Suhbah 2018: Maulana Shaykh Mehmet Adil ar-Rabbani (12/25)
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detail. He used to pay attention to Sunnah and Sharī‘ah. He would put ladies and men separately. The prayers were made on time. Ṣuḥbah is important but to pray on time is more important. Some people say: "You can make up the prayer but there is no make up for ṣuḥbah." Better not to make up such ṣuḥbah. If ṣuḥbah is made by missing the prayer, that means it's a useless ṣuḥbah.
We should pay attention to this because everything we do is what our Prophet taught Sayyidinā Abū Bakr. And people who are in Ṭarīqah do more or less from all of them, starting with Nafl prayers, Night prayers, Tahajjud prayer, Tasbīḥ prayers, continuing with Yāsīn read after Fajr prayer, Tabāraka after Ẓuhr, ‘Amma after ‘Aṣr, Sūratu l-Sajdah after Maghrib – all of these are Sunnah. And each has its thawāb (reward). For example, after Ẓuhr prayer some pray two raka‘āt. Our Prophet gave good tidings that whoever prays four raka‘āt in the last Sunnah of Ẓuhr and ‘Ishā’ will deserve paradise. These are not things coming from our mind. We do things in order to follow the way of our Prophet. Each has its separate reward and gift. We don't do them for nothing. The life of dunyā is for nothing. The life of dunyā is play and entertainment. A man can think he's a businessman or a doctor, it's just having fun. It has no importance. What is really valuable... Because these remain in this dunyā. If they do it for their ego, it remains in dunyā. And if they do it for Allāh, it will have a reward.
As we said, those prayers and worship will bring us benefit. And when you pray, you should follow the way of our Prophet. You shouldn't oppress people. You shouldn't
bother Muslim brothers. Our Prophet says if you don't love Muslim brothers as much as yourself, your faith is not complete. We should listen to this. We should understand it. Because most people, you tell them a hundred times and still it enters one ear and leaves from the other. That's wrong. We should pay attention. We are on this way. We should make shukr to Allāh No need to be on bad terms with someone for dunyā. If all dunyā remains for him, Allāh will give us something better.
May Allāh make us firm on the right way with good manners, not obeying our egos. They say, "We are in Ṭarīqah," then people look and get surprised, "What is this Ṭarīqah?" A man doesn't pray and says, "I'm in Ṭarīqah?" Then he gives ṣuḥbah and lessons. It can't be that way. Ṭarīqah is a serious matter. As we said, playing and having fun is in dunyā. When it comes to Ākhirah, it is serious. We should pay attention.
Alhamdulilah we are in Ṭarīqah, Naqshbandī Ṭarīqah. This Ṭarīqah coming from Prophet through Sayyidinā Abū Bakr aṣ-Ṣiddīq and it is heart of Islām. Not part of Islām, it is heart of Islām. Who like to know Islām and to follow real Islām, he must follow this Ṭarīqah because it is coming pure as like from Prophet time. What we are doing from worshipping, from tasbīḥ, from reading – all this coming through Sunnah of Prophet Everything we try to follow him and not to follow ourself.
We are praying all Nafl beginning from Ishrāq, Ḍuḥá, after we pray after Ẓuhr – not two raka‘āt, four raka‘āt. And this there is Ḥadīth from Prophet – who pray this and pray ‘Aṣr four raka‘āt, and is for Sunnah not for Farḍ, and pray last Sunnah from ‘Ishā’ four [raka'āt], Allāh promise him Paradise. And who pray six raka‘āt between Maghrib and ‘Ishā’ Allāh accept him as he pray twelve years praying. And this all in Ḥadīth. And to pray also Qiyāmu l-Layl before sleeping two raka‘āt, after you wake up Tahajjud, Tasbīḥ, other – all of this from Prophet. We are following. Because many people they are saying they not happy with Ṭarīqah but they are also not doing anything from Sunnah. even they are not praying Sunnah for for Ẓuhr, ‘Aṣr, or Maghrib. They just praying Farḍ and they run away. But for Ṭarīqah people they must follow, they must do as much they can do and to be careful for praying – not to make it for after time you pray for qaḍā’. It is not good.
Good thing – to follow Ṭarīqah and follow what Mawlānā Shaykh was ordering. He was looking for everything to be... Ladies place separate and to be for praying time also important. Some people they are saying, "We are making ṣuḥbah. Ṣuḥbah it is more important than praying." This is ridiculous. And they said ṣuḥbah cannot be make qaḍā’
and to as when you pray after time you make qaḍā’. Ṣuḥbah... Pray can make qaḍā’ but ṣuḥbah cannot be qaḍā’. This ṣuḥbah useless ṣuḥbah. This ṣuḥbah it is not need, not, people it will be not useful for people. Most important to make praying and following what Prophet saying and our Shaykh: how they was doing. Not to make something wrong and say after, "We following Ṭarīqah and it is okay like this. We can do." No we cannot do. Important thing to be careful to not make anybody speak about your Ṭarīqah, about your Shaykh because shayṭān whole place they try to make people run away from good thing to go for bad thing. And many people they are helping them. No.
It is important to follow Sunnah of Prophet as much we can do. This is important for us. This is what we are must be serious thing to follow in this life – to worship. Other thing – all it is play and enjoying. This is "la‘ibun wa lahwun" (47:36). Allāh ‘Azza wa Jalla. What you do you think, "I do something serious thing." It is not serious at all. The most serious to follow, for you make something for your next life, to be in right way. Other thing all it is not important. People they thought, "We are doing something important." No. It is important to only follow what Allāh saying because He said, "Wa-mā khalaqtu l-jinna wa l-insa illā liya‘budūn" (51:56). "I only create you for to worship Me," He said. Other thing if not – He didn't say, "I create you for eating for drinking, for making building, for making road, for making this..." No. All this other – like enjoying. As main purpose for us to worship. Allāh make us to whole time worship for end of life, In Sha Allah. Wa Minallah at-Tawfeeq, Al-Fatiha.
88.THE REWARDS FOR FASTING Thursday, 24 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 Holy Prophet says, "If a Muslim goes to visit another Muslim brother of his, Allāh writes for him one reward for each step, erases one sin, and raises him one level." You came to both visit Mawlānā Shaykh, you came to visit his maqām, and your having come during Ramaḍān increases the reward a lot more. Maa Shaa Allah they came from all around the world. Allāh writes that reward for each step even if he does not walk but flies. That step is a step. Moreover, He writes in multiples. It is Ramaḍān and you came to your Shaykh's maqām. The rewards are great, thanks to Allāh.
So these things are a favour from Allāh. It is a favour Allāh has granted us. Because if a person is to get up and go they go as a tourist. They come here to refresh. These travels are to freshen up, to refresh. When it is for entertainment, they go out on trips and go to useless places. They fool themselves that they are happy but they do not come back relieved. They come back with more darkness. People who come to places like this go back relieved. They leave with gifts. They leave with spiritual gifts. In shā’a Llāh they also attain their purpose. So that is why when one attempts to come, a person's ego gets lazy. Sometimes they say, "We can recite and everything from where we are." If it is at all possible, there are great benefits in coming. If they do not have the means, then Allāh will give them according to their intention. They will get the rewards as if they had come. They will be revived. Their wishes will also be granted, In Sha Allah.
So this is a big ni‘mah (favour). Because we are living in times of fitnah, if you attempt to do a good deed, if you attempt to set off on a good way, not ten but a thousand devils and your ego block you saying things like, "Why bother? What need is there?" They stand in your way. However, thanks to Allāh, you came all the way here.You came by the favour of Allāh. You came with the himmah of your Shaykh, In Sha Allah. May Allāh reward you for coming. May He make your needs that are good come true, In Sha Allah. May you leave with spiritual gifts, In Sha Allah.
Prophet saying when Muslim, when mu’min believer going to visit his brother in Islām, brotherhood in Islām, Allāh write for him one reward and He forgive him from one sin and give him one more high degree, In Sha Allah. This what Prophet saying and it is
here I see here, Maa Shaa Allah, many people. They are coming from very far distance and they are coming in Ramaḍān. This is make their... and especially they may come for make ziyārah for maqām of Mawlānā Shaykh and to meet with other brothers here. Allāh make them double, or ten times, or seven hundred times because Ramaḍān it is from Allāh generous – giving what He like to give. So it is good thing and it is gift from Allāh to us to be here, to visit here.
Because when you are coming for visiting some place, good place, shayṭān, maybe hundred, maybe thousand shayṭān saying, "Why you are going? No need to go. It is we can read from here." But it is not like that. To visit, Allāh reward you. If you have enough money to come and you can come and you can get this bless. But if you don't have, this is another thing. Allāh accept with your intention. But if you come here, Allāh, in shā’a Llāh, give you all this and reward you and accept your ziyārah and give you, In Sha Allah, every good thing from long life with strong belief, In Sha Allah, and happiness.
When you come in this place for visiting, not like you going to for tourist visit. You are coming here for spiritual tourist and you go from here with full of happiness, in shā’a Llāh. But when you go to this place who people normally, tourist going, it become with darkness and more heaviness. Alhamdulilah because we are in time, fitnah time, many people they not saying good. Say, "No need to go. No need to you can..." Even we hear from Cyprus, inside Cyprus, some people and they was follower for Mawlānā, they saying, "No need to go there, nothing there." And this what Mawlānā whole life he was teaching for to be like Salafī like Wahhābī to say this?
