Nation of Prophet. honour for human being. All good manner, whole good thing, in this to be his Nation.
And now there is shayṭān nation. They are making exactly opposite what Prophet saying. Every dirty thing, every disgusting thing, they are making as it is nature for human being and it must be like this. And Prophet he said take this even first order for Muslim for believer to be clean. And this people they are dirty from top until the feet. And to be his Nation, Prophet he give every good thing for human being from his time and after until Ottoman. Last Khalīfah they was ruling by Sulṭān, Khalīf of Prophet, and they was ruling by justice and mercy for whole human, whole people who are living in their country. Not making difference between Muslim or non-Muslim or believer, non- believer. They have, everybody they have own right, everything. Even they was more sensitive if any non-believer for his right, to get his right, not to be oppressed in this country and they was living very freely and they can do everything the believer Muslim they doing. Sometimes they do, can have more freedom from them and Sulṭān Khalīf they was living for helping and serving and to follow Prophet order. They are not coming for enjoying.
Many of Sulṭān they was coming to, because they was very humble also – they not say, "We are Sulṭān. Nobody top of us." No. Most of them they have shaykh, murshid, guidance. They follow him. Many times they come to zāwiyah, dergāh for shaykh, and Sulṭān coming and he said for shaykh: "O Shaykh I don't want any saltanate, any fortune, any high position. I leave all this. I'm, I'm coming to your dergāh. I will be derwīsh here."
Many of them like this coming. But of course their Shaykh they said, "We have many derwīsh here. Your place to guide this and we are support you spiritually to be justice and to help people." This is what they was doing. And when they was greeting them, they go to place they say: "Long life Sulṭān. Oh long life Sulṭān," shouting people and the army, to not be proud, they was after this they say: "Don't be proud. There is Allāh He is bigger than you. O Sulṭān don't be proud, Allāh bigger than you." This was order from Sulṭān to people after when they say, "Long life Sulṭān," to not be like pharaoh, not be like Namrūd or to like tyrant. Just to remember he is, he is only servant for Allāh.
This what was doing and was like paradise because when you have justice, you are happy. When no justice in place, it is like hell. And nowadays most of world unjustice. Very few place they have some sincere governor, sincere president they are looking for helping people everywhere. Allāh make this people to be in our place because many we see all around us, since after Ottoman, they was only fear, blood, bad thing. Tyrants coming on them. This is unlucky for them. They must, we must ask for to send us one to make justice as it is full of oppression. In Sha Allah, he is coming. Looking very soon, In Sha Allah, Sayyidinā l-Mahdī ‘alayhi s-salām.
Wa Minallah at-Tawfeeq, Al-Fatiha.
80.FOLLOW THE AUTHORITY OF YOUR COUNTRY Monday, 14 May 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.
There are Madhāhib due to the mercy of our Holy Prophet. What we call Madhāhib used to be many. There were many true Madhāhib. There was no one left following them so there are four remaining. And they are a mercy for the Nation. A person follows whichever one he likes that fits himself accordingly. He does his work according to its rulings and performs his worship. So it is both for his work and for his worship, both of them. Every Madhhab has two parts one for worship and the other for activities. They showed them to people as well. May Allāh be happy with those Imāms. Through their high aspirations and efforts most of the Islamic world follows the four Madhāhib.
A fifth Madhhab is unacceptable, it is not accepted. Because there are no more perfect people who can do independent reasoning (ijtihād). Until when will these madhāhib remain? Until Mahdī ‘alayhi s-salām. When Mahdī ‘alayhi s-salām comes there will be no need for Madhāhib, since the absolute independent reasoner (mujtahid) is Mahdī ‘alayhi s-salām. Nonsensical people are appearing. They do not have the slightest intelligence whatsoever. They read this and that book and come out in front of people claiming to be a scholar, claiming to be a mujtahid. The religion is not good enough for them. The scholars are not good enough for them. They are making religion like democracy. They are criticizing everybody without knowledge or experience. This religion does not move with such people. People who do that harm themselves.
There, on this topic now we will pray the Tarāwīḥ tomorrow. They are questioning whether to begin to pray the day after. The government agency, who are those in authority, have looked at it, made calculations, written about it, and said it [Ramaḍān] is Wednesday. People who are living in this country should be following this. They said it is Thursday in another country. So that is also OK, because we follow those in authority. We cannot see. We neither see the sun nor the moon, we do not know when it rises and sets, where it rose and where it set. They have the responsibility. It is somewhat difficult for them to see the moon in these countries. It is not flat etc. Therefore, they have their calculations and methods. They said it is Wednesday because it will rise at such time and set at such time. Turkey and Cyprus decided this way. Another, India looked
at it – "No, we haven't seen it yet. Two days later." It is their responsibility, not the people's.
People should follow according to where they are. So there is no need for anxiety. Because even if a person, if all the people, got up and looked at it, again it is useless if they do not understand. It does not make sense. Therefore, wherever the person is, he will abide by the time, the date, and the day according to what the government said now and follow it. This is also the case with the Ash‘arī (theological school) Madhhab. Because sometimes in old times there was not much calculation like this. They ask: "What about a cloudy day?" "Is it 29 or 30 [days]?" If 29 holds, and it is a cloudy day then because the moon will not be apparent they complete it to 30. If not, if it appears, then it is 29. However, so this is not much of a problem. Therefore, where these people are, let them follow the government and be at rest. There is nothing else to do.
Sometimes they begin Ramaḍān a day early, that is possible. But let them certainly follow the government where they are, on ‘Īd day. "The others broke the fast a day before. I will take my water, soft drink and what not, and appear in front of people in this country having broken my fast." That is not all right. You should break your fast like the rest of the people there. This is the way shown by the shaykhs, especially what Mawlānā used to do. Mawlānā would sometimes be fasting a day or two before, the day before Ramaḍān, sometimes two days before. But he would for certain make the ifṭār, meaning the ‘Īd, together with the government of whichever country we were in. We make ifṭār together with that country's ‘Īd. We need to be careful about this, since it is unseemly to break the fast and appear in front of people one day before.
If you are not in a Muslim country, there are also lots of communities there. Then things are different. You can still do your ifṭār and offer your ‘Īd prayer according to which one you prefer. Whatever day has been set. For example, people in Turkish mosques, do it according to the Diyanet (Religious Affairs). Everyone will be coming to that ‘Īd prayer. Well, they are coming. "No, it is not today. It is tomorrow." There, that does not work either. For that, again either the Diyanet or whichever country you are in, if Turks are the majority – time it according to the Diyanet. If others are a majority, then you do it according to them. Because there are people who only pray on ‘Īd. If you mix it up too, that time they would be missing ‘Īd as well. They would not come a second time.
So these Madhāhib are a mercy for us. Therefore, we will follow these Madhāhib until Mahdī ‘alayhi s-salām appears. This is what Mawlānā said. In addition to the Madhāhib, Ṭarīqah is the same way. When Mahdī ‘alayhi s-salām appears, they will all connect with Mahdī ‘alayhi s-salām. No other Ṭarīqah will be left. May Allāh make us all reach those days, in shā’a Llāh. Prophet he make this Madhhab for who, for us to following some guidance – mercy for us. We have, after Prophet, many Madhhab to follow. Whole they was right. For each ṣaḥābah he like mujtahid, he can be Madhhab for himself. But the
Madhhab, many of them, there are no follower, they finish. Until the four Madhhab only remain – Ḥanafī, Shāfi‘ī, Mālikī, Ḥanbalī. This is right. They are on right Madhhab – only four. Fifth why? Because they are real awliyā’u Llāh and they are real connecting with Prophet with ṣaḥābah and they was the pillar of Islām this. And they are following only Prophet. After them, no any mujtahid. There is fifth Madhhab we not accept and because changing every time, they can change so it is not important for us to follow this Madhhab.
