Suhbah 2019: Maulana Shaykh Mehmet Adil ar-Rabbani (13/25)
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ou. Allāh rewards you accordingly and gives thawāb. There is no other option.
Most people question, out of good intention, if it is their fault. There is no fault. Praying, fasting, going to ḥajj, all of these actions have difficulty in them. And the harder it is, the more rewards Allāh gives to people for doing it. It is not something wrong, it is normal. As we said, people have gotten used to comfort too much. They don't want anything tiring. They don't want any hardship. They want everything to be easy. May Allāh give ease, Insha Allah. Grandshaykh used to say, sometime he would warn the murīds of that time – 80-90 years ago – "If you pray and you get pleasure from your prayer, leave it and read Qur’ān instead. When you get pleasure from reading Qur’ān, leave it and make tasbīḥ, make salawāt." He wanted to encourage them in the opposite of what the ego likes. It is difficult but its wisdom is to earn more thawāb.
Therefore, people shouldn't think it is their fault when they can't pray. They say they can’t pray and leave prayer. It is wrong. You should make effort, because it is an order. It is an order, and you can't escape. You must do it. "It is hard for me." If a person leaves everything that is hard, nothing will work out. Neither here, nor hereafter will it work. Therefore, these difficult situations in this world mostly happen to people in difficult places. They get more rewards and same in Ākhirah. There are hardships in marriage, with children, with neighbours and people. But as we said, when you get along with them for Allāh's pleasure, Allāh will give you its reward.
May Allāh reward us and these people without tiring, Insha Allah. But if we get tired, as we said, it doesn't go to waste. The best, the good side of this thing is that troubles and
difficulties are the means for rewards and thawāb and goodness. And people without belief have nothing but suffering in the end. May Allāh strengthen our belief, Insha Allah.
Prophet sallá Llāhu ‘alayhi wa-sallam he was saying, "Al-ajru alá qadari n-nasab," meaning Allāh reward you. As much it is difficult, your reward is more bigger, many, too much.
Because these days, people nowadays they are used to everything become easy, everything they do it is easy. There is many machines, many things to make life more easy. Before was no washing machine, even no cooker, no oven, no fridge – nothing it was. People they was going, coming, doing their thing. So people now [at that time] was more patient than this time. This time people they want everything very easy to do, specially for ‘ibādah. Many people they are saying, "Oh we are feeling difficult to pray. Is too difficult for us to pray." And what it is order of Allāh, easy or difficult, you must do. But the people they was, because they are doing everything with machine, with button – they putting button and making this everything without tired. They are doing sitting, washing machine doing. Other thing also easy for them. So they are also looking for ‘ibādah also to be easy.
‘Ibadāh it is easy but shayṭān make it difficult for people. So it is order – as much you feel difficult, Allāh reward you more. But many people, but they are good intention, they thought there is wrong for them from themself. They asking help to make it more easy. No, it is not from yourself. It is normal. Your ego, shaytān, every this dunyā prevent you to do good thing. So it is not from yourself. From this you must say, "Allāh will give me more reward to do this and it is order, obligatory. I must do if I am happy or not happy; if I am tired and not tired; it is, if it is difficult or it is easy. I must do this this five times a day. This is order. I must do this." No any chance for us to run away from this.
For also other, for Ramaḍān fasting also people say, "Oh summer time is too long, 20 hours. What we will do? It is, we can follow like Wahhābī, Salafī saying: follow Makkah for iftar in North of those countries and you can fast, break your fast in that your time in twelve o'clock with Makkah, noon time for..." This is what shaytān teaching to make people this also. No it is as much it is difficult, Allāh reward you for this. Zakāh you must give.