When you come here even in his maqām – everywhere he has maqām – he be ready there. When you are saying going to visiting and here, here especially here his whole time with us, Alhamdulilah. And he not let you go without giving any gift, spiritual gift. This the most important gift. Allāh make his maqām higher and higher and to make us to be with him because we love him, In Sha Allah. To be with him here and hereafter also because when you are love him, you must be also with him, In Sha Allah. Allāh give you long life, happy life, strong īmān to be, In Sha Allah, together here and hereafter in jannah also with Mawlānā Shaykh also.
Wa Minallah at-Tawfeeq, Al-Fatiha.
89.THE IMPORTANCE OF ZAKAH Friday, 25 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.
This month of Ramaḍān is considered the month of fasting but it is also the month of Zakāh. Because many people assign Ramaḍān for Zakāh. Since a year passes from one Ramaḍān to the next, they give out their Zakāh during this month. Of course Zakāh is an important worship. It is one of the foundations of Islām. Doing it is obligatory, not wājib and not sunnah but farḍ. Naturally, next to this obligation it is a little amount so those who want can give ṣadaqah afterwards. Or if they give the ṣadaqah with the intention of Zakāh it would be worth more than farḍ, it would be more blessed.
Mawlānā Shaykh would always say Zakāh is one in forty, but if we leave it for ourselves, even one in forty is much. If you look at it, essentially it is all for Allāh. People do not pay attention to this and when they don't pay attention, things happen to them. "Why did this happen?" or later, "If we have money again, this time we will do good. We will do this and that." They say things like this. Many people would come to Mawlānā Shaykh while he was alive. Ever since our childhood, ever since we were in Shām, we would see many businessmen who went bankrupt. A very rich person would call and you see that he came to ask for du‘ā’: "May my business get better again so I may give." Lots of promises: "I will give like this and like that." They would scatter promises around. Now, the matter of earning money is not something in one's hand. It is Allāh's gift. Allāh gives when He wants. It does not work by your own intelligence – saying, "I ran around like this and like that." It is easy when Allāh wants. When He doesn't want, you can be as clever as you like, you can be as skillful as you like, it doesn't work. And when it does work, you should not think of it being from yourself.
We should abide by Allāh's commands and firstly give Zakāh. Then you will look to do charity. "This came from Allāh. If I spend it here and there in sinful ways then this opportunity might not come a second time." This opportunity rarely comes around a second time. Most of the time Allāh gives it one time. Just as, in the words of the common folk, they say the lottery hits once. Allāh's lottery is Allāh gives from the permissible. We should protect it. How do you protect it? By spending it] in good ways. "The wealth whose Zakāh is not given, is wasted," they say. We read the Ḥadīth sharīf in the Friday khuṭbah.
That which is given is not wasted. So what has Zakāh given for it, stays put. If you spend it here and there in bad ways that also gets wasted and has no use. "Oh! I'm sorry. I've done very bad. When I had money I drank alcohol, I gambled, I did evil, I did all kinds of things. But now I'm back to my senses." That's tough. Not possible. You lost your one chance. Now that chance is with someone else.
At the time of Mūsá ‘alayhi s-salām, there is a beautiful story about this. There was a very poor couple. They were good people, pious people. However, they were so poor that they could not get out of bed, to the point they did not have anything to eat or drink. The wife said to her husband, "Mūsá ‘alayhi s-salām is going to Mount Ṭūr, go and ask Allāh to give us wealth." "Good," he said, "It's a good thing. You had a very good idea." The Prophet [Mūsá] ‘alayhi s-salām might speak to Allāh ‘Azza wa Jalla for us, for the poor like us. He is Allāh gives with His and Mūsá ‘alayhi s-salām speaks with Him. What he says Allāh generosity." "I will go," he said and he went to Mūsá ‘alayhi s-salām. He told him about their situation. Mūsá ‘alayhi s-salām, went to Mount Ṭūr and he addressed Allāh ‘Azza wa Jalla and in between spoke of this matter too. In fact, I think he forgot and Allāh ‘Azza wa Jalla asked what about those servants of Mine. Of course Allāh knows everything. "You know. Their situation is as such," he said "They don't even have the strength to get up. They're asking for wealth from the permissible," he said. Allāh ‘Azza wa Jalla told Mūsá ‘alayhi s- salām: "All right, go and tell them I will grant them wealth for a year. Once the year is up they will return to their old state."
Mūsá ‘alayhi s-salām of course came back and told them of the situation. Truly, after some time they started getting rich and got very rich. Extreme wealth was granted to them. They ate and drank and helped their friends, ikhwān brothers and what not. It was going nicely like this. It went on for a few months. Then it occurred to them. The wife said, "Now after a year has passed we will go back to our old state. What should we do now?" They both agreed: "While we have so much wealth and properties, so much riches, it is best we help everybody and treat them. This wealth will be gone after a year anyway. At least, after a year, people will love us because of our goodness, and help us in the future. So when we return to our original condition people will help us. Certainly, even if not all the people to whom we did good, but if even one percent give us we will be saved and make both ends meet, make it through," she said. They came to a junction in the road, a place where seven roads met. They built a huge mansion there. They were feeding people. All people who were crossing that road were passing by there. Feeding and hosting. Feeding and giving – the best food and service, extremely good. People coming and going are happy. They are continuing service like this. As they were serving like this they forgot about the passing of time So a year passed. Then more time passed. They continued serving people with the same love and eagerness.
Mūsá ‘alayhi s-salām was surprised. When he went to Ṭūr Sīnā for a matter again and addressed Allāh ‘Azza wa Jalla, he said, "O Allāh ‘Azza wa Jalla, O my Lord, how's this
happening to them? You had said one year. They passed a year. How so? They did not return to their old state?" He جل ه الل ج said: "They did so much good. People are... to this. I would be ashamed to cut their sustenance after a year. I am ashamed. That is why I let it continue." So it is a big deal.
As we said, after losing what they possessed, people say, "I wish I had done such and such. I will do so and so." Whereas if they get rich again, they will use it for evil again and not good. People who do it for the sake of Allāh. People should be careful. Let it all be for Allāh People who do it for the sake of Allah people who avoid the forbidden and evil, their sustenance will be lasting. If not, [people who say,] "I will do this and that," and spend for their own self indulgence, they will certainly meet with disappointment in the end. As we said, when Allāh opens up, you spend on His way and you obey Him, then He does not close it. Allāh ‘Azza wa Jalla is the Generous One. Those who serve people and receive the prayers of others, will certainly continue. Otherwise, when it is the other way, they refuse when asked, they do not give when asked for good, but later give for show and give when you ask something for evil – it is of no benefit.
So as we said, ever since our childhood we saw hundreds of businessmen like this; businessmen who mostly only find the way of of Allāh, the way of dergah, when they are out of money. Come before it is gone. Come. A small amount. You spend a hundred thousand liras at the gambling house and when you try to give one lira to the dergah your hand shakes. The dergah does not need anyway. It is not giving for the dergah but for the sake of Allāh. Let them think about it. Those who do this, who lose their money, think about for what they should repent? Ask forgiveness so at least their sins go away. If his money does not return, he should repent for his sins. The Hereafter is very important. You have lost this world. Do not lose your Hereafter too. We say: May Allāh give mind and and understanding. The most important thing is having mind. Those foolish people are people who forget Allāh out of money. Come before it is gone. Come. A small amount. You spend a hundred thousand liras at the gambling house and when you try to give one lira to the dergah your hand shakes. The dergah does not need anyway. It is not giving for the dergah but for the sake of Allāh. Let them think about it. Those who do this, who lose their money, think about for what they should repent? Ask forgiveness so at least their sins go away. If his money does not return, he should repent for his sins. The Hereafter is very important. You have lost this world. Do not lose your Hereafter too. We say: May Allāh give mind and and understanding. The most important thing is having mind. Those foolish people are people who forget Allāh.
This month Ramaḍān it is month of fasting of course but also for Zakāh, to give Zakāh. They make once a year. They put this month Ramaḍān for Zakāh because this month also it is shorter than other [solar] year so best thing to calculate your Zakāh and you said, "I will pay this but in Ramaḍān from Ramaḍān." Maybe I must pay ten Lira, ten Lira. No ten Lira is very little maybe hundred Lira Zakāh for until another Ramaḍān. If
you can pay it same Ramaḍān ok but if no, you can separate this money – "This for this year but I can give it whole through this year. But I in Ramaḍān this for this year I not I'm not touch this anymore." And it is Zakāh make your money, to protect your proper property, money, your fortune. To protect you must give Zakāh.
In khuṭbah we read this. Who give this, Allāh keep safe his money, his everything he has. But if not, it will go and it will be also ask for Zakāh you didn't give. Money going and also you will punished. Because Zakāh it is obligatory farḍ like praying, like Ḥajj. In Islām five farḍ, five obligatory things. One of them Zakāh. Very important this. Of course this who has money. Some people they said, "If Allāh gives me one million dollars, I give I will give five hundred thousand dollars for ṣadaqah." But when they take [get] it, they not giving one penny. So it is important thing. You ask for to be rich. Richness it is good if you are remembering Allāh and it is good for you also to get more reward.