Only four Madhhab it is important and it is every thing you need. You have it from, for worshipping and for daily life; for everything from trading, from inheritance, from married, from everything you can you want to ask. You, they make very hard researching, writing all what we need and it is enough for us until when this, until Mahdī ‘alayhi s-salām coming. When Mahdī ‘alayhi s-salām coming all they will be, in shā’a Llāh, one. Because he is Mujtahidu l-Muṭlaq, after Prophet. Everything he will give judgement for everything. What he done, what he do – we must follow him. Even ṭarīqah also. This is Mawlānā he was saying. Ṭarīqah it will finish when Mahdī ‘alayhi s-salām coming. No more ṭarīqah because all in reality with Mahdī ‘alayhi s-salām.
This is why for we are saying this four Madhhab because they are showing us what we will do. Now tomorrow, In Sha Allah, we will praying tarāwīḥ. After tomorrow in our country beginning first of Ramaḍān. Beginning of first Ramaḍān normally, tomorrow after Maghrib. But there is other country, they are not following this. What will happen Madhhab they accept this. Each country they can do their own calculating or looking for the moon to see if it is Ramaḍān or not Ramaḍān. So we must follow our country or where you are living. If they say Ramaḍān, okay we make Ramaḍān from tomorrow. But other country they said, "No it is not Ramaḍān." Maybe Saudi they saying after tomorrow Ramaḍān. What we will do? We will not fasting tomorrow, after tomorrow? Not making tarāwīḥ tomorrow? No. We will make. They can, they are free. And for people who living in this country, no problem. Allāh not asking, "Why you done this?" We are following our Madhhab – authority they are saying this and madhhab saying follow authority. But you here, authority here, you must fast here.
So many people they make it problem. It is not really problem. Maybe they can fast one day, two days. Especially Pakistani brothers, they after two days, three days they are beginning, so is not... It's all Allāh accept because they are not by themself. The authority they are doing this. Authority responsible. If they are making by to some reason – maybe they want to make it little bit before, later. Sometime they do this, authority also. But for people it is – Allāh will not ask them. They, if they are this, authority they doing this, they will asked by Allāh ‘Azza wa Jalla. You all do this and you will be punished because it is not joke must be careful for this, this for Ramaḍān, In Sha Allah. Everywhere whole Ramaḍān, In Sha Allah, fasting. You can beginning before Ramaḍān, maybe in other country they can do Thursday. If you are in other country, you like to beginning, you
hear some country beginning one day before, you can begin. Mawlānā was doing this many times. Even we pray tarāwīḥ also before.
But for ‘Īd you must make with your authority with your country. This is important. Not saying, "Oh that country in Hijaz their ‘Īd before one day, so we can take cigarette and going around people or drinking." Yes this there are people they are they are in Hijaz must follow Hijaz. This is not joke. It is very important. maybe one day, if you fast, break your fast, you must fast sixty days with because you are knowing and you are fasting. So it is important for ‘Īd in every place everywhere to follow authority of your country – not other country. But for Ramaḍān, beginning of Ramaḍān, also if there another country fasting before you, you can fast with them. But if they are fasting after you, you cannot also break your fast and say I will fast with this country.
And there is also, now I remember, the new kind of fatwá coming from most sincere the they said, from Arab who are knowing Qur’ān, knowing Ḥadīth. They said if you are in country it is such Russia or North near North Pole – so it will be maybe after... If you are fasting more than twenty hours, no need for you to fast more than twenty hour. You follow Makkah. How you follow Makkah? Makkah breaking fast before us, eight hour before us. You must follow this? How it is this very ridiculous, very... They are... There is Ḥadīth of Prophet – if you have such not twenty hours maybe twenty two hours – because sometimes it's really you cannot – just follow the nearest city for you who maybe twenty hours they fasting. You follow this, not follow Makkah. And Arab they was real happy. I see many Arab in London they was very happy with this. They say I tried to – I was thinking they are joking but they are no, they are very happy. They said, "Yes our children they have exam. They must, this fast it's too too much for them. It is very good fatwá. We follow this." And they finish all their... Even in London they are doing this because also more than twenty hours.
So it is something – this people destroying Islām more than enemy of Islām. Allāh finish them, In Sha Allah, because this they are real big fitnah all around Islāmic country and they harming Islām more than the enemy of Islām. In Sha Allah Mahdī ‘alayhi s-salām when coming he will clean all this and you will see the right and good thing, in shā’a Llāh.
Wa Minallah at-Tawfeeq, Al-Fatiha.
81.DON’T MISS THE REWARDS OF RAMADAN Tuesday, 15 May 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.
A‘ūdhu biLlāhi mina sh-shayṭāni r-rajīm. Bismi Llāhi r-Raḥmāni r-Raḥīm. "Shahru Ramaḍāna alladhī unzila fīhi l-Qur’ānu hudan lil-nāsi wa-bayyinātin mina l-hudá wal- furqān" (2:185). "Fa-man shahida minkumu sh-shahra fa-lyaṣumhu wa man kāna marīḍan aw ‘alá safarin fa-‘iddatun min ayyāmin ukhara" (2:185). This āyah came when the fast of Ramaḍān became farḍ (obligatory) for our Prophet. Because before that, fasting in Ramaḍān was not farḍ. They would fast in Muḥarram. But after the hijrah it became farḍ.
So it became one of five requirements of Islām. Iqāmatu ṣ-ṣalāt, itā’i z-zakāt, ṣawmu r- Ramaḍān – it is the fourth requirement. It is from the farḍ of Islām. To skip it without excuse is a big sin and misfortune for a person. For those who skip it, there is punishment from Allāh When it is farḍ – there is punishment for skipping farḍ. No punishment for sunnah, but still it is not good to skip that either. And to do farḍ is the same for everyone. Everyone should do farḍ. There are some farḍ that as long as someone does it, the others can skip it. But fasting, praying and zakāh should be done by everyone. Regarding ḥajj – if someone can't go, he can send others. That is possible. But when it comes to fasting, in case someone can't do it, others can't fast in his place. He should pay its fidyah. It works that way. But others can't fast for him. Ḥajj is different and fasting is different.
Allāh ‘Azza wa Jalla appointed everything and created it beautiful. It has wisdom and wisdom cannot be questioned – "Why this is created and why it is so?" There are uncountable wisdoms in fasting. The main one being to educate the ego of a person. To educate the ego, fasting is the biggest weapon. When a man is fasting, it is easier for him to control his ego. Moreover, Allāh gives more spiritual powers to a man when he's fasting. He increases his light and from physical aspects too. Our Prophet says, "Ṣūmū taṣiḥḥū." Fast and you will get health and wellness. Who doesn't fast, no matter how hard he watches after his health, he cannot attain it. Only the fasting ones are healthy. They feel better than other people. The body is revitalized. The body releases all harmful poisons and toxins it has inside. And it lightens, getting rid of excess. A man is released from them.