Don't say, "It is difficult. I cannot give." Hajj, if you are, you have enough money, your health good, you can go. You must go this. Thank you for this Salafī they make it more difficult and more difficult so it will be more reward for you. They are giving big service for Muslims. All around, all Muslims they must thank. Not opening doors. You must go outside of Ka'bah maybe twelve kilometres until you can enter, you find some place to enter it. So it is good. This is, Prophet sallá Llāhu ‘alayhi wa-sallam we accept Allāh will
reward us more we are tired; more difficult for us, our wages, our reward it is more and bigger and bigger, Insha Allah.
Allāh make our īmān, belief more stronger to make everything. When it is easy, when you have more belief it everything it more easy for you, Insha Allah.
Wa Minallah at-Tawfeeq, Al-Fatiha.
97.THE EXAMPLE OF BADR Wednesday, 22 May 2019
Assalamu Alaykum wa Rahmatullah wa Barakatuh, Auzu Billahi Minashaytanir Rajeem. Bismillahir Rahmanir Raheem, Wassalatu Wassalamu ala Rasulina Muhammadin Sayyidal Awwalin wal Akhirin, Madad Ya RasulAllah, Madad Ya As’habi RasulAllah, Madad Ya Mashayikhina, Shaykh Abdullah Daghestani, Shaykh Nazim Al-Haqqani. Dastur. Tariqatunas sohba, wa khayru fil jamiyya.
Today is the 17th of Ramadan, thanks to Allāh. Every day of this month is blessed. Today, on the 17th of Ramadān the great battle of our Prophet at Badr took place. It is a holy event of our Prophet, a holy battle. Battles of our Prophet are always holy. It was in Ramadān and it was the year when fasting became farḍ. Before that, fasting was not during Ramaḍān but it was during three days of each month and three days in Muharram on ʻĀshūrā’. In this first Ramadān, our Prophet wanted to take the caravan of Quraysh with Abū Sufyān as its leader and hand them over to Muslims because they did not allow the Muslims to trade. As a result, our Prophet received permission to wage war. There was no permission before, no permission for jihād.
Our Prophet was going to take that caravan with the Sahābah and give it to the Muslims. But Abū Sufyān was leading it. Those Arabs living in the desert were extremely clever as they had to survive. And some of them were very smart. When they heard about our Prophet coming, they wanted to save their caravan, take a different way and return by way of the seaside. They informed the Quraysh people first, saying their caravan was going to be attacked and asking for help. Quraysh formed a big army out of arrogance and headed to war. They intended to save the caravan and finish the Muslims. When the caravan was saved, Abū Sufyān said, "We are safe. No need for you to come anymore." But they were too arrogant. They decided to go to Badr. Badr was a place for fairs. There was water and water wells. So they decided to come and have fun by drinking and dancing and to show their strength. So they came.
And when our Prophet heard about their intention, he also went there first with 313 Sahābah and made their plan. He asked for help from Allāh. Our Prophet made a good plan by consulting the Sahābah. Consultation is important. And then he prayed till the morning. And Sahābah also... as it was Ramadān, our Prophet said, "We are about to wage jihād so break your fast." Because there was a need to do so. And with victory sent by Allāh, our Prophet won, shukr to Allāh. It was a great war. Miracles appeared. Angels also fought with our Prophet. Allāh ‘Azza wa-Jalla sent 3,000 Angels, later it says He sent 5,000 Angels. One Angel was enough to destroy all of them but for the honour of our Prophet He sent so many Angels, so that the value of our Prophet would be known.
As we said, one Angel alone could have finished them all.
And in that war the wisdom of Quraysh, all of the 70 kuffār, who oppressed the Muslims, cursed our Prophet, and variously tortured them – all 70 of them were killed and thrown into a dry well. And for all the Sahābah who were present there, Allāh ‘Azza wa-Jalla forgave their sins. As a special favour their past and future sins were forgiven. That was a great holy war. And the names of the Ṣaḥābah who were there are written down. People used to hang their names in their homes. People have forgotten now but this brings barakah to the house, it increases the barakah of the home. Because these holy people, by the order of our Prophet without saying, "We are few, they are so many," asked what to do. And our Prophet – consulted all of them. And Sayyidunā Miqdād said at last, "As you say. We will fight even if there are 100,000 people. If you order us to dive into the sea, we will. We will not say like the Banī Isrā’īl, ‘You go and fight with your Lord and we will wait here.’ Our lives are for you and this way .And in return for this , Allah favoured them forever until Qiyāmah .Their names, glory, and honour are kept forever.