Since childhood there is people they not giving anything. After their money they went, they bankrupt, they asking for du‘ā’ to come back their company, their money back. And they will be give charity. They will give this. They will do that. They say this but when they are have this money, they was doing every bad thing that not remembering Allāh, not remembering Prophet, not remembering poor people, not remembering anything. This is what happen from childhood because Mawlānā they know for his asking, for his praying. Thousand of businessman coming bankrupt but when they are not bankrupt very few of them coming to ask. And it is this chance Allāh give very rare. Not every time you can find this chance. Maybe once a life Allāh give you very much big fortune, big business, everything good. But when you are, when you are in this business and only using this for enjoying yourself, your ego – not remembering. It will be because you not doing – Allāh will take this. After you will run after this and asking du‘ā’, asking praying, going here, there for to be come back your business, your thing. But you must know this is, you must remember before. Allāh will, if you remember before, Allāh He your business barakah for your money, barakah for everything barakah. But this people they are not remembering this. There was one good story from Sayyidinā Mūsá ‘alayhi s- salām. In his time there was very poor couple, husband and wife it's very very poor. They was at the end – even from they cannot find anything to eat. They are lying down. They cannot stand up. In this position wife she said to her husband, "Oh my husband look Mūsá ‘alayhi s-salām he is speaking with Allāh ‘Azza wa Jalla in Ṭūr Sīnā. Many people asking something for them. We can ask for him to give us richness. We are really very bad and we like this." Husband he said, "You think very good, very good idea. We must, I must go and tell Sayyidinā Mūsá about this." And he went to Sayyidinā Mūsá and tell him about his situation very, very bad. Mūsá ‘alayhi s-salām said, "Okay, in shā’a Llāh, I will tell Allāh ‘Azza wa Jalla about this." And when they arrive, he arrive Ṭūr Sīnā he was addressing for Allāh and after he forget this. Allāh ‘Azza wa Jalla tell him, "You forget this what he said." Say, "O my Lord You know better. This people very poor
people and they ask for richness." Allāh ‘Azza wa Jalla say, "I will give them richness only for one year. They will be very rich but not whole life, only for one year."
And when Mūsá ‘alayhi s-salām coming, he tell this man – "Allāh He will give you richness only for one year." "Okay," he said, "What He giving okay. It is good." And they was, Allāh give them. They become very rich and they was eating, drinking, making charity for people and they was very happy. Months pass away, maybe five, six months and they was like drunk – very happy. Not thinking about anything what will happen after this. After this the wife also become, "Oh my husband, what we are doing? We are after six months it will be finish this richness. So we must do something to be good for us after this. What I have idea – there is place seven roads coming in same from outside of city and we can make, build big building there and make charity for people, give drink – eating, drinking, clothes, everything. We must do this until this end of the year. And people they will be happy with us. After, when finish this, we come become poor again. So we make charity for many people they will help us after this so we be okay until end of our life – not like before because this only for one year." Husband he was very happy. "Yes this is good idea. We must do this."
And they make building, big building, nice building. And people they was coming, going, eating, drinking, sleeping, wearing. Everything they was giving charity. And this months pass but they was very busy, they are not remembering the months. Continuing like this, one year pass. Two year pass. Sayyidinā Mūsá ‘alayhi s-salām he was looking for, "Oh this people still here. Is more than one year. What happen?" When he went to Ṭūr Sīnā also speaking with Allāh ‘Azza wa Jalla. Say, "O my Lord, You said only one year for this people but still continue. They are they are still rich and maybe more rich than before also. How it is this?" Allāh ‘Azza wa Jalla say, "I ashamed to cut their rizq (provision) because they are giving for people and they will be cut for other people also rizq. So I ashamed and let them to for this richness for them – no limit for them."
This what must people remember. Remember when you are rich, don't for enjoying yourself. For enjoying Allāh ‘Azza wa Jalla – He to be happy with you and He will give you everything. To not put in your heart like other people, Allāh will continue this forever. Because this happen many times in time of Mawlānā Shaykh, as I was saying, even people they was promissing Mawlānā for this and they not getting, giving anything and Mawlānā not asking. But they saying this. After we see many of them bankrupt. Very, very, few people left and this people, sincere people. They don't have in their heart this... No in their heart, they don't put dunyā in their heart. Dunyā just for is distribute and for Allāh. Allāh happy with this.
This is – for to be rich it is no need for you to be clever. Maybe for to be scholar, to be ‘ālim, you must continue studying, going from Shaykh to Shaykh, to murshid or to study this, study from university to university or from school to school – more higher and
higher. Take years. But for fortune, Allāh when He like, He give you quickly. And it is not from your cleverness. There are people more clever than you not hundred times – ten thousand times more clever but they cannot be rich. Why? Because Allāh He don't want. This gift from Allāh. This what we must think and to ask from Allāh. Don't forget, when you have something, to give – share for people and there will be barakah, more fortune, more and more.
Allāh ‘Azza wa Jalla this is what we are saying. Allāh give us for people who has something like this to remember from now, to be thinking. Allāh give us good thinking – the most important thing. If you think this from Allāh and Allāh reward for this, you are happy and you are safe for everything you have, In Sha Allah. Allāh give us all of them, In Sha Allah, to not be in need to anybody, In Sha Allah.
Wa Minallah at-Tawfeeq, Al-Fatiha.
90.MIND IS A BIG FAVOUR Saturday, 26 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.
One of the reasons Mankind and Jinn are responsible is that Allāh has given them Mind. Allāh ‘Azza wa Jalla created Mind first. He ordered it to come and it came. He ordered it to go and it went. Allāh promised on His Majestic Glory: "It is the best thing I have created. With it, I give thawāb [reward] and punishment to people."
Other creatures don't have mind. They have brains but brain is not Mind. Mind is different. People and animals have brains but people's minds are different from the brains. Mind is the invisible power of Allāh. That power is given to people and Jinn. Angels have it too. Allāh ‘Azza wa Jalla gave it importance. With it you know Allāh. Who knows Allāh uses his mind. Because who doesn't know Allāh and uses his mind for other things doesn't actually use it. He gets punishment. Mind is the biggest favour of Allāh ‘Azza wa Jalla. A person with Mind has obligations to do. When mindless, that is different. Mindless is the insane one. They are not responsible. Responsible are those who are sane in their minds. You are responsible for getting ḥalāl provisions, and for obeying Allāh, for following the right way, and guarding your mind.
People these days say, "I am clever." They drink alcohol and lose their minds. Then they get high and lose their minds. This means they are not clever. They are not accepting but rather pushing this favour of Allāh away. Why are you being crazy when you have a mind? Is it logical? It is not. If you are doing this, you will be punished both in this world and in Ākhirah. You will get your punishment. And if you don't repent here, you will be punished in Ākhirah.
Therefore, Allāh ‘Azza wa Jalla is swearing on His Majestic Glory that Mind is the best thing created. It is a big favour to us. We have to appreciate it and use our minds. Who uses his mind understands that he didn't come here for eating, drinking, and doing evil. We have to be careful. We came to this world. Allāh ‘Azza wa Jalla sent us pure. We are born pure. So we have to struggle in order to leave in the same way – pure. That's why we always pray that Allāh gives mind and understanding to people. When there is no mind, people do the opposite. They come to this world and think they came to do evil.
They think they came here to turn everywhere into a mess. No, you came pure and you'll leave pure if you use your mind. It is a big favour. You will be fine in Ākhirah too.
Because Allāh ‘Azza wa Jalla says, "I will reward you with your mind." And he punishes with it too. There is punishment for those who don't use it. Who does this on purpose and acts mindlessly will receive his punishment. Not only with alcohol and drugs, people lose their minds with other things – by being with bad people, by not knowing Allāh. May Allāh protect us. May He keep our minds in our heads until our last breath. It is a big favour.
Allāh ‘Azza wa Jalla, He say, Prophet saying in Ḥadīth: Allāh give us intelligent Mind, it is the biggest favour for us, for only human being and Jinn and Malā’ikah they have mind. Malā’ikah they have mind, they don't have ego. We have ego and we have Mind. Jinn also same. When Allāh give this He make us to, He make us to follow way other to not following Allāh ‘Azza. Prophet saying Allāh He said: "I first create Mind, Intelligence." And saying to him, "Come." He come. Say him to "Go", he go. And He swore for His Mightiness, ‘Izzat wa Jalāli swore, "I never create better than this from Mind. With this I give. With this I take. With this I reward. With this I punish."
So it is very big favour for who has Mind. Who not have mind, it is brain – not only mind. Brain in animal also. They have brain. Every creature they have brain but to be brain but mind only with human being and Jinn. But unfortunately, people they are not using. Even many time they like their mind to go away. They drink alcohol. They using other thing like to take your brain, your mind away – to be like crazy, like animal. Drug or other many thing they can do. They are every day they work hard to find a new thing to take mind from head of people. Drug, tablet, inject injection, smelling, eating, drinking – all this they... Why they do this? To take their mind away. This big thing Allāh was giving for us. If you are animal, they don't have anything. So you try to be like animal.
And Allāh ‘Azza wa Jalla He give this for human being and Jinn and they make obligatory, for who has this, to use it. How to use it? Use to find Creator who give us all this favour and to be thankful for Him and to be whole life our life in good not to be bad. If you use your mind you will be safe here and Hereafter. But if you not using, in this dunyā you have many trouble before Ākhirah and in Ākhirah also you will be punished. Because, "I give you all this and you are making not thanking for this favour and you are doing opposite so you must be punished." But in before Ākhirah, before last, next life, in this life also they have big problem.