From all aspects, fasting is a big favour for a person. And our fasting is easier than that of other nations. During the time of Mūsá ‘alayhi s-salām they fasted for six months. And there wasn't food from the evening till the morning like we have now. They had their ʾifṭār only. Next ʾifṭār would be only after 24 hours. It was like this in the beginning of Islām too. Then Allāh ‘Azza wa Jalla showed mercy on us and we fast during the day only. We break our fast after sunset and are free to eat until fajr. Sometimes people get confused. It is rare, but it happens that people do without knowing. Because everyone says something. They say dawn has come. People think dawn is sunrise. It is not so. Mu’adhdhinūn recite the adhān on time during Ramaḍān. Because according to our Ḥanafī madhhab, they start praying half an hour after adhān. Shāfiʿī start immediately. Or we make tasbīḥ starting immediately and begin farḍ when Ḥanafī time comes.
But it's not like this in Ramaḍān. They make adhān on time in Ramaḍān. Therefore, when you hear adhān, you should rinse your mouth and make your intention to keep your farḍ fasting. Or when you break your fast, you intend for your tomorrow's fast, In Sha Allah. That is ok too. Intention is important. When you wake up for saḥūr, that's accepted as your niyyah. There is a lot of easiness. May Allāh increase our light and fasting is the biggest thing that increases light. Many people are scared they cannot fast. That means you don't have willpower. Even small children can fast and grown adults say they can't. They should be embarrassed. There are many people who don't pray but who never skip fasting in their lives. It is not easy to leave fasting. Because when a man breaks his fast intentionally, there is penalty for it. You can't just fast for one day in return for a missed fast.
For example, if someone never fasted in his life, he should fast for 60 days as penalty at first. Then slowly, slowly he will fast the missed days. No need to fast 60 days for each day. Penalty fast is just once. And people can do it any time. They don't have to do it in the middle of summer. They can fast for two months during the shortest days. But it has to be all at once. Ladies can make a pause during menstruation and continue after. But men should fast 60 days in a row without missing a day in between. Our Prophet is saying even if you fast your whole life for a missed day, you won't reach its value. Therefore, people should be careful. Don't miss fasting. Don't miss this benefit, in shā’a Llāh.
Bismillahir Rahmanir Raheem. Auzu Billahi Minashaytanir Rajeem. Bismillahir Rahmanir Raheem. "Shahru Ramaḍāna alladhī unzila fīhi l-Qur’ānu hudan lil-nāsi wa- bayyinātin mina l-hudá wal-furqān fa-man shahida minkumu sh-shahra fa-lyaṣumhu wa man kāna marīḍan aw ‘alá safarin fa-‘iddatun min ayyāmin ukhar yurīdu Llāhu bikumu l-yusra wa-lā yurīdu bikumu l-‘usra wa-litukmilū l-‘iddata wa litukabbirū Llāha ‘alá mā hadākum" (2:185). This is āyah for fasting, showing fast it is obligatory, one of pillar of Islām. Who is Muslim first making shahādah, after praying – iqāmati ṣ-ṣalāt, itā’i z-zakāh – third to give zakāt, fourth to fast Ramaḍān.
Before Ramaḍān before it was another time they was fasting in Muḥarram, ‘Āshūrā’ that that month. But when coming to Madīnah, Allāh give this fasting in Ramaḍān to be obligatory for Muslim because it is important and it was before. Other, all prophets also from Ādam ‘alayhi s-salām until our Prophet, they was fasting. Some of them some days, some some more, some of them maybe very long like Sayyidīnā Mūsá ‘alayhi s-salām time they was fasting six months and their fasting it was not like our fasting. When coming sunset they was eating, drinking and no more for after twenty four hour again. There was no saḥūr, nothing. Only once a day they was eating and it was like this for beginning of Islām. After Allāh make mercy for us and He give us from sunset until fajr – fajr meaning before sunrise two hour or one and half hour. Until all this night we can eat, we can drink, make saḥūr.
To make saḥūr also very important, very reward. Prophet saying don't miss saḥūr, make saḥūr. So it is for benefit of human being, for believer to fast and to be in Ramaḍān daytime fasting, nighttime making ‘ibādah – worshipping, especially make tarāwīh and saḥūr. Before saḥūr make tahajjud.
It is nice Allāh give from His light for people who are they fasting. And to be fasting it is very benefit especially for to control your ego. This is spiritual power and to Allāh give you more light when you are fasting. For other benefit for us all this bad thing going out from your body because Prophet saying fasting to be healthy. Who fasting he is healthier more than they are not fasting. They sometimes, people they fasting with some, without religion, is not also not important because when Prophet saying something – ṣūmū taṣiḥḥū – meaning you must be believer and make intention to fast for sake of Allāh and for order of Allāh in Ramaḍān. For other times, sake of Allāh nāfilah fasting.
We can fast many times in year but this one month we mustn't lose it because it is – you cannot put what Allāh give you in this month, because if you are not fasting one day, two days, as much with knowing – "I'm knowing. I'm not say I cannot fast. I don't want fast this day Ramaḍān." For this day you must make it again but before to make this you must fast sixty days. Sixty days, kaffārat we call this. If you break one day or break thousand days, or ya‘nī eight, fifty years you are not fasting. Also before fasting to make this you must fast sixty days continuously for man. For woman of course they have excuse they can cut. After they can continue. But this once, only after you can fast your what you lose. But Prophet saying also: if one day, for one day you with knowing and said, "I don't want to fast today. I know it's Ramaḍān but I don't want to fast." If you after you be regret and say, "No oh what I done?" You fast from what sixty years it is not comparing this one day from what in Ramaḍān you lose it. So don't be follow your ego or looking for people they are not fasting. Said, "I also I can fast I will not fast." Be careful there is now many people they are not praying but fasting – they not losing fasting. It was like this before but now it's become more people they are not fasting. But they don't know what they are missing. They missing very big favour, cannot reach any more this.
Not like what you, if you fasting for sake of Allāh out of Ramaḍān, if you break your fast you can fast again and it will be more valuable because it is become obligatory. But in Ramaḍān you cannot catch it again. So must be very careful and to be happy with this month and real it is the most blessed, most happiest month around the year. In shā’a Llāh if we forget something we still Ramaḍān coming thirty, thirty days we can say it. But in daytime also you can follow Khatm Qur’ān with people in mosque. In dergāh they have in Ramaḍān every day they making time for reading Qur’ān all together or imām reading you listening. Also this don't miss this also.
Make this month it is holy month for your spiritual, enjoying yourself in spiritual bless, In Sha Allah. Allāh make it bless for ummah and make our Muslim brothers in everywhere in this world they are suffering from... We are we must be thankful for Allāh we can fast, we can do everything. There is million of people they are prohibited by this oppressor people to fast, to eat, or drink what they want. They give them bad thing. Allāh open for them. Allāh send Sayyidinā l-Mahdī to next year to not be. Because we are weak people. We cannot say anything only we are sad for this people. We cannot say because this is tyrants. Nobody, everywhere in the world they are shouting for this and for that government but there is tyrants nobody in this world open their mouth for this. But Allāh know them and there is Al
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l 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.
Shukr to Allāh, we are finishing the month of Sha‘bān in peace. In Sha Allah next Jum‘ah is Ramaḍān. In Sha Allah from Tuesday night we will start tarāwīḥ prayer. Wednesday is the first, we'll start fasting.
Ramaḍān is the Sulṭān of months, it is holy. Allāh ‘Azza wa Jalla made this month beautiful for the ummah of Muḥammad. Rajab and Sha‘bān are also good but for the ummah of Muḥammad Allāh ‘Azza wa Jalla made Ramaḍān. Its special spirituality comforts people and gives blessings and peace. It is the month of forgiveness and cure. All kinds of beauties are in this month. All over the world – of course, Islamic countries are less than half of the world, much less than half of it – but when Muslims experience Ramaḍān from wherever they are, the blessings of that month makes them happy. And as happy they are in this world, they will be happier in ākhirah. They will reach their happiness. Because in this month Allāh says, "I give it's reward for you. I reward your fasting." If you do one goodness, it will count as ten, one hundred or one thousand. And for fasting, Allāh ‘Azza wa Jalla gives from His Kindness and Generosity. No one can give as He gives. Therefore, your happiness here in this month will be in ākhirah too. It is just a small amount of happiness.