May Allāh bless us with their barakah. May He give us from their strong belief, Insha Allah. It is a very good day. May Allāh bless it for all of us, Insha Allah.
Alhamdulilah we are in month of Ramaḍān. It is very beautiful, very nice month. Every day they have different thing in this month, occasion, and today, 17th of Ramaḍān, it is day of Badr. Badr what meaning? The war, first big war Prophet sallá Llāhu ‘alayhi wa- sallam He declare against his enemy. And it was real example for strong belief for Sahābah, his companions how they was giving everything for Prophet sallá Llāhu ‘alayhi wa-sallam .And the most precious thing they was giving without any fear. any tereddüt – hesitation. Because when this was, like caravan for Quraysh, and Quraysh was every time giving trouble after Prophet sallá Llāhu ‘alayhi wa-sallam he left Makkah to Madīnah and there was no permission for war, to fight. And after, when arrive to Madīnah and still they [Quraysh] are doing, trying to finish Islām, Allāh ‘Azza wa-Jalla He give permission for fighting. "Who fight you, you must fight him. Who make trouble for you, you can fight for him." After this Prophet sallá Llāhu ‘alayhi wa-sallam was, he was sending small groups for, looking for seeing it, but the most important one – this one, Badr, War of Badr, Ghazwat Badr.
And it was... reason for this – the Quraysh they was, they give whole their big caravan going to Damascus for trading and they was maybe more than 300 people guarding this and there is maybe more than 1,000 camels or things full of goods for selling. And they, Sahābah, Prophet sallá Llāhu ‘alayhi wa-sallam, they told by this, he said must take this to make them [Quraysh] feel more weak. So Prophet sallá Llāhu ‘alayhi wa-sallam was going to with this. But the commander of caravan he was Abū Sufyān. Abū Sufyān he was, they are clever people this desert people because they have tough life and small life.
They are very clever. Even fox in desert is more clever than other fox. So they are very clever and he, when he feel this and they told him, he send one to Makkah to ask help for him, to save him from Prophet sallá Llāhu ‘alayhi wa-sallam. And in the while time, he think and make plan going from another way, near seaside. And he save his caravan and he take his way to Makkah. And Prophet saying, hearing this, and he also nothing, so he Prophet sallá Llāhu ‘alayhi wa-sallam saying, hearing this, and he they decide to go to Madīnah.
But while time, this Quraysh and the Makkah people was prepare for fighting and big army they have. But when this news arrive for them from Abū Sufyān – "Don't come. We are safe," they said, very proud, "No. We must go to Badr and we must drink, we must make party, make dancing, singing. We cut camels. We cut sheep to eat and make fun and to tease this people, Muslim." – because Badr is near Madīnah. And when Prophet sallá Llāhu ‘alayhi wa- sallam hearing and ask Sahābah, "What we will do? We go there or we fight them or we go to Madīnah?" So Sahābah, each one giving his idea and the last one he was Miqdād. He said, "O Prophet, sallá Llāhu ‘alayhi wa-sallam, you order us. What your order, we will follow. If there is hundred thousand who can fight without any hesitate. If you order us to go to this sea and we can go without any hesitate."