But in this world now the most of people they are not using Mind. Mind it is like jewel but people they not happy. They want to throw it away. Allāh He is mercy for us to give us this big favour. And when you have this, you must do. If you are not, you don't have mind, like crazy people in mental hospital, this is their – they have excuse. Allāh not
saying for them anything. No obligatory for them. Obligatory only for who has good mind. He must obey doing what Allāh ‘Azza wa Jalla saying. Many people they are trying ways who not good – it's away from religion. Religion it's with mind. Sometimes say with mind you cannot find way in religion. No. You can find. It is all this miracle, all this what happen – it is in mind because we are believe in Allāh in God and in Rasūlu Llāh, in Awliyā’. This not strange. You can explain with Mind. Many people they said you cannot explain this with Mind. No. It is, of course you explain Allāh. He create everything from nothing and it is also you can explain in religion what with Mind everything, Alhamdulilah. We are not outside of Mind. Who outside of Mind is crazy.
Allāh keep our Mind, In Sha Allah, until the end of our life, In Sha Allah. It is big favour this.
Wa Minallah at-Tawfeeq, Al-Fatiha.
91.MENTION ALLAH AND BE FORGIVEN Sunday, 27 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.
Allāh ‘Azza wa Jalla states Auzu Billahi Minashaytanir Rajeem. Bismillahir Rahmanir Raheem. "Fa-idhā qaḍaytumu ṣ-ṣalāta fa-dhkurū Llāha qiyāman wa qu‘ūdan wa ‘alá junūbikum" (4:103). To remember Allāh is always important. After finishing ṣalāh Allāh ‘Azza wa Jalla says make dhikr standing, sitting, and lying down. Our Holy Prophet states that whoever says after ṣalāh thirty-three times Subḥāna Llāh thirty-three times Al-ḥamdu liLlāh thirty-three times Allāhu Akbar, which makes ninety-nine and in the hundredth: Lā ilāha illā Llāh waḥdahū lā sharīka lah lahu l-mulk wa lahu l-ḥamd yuḥyī wa yumīt wa huwa ‘alá kulli shayin qadīr, even if his sins were as much as – not the waves of a sea but the sea foam – Allāh would forgive him.
So this tasbīḥāt is not done for nothing. We are making it with ease following every ṣalāh thanks to Allāh in these countries. It is done continuously in the mosques. People do it in places where it is not done also because it has become a habit. Even if one prays alone, he certainly recites this afterwards. They recite Āyatu l-Kursī then these and then make du‘ā’. The du‘ā’ is also answered once all sins are forgiven. Therefore, thank Allāh جل ه الل ج that it is easy but it is a great bounty and of great benefit. It takes our sins off of us since even if they are invisible they are heavy. It is very heavy for people. When no sins are left, that heaviness goes away. That is why between the ṣalāh, what we mean is between prayers, these sins go away too. You feel comfortable.
Otherwise, those who do not pray, people who do not make tasbīḥāt, keep living in heaviness and distress. They are not aware of it either. They say there is distress, heaviness, and unease, and they try to entertain themselves or they begin to get used to bad habits in order to find relief. No. If you want to be relieved, offer your prayer and make your tasbīḥāt. Let that heaviness leave you. So religion is ease. When it is easy, your life becomes easy too. People who have nothing to do with religion have it tough. Their life is hard and every business of theirs is hard. No matter how much worldly things they have in their hands, it does not benefit them. Religion is important. Being religious is a great gift. In Europe, they call religious people crazy and mentally ill. It is they, they themselves are the mentally ill since they do not know how to get rid of that
distress. Distress goes away by being religious. A person who believes in Allāh does not have distress, Allāh willing. The stronger his faith the lighter that distress will be on him.
Allāh ‘Azza wa Jalla saying for in showing important to be mention His Name for us – Bismi Llāhi r-Raḥmāni r-Raḥīm "Fa-idhā qaḍaytumu ṣ-ṣalāta fa-dhkurū Llāha qiyāman wa qu‘ūdan wa ‘alá junūbikum" (4:103). If when you finish your praying Allāh ‘Azza wa Jalla saying you mention Allāh ‘Azza wa Jalla when you are standing up, when you sitting, when you are lying down. All time remember Allāh and mention His name. And Prophet saying, when you finish praying who make three – thirty-three times Subḥāna Llāh, after thirty-three times Alhamdulilah, after also thirty-three times Allāhu Akbar – is ninety-nine times and last one for hundred: Lā ilāha illā Llāh waḥdahū lā sharīka lah lahu l-mulk wa lahu l-ḥamd yuḥyī wa yumīt wa huwa ‘alá kulli shayin qadīr. If this man or woman or child or who doing this, if they have sins [as much as] like wave – not wave of sea, even bubble of wave – whole world sea [of] sin, Allāh forgive him.
And it is really very easy because, Alhamdulilah, in this country of Ahlu s-Sunnah wa l- Jamā‘ah all these mosques after praying Farḍ they are with Jamā‘ah they are doing this. But some countries they not allowed and said bid‘ah. They are free. Maybe they like to have still their sin. They can try to or they thought they don't have sin. But we are every minute we are in sin, we are must say ask for forgiveness. So Alhamdulilah, when we are used to this with Jamā‘ah with mosque and even who has don't have Jamā‘ah not going to mosque, when he praying alone also he [is] used to do this dhikr so, Alhamdulilah, our every time sin forgiven by Allāh ‘Azza wa Jalla. And it to have no sin it is nice because sin it is very heavy. You cannot see sin but it is real heavy thing, not easy. But Allāh forgive and He give us chance every time to for be forgiven from Him. Of course this is for who are believer. It is not so difficult. It is very easy but for people who are not remembering or not doing or not praying, not making anything – it is heavy for them and they are trying to take this heaviness by many kind of thing. They try to enjoy themself. They try to make work to forget what they have but they never can rid of sin without asking forgiveness and accepting Him. Because we are, Alhamdulilah, we say about ourself we are religious. To be religious it is big favour and it is big pleasure for who are has to be religious one. Because now in Europe they especially, like country like secular, secular country, they looking for religious people as they are they have illness, mind illness. But the real who has mind illness [is] who not accepting Creator and he is not religious. He has very big short from think – he is not complete. He is half or not even – nothing he is. Because without Creator you not accepting, you are lost. So, Alhamdulilah, we must be religious. We must be do what Allāh saying for us to be more happy, to be more protected. Allāh protect us from evil and his army also.
Wa Minallah at-Tawfeeq, Al-Fatiha.
92.DON’T BE CHEATED Monday, 28 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.
We should always warn people. This time is the end of times. People don't have a notion of what is ḥalāl and ḥarām anymore. People are trying to cheat each other. That's why, we are saying to be careful. There are all kinds of cheating now. They are taking some people's money, some people's belongings. Some are selling cars or mobile phones with fake documents. Some can take over someone's land by cheating. In some places, they even take children by cheating – saying he is my child. There are many such tricks. Therefore, we are saying to be careful. We should warn you. We pay attention to this cheating.
But what is more important is that they want to cheat people and take them out of religion. Or even if they can't take someone who is on the right way off of it, they want to take them to a wrong way that is disliked by our Prophet. Who does this? Shayṭān. In order to cheat people, shayṭān says, "La-ughwiyannahum" (38:82). And Allāh gave him permission until Qiyāmah: "Whoever is cheated by you will be with you. But who is cheated by you and repents, his repentance will be accepted. Then everything you did will be lost."
As we said, a day is not passing without someone being cheated. Thousands and millions of people are cheating each other. And as we said, the worst is that shayṭān is cheating people and making them faithless, taking then off the straight way. taking them to hell. That is the worst thing. We should pay attention to that. And these people who look to be religious say, What you have learned is wrong. It should be like this. It's wrong to respect our Prophet. It's wrong to respect ‘ulamā’. It's wrong to respect anyone." They have a couple of ‘ulamā’ and you shouldn't respect any others besides them. There is this type and there are other types. Some people say, "I will tell you from the knowledge of the unseen," and tell about things which are not in Ḥadīth or Qur’ān and which are the
opposite of the actions of our Prophet. And people are cheated by them.
If the cheated people were illiterate, who didn't know how to write and read, that would be okay. But among the cheated ones are people with university degrees. They are the majority. Because they don't care about shaykhs and dergāhs. And when there is someone who speaks pleasantly to their ears, they get cheated, taken like lambs by him. And then he can tell them all kinds of things and use them as much as he likes. They exchange their Ākhirah for this world. There is punishment for both of them – him and his followers. "I was cheated." How were you cheated? Allāh ‘Azza wa Jalla gave you a good mind. Not many people can graduate from the university like you. Not many people can reach your rank. How were you cheated? "Somehow I was." If you are cheated, then you will carry its punishment.
Therefore, be careful. It is the end of times. Beware all kinds of cheating. Protect yourself. Be alert. As we said, be alert in things of this world as well. If they say, "I give you one today and three more tomorrow," there is something wrong in it for sure. And if they push you by requesting things to be done quickly, there is cheating in it too. If they say something is wrong with your child and money is required to fix it, that's cheating too. Such hurry is from shayṭān. Don't be in a hurry, don't be cheated. And don't be cheated in other ways by those who are not on our way. Mawlānā's way is clear. Mawlānā's way goes up to our Prophet. It is the way of mercy, softness and goodness. Don't follow a way where there is no mercy and goodness. Be careful. Don't be cheated.