This month is for paying ṣadaqah and zakāh. Zakāh is given once a year. It can be given any month but to give it in Ramaḍān is more blessed and there is more thawāb. Zakāh is farḍ. The thawāb of farḍ is greater than of sunnah or nafl. Therefore, it is a tradition since old times: people give their zakāh every Ramaḍān. It can be paid in another month too, as we said. But zakāh is zakāh. You have to keep its account and pay from year to year. And doing so from Ramaḍān to Ramaḍān is better and nicer – you give it and don't get confused. Because what is done between this Ramaḍān and next Ramaḍān is counted as a year. Because zakāh is not paid according to a daily count. It is given with its niṣāb from year to year. People shouldn't confuse that. When a year passes, you should calculate it in Ramaḍān. If you earned more during that year, you pay it in Ramaḍān. And you will start off clear for the next year. And the next year you pay in same way. You will have no remaining debt.
Because zakāh is the provision appointed by Allāh for the poor, others can't use it. Who gives zakāh cannot say, "I am paying zakāh, it is mine." Zakāh leaves you. It doesn't belong to you. If you give it and then take it part back, you will be committing a sin. You will be stealing, as if you take from someone else's goods. May Allāh give abundance of the heart.
Our Prophet says, as we recited in the khuṭbah, a man can have many things, this does not make him rich. Even if the world belongs to this man, the nature of man is like a beggar. His eyes ask for more, but he doesn't give a penny. The real richness is the richness of the soul, says our Prophet. It shouldn't be in the eyes of a man. The rich one is the person who doesn't have five pence and is full. But who has billions and asks for more, by following his ego and not letting his money go, is poor. May Allāh not make us from them, In Sha Allah.
And there is fasting and tarāwīḥ prayers. The more goodness you do in Ramaḍān, the better for you. And there is fiṭr to be paid per person. Muftīs appoint its amount every year because they make its calculation. Probably, it's 15-20 TL per person. That is for an ordinary person. Some people are poor, it is calculated less for them. That should be paid for every member of the family. That used to be the main zakāh. And when zakāh came, fiṭr became Ṣadaqatu l- Fiṭr – paid during whole Ramaḍān. Fifteen liras, twenty liras, how much you pay, you have to do it before ‘Īd. If you don't pay, you'll miss its benefit. Ṣadaqah keeps troubles, accidents and illnesses away. It destroys them. If you don't pay those five pence, may Allāh help, what may happen that year and you'll pay much more.
In shā’a Llāh, we are reaching this holy month. May we will reach many years. May we reach it next year with the honor of Islām, In Sha Allah. This year again everywhere in the world they are targeting Islām. They are attacking Islām. And Muslims are not begging Allāh to send a savior. They should ask for him. Otherwise, we cannot do anything in such condition. Promised and sent by Allāh, promised to our Prophet are the saviours Mahdī ‘alayhi s-salām and ‘Īsá ‘alayhi s-salām. When they come, all this oppression will stop, In Sha Allah. The world will reach justice and peace. In Sha Allah, it is near because oppression is at its peak. May Allāh help us, In Sha Allah.
Alhamdulilah we nearly finish Sha‘bān month. It is maybe next Wednesday, in shā’a Llāh, first of Ramaḍān. Next Friday will be, In Sha Allah, first Friday of Ramaḍān. Ramaḍān it is very blessed month. Allāh He said three months – holy months: one for first Rajab for Allāh ‘Azza wa Jalla, second for Prophet, and third for ummah. And of course we are weak and He make this Ramaḍān month to be happy, the most happiest month between whole other months. It is giving good feeling for each people who are recognise and fast and pray. Where you have been in whole the world it is special month. Even where is place they are no, not Muslim country, also who are following this and practicing fasting and praying tarāwīḥ and other ṣalawāt, you feel very special. Because
this month Allāh He happy with His servant because they are following, making fasting. Fasting it is difficult. Even ego, your ego when you fasting you can control more easier. And Allāh ‘Azza wa Jalla make, when create ego, asking, "Who are you?" He said, "I'm I'm. You You," for Allāh and Allāh send him to make ‘adhdhabuh tortured. But he say after asking again, say again, "You You and me me." After make to fast. After fast it was asking, "Who are you?" He said, "I'm ego and You are my Lord." So to be fasting it is making your ego to be come down. For this Allāh love this when people fasting. He reward them by His countless reward. Because reward if you do something good from to ten times, maybe hundred times, maybe thousand times. But for fasting He said, "I am only know what I will give for Our servant." So this holy month we are fasting whole month, Allāh reward us. And in daytime we are fasting, nighttime also praying, tarāwīḥ, praying other nāfilah, every praying so Allāh reward us. But people they are saying shayṭān also not in this. Al-ḥamdu liLlāh Ramaḍān he is not very strong because Allāh send him to chain him, but also still doing something with this people. They said, "No need for tarāwīḥ. It is not sunnah from Prophet and not obligatory. No you don't pray. Go enjoy yourself." How is this month, for whole month, you worshipping and people becoming more happy, more blessed, and they feel full of good feeling in this month because they are happy they are obeying. After this month it's finish. You feel completely, suddenly you – it is like empty. So, Alhamdulilah, we are for this month also from old time the tradition to give zakāt in Ramaḍān. You can give other time also. Whole year you can give zakāt but the people they was counting from Ramaḍān to Ramaḍān – one year. Because you cannot give zakāt for each day or each month. No. Just from Ramaḍān to Ramaḍān you count how you have more money, you give zakāt for this. So for this it is also month of zakāt also and for giving Zakātu l-Fiṭr for each person. We must give for whole in family. It was before zakāt, before normal zakāt, but when zakāt coming, this becoming Ṣadaqatu l-Fiṭr. And for each person, how much people, rich people they can give more. Poor people they must also give. They don't say, "We don't have money." Because this ṣadaqah, ṣadaqah taking bad thing away from us – illness, stress, accident. Everything it is with ṣadaqah can be go away. So don't say, "I'm poor. I cannot do." Because if you not do this Allāh know what He... Maybe you pay thousand time more than this. So we are, In Sha Allah, reaching this month and we hope to be next year with better condition for Muslims, with real successor of Prophet – Sayyidinā Mahdī ‘alayhi s-salām. What he was saying about him, because now time real very bad and whole world they are fighting each other and they are especially fighting against Muslims. And they put some kind of people in Islām they say, "We are real Muslim," and they are worse than enemy. They are the worst enemy for Islām this people. In Sha Allah, all this when Mahdī ‘alayhi s-salām coming, it will be finish and clean all the world with justice and happiness, In Sha Allah. Allāh make us to reach these days, In Sha Allah.
Wa Minallah at-Tawfeeq, Al-Fatiha.
78.OUR WHOLE LIFE FOR ALLAH Saturday, 12 May 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.