So Prophet sallá Llāhu ‘alayhi wa-sallam, he decide to go to Badr and they was arriving before Makkah people, mushrik people. And they have take their everything in need for war. They first controlling the water well and after making lines for fighting. And they was, after this fight happen, and al-ḥamdu liLlāh, they was, mushrik they was defeat and they was Muslim won on this and mushrik they lose. And they lose 70 big enemy who was making every bad thing for Muslim in Makkah. This the most proud one, the most strong one, the most richest one. 70 of them who are in the most extremely against Prophet sallá Llāhu ‘alayhi wa-sallam was killed there and 70 take capture. And many all his, their things become for Muslim. And it was real big miracle war this for Prophet sallá Llāhu ‘alayhi wa-sallam. Prophet was whole night not sleeping, making praying for Allāh, asking for victory. And Sahābah, Allāh give them rain for them and make them feeling [falling] in sleep and they was sleep whole night until Fajr. And when wake up they was more powerful strong.
And Allāh send also Angels was fighting with Muslims, with Prophet sallá Llāhu ‘alayhi wa-sallam. And 3,000, after they send 5,000 also. And this it was, one Angel it was enough to finish, to destroy to make it like powder, this mushrik but this is for honour of Prophet sallá Llāhu ‘alayhi wa-sallam, Allāh send all these Angels. And they are, Sahābah of Badr, they was, Allāh ‘Azza wa-Jalla praise them and give them honour and forgive, He forgive them for what they done and what they will do until the end of life. So they was special people and honoured people forever. And not only them, also for Angels. This 8,000 Angels also, they are also from Ashābu l-Badr. Also they are honoured
by this war. And, al-hamdu liLlāh, everything giving us how strong belief we must be; how they was – Sahābah with Prophet sallá Llāhu ‘alayhi wa-sallam; how we must honour them, we must take example from them. And we are, there is in old-time-house they was putting name of these Sahābah, 313 Sahābah, in house for barakah, for good thing, Insha Allah.
Allāh and it was of course Ramadān. It was first Ramadān ordered by Allāh ‘Azza wa- Jalla. But when they was coming to fight, Prophet ask, tell them, "You because you are travelling you must and you are fighting." So it was also permission for when you travelling you can open your fast.
Allāh give us from their barakah, from their īmān, Insha Allah. They are blessed people. They are example for us. Allāh reward them and Allāh give us bless from, for their barakah, Insha Allah.
Wa Minallah at-Tawfeeq, Al-Fatiha.
98.ALL CREATION HAS A SPECIALITY Thursday, 23 May 2019
Assalamu Alaykum wa Rahmatullah wa Barakatuh, Auzu Billahi Minashaytanir Rajeem. Bismillahir Rahmanir Raheem, Wassalatu Wassalamu ala Rasulina Muhammadin Sayyidal Awwalin wal Akhirin, Madad Ya RasulAllah, Madad Ya As’habi RasulAllah, Madad Ya Mashayikhina, Shaykh Abdullah Daghestani, Shaykh Nazim Al-Haqqani. Dastur. Tariqatunas sohba, wa khayru fil jamiyya.
Our Prophet is saying, "Kullun muyassarun limā khuliqa lah." Every person has a skill fitting for their nature. Just as Allāh gives a different appearance to everyone, their skills differ too. Everyone has a speciality. It is a kindness of Allāh for them to be helping and completing each other, to be a community and nation, to be the servants of Allāh, He gave various features to them. When a person has it, he can do some things and cannot other things. People get upset when they can't do something because they put themselves into some frame of mind that everyone should be the same, as if everyone is doing the same thing. If they do one thing, who will do the other thing? That is when it gets mixed up. As a result, people leave this world in sadness without using their specialities.
That speciality, the speciality of dunyā is same for Akhirah. To some, Allāh gives from birth. Some people struggle and reach these ranks later by themselves. The most important thing is education of the ego. Everyone has that skill. But those who are defeated by their ego, who favour their ego, are more than those who defeat their ego. The nafs which follows the ego is "an-nafsu l-ammārah" (commanding self). It orders evil things. It doesn't want goodness. It should go through training to reach "an- nafsulmutma’innah" (self at peace). Until then, it orders only evil. Whatever there is, good or bad, it chooses the bad. If there is clean food, it makes a person eat bad food. When there is halāl, it shows harām. An-nafsu l- ammārah becomes an-nafsu l- muṭma’innah after getting educated. And that is the ego that is trained and becomes a servant of Allāh, having gained His pleasure. It takes people to higher ranks.