Our Prophet says, "Don't be cheated." "Lā yuldaghu l-mu’minu min jaḥri l-marratayn." A believer doesn't get bitten by a snake twice. It is pos
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detail. He used to pay attention to Sunnah and Sharī‘ah. He would put ladies and men separately. The prayers were made on time. Ṣuḥbah is important but to pray on time is more important. Some people say: "You can make up the prayer but there is no make up for ṣuḥbah." Better not to make up such ṣuḥbah. If ṣuḥbah is made by missing the prayer, that means it's a useless ṣuḥbah.
We should pay attention to this because everything we do is what our Prophet taught Sayyidinā Abū Bakr. And people who are in Ṭarīqah do more or less from all of them, starting with Nafl prayers, Night prayers, Tahajjud prayer, Tasbīḥ prayers, continuing with Yāsīn read after Fajr prayer, Tabāraka after Ẓuhr, ‘Amma after ‘Aṣr, Sūratu l-Sajdah after Maghrib – all of these are Sunnah. And each has its thawāb (reward). For example, after Ẓuhr prayer some pray two raka‘āt. Our Prophet gave good tidings that whoever prays four raka‘āt in the last Sunnah of Ẓuhr and ‘Ishā’ will deserve paradise. These are not things coming from our mind. We do things in order to follow the way of our Prophet. Each has its separate reward and gift. We don't do them for nothing. The life of dunyā is for nothing. The life of dunyā is play and entertainment. A man can think he's a businessman or a doctor, it's just having fun. It has no importance. What is really valuable... Because these remain in this dunyā. If they do it for their ego, it remains in dunyā. And if they do it for Allāh, it will have a reward.
As we said, those prayers and worship will bring us benefit. And when you pray, you should follow the way of our Prophet. You shouldn't oppress people. You shouldn't
bother Muslim brothers. Our Prophet says if you don't love Muslim brothers as much as yourself, your faith is not complete. We should listen to this. We should understand it. Because most people, you tell them a hundred times and still it enters one ear and leaves from the other. That's wrong. We should pay attention. We are on this way. We should make shukr to Allāh No need to be on bad terms with someone for dunyā. If all dunyā remains for him, Allāh will give us something better.
May Allāh make us firm on the right way with good manners, not obeying our egos. They say, "We are in Ṭarīqah," then people look and get surprised, "What is this Ṭarīqah?" A man doesn't pray and says, "I'm in Ṭarīqah?" Then he gives ṣuḥbah and lessons. It can't be that way. Ṭarīqah is a serious matter. As we said, playing and having fun is in dunyā. When it comes to Ākhirah, it is serious. We should pay attention.
Alhamdulilah we are in Ṭarīqah, Naqshbandī Ṭarīqah. This Ṭarīqah coming from Prophet through Sayyidinā Abū Bakr aṣ-Ṣiddīq and it is heart of Islām. Not part of Islām, it is heart of Islām. Who like to know Islām and to follow real Islām, he must follow this Ṭarīqah because it is coming pure as like from Prophet time. What we are doing from worshipping, from tasbīḥ, from reading – all this coming through Sunnah of Prophet Everything we try to follow him and not to follow ourself.
We are praying all Nafl beginning from Ishrāq, Ḍuḥá, after we pray after Ẓuhr – not two raka‘āt, four raka‘āt. And this there is Ḥadīth from Prophet – who pray this and pray ‘Aṣr four raka‘āt, and is for Sunnah not for Farḍ, and pray last Sunnah from ‘Ishā’ four [raka'āt], Allāh promise him Paradise. And who pray six raka‘āt between Maghrib and ‘Ishā’ Allāh accept him as he pray twelve years praying. And this all in Ḥadīth. And to pray also Qiyāmu l-Layl before sleeping two raka‘āt, after you wake up Tahajjud, Tasbīḥ, other – all of this from Prophet. We are following. Because many people they are saying they not happy with Ṭarīqah but they are also not doing anything from Sunnah. even they are not praying Sunnah for for Ẓuhr, ‘Aṣr, or Maghrib. They just praying Farḍ and they run away. But for Ṭarīqah people they must follow, they must do as much they can do and to be careful for praying – not to make it for after time you pray for qaḍā’. It is not good.
Good thing – to follow Ṭarīqah and follow what Mawlānā Shaykh was ordering. He was looking for everything to be... Ladies place separate and to be for praying time also important. Some people they are saying, "We are making ṣuḥbah. Ṣuḥbah it is more important than praying." This is ridiculous. And they said ṣuḥbah cannot be make qaḍā’
and to as when you pray after time you make qaḍā’. Ṣuḥbah... Pray can make qaḍā’ but ṣuḥbah cannot be qaḍā’. This ṣuḥbah useless ṣuḥbah. This ṣuḥbah it is not need, not, people it will be not useful for people. Most important to make praying and following what Prophet saying and our Shaykh: how they was doing. Not to make something wrong and say after, "We following Ṭarīqah and it is okay like this. We can do." No we cannot do. Important thing to be careful to not make anybody speak about your Ṭarīqah, about your Shaykh because shayṭān whole place they try to make people run away from good thing to go for bad thing. And many people they are helping them. No.
It is important to follow Sunnah of Prophet as much we can do. This is important for us. This is what we are must be serious thing to follow in this life – to worship. Other thing – all it is play and enjoying. This is "la‘ibun wa lahwun" (47:36). Allāh ‘Azza wa Jalla. What you do you think, "I do something serious thing." It is not serious at all. The most serious to follow, for you make something for your next life, to be in right way. Other thing all it is not important. People they thought, "We are doing something important." No. It is important to only follow what Allāh saying because He said, "Wa-mā khalaqtu l-jinna wa l-insa illā liya‘budūn" (51:56). "I only create you for to worship Me," He said. Other thing if not – He didn't say, "I create you for eating for drinking, for making building, for making road, for making this..." No. All this other – like enjoying. As main purpose for us to worship. Allāh make us to whole time worship for end of life, In Sha Allah. Wa Minallah at-Tawfeeq, Al-Fatiha.
88.THE REWARDS FOR FASTING Thursday, 24 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 Holy Prophet says, "If a Muslim goes to visit another Muslim brother of his, Allāh writes for him one reward for each step, erases one sin, and raises him one level." You came to both visit Mawlānā Shaykh, you came to visit his maqām, and your having come during Ramaḍān increases the reward a lot more. Maa Shaa Allah they came from all around the world. Allāh writes that reward for each step even if he does not walk but flies. That step is a step. Moreover, He writes in multiples. It is Ramaḍān and you came to your Shaykh's maqām. The rewards are great, thanks to Allāh.
So these things are a favour from Allāh. It is a favour Allāh has granted us. Because if a person is to get up and go they go as a tourist. They come here to refresh. These travels are to freshen up, to refresh. When it is for entertainment, they go out on trips and go to useless places. They fool themselves that they are happy but they do not come back relieved. They come back with more darkness. People who come to places like this go back relieved. They leave with gifts. They leave with spiritual gifts. In shā’a Llāh they also attain their purpose. So that is why when one attempts to come, a person's ego gets lazy. Sometimes they say, "We can recite and everything from where we are." If it is at all possible, there are great benefits in coming. If they do not have the means, then Allāh will give them according to their intention. They will get the rewards as if they had come. They will be revived. Their wishes will also be granted, In Sha Allah.
So this is a big ni‘mah (favour). Because we are living in times of fitnah, if you attempt to do a good deed, if you attempt to set off on a good way, not ten but a thousand devils and your ego block you saying things like, "Why bother? What need is there?" They stand in your way. However, thanks to Allāh, you came all the way here.You came by the favour of Allāh. You came with the himmah of your Shaykh, In Sha Allah. May Allāh reward you for coming. May He make your needs that are good come true, In Sha Allah. May you leave with spiritual gifts, In Sha Allah.
Prophet saying when Muslim, when mu’min believer going to visit his brother in Islām, brotherhood in Islām, Allāh write for him one reward and He forgive him from one sin and give him one more high degree, In Sha Allah. This what Prophet saying and it is
here I see here, Maa Shaa Allah, many people. They are coming from very far distance and they are coming in Ramaḍān. This is make their... and especially they may come for make ziyārah for maqām of Mawlānā Shaykh and to meet with other brothers here. Allāh make them double, or ten times, or seven hundred times because Ramaḍān it is from Allāh generous – giving what He like to give. So it is good thing and it is gift from Allāh to us to be here, to visit here.
Because when you are coming for visiting some place, good place, shayṭān, maybe hundred, maybe thousand shayṭān saying, "Why you are going? No need to go. It is we can read from here." But it is not like that. To visit, Allāh reward you. If you have enough money to come and you can come and you can get this bless. But if you don't have, this is another thing. Allāh accept with your intention. But if you come here, Allāh, in shā’a Llāh, give you all this and reward you and accept your ziyārah and give you, In Sha Allah, every good thing from long life with strong belief, In Sha Allah, and happiness.
When you come in this place for visiting, not like you going to for tourist visit. You are coming here for spiritual tourist and you go from here with full of happiness, in shā’a Llāh. But when you go to this place who people normally, tourist going, it become with darkness and more heaviness. Alhamdulilah because we are in time, fitnah time, many people they not saying good. Say, "No need to go. No need to you can..." Even we hear from Cyprus, inside Cyprus, some people and they was follower for Mawlānā, they saying, "No need to go there, nothing there." And this what Mawlānā whole life he was teaching for to be like Salafī like Wahhābī to say this?