Mashāyikh sometimes ask "What did you do for Allāh today?" Sometimes they write it down in some places. They ask, "What did you do for Allāh today?" You should have done some goodness and remember it. Think whether you did something good or something for the sake of Allāh جل ه الل ج. We should do so. But even better is, as our Prophet said: Bismillahir Rahmanir Raheem, "Qul inna ṣalātī wa nusukī wa maḥyāya wa mamātī liLlāhi rabbi l-‘ālamīna lā sharīka lahu wa bidhālika umirtu wa-ana awwalu l- muslimīn" (6:162-163). "My prayers and worshipping, my life and death , everything is for Allah I am ordered so," says our Prophet. He says, "I am the first Muslim." And like our Prophet did, Muslims shouldn't ask what they did during the day but make intention from the morning when they wake up and head to work to do everything for the pleasure of Allāh
In Sha Allah, as Allāh likes and wants it. He says, "We intend to do everything for the pleasure of Allāh." Then everything we do will be accepted. Whatever you do – when you go after provision, when you go after knowledge, when you go for a visit, when you go for a trip, when you talk to people – everything you do will be for Allāh. When you ask, "What did I do today?", better to be able to say, "I made intention in the morning to do everything for Allāh, to obey Him." This is the shortcut. We shouldn't forget it every day so that when we do wrong during the day, we realize we won't deserve the pleasure of Allāh and be embarrassed from Allāh ‘Azza wa Jalla. Then we remember not to do it. But apart from that, whatever you do, eat, drink, go somewhere, or come, as we said, Allāh will accept it. "We did everything for Allāh, not for our ego.
Allah sent us to this world not to be a servant for our ego, but to be a servant for Allāh We intend to do servanthood for Allāh. For His pleasure, we intend our position to be like this from morning till evening, In Sha Allah." Everything will be for the pleasure of Allāh will give according to our intentions. "Innamā l-a‘mālu bi n-niyyāt." Actions are according to intentions. People make intentions. Most people can't accomplish them but as long as there is intention, that intention is accepted with Allāh. Because He knows our intentions. Someone decides to do something, he promises to do it, and when he doesn't, he says he was going to. Others ask, "Why didn't you do?" "I
was intending to. It didn't work out." They say, "I don't benefit from intentions." But Allāh ‘Azza wa Jalla is not this way. Allāh ‘Azza wa Jalla accepts our intentions. If you do it – ten rewards. If you couldn't do it, He still gives one reward.
Therefore, we make intention, In Sha Allah, to live all our lives for Allāh– until the end. And every day, In Sha Allah, when we wake up in the morning, we intend it for Allāh's pleasure. May we be able to achieve our intentions, In Sha Allah.
We intend so, In Sha Allah. They ask there is a word – "What you done today for Allāh for your Lord?" This is many place they write. Even in this wall. In sometimes in book and some place – "what you done good thing today?" What you normally for Muslim, "What you done for your Lord for Allāh?" "What you done for Allāh?" You give charity, you pray, you fast, you do this and that – this all you must do. So we can say, "We can do, we do this." But there is more important than this. What āyah for Prophet saying, Bismillahir Rahmanir Raheem, "Qul inna ṣalātī wa nusukī wa maḥyāya wa mamātī liLlāhi rabbi l- ‘ālamīn, lā sharīka lahu wa bi-dhālika umirtu wa ana awwalu l- muslimīn" (6:162-163). "My praying, my fasting, my doing good thing, charity, my life and my death – all this for Allāh ‘Azza wa Jalla. For no any partner for Him and this is what I was ordered and I'm the first of believer."
This is for Prophet teaching us. So no need to say, "Today I done this, I did this." You must intention to be whole your day for Allāh ‘Azza wa Jalla, for your Lord. "We intention this morning we wake up for fajr, our intention to be all my days according for Allāh's order and to do good thing until next day. This is my intention." You can, so it is like whole thing what you done in your day, for Allāh ‘Azza wa Jalla and He accept because it is intention. Intention very important. This is what you done in daytime: go wake up, eating, drinking, praying, and meeting people, speaking, working. teaching people, you learn something from people – everything Allāh reward you as you done for Him. This is what Prophet teach us. Our whole life for Allāh ‘Azza wa Jalla. Who do this, intention for Allah, Allah reward him. Not to for our ego, no. This day for Allāh Allāh, whole day for Allāh.
Even ego trying to do not make you to do something, also Allāh reward you by for your intention. Because intention very important in divinely, in presence of Allāh ‘Azza wa Jalla. He said if you have good intention, and your intention to do something I couldn't do, it will be reward you one reward. If you done it, you will reward ten times, hundred times, or more. But for people, human being, you intention something to do for people, and tell them, "I was intention to do this but I couldn't do this. Sorry." They will become angry for you. "Why you say this and you didn't do and we are waiting for you and come you didn't come, you didn't..." They get very angry. They not even ask for something from them. "What? Why we will give you this? You didn't done anything." "But my intention good to, I'm was intention to do this for you." But nothing hear. But for Allāh
‘Azza wa Jalla not like this. If you even you didn't do anything, He reward you but because He not in need for you. People in need for you.
So it is good tiding from Prophet. Whole days, whole life, In Sha Allah, for our Lord. We intention to be in His service only for Him not for our ego. Allāh help us to to do this and reward us, In Sha Allah.
Wa Minallah at-Tawfeeq, Al-Fatiha.
79.THE NATION OF THE PROPHET MUHAMMAD Sunday, 13 May 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 existence in this world is by Allāh's will. Allāh's destiny put us in this time. There were many people and many nations who lived before. The best of them was the Nation of our Prophet, Ummatu Muḥammad. Who is from that Nation has received a huge favour. But who doesn't accept it rejects that great favour. To follow our Prophet is a big favour in dunyā too. It is a privilege, in fact. To be from the Nation of our Prophet is the biggest honor. Who says "I don't accept it" is not considered as from the Nation. You can't force anyone. Because when someone rejects an offer, he becomes ungrateful. He carries his punishment.
To be from the Ummah of Muḥammad, as we said, to live under his command... People who lived in places where his khulafa ruled, lived good lives. Because the first order of our Prophet is justice. When there is justice, there is beauty. Everything is good, there is no oppression. And the second order is mercy. There is mercy and justice for people who live in that country. There is no discrimination. There is no favoring Muslims by dividing people into Muslims and non-Muslims. Besides, when such a thing happens, more attention is paid so that the rights of non-Muslims are not taken. Therefore, the khulafā’ of our Prophet and Sultans lived like this for centuries. And as a result, the Ottomans still have khalīfah. Under their rule, people lived their best days, Muslims and the Islamic world.
Because khulafā’ didn't take their positions for fun. They sat there for the Nation of our Prophet. They sat there to raise the word of Allāh. They were humble and merciful. When they gave salām on Fridays to the people, people used to show respect by saying, "Long live, Pādishāh." And after that, Sultans used to have it said: "Long live, Pādishāh," because it's good that they live. And in order that there is no pride in their egos, they would ask them to say another sentence like – "Don't get proud. There is Allāh above you." It continued for centuries, based on this. They were never proud. They were humble. And the most important is that they were murīds to their beloved shaykhs. They obeyed and loved them. Many times even the greatest Sultans, like Fātiḥ Sulṭān Meḥmed and Sulṭān Sulaymān, went to their dergahs and said, "We don't want this world. We want ākhirah. We don't want this throne. We want to be servants in this dergah." Most
of them said so. But of course, the shaykh's order was: "Your duty is there. Go and carry your duty." Otherwise, they didn't desire salṭanāt, money and power.