As we said, everyone has some virtue. But the most important is that people sometimes cannot educate their ego by themselves. They should be with other people, with a Shaykh. And the duty of the Shaykh given by Allāh is to be with good ones, not giving a chance to bad ones, not even a small chance to the ego. Because when the ego has a chance, it takes you to evil and makes you do evil.
May Allāh let all of us do what we are good at. It is a good thing. Who does it and is happy, enjoys their life. And they are happy with what Allāh gives them. Their lives are good and their Ākhirah is good. May Allāh give this to everyone, Insha Allah.
Prophet sallá Llāhu ‘alayhi wa-sallam saying, "Kullun muyassarun limā khuliqa lah." Hadīth – Allāh give for every person, everyone, everything, even not only human being, other kind of animal or trees or planet or anything – Allāh gives some benefit or for this planet or for thing other then human being. They have special for... some of them poison, some of them cure, some of them give power, some of them give... when they have many thing. But for human being also there is speciality for each person. Each one maybe he can be, can be very good for something he can do, but other side he is not good at all with something. He cannot do this.
Allāh give, He give this speciality for people and people before old-time they was looking – this boy what he is good for. He can be – of course, they was teaching them Qur’ān. They have madrasah for school in mosque, each village. All they was studying there and they was looking after – "This good for to be carpenter; this good for farming; this for looking after animal; this for be maybe doctor; this maybe can be imām; can be scholar." They was sending this people not wasting their time, 10 years, 20 years forcing them to study and something they are not understanding, they are not suitable for this. Allāh He didn't create them to be like this. So old time it was easy. When, many of Awliyā’u Llāh also they was in this madrasah. They are studying and imām he look, "Oh this he is better even than me. I must tell family. Father he can make him to go to madrasah in town." And in town also there madrasah they was, "Oh this very good. He finish everything. We cannot give him any more from our knowledge." So like this it was many scholars, many Awliyā’u Llāh Allāh open for them like this.
But for like this days only they make examination in before university or before school and from this they choose. But this is – many people they are cheat and who are not able, they have not good capacity for what they are studying, many of them they are coming. This is, after this become chaos and no benefit for this and they lose whole years without any good. But – and life it is not so long.
So Prophet, you must accept what Prophet ṣallá Llāhu ‘alayhi wa-sallam saying. Everyone he is, he must look after what he can do. This for dunyā, for Ākhirah also. Some people they are insist to be like a scholar, like imām. Like this also – not everybody can do. Some of them gift from Allāh. Allāh give them and they become ‘ālim, they become murshid or what they are, they have. But there is many people they are forcing. With forcing if you don't have capacity it will be not... Maybe your, with family or father, mother they forcing. But no benefit. The most important here, if they want to be by themself, to follow murshid and to make their ego, to train their ego and to make it good. Because ego all time ordering bad thing. If he said, you see there is good thing and other
bad thing, quickly going after bad thing. This is "nafsu l-ammārah" ordering, meaning ego who is order, order bad thing. After making, training ego become "nafsu l- muṭma’innah" who is accept what Allāh ‘Azza wa-Jalla order.
This is we must try to make our ego. This is important, not other one who years and years, tens of years, going after studying, studying, studying, and after – nothing. When you are with murshid and make your ego to be muṭma’innah, that time you are in succeed. But other is all, all thing you cannot go out of this what you, you are able to do. But for worshipping, ‘ibādah, everybody can do. As much Allāh give him, he will be succeed, Insha Allah.
For this, the most important for everybody to look what it is good, what he can do, because Prophet ṣallá Llāhu ‘alayhi wa-sallam saying don't look out of this. And when you are accept this and you say, "I am carpenter. I can do very well. Other they cannot do like me." "I am farmer. I can plant and do very good garden." Also good. So everybody, if he knows what he is good for this, he is happy and no any sadness, no any stress, no any thing because he couldn't do. "This is what I can do. Allāh create me for to do this. I must do this and accept from Allah“ and Allah He will be happy with you and you will be happy with Allāh. and happy all the time, Insha Allah.