When you come here even in his maqām – everywhere he has maqām – he be ready there. When you are saying going to visiting and here, here especially here his whole time with us, Alhamdulilah. And he not let you go without giving any gift, spiritual gift. This the most important gift. Allāh make his maqām higher and higher and to make us to be with him because we love him, In Sha Allah. To be with him here and hereafter also because when you are love him, you must be also with him, In Sha Allah. Allāh give you long life, happy life, strong īmān to be, In Sha Allah, together here and hereafter in jannah also with Mawlānā Shaykh also.
Wa Minallah at-Tawfeeq, Al-Fatiha.
89.THE IMPORTANCE OF ZAKAH Friday, 25 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.
This month of Ramaḍān is considered the month of fasting but it is also the month of Zakāh. Because many people assign Ramaḍān for Zakāh. Since a year passes from one Ramaḍān to the next, they give out their Zakāh during this month. Of course Zakāh is an important worship. It is one of the foundations of Islām. Doing it is obligatory, not wājib and not sunnah but farḍ. Naturally, next to this obligation it is a little amount so those who want can give ṣadaqah afterwards. Or if they give the ṣadaqah with the intention of Zakāh it would be worth more than farḍ, it would be more blessed.
Mawlānā Shaykh would always say Zakāh is one in forty, but if we leave it for ourselves, even one in forty is much. If you look at it, essentially it is all for Allāh. People do not pay attention to this and when they don't pay attention, things happen to them. "Why did this happen?" or later, "If we have money again, this time we will do good. We will do this and that." They say things like this. Many people would come to Mawlānā Shaykh while he was alive. Ever since our childhood, ever since we were in Shām, we would see many businessmen who went bankrupt. A very rich person would call and you see that he came to ask for du‘ā’: "May my business get better again so I may give." Lots of promises: "I will give like this and like that." They would scatter promises around. Now, the matter of earning money is not something in one's hand. It is Allāh's gift. Allāh gives when He wants. It does not work by your own intelligence – saying, "I ran around like this and like that." It is easy when Allāh wants. When He doesn't want, you can be as clever as you like, you can be as skillful as you like, it doesn't work. And when it does work, you should not think of it being from yourself.
We should abide by Allāh's commands and firstly give Zakāh. Then you will look to do charity. "This came from Allāh. If I spend it here and there in sinful ways then this opportunity might not come a second time." This opportunity rarely comes around a second time. Most of the time Allāh gives it one time. Just as, in the words of the common folk, they say the lottery hits once. Allāh's lottery is Allāh gives from the permissible. We should protect it. How do you protect it? By spending it] in good ways. "The wealth whose Zakāh is not given, is wasted," they say. We read the Ḥadīth sharīf in the Friday khuṭbah.
That which is given is not wasted. So what has Zakāh given for it, stays put. If you spend it here and there in bad ways that also gets wasted and has no use. "Oh! I'm sorry. I've done very bad. When I had money I drank alcohol, I gambled, I did evil, I did all kinds of things. But now I'm back to my senses." That's tough. Not possible. You lost your one chance. Now that chance is with someone else.
At the time of Mūsá ‘alayhi s-salām, there is a beautiful story about this. There was a very poor couple. They were good people, pious people. However, they were so poor that they could not get out of bed, to the point they did not have anything to eat or drink. The wife said to her husband, "Mūsá ‘alayhi s-salām is going to Mount Ṭūr, go and ask Allāh to give us wealth." "Good," he said, "It's a good thing. You had a very good idea." The Prophet [Mūsá] ‘alayhi s-salām might speak to Allāh ‘Azza wa Jalla for us, for the poor like us. He is Allāh gives with His and Mūsá ‘alayhi s-salām speaks with Him. What he says Allāh generosity." "I will go," he said and he went to Mūsá ‘alayhi s-salām. He told him about their situation. Mūsá ‘alayhi s-salām, went to Mount Ṭūr and he addressed Allāh ‘Azza wa Jalla and in between spoke of this matter too. In fact, I think he forgot and Allāh ‘Azza wa Jalla asked what about those servants of Mine. Of course Allāh knows everything. "You know. Their situation is as such," he said "They don't even have the strength to get up. They're asking for wealth from the permissible," he said. Allāh ‘Azza wa Jalla told Mūsá ‘alayhi s- salām: "All right, go and tell them I will grant them wealth for a year. Once the year is up they will return to their old state."
Mūsá ‘alayhi s-salām of course came back and told them of the situation. Truly, after some time they started getting rich and got very rich. Extreme wealth was granted to them. They ate and drank and helped their friends, ikhwān brothers and what not. It was going nicely like this. It went on for a few months. Then it occurred to them. The wife said, "Now after a year has passed we will go back to our old state. What should we do now?" They both agreed: "While we have so much wealth and properties, so much riches, it is best we help everybody and treat them. This wealth will be gone after a year anyway. At least, after a year, people will love us because of our goodness, and help us in the future. So when we return to our original condition people will help us. Certainly, even if not all the people to whom we did good, but if even one percent give us we will be saved and make both ends meet, make it through," she said. They came to a junction in the road, a place where seven roads met. They built a huge mansion there. They were feeding people. All people who were crossing that road were passing by there. Feeding and hosting. Feeding and giving – the best food and service, extremely good. People coming and going are happy. They are continuing service like this. As they were serving like this they forgot about the passing of time So a year passed. Then more time passed. They continued serving people with the same love and eagerness.
Mūsá ‘alayhi s-salām was surprised. When he went to Ṭūr Sīnā for a matter again and addressed Allāh ‘Azza wa Jalla, he said, "O Allāh ‘Azza wa Jalla, O my Lord, how's this
happening to them? You had said one year. They passed a year. How so? They did not return to their old state?" He جل ه الل ج said: "They did so much good. People are... to this. I would be ashamed to cut their sustenance after a year. I am ashamed. That is why I let it continue." So it is a big deal.
As we said, after losing what they possessed, people say, "I wish I had done such and such. I will do so and so." Whereas if they get rich again, they will use it for evil again and not good. People who do it for the sake of Allāh. People should be careful. Let it all be for Allāh People who do it for the sake of Allah people who avoid the forbidden and evil, their sustenance will be lasting. If not, [people who say,] "I will do this and that," and spend for their own self indulgence, they will certainly meet with disappointment in the end. As we said, when Allāh opens up, you spend on His way and you obey Him, then He does not close it. Allāh ‘Azza wa Jalla is the Generous One. Those who serve people and receive the prayers of others, will certainly continue. Otherwise, when it is the other way, they refuse when asked, they do not give when asked for good, but later give for show and give when you ask something for evil – it is of no benefit.
So as we said, ever since our childhood we saw hundreds of businessmen like this; businessmen who mostly only find the way of of Allāh, the way of dergah, when they are out of money. Come before it is gone. Come. A small amount. You spend a hundred thousand liras at the gambling house and when you try to give one lira to the dergah your hand shakes. The dergah does not need anyway. It is not giving for the dergah but for the sake of Allāh. Let them think about it. Those who do this, who lose their money, think about for what they should repent? Ask forgiveness so at least their sins go away. If his money does not return, he should repent for his sins. The Hereafter is very important. You have lost this world. Do not lose your Hereafter too. We say: May Allāh give mind and and understanding. The most important thing is having mind. Those foolish people are people who forget Allāh out of money. Come before it is gone. Come. A small amount. You spend a hundred thousand liras at the gambling house and when you try to give one lira to the dergah your hand shakes. The dergah does not need anyway. It is not giving for the dergah but for the sake of Allāh. Let them think about it. Those who do this, who lose their money, think about for what they should repent? Ask forgiveness so at least their sins go away. If his money does not return, he should repent for his sins. The Hereafter is very important. You have lost this world. Do not lose your Hereafter too. We say: May Allāh give mind and and understanding. The most important thing is having mind. Those foolish people are people who forget Allāh.
This month Ramaḍān it is month of fasting of course but also for Zakāh, to give Zakāh. They make once a year. They put this month Ramaḍān for Zakāh because this month also it is shorter than other [solar] year so best thing to calculate your Zakāh and you said, "I will pay this but in Ramaḍān from Ramaḍān." Maybe I must pay ten Lira, ten Lira. No ten Lira is very little maybe hundred Lira Zakāh for until another Ramaḍān. If
you can pay it same Ramaḍān ok but if no, you can separate this money – "This for this year but I can give it whole through this year. But I in Ramaḍān this for this year I not I'm not touch this anymore." And it is Zakāh make your money, to protect your proper property, money, your fortune. To protect you must give Zakāh.
In khuṭbah we read this. Who give this, Allāh keep safe his money, his everything he has. But if not, it will go and it will be also ask for Zakāh you didn't give. Money going and also you will punished. Because Zakāh it is obligatory farḍ like praying, like Ḥajj. In Islām five farḍ, five obligatory things. One of them Zakāh. Very important this. Of course this who has money. Some people they said, "If Allāh gives me one million dollars, I give I will give five hundred thousand dollars for ṣadaqah." But when they take [get] it, they not giving one penny. So it is important thing. You ask for to be rich. Richness it is good if you are remembering Allāh and it is good for you also to get more reward.