They ruled under such conditions. They were wonderful people who followed the way of our Prophet. Therefore, to be Muslim and to live under a Muslim ruler in justice, to live under a ruler who knows Allāh and accepts our Prophet, is a great favour. Of course, there are few people like this in the current world conditions. It is very rare. May Allāh return those old days. May He raise Muslims. May they live under the rule of khulafā’, in shā’a Llāh. Those days are beautiful because there is justice for everyone and everybody is pleased. But of course, shayṭān says the opposite. He oppresses them but oppression cannot last. The truth will come out at last. May their maqāms increase, In Sha Allah.
Today we are living in this world. Allāh ‘Azza wa Jalla create us and we are living [in a] time, we didn't want to be here, but Allāh He doing what He like to do. And we thank Him to be this time we are living, to be from Nation of Prophet. To be Nation of Prophet Muḥammad it is the biggest favour for humanity. Who accept to be from his Nation, he is lucky. Who not accept, he is unlucky. Because this chance Allāh give for whole human being, to be from Nation of Prophet. But who are not like to be, also Allāh He not let him do. And he is unlucky because to be Nation of Prophet. honour for human being. All good manner, whole good thing, in this to be his Nation.
And now there is shayṭān nation. They are making exactly opposite what Prophet saying. Every dirty thing, every disgusting thing, they are making as it is nature for human being and it must be like this. And Prophet he said take this even first order for Muslim for believer to be clean. And this people they are dirty from top until the feet. And to be his Nation, Prophet he give every good thing for human being from his time and after until Ottoman. Last Khalīfah they was ruling by Sulṭān, Khalīf of Prophet, and they was ruling by justice and mercy for whole human, whole people who are living in their country. Not making difference between Muslim or non-Muslim or believer, non- believer. They have, everybody they have own right, everything. Even they was more sensitive if any non-believer for his right, to get his right, not to be oppressed in this country and they was living very freely and they can do everything the believer Muslim they doing. Sometimes they do, can have more freedom from them and Sulṭān Khalīf they was living for helping and serving and to follow Prophet order. They are not coming for enjoying.
Many of Sulṭān they was coming to, because they was very humble also – they not say, "We are Sulṭān. Nobody top of us." No. Most of them they have shaykh, murshid, guidance. They follow him. Many times they come to zāwiyah, dergāh for shaykh, and Sulṭān coming and he said for shaykh: "O Shaykh I don't want any saltanate, any fortune, any high position. I leave all this. I'm, I'm coming to your dergāh. I will be derwīsh here."
Many of them like this coming. But of course their Shaykh they said, "We have many derwīsh here. Your place to guide this and we are support you spiritually to be justice and to help people." This is what they was doing. And when they was greeting them, they go to place they say: "Long life Sulṭān. Oh long life Sulṭān," shouting people and the army, to not be proud, they was after this they say: "Don't be proud. There is Allāh He is bigger than you. O Sulṭān don't be proud, Allāh bigger than you." This was order from Sulṭān to people after when they say, "Long life Sulṭān," to not be like pharaoh, not be like Namrūd or to like tyrant. Just to remember he is, he is only servant for Allāh.
This what was doing and was like paradise because when you have justice, you are happy. When no justice in place, it is like hell. And nowadays most of world unjustice. Very few place they have some sincere governor, sincere president they are looking for helping people everywhere. Allāh make this people to be in our place because many we see all around us, since after Ottoman, they was only fear, blood, bad thing. Tyrants coming on them. This is unlucky for them. They must, we must ask for to send us one to make justice as it is full of oppression. In Sha Allah, he is coming. Looking very soon, In Sha Allah, Sayyidinā l-Mahdī ‘alayhi s-salām.
Wa Minallah at-Tawfeeq, Al-Fatiha.
80.FOLLOW THE AUTHORITY OF YOUR COUNTRY Monday, 14 May 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.
There are Madhāhib due to the mercy of our Holy Prophet. What we call Madhāhib used to be many. There were many true Madhāhib. There was no one left following them so there are four remaining. And they are a mercy for the Nation. A person follows whichever one he likes that fits himself accordingly. He does his work according to its rulings and performs his worship. So it is both for his work and for his worship, both of them. Every Madhhab has two parts one for worship and the other for activities. They showed them to people as well. May Allāh be happy with those Imāms. Through their high aspirations and efforts most of the Islamic world follows the four Madhāhib.
A fifth Madhhab is unacceptable, it is not accepted. Because there are no more perfect people who can do independent reasoning (ijtihād). Until when will these madhāhib remain? Until Mahdī ‘alayhi s-salām. When Mahdī ‘alayhi s-salām comes there will be no need for Madhāhib, since the absolute independent reasoner (mujtahid) is Mahdī ‘alayhi s-salām. Nonsensical people are appearing. They do not have the slightest intelligence whatsoever. They read this and that book and come out in front of people claiming to be a scholar, claiming to be a mujtahid. The religion is not good enough for them. The scholars are not good enough for them. They are making religion like democracy. They are criticizing everybody without knowledge or experience. This religion does not move with such people. People who do that harm themselves.
There, on this topic now we will pray the Tarāwīḥ tomorrow. They are questioning whether to begin to pray the day after. The government agency, who are those in authority, have looked at it, made calculations, written about it, and said it [Ramaḍān] is Wednesday. People who are living in this country should be following this. They said it is Thursday in another country. So that is also OK, because we follow those in authority. We cannot see. We neither see the sun nor the moon, we do not know when it rises and sets, where it rose and where it set. They have the responsibility. It is somewhat difficult for them to see the moon in these countries. It is not flat etc. Therefore, they have their calculations and methods. They said it is Wednesday because it will rise at such time and set at such time. Turkey and Cyprus decided this way. Another, India looked
at it – "No, we haven't seen it yet. Two days later." It is their responsibility, not the people's.
People should follow according to where they are. So there is no need for anxiety. Because even if a person, if all the people, got up and looked at it, again it is useless if they do not understand. It does not make sense. Therefore, wherever the person is, he will abide by the time, the date, and the day according to what the government said now and follow it. This is also the case with the Ash‘arī (theological school) Madhhab. Because sometimes in old times there was not much calculation like this. They ask: "What about a cloudy day?" "Is it 29 or 30 [days]?" If 29 holds, and it is a cloudy day then because the moon will not be apparent they complete it to 30. If not, if it appears, then it is 29. However, so this is not much of a problem. Therefore, where these people are, let them follow the government and be at rest. There is nothing else to do.
Sometimes they begin Ramaḍān a day early, that is possible. But let them certainly follow the government where they are, on ‘Īd day. "The others broke the fast a day before. I will take my water, soft drink and what not, and appear in front of people in this country having broken my fast." That is not all right. You should break your fast like the rest of the people there. This is the way shown by the shaykhs, especially what Mawlānā used to do. Mawlānā would sometimes be fasting a day or two before, the day before Ramaḍān, sometimes two days before. But he would for certain make the ifṭār, meaning the ‘Īd, together with the government of whichever country we were in. We make ifṭār together with that country's ‘Īd. We need to be careful about this, since it is unseemly to break the fast and appear in front of people one day before.
If you are not in a Muslim country, there are also lots of communities there. Then things are different. You can still do your ifṭār and offer your ‘Īd prayer according to which one you prefer. Whatever day has been set. For example, people in Turkish mosques, do it according to the Diyanet (Religious Affairs). Everyone will be coming to that ‘Īd prayer. Well, they are coming. "No, it is not today. It is tomorrow." There, that does not work either. For that, again either the Diyanet or whichever country you are in, if Turks are the majority – time it according to the Diyanet. If others are a majority, then you do it according to them. Because there are people who only pray on ‘Īd. If you mix it up too, that time they would be missing ‘Īd as well. They would not come a second time.