Wa Minallah at-Tawfeeq, Al-Fatiha.
99.MAKE INTENTION FOR I’TIKAF Friday, 24 May 2019
Assalamu Alaykum wa Rahmatullah wa Barakatuh, Auzu Billahi Minashaytanir Rajeem. Bismillahir Rahmanir Raheem, Wassalatu Wassalamu ala Rasulina Muhammadin Sayyidal Awwalin wal Akhirin, Madad Ya RasulAllah, Madad Ya As’habi RasulAllah, Madad Ya Mashayikhina, Shaykh Abdullah Daghestani, Shaykh Nazim Al-Haqqani. Dastur. Tariqatunas sohba, wa khayru fil jamiyya.
Shukr to Allāh, this month of Ramaḍān is a holy month. Every day has a different manifestation. There are beautiful favours, favours of Allāh ‘Azza wa-Jalla. So almost two- thirds of Ramaḍān is over. One third is left – the last ten days. Tomorrow, Insha Allah, it shows ten days on our calendar. Some look at the moon, and then it can be eleven days. From tonight, Insha Allah, the sunnah of i‘tikāf starts.
When our Prophet came to Madīnatu l-Munawwarah, he would do it every year. They would arrange a place in the mosque for our Prophet, making a bed for him to sleep and hanging something like a curtain so he could pray on his own. It was a time for him not to meet with people too much. But of course, fasting is obligatory in i‘tikāf. Because the first i‘tikāf is in Ramaḍān, we are fasting already. And for those who do it, i‘tikāf is sunnah mu’akkadah. It is the sunnah of our Prophet. Even if others don’t do it, that blessing still exists in that country. It is enough for it, Insha Allah. They do the sunnah of our Prophet and don't skip this sunnah.
And ladies can do it in their homes. Men should do it in the masjid or mosque where five prayers a day are performed. They shouldn't leave that mosque. If they do, they should return very quickly. If they stay out for longer than half a day, their i‘tikāf is invalidated. Therefore, at least they should return quickly without delay. People who do it are treated with Allāh's kindness. The reward for it, Allāh says, "I will reward you for good deeds and worship done in Ramaḍān." It is in the sight of Allāh. He didn't want to tell people [how much]. Normally, there is thawāb from 10 to 700. For this it is even more, much more by permission of Allāh. With the generosity of Allāh it will be a lot.
So as we said, this worship can be ten days. Who can't do ten days, can do one or three days. Do as much as you can. But it can't be less than a day. When not in Ramaḍān, when we go to a mosque and intend for i‘tikāf or khalwah, that is different. I‘tikāf of Ramaḍān should be at least 24 hours. Who completes ten days completes the sunnah and gets its reward. We should revive this big sunnah. There are many known and unknown sunnah of our Prophet. We should do from them as much as we can. Because people cannot do all of them but the intention is important.
We make intention to keep the sunnah of our Prophet for Allāh's pleasure. May Allāh be pleased with us. We should make intention to do this. And we should do as much as we can. We should intend all our life to be for the pleasure of Allāh. We should not forget Allāh in Ramaḍān and at all other times. This is dhikr of Allāh, remembrance of Allāh names but continuous dhikr is in the heart, it is the pleasure of Allah. There is dhikr of His. Allāh. All our deeds are for Allāh's pleasure. That is our intention. May Allāh accept it and bless it. And may Allāh reward those going into i‘tikāf, have mercy on their ancestors, and give blessings to them.
May our īmān be strong, Insha Allah. Because īmān is important. At the end of times, there are, not one, but many shayāṭīn trying to destroy people's īmān. For the honour of Ramaḍān, may Allāh put īmān into our hearts. It is a light, a light going into the heart, says our Prophet. May Allāh put that light in our hearts, Insha Allah.