Since childhood there is people they not giving anything. After their money they went, they bankrupt, they asking for du‘ā’ to come back their company, their money back. And they will be give charity. They will give this. They will do that. They say this but when they are have this money, they was doing every bad thing that not remembering Allāh, not remembering Prophet, not remembering poor people, not remembering anything. This is what happen from childhood because Mawlānā they know for his asking, for his praying. Thousand of businessman coming bankrupt but when they are not bankrupt very few of them coming to ask. And it is this chance Allāh give very rare. Not every time you can find this chance. Maybe once a life Allāh give you very much big fortune, big business, everything good. But when you are, when you are in this business and only using this for enjoying yourself, your ego – not remembering. It will be because you not doing – Allāh will take this. After you will run after this and asking du‘ā’, asking praying, going here, there for to be come back your business, your thing. But you must know this is, you must remember before. Allāh will, if you remember before, Allāh He your business barakah for your money, barakah for everything barakah. But this people they are not remembering this. There was one good story from Sayyidinā Mūsá ‘alayhi s- salām. In his time there was very poor couple, husband and wife it's very very poor. They was at the end – even from they cannot find anything to eat. They are lying down. They cannot stand up. In this position wife she said to her husband, "Oh my husband look Mūsá ‘alayhi s-salām he is speaking with Allāh ‘Azza wa Jalla in Ṭūr Sīnā. Many people asking something for them. We can ask for him to give us richness. We are really very bad and we like this." Husband he said, "You think very good, very good idea. We must, I must go and tell Sayyidinā Mūsá about this." And he went to Sayyidinā Mūsá and tell him about his situation very, very bad. Mūsá ‘alayhi s-salām said, "Okay, in shā’a Llāh, I will tell Allāh ‘Azza wa Jalla about this." And when they arrive, he arrive Ṭūr Sīnā he was addressing for Allāh and after he forget this. Allāh ‘Azza wa Jalla tell him, "You forget this what he said." Say, "O my Lord You know better. This people very poor
people and they ask for richness." Allāh ‘Azza wa Jalla say, "I will give them richness only for one year. They will be very rich but not whole life, only for one year."
And when Mūsá ‘alayhi s-salām coming, he tell this man – "Allāh He will give you richness only for one year." "Okay," he said, "What He giving okay. It is good." And they was, Allāh give them. They become very rich and they was eating, drinking, making charity for people and they was very happy. Months pass away, maybe five, six months and they was like drunk – very happy. Not thinking about anything what will happen after this. After this the wife also become, "Oh my husband, what we are doing? We are after six months it will be finish this richness. So we must do something to be good for us after this. What I have idea – there is place seven roads coming in same from outside of city and we can make, build big building there and make charity for people, give drink – eating, drinking, clothes, everything. We must do this until this end of the year. And people they will be happy with us. After, when finish this, we come become poor again. So we make charity for many people they will help us after this so we be okay until end of our life – not like before because this only for one year." Husband he was very happy. "Yes this is good idea. We must do this."
And they make building, big building, nice building. And people they was coming, going, eating, drinking, sleeping, wearing. Everything they was giving charity. And this months pass but they was very busy, they are not remembering the months. Continuing like this, one year pass. Two year pass. Sayyidinā Mūsá ‘alayhi s-salām he was looking for, "Oh this people still here. Is more than one year. What happen?" When he went to Ṭūr Sīnā also speaking with Allāh ‘Azza wa Jalla. Say, "O my Lord, You said only one year for this people but still continue. They are they are still rich and maybe more rich than before also. How it is this?" Allāh ‘Azza wa Jalla say, "I ashamed to cut their rizq (provision) because they are giving for people and they will be cut for other people also rizq. So I ashamed and let them to for this richness for them – no limit for them."
This what must people remember. Remember when you are rich, don't for enjoying yourself. For enjoying Allāh ‘Azza wa Jalla – He to be happy with you and He will give you everything. To not put in your heart like other people, Allāh will continue this forever. Because this happen many times in time of Mawlānā Shaykh, as I was saying, even people they was promissing Mawlānā for this and they not getting, giving anything and Mawlānā not asking. But they saying this. After we see many of them bankrupt. Very, very, few people left and this people, sincere people. They don't have in their heart this... No in their heart, they don't put dunyā in their heart. Dunyā just for is distribute and for Allāh. Allāh happy with this.
This is – for to be rich it is no need for you to be clever. Maybe for to be scholar, to be ‘ālim, you must continue studying, going from Shaykh to Shaykh, to murshid or to study this, study from university to university or from school to school – more higher and
higher. Take years. But for fortune, Allāh when He like, He give you quickly. And it is not from your cleverness. There are people more clever than you not hundred times – ten thousand times more clever but they cannot be rich. Why? Because Allāh He don't want. This gift from Allāh. This what we must think and to ask from Allāh. Don't forget, when you have something, to give – share for people and there will be barakah, more fortune, more and more.
Allāh ‘Azza wa Jalla this is what we are saying. Allāh give us for people who has something like this to remember from now, to be thinking. Allāh give us good thinking – the most important thing. If you think this from Allāh and Allāh reward for this, you are happy and you are safe for everything you have, In Sha Allah. Allāh give us all of them, In Sha Allah, to not be in need to anybody, In Sha Allah.
Wa Minallah at-Tawfeeq, Al-Fatiha.
90.MIND IS A BIG FAVOUR Saturday, 26 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.
One of the reasons Mankind and Jinn are responsible is that Allāh has given them Mind. Allāh ‘Azza wa Jalla created Mind first. He ordered it to come and it came. He ordered it to go and it went. Allāh promised on His Majestic Glory: "It is the best thing I have created. With it, I give thawāb [reward] and punishment to people."
Other creatures don't have mind. They have brains but brain is not Mind. Mind is different. People and animals have brains but people's minds are different from the brains. Mind is the invisible power of Allāh. That power is given to people and Jinn. Angels have it too. Allāh ‘Azza wa Jalla gave it importance. With it you know Allāh. Who knows Allāh uses his mind. Because who doesn't know Allāh and uses his mind for other things doesn't actually use it. He gets punishment. Mind is the biggest favour of Allāh ‘Azza wa Jalla. A person with Mind has obligations to do. When mindless, that is different. Mindless is the insane one. They are not responsible. Responsible are those who are sane in their minds. You are responsible for getting ḥalāl provisions, and for obeying Allāh, for following the right way, and guarding your mind.
People these days say, "I am clever." They drink alcohol and lose their minds. Then they get high and lose their minds. This means they are not clever. They are not accepting but rather pushing this favour of Allāh away. Why are you being crazy when you have a mind? Is it logical? It is not. If you are doing this, you will be punished both in this world and in Ākhirah. You will get your punishment. And if you don't repent here, you will be punished in Ākhirah.
Therefore, Allāh ‘Azza wa Jalla is swearing on His Majestic Glory that Mind is the best thing created. It is a big favour to us. We have to appreciate it and use our minds. Who uses his mind understands that he didn't come here for eating, drinking, and doing evil. We have to be careful. We came to this world. Allāh ‘Azza wa Jalla sent us pure. We are born pure. So we have to struggle in order to leave in the same way – pure. That's why we always pray that Allāh gives mind and understanding to people. When there is no mind, people do the opposite. They come to this world and think they came to do evil.
They think they came here to turn everywhere into a mess. No, you came pure and you'll leave pure if you use your mind. It is a big favour. You will be fine in Ākhirah too.
Because Allāh ‘Azza wa Jalla says, "I will reward you with your mind." And he punishes with it too. There is punishment for those who don't use it. Who does this on purpose and acts mindlessly will receive his punishment. Not only with alcohol and drugs, people lose their minds with other things – by being with bad people, by not knowing Allāh. May Allāh protect us. May He keep our minds in our heads until our last breath. It is a big favour.
Allāh ‘Azza wa Jalla, He say, Prophet saying in Ḥadīth: Allāh give us intelligent Mind, it is the biggest favour for us, for only human being and Jinn and Malā’ikah they have mind. Malā’ikah they have mind, they don't have ego. We have ego and we have Mind. Jinn also same. When Allāh give this He make us to, He make us to follow way other to not following Allāh ‘Azza. Prophet saying Allāh He said: "I first create Mind, Intelligence." And saying to him, "Come." He come. Say him to "Go", he go. And He swore for His Mightiness, ‘Izzat wa Jalāli swore, "I never create better than this from Mind. With this I give. With this I take. With this I reward. With this I punish."
So it is very big favour for who has Mind. Who not have mind, it is brain – not only mind. Brain in animal also. They have brain. Every creature they have brain but to be brain but mind only with human being and Jinn. But unfortunately, people they are not using. Even many time they like their mind to go away. They drink alcohol. They using other thing like to take your brain, your mind away – to be like crazy, like animal. Drug or other many thing they can do. They are every day they work hard to find a new thing to take mind from head of people. Drug, tablet, inject injection, smelling, eating, drinking – all this they... Why they do this? To take their mind away. This big thing Allāh was giving for us. If you are animal, they don't have anything. So you try to be like animal.
And Allāh ‘Azza wa Jalla He give this for human being and Jinn and they make obligatory, for who has this, to use it. How to use it? Use to find Creator who give us all this favour and to be thankful for Him and to be whole life our life in good not to be bad. If you use your mind you will be safe here and Hereafter. But if you not using, in this dunyā you have many trouble before Ākhirah and in Ākhirah also you will be punished. Because, "I give you all this and you are making not thanking for this favour and you are doing opposite so you must be punished." But in before Ākhirah, before last, next life, in this life also they have big problem.