So these Madhāhib are a mercy for us. Therefore, we will follow these Madhāhib until Mahdī ‘alayhi s-salām appears. This is what Mawlānā said. In addition to the Madhāhib, Ṭarīqah is the same way. When Mahdī ‘alayhi s-salām appears, they will all connect with Mahdī ‘alayhi s-salām. No other Ṭarīqah will be left. May Allāh make us all reach those days, in shā’a Llāh. Prophet he make this Madhhab for who, for us to following some guidance – mercy for us. We have, after Prophet, many Madhhab to follow. Whole they was right. For each ṣaḥābah he like mujtahid, he can be Madhhab for himself. But the
Madhhab, many of them, there are no follower, they finish. Until the four Madhhab only remain – Ḥanafī, Shāfi‘ī, Mālikī, Ḥanbalī. This is right. They are on right Madhhab – only four. Fifth why? Because they are real awliyā’u Llāh and they are real connecting with Prophet with ṣaḥābah and they was the pillar of Islām this. And they are following only Prophet. After them, no any mujtahid. There is fifth Madhhab we not accept and because changing every time, they can change so it is not important for us to follow this Madhhab.
Only four Madhhab it is important and it is every thing you need. You have it from, for worshipping and for daily life; for everything from trading, from inheritance, from married, from everything you can you want to ask. You, they make very hard researching, writing all what we need and it is enough for us until when this, until Mahdī ‘alayhi s-salām coming. When Mahdī ‘alayhi s-salām coming all they will be, in shā’a Llāh, one. Because he is Mujtahidu l-Muṭlaq, after Prophet. Everything he will give judgement for everything. What he done, what he do – we must follow him. Even ṭarīqah also. This is Mawlānā he was saying. Ṭarīqah it will finish when Mahdī ‘alayhi s-salām coming. No more ṭarīqah because all in reality with Mahdī ‘alayhi s-salām.
This is why for we are saying this four Madhhab because they are showing us what we will do. Now tomorrow, In Sha Allah, we will praying tarāwīḥ. After tomorrow in our country beginning first of Ramaḍān. Beginning of first Ramaḍān normally, tomorrow after Maghrib. But there is other country, they are not following this. What will happen Madhhab they accept this. Each country they can do their own calculating or looking for the moon to see if it is Ramaḍān or not Ramaḍān. So we must follow our country or where you are living. If they say Ramaḍān, okay we make Ramaḍān from tomorrow. But other country they said, "No it is not Ramaḍān." Maybe Saudi they saying after tomorrow Ramaḍān. What we will do? We will not fasting tomorrow, after tomorrow? Not making tarāwīḥ tomorrow? No. We will make. They can, they are free. And for people who living in this country, no problem. Allāh not asking, "Why you done this?" We are following our Madhhab – authority they are saying this and madhhab saying follow authority. But you here, authority here, you must fast here.
So many people they make it problem. It is not really problem. Maybe they can fast one day, two days. Especially Pakistani brothers, they after two days, three days they are beginning, so is not... It's all Allāh accept because they are not by themself. The authority they are doing this. Authority responsible. If they are making by to some reason – maybe they want to make it little bit before, later. Sometime they do this, authority also. But for people it is – Allāh will not ask them. They, if they are this, authority they doing this, they will asked by Allāh ‘Azza wa Jalla. You all do this and you will be punished because it is not joke must be careful for this, this for Ramaḍān, In Sha Allah. Everywhere whole Ramaḍān, In Sha Allah, fasting. You can beginning before Ramaḍān, maybe in other country they can do Thursday. If you are in other country, you like to beginning, you
hear some country beginning one day before, you can begin. Mawlānā was doing this many times. Even we pray tarāwīḥ also before.
But for ‘Īd you must make with your authority with your country. This is important. Not saying, "Oh that country in Hijaz their ‘Īd before one day, so we can take cigarette and going around people or drinking." Yes this there are people they are they are in Hijaz must follow Hijaz. This is not joke. It is very important. maybe one day, if you fast, break your fast, you must fast sixty days with because you are knowing and you are fasting. So it is important for ‘Īd in every place everywhere to follow authority of your country – not other country. But for Ramaḍān, beginning of Ramaḍān, also if there another country fasting before you, you can fast with them. But if they are fasting after you, you cannot also break your fast and say I will fast with this country.
And there is also, now I remember, the new kind of fatwá coming from most sincere the they said, from Arab who are knowing Qur’ān, knowing Ḥadīth. They said if you are in country it is such Russia or North near North Pole – so it will be maybe after... If you are fasting more than twenty hours, no need for you to fast more than twenty hour. You follow Makkah. How you follow Makkah? Makkah breaking fast before us, eight hour before us. You must follow this? How it is this very ridiculous, very... They are... There is Ḥadīth of Prophet – if you have such not twenty hours maybe twenty two hours – because sometimes it's really you cannot – just follow the nearest city for you who maybe twenty hours they fasting. You follow this, not follow Makkah. And Arab they was real happy. I see many Arab in London they was very happy with this. They say I tried to – I was thinking they are joking but they are no, they are very happy. They said, "Yes our children they have exam. They must, this fast it's too too much for them. It is very good fatwá. We follow this." And they finish all their... Even in London they are doing this because also more than twenty hours.
So it is something – this people destroying Islām more than enemy of Islām. Allāh finish them, In Sha Allah, because this they are real big fitnah all around Islāmic country and they harming Islām more than the enemy of Islām. In Sha Allah Mahdī ‘alayhi s-salām when coming he will clean all this and you will see the right and good thing, in shā’a Llāh.
Wa Minallah at-Tawfeeq, Al-Fatiha.
81.DON’T MISS THE REWARDS OF RAMADAN Tuesday, 15 May 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.
A‘ūdhu biLlāhi mina sh-shayṭāni r-rajīm. Bismi Llāhi r-Raḥmāni r-Raḥīm. "Shahru Ramaḍāna alladhī unzila fīhi l-Qur’ānu hudan lil-nāsi wa-bayyinātin mina l-hudá wal- furqān" (2:185). "Fa-man shahida minkumu sh-shahra fa-lyaṣumhu wa man kāna marīḍan aw ‘alá safarin fa-‘iddatun min ayyāmin ukhara" (2:185). This āyah came when the fast of Ramaḍān became farḍ (obligatory) for our Prophet. Because before that, fasting in Ramaḍān was not farḍ. They would fast in Muḥarram. But after the hijrah it became farḍ.
So it became one of five requirements of Islām. Iqāmatu ṣ-ṣalāt, itā’i z-zakāt, ṣawmu r- Ramaḍān – it is the fourth requirement. It is from the farḍ of Islām. To skip it without excuse is a big sin and misfortune for a person. For those who skip it, there is punishment from Allāh When it is farḍ – there is punishment for skipping farḍ. No punishment for sunnah, but still it is not good to skip that either. And to do farḍ is the same for everyone. Everyone should do farḍ. There are some farḍ that as long as someone does it, the others can skip it. But fasting, praying and zakāh should be done by everyone. Regarding ḥajj – if someone can't go, he can send others. That is possible. But when it comes to fasting, in case someone can't do it, others can't fast in his place. He should pay its fidyah. It works that way. But others can't fast for him. Ḥajj is different and fasting is different.