But in this world now the most of people they are not using Mind. Mind it is like jewel but people they not happy. They want to throw it away. Allāh He is mercy for us to give us this big favour. And when you have this, you must do. If you are not, you don't have mind, like crazy people in mental hospital, this is their – they have excuse. Allāh not
saying for them anything. No obligatory for them. Obligatory only for who has good mind. He must obey doing what Allāh ‘Azza wa Jalla saying. Many people they are trying ways who not good – it's away from religion. Religion it's with mind. Sometimes say with mind you cannot find way in religion. No. You can find. It is all this miracle, all this what happen – it is in mind because we are believe in Allāh in God and in Rasūlu Llāh, in Awliyā’. This not strange. You can explain with Mind. Many people they said you cannot explain this with Mind. No. It is, of course you explain Allāh. He create everything from nothing and it is also you can explain in religion what with Mind everything, Alhamdulilah. We are not outside of Mind. Who outside of Mind is crazy.
Allāh keep our Mind, In Sha Allah, until the end of our life, In Sha Allah. It is big favour this.
Wa Minallah at-Tawfeeq, Al-Fatiha.
91.MENTION ALLAH AND BE FORGIVEN Sunday, 27 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.
Allāh ‘Azza wa Jalla states Auzu Billahi Minashaytanir Rajeem. Bismillahir Rahmanir Raheem. "Fa-idhā qaḍaytumu ṣ-ṣalāta fa-dhkurū Llāha qiyāman wa qu‘ūdan wa ‘alá junūbikum" (4:103). To remember Allāh is always important. After finishing ṣalāh Allāh ‘Azza wa Jalla says make dhikr standing, sitting, and lying down. Our Holy Prophet states that whoever says after ṣalāh thirty-three times Subḥāna Llāh thirty-three times Al-ḥamdu liLlāh thirty-three times Allāhu Akbar, which makes ninety-nine and in the hundredth: Lā ilāha illā Llāh waḥdahū lā sharīka lah lahu l-mulk wa lahu l-ḥamd yuḥyī wa yumīt wa huwa ‘alá kulli shayin qadīr, even if his sins were as much as – not the waves of a sea but the sea foam – Allāh would forgive him.
So this tasbīḥāt is not done for nothing. We are making it with ease following every ṣalāh thanks to Allāh in these countries. It is done continuously in the mosques. People do it in places where it is not done also because it has become a habit. Even if one prays alone, he certainly recites this afterwards. They recite Āyatu l-Kursī then these and then make du‘ā’. The du‘ā’ is also answered once all sins are forgiven. Therefore, thank Allāh جل ه الل ج that it is easy but it is a great bounty and of great benefit. It takes our sins off of us since even if they are invisible they are heavy. It is very heavy for people. When no sins are left, that heaviness goes away. That is why between the ṣalāh, what we mean is between prayers, these sins go away too. You feel comfortable.
Otherwise, those who do not pray, people who do not make tasbīḥāt, keep living in heaviness and distress. They are not aware of it either. They say there is distress, heaviness, and unease, and they try to entertain themselves or they begin to get used to bad habits in order to find relief. No. If you want to be relieved, offer your prayer and make your tasbīḥāt. Let that heaviness leave you. So religion is ease. When it is easy, your life becomes easy too. People who have nothing to do with religion have it tough. Their life is hard and every business of theirs is hard. No matter how much worldly things they have in their hands, it does not benefit them. Religion is important. Being religious is a great gift. In Europe, they call religious people crazy and mentally ill. It is they, they themselves are the mentally ill since they do not know how to get rid of that
distress. Distress goes away by being religious. A person who believes in Allāh does not have distress, Allāh willing. The stronger his faith the lighter that distress will be on him.
Allāh ‘Azza wa Jalla saying for in showing important to be mention His Name for us – Bismi Llāhi r-Raḥmāni r-Raḥīm "Fa-idhā qaḍaytumu ṣ-ṣalāta fa-dhkurū Llāha qiyāman wa qu‘ūdan wa ‘alá junūbikum" (4:103). If when you finish your praying Allāh ‘Azza wa Jalla saying you mention Allāh ‘Azza wa Jalla when you are standing up, when you sitting, when you are lying down. All time remember Allāh and mention His name. And Prophet saying, when you finish praying who make three – thirty-three times Subḥāna Llāh, after thirty-three times Alhamdulilah, after also thirty-three times Allāhu Akbar – is ninety-nine times and last one for hundred: Lā ilāha illā Llāh waḥdahū lā sharīka lah lahu l-mulk wa lahu l-ḥamd yuḥyī wa yumīt wa huwa ‘alá kulli shayin qadīr. If this man or woman or child or who doing this, if they have sins [as much as] like wave – not wave of sea, even bubble of wave – whole world sea [of] sin, Allāh forgive him.
And it is really very easy because, Alhamdulilah, in this country of Ahlu s-Sunnah wa l- Jamā‘ah all these mosques after praying Farḍ they are with Jamā‘ah they are doing this. But some countries they not allowed and said bid‘ah. They are free. Maybe they like to have still their sin. They can try to or they thought they don't have sin. But we are every minute we are in sin, we are must say ask for forgiveness. So Alhamdulilah, when we are used to this with Jamā‘ah with mosque and even who has don't have Jamā‘ah not going to mosque, when he praying alone also he [is] used to do this dhikr so, Alhamdulilah, our every time sin forgiven by Allāh ‘Azza wa Jalla. And it to have no sin it is nice because sin it is very heavy. You cannot see sin but it is real heavy thing, not easy. But Allāh forgive and He give us chance every time to for be forgiven from Him. Of course this is for who are believer. It is not so difficult. It is very easy but for people who are not remembering or not doing or not praying, not making anything – it is heavy for them and they are trying to take this heaviness by many kind of thing. They try to enjoy themself. They try to make work to forget what they have but they never can rid of sin without asking forgiveness and accepting Him. Because we are, Alhamdulilah, we say about ourself we are religious. To be religious it is big favour and it is big pleasure for who are has to be religious one. Because now in Europe they especially, like country like secular, secular country, they looking for religious people as they are they have illness, mind illness. But the real who has mind illness [is] who not accepting Creator and he is not religious. He has very big short from think – he is not complete. He is half or not even – nothing he is. Because without Creator you not accepting, you are lost. So, Alhamdulilah, we must be religious. We must be do what Allāh saying for us to be more happy, to be more protected. Allāh protect us from evil and his army also.
Wa Minallah at-Tawfeeq, Al-Fatiha.
92.DON’T BE CHEATED Monday, 28 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.
We should always warn people. This time is the end of times. People don't have a notion of what is ḥalāl and ḥarām anymore. People are trying to cheat each other. That's why, we are saying to be careful. There are all kinds of cheating now. They are taking some people's money, some people's belongings. Some are selling cars or mobile phones with fake documents. Some can take over someone's land by cheating. In some places, they even take children by cheating – saying he is my child. There are many such tricks. Therefore, we are saying to be careful. We should warn you. We pay attention to this cheating.
But what is more important is that they want to cheat people and take them out of religion. Or even if they can't take someone who is on the right way off of it, they want to take them to a wrong way that is disliked by our Prophet. Who does this? Shayṭān. In order to cheat people, shayṭān says, "La-ughwiyannahum" (38:82). And Allāh gave him permission until Qiyāmah: "Whoever is cheated by you will be with you. But who is cheated by you and repents, his repentance will be accepted. Then everything you did will be lost."
As we said, a day is not passing without someone being cheated. Thousands and millions of people are cheating each other. And as we said, the worst is that shayṭān is cheating people and making them faithless, taking then off the straight way. taking them to hell. That is the worst thing. We should pay attention to that. And these people who look to be religious say, What you have learned is wrong. It should be like this. It's wrong to respect our Prophet. It's wrong to respect ‘ulamā’. It's wrong to respect anyone." They have a couple of ‘ulamā’ and you shouldn't respect any others besides them. There is this type and there are other types. Some people say, "I will tell you from the knowledge of the unseen," and tell about things which are not in Ḥadīth or Qur’ān and which are the
opposite of the actions of our Prophet. And people are cheated by them.
If the cheated people were illiterate, who didn't know how to write and read, that would be okay. But among the cheated ones are people with university degrees. They are the majority. Because they don't care about shaykhs and dergāhs. And when there is someone who speaks pleasantly to their ears, they get cheated, taken like lambs by him. And then he can tell them all kinds of things and use them as much as he likes. They exchange their Ākhirah for this world. There is punishment for both of them – him and his followers. "I was cheated." How were you cheated? Allāh ‘Azza wa Jalla gave you a good mind. Not many people can graduate from the university like you. Not many people can reach your rank. How were you cheated? "Somehow I was." If you are cheated, then you will carry its punishment.
Therefore, be careful. It is the end of times. Beware all kinds of cheating. Protect yourself. Be alert. As we said, be alert in things of this world as well. If they say, "I give you one today and three more tomorrow," there is something wrong in it for sure. And if they push you by requesting things to be done quickly, there is cheating in it too. If they say something is wrong with your child and money is required to fix it, that's cheating too. Such hurry is from shayṭān. Don't be in a hurry, don't be cheated. And don't be cheated in other ways by those who are not on our way. Mawlānā's way is clear. Mawlānā's way goes up to our Prophet. It is the way of mercy, softness and goodness. Don't follow a way where there is no mercy and goodness. Be careful. Don't be cheated.
Our Prophet says, "Don't be cheated." "Lā yuldaghu l-mu’minu min jaḥri l-marratayn." A believer doesn't get bitten by a snake twice. It is pos
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