Allāh ‘Azza wa Jalla appointed everything and created it beautiful. It has wisdom and wisdom cannot be questioned – "Why this is created and why it is so?" There are uncountable wisdoms in fasting. The main one being to educate the ego of a person. To educate the ego, fasting is the biggest weapon. When a man is fasting, it is easier for him to control his ego. Moreover, Allāh gives more spiritual powers to a man when he's fasting. He increases his light and from physical aspects too. Our Prophet says, "Ṣūmū taṣiḥḥū." Fast and you will get health and wellness. Who doesn't fast, no matter how hard he watches after his health, he cannot attain it. Only the fasting ones are healthy. They feel better than other people. The body is revitalized. The body releases all harmful poisons and toxins it has inside. And it lightens, getting rid of excess. A man is released from them.
From all aspects, fasting is a big favour for a person. And our fasting is easier than that of other nations. During the time of Mūsá ‘alayhi s-salām they fasted for six months. And there wasn't food from the evening till the morning like we have now. They had their ʾifṭār only. Next ʾifṭār would be only after 24 hours. It was like this in the beginning of Islām too. Then Allāh ‘Azza wa Jalla showed mercy on us and we fast during the day only. We break our fast after sunset and are free to eat until fajr. Sometimes people get confused. It is rare, but it happens that people do without knowing. Because everyone says something. They say dawn has come. People think dawn is sunrise. It is not so. Mu’adhdhinūn recite the adhān on time during Ramaḍān. Because according to our Ḥanafī madhhab, they start praying half an hour after adhān. Shāfiʿī start immediately. Or we make tasbīḥ starting immediately and begin farḍ when Ḥanafī time comes.
But it's not like this in Ramaḍān. They make adhān on time in Ramaḍān. Therefore, when you hear adhān, you should rinse your mouth and make your intention to keep your farḍ fasting. Or when you break your fast, you intend for your tomorrow's fast, In Sha Allah. That is ok too. Intention is important. When you wake up for saḥūr, that's accepted as your niyyah. There is a lot of easiness. May Allāh increase our light and fasting is the biggest thing that increases light. Many people are scared they cannot fast. That means you don't have willpower. Even small children can fast and grown adults say they can't. They should be embarrassed. There are many people who don't pray but who never skip fasting in their lives. It is not easy to leave fasting. Because when a man breaks his fast intentionally, there is penalty for it. You can't just fast for one day in return for a missed fast.
For example, if someone never fasted in his life, he should fast for 60 days as penalty at first. Then slowly, slowly he will fast the missed days. No need to fast 60 days for each day. Penalty fast is just once. And people can do it any time. They don't have to do it in the middle of summer. They can fast for two months during the shortest days. But it has to be all at once. Ladies can make a pause during menstruation and continue after. But men should fast 60 days in a row without missing a day in between. Our Prophet is saying even if you fast your whole life for a missed day, you won't reach its value. Therefore, people should be careful. Don't miss fasting. Don't miss this benefit, in shā’a Llāh.
Bismillahir Rahmanir Raheem. Auzu Billahi Minashaytanir Rajeem. Bismillahir Rahmanir Raheem. "Shahru Ramaḍāna alladhī unzila fīhi l-Qur’ānu hudan lil-nāsi wa- bayyinātin mina l-hudá wal-furqān fa-man shahida minkumu sh-shahra fa-lyaṣumhu wa man kāna marīḍan aw ‘alá safarin fa-‘iddatun min ayyāmin ukhar yurīdu Llāhu bikumu l-yusra wa-lā yurīdu bikumu l-‘usra wa-litukmilū l-‘iddata wa litukabbirū Llāha ‘alá mā hadākum" (2:185). This is āyah for fasting, showing fast it is obligatory, one of pillar of Islām. Who is Muslim first making shahādah, after praying – iqāmati ṣ-ṣalāt, itā’i z-zakāh – third to give zakāt, fourth to fast Ramaḍān.
Before Ramaḍān before it was another time they was fasting in Muḥarram, ‘Āshūrā’ that that month. But when coming to Madīnah, Allāh give this fasting in Ramaḍān to be obligatory for Muslim because it is important and it was before. Other, all prophets also from Ādam ‘alayhi s-salām until our Prophet, they was fasting. Some of them some days, some some more, some of them maybe very long like Sayyidīnā Mūsá ‘alayhi s-salām time they was fasting six months and their fasting it was not like our fasting. When coming sunset they was eating, drinking and no more for after twenty four hour again. There was no saḥūr, nothing. Only once a day they was eating and it was like this for beginning of Islām. After Allāh make mercy for us and He give us from sunset until fajr – fajr meaning before sunrise two hour or one and half hour. Until all this night we can eat, we can drink, make saḥūr.
To make saḥūr also very important, very reward. Prophet saying don't miss saḥūr, make saḥūr. So it is for benefit of human being, for believer to fast and to be in Ramaḍān daytime fasting, nighttime making ‘ibādah – worshipping, especially make tarāwīh and saḥūr. Before saḥūr make tahajjud.
It is nice Allāh give from His light for people who are they fasting. And to be fasting it is very benefit especially for to control your ego. This is spiritual power and to Allāh give you more light when you are fasting. For other benefit for us all this bad thing going out from your body because Prophet saying fasting to be healthy. Who fasting he is healthier more than they are not fasting. They sometimes, people they fasting with some, without religion, is not also not important because when Prophet saying something – ṣūmū taṣiḥḥū – meaning you must be believer and make intention to fast for sake of Allāh and for order of Allāh in Ramaḍān. For other times, sake of Allāh nāfilah fasting.
We can fast many times in year but this one month we mustn't lose it because it is – you cannot put what Allāh give you in this month, because if you are not fasting one day, two days, as much with knowing – "I'm knowing. I'm not say I cannot fast. I don't want fast this day Ramaḍān." For this day you must make it again but before to make this you must fast sixty days. Sixty days, kaffārat we call this. If you break one day or break thousand days, or ya‘nī eight, fifty years you are not fasting. Also before fasting to make this you must fast sixty days continuously for man. For woman of course they have excuse they can cut. After they can continue. But this once, only after you can fast your what you lose. But Prophet saying also: if one day, for one day you with knowing and said, "I don't want to fast today. I know it's Ramaḍān but I don't want to fast." If you after you be regret and say, "No oh what I done?" You fast from what sixty years it is not comparing this one day from what in Ramaḍān you lose it. So don't be follow your ego or looking for people they are not fasting. Said, "I also I can fast I will not fast." Be careful there is now many people they are not praying but fasting – they not losing fasting. It was like this before but now it's become more people they are not fasting. But they don't know what they are missing. They missing very big favour, cannot reach any more this.
Not like what you, if you fasting for sake of Allāh out of Ramaḍān, if you break your fast you can fast again and it will be more valuable because it is become obligatory. But in Ramaḍān you cannot catch it again. So must be very careful and to be happy with this month and real it is the most blessed, most happiest month around the year. In shā’a Llāh if we forget something we still Ramaḍān coming thirty, thirty days we can say it. But in daytime also you can follow Khatm Qur’ān with people in mosque. In dergāh they have in Ramaḍān every day they making time for reading Qur’ān all together or imām reading you listening. Also this don't miss this also.
Make this month it is holy month for your spiritual, enjoying yourself in spiritual bless, In Sha Allah. Allāh make it bless for ummah and make our Muslim brothers in everywhere in this world they are suffering from... We are we must be thankful for Allāh we can fast, we can do everything. There is million of people they are prohibited by this oppressor people to fast, to eat, or drink what they want. They give them bad thing. Allāh open for them. Allāh send Sayyidinā l-Mahdī to next year to not be. Because we are weak people. We cannot say anything only we are sad for this people. We cannot say because this is tyrants. Nobody, everywhere in the world they are shouting for this and for that government but there is tyrants nobody in this world open their mouth for this. But Allāh know them and there is Al
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