Alhamdulilah we are in Ramaḍān nearly two parts, two-thirds there it is finish. And it was, Alhamdulilah, very blessed, very nice. And Allāh, in this month there is many occasions give for Him to give us from His endless treasure. Alhamdulilah tonight after Maghrib, because we are looking for our calendar [which is] showing in last ten days from tomorrow beginning. But also they must look for moon, who living in country, they are looking for moon. They must follow their country. We cannot, we are here, they make this, who for break fast after ten days we must. But who are living in another country they must wait until this.
Mawlānā Shaykh every time he was saying for ‘Īd don't follow another country. Where you are living in Turkey follow Turkey. You live in Egypt follow Egypt for ‘Īd. Because ‘Īd it is very important you cannot be break your fast when whole people they are fasting and you cannot fast when whole people not fasting also. This is very important and people every time and – and it will be asking for ‘Īd again I think. When it is? You follow I said, Mawlānā was all time saying, "Follow your country. Don't follow..." But for Ramaḍān, beginning of Ramaḍān, maybe you can follow other country but for ‘Īd it is important to be with your people, not outside of people, with jamā‘ah. Jamā‘ah this and because ‘Īd time who forbidden to fast. Alhamdulilah this one point.
Other point, in last ten days of Ramaḍān, Prophet sallá Llāhu ‘alayhi wa-sallam he was very strong sunnah , sunnah mu’akkadah. When he honored Madinah Munawwarah - he live there – he was every year making this i‘tikāf. I‘tikāf meaning to stay in mosque, to take your bed and things and you stay ten days in mosque or masjid or where they are praying five times a day. If there is place they not pray five times, no you cannot do this. But in a place who have mosque five times of praying a day, you can do i‘tikāf. And i‘tikāf you make intention to make i‘tikāf for Allāh ‘Azza wa-Jalla, for sake of Allāh and love of Prophet sallá Llāhu ‘alayhi wa-sallam, to make his sunnah and you stay in
mosque doing your daily practice – reading Qur’ān, making tasbīh, dhikr, mentioning Allāh. You can take lesson for religion lesson – until last day.
And i‘tikāf can be one day and more but not less than one day in Ramaḍān. But other times when we go to for mosque or other, we intend "Nawaytu sunnata l-I‘tikāf" as you are in mosque Allāh reward you for this. But i‘tikāf with for Ramaḍān must be at least one day, from one day to ten days, how many days they can do. And you must be in mosque, not going out, one day. Or maybe three, four hour you can be outside but must be after coming inside mosque again. To make your be cleaning and other thing you can do but most of time, the majority of time, you must be in mosque. You can eat and, but of course after ifṭār. No need to special food, [un]like khalwah. You can eat anything and it is sunnah giving bless for you, for your family, for your ancestor, and keep your belief more stronger.
Because belief in these days they are attacking by many shayṭān, many. Not only iblīs, there is more shayṭān than iblīs people around world. For this, Insha Allah, with who make i‘tikāf, with this Allāh give power for belief for around you also, Insha Allah. It is very blessed one and Allāh reward for this. For Ramaḍān reward, Allāh He said, "I am only. I am not saying for how many I will give. I will give," and He the Generous when give, not giving small thing. Normally giving from ten times to seven hundred times but this it will must be much, much more from this.
Allāh make barakah for Ummah and Allāh, with this i‘tikāf niyet, to intention – it is very important. We must have this intention every time to make our Lord pleased with us. Not only in Ramaḍān, other day, whole life. Our intention it must be like this and intention it is very good, for Prophet ṣallá Llāhu ‘alayhi wa-sallam saying, "Niyyatu l- mar'i khayrun min ‘amalih." The intention of person better than his, what he will do. Because our, what we doing, we are nothing. Our whole, our, we don't [how] to know make ablution even. So all our deed it's nothing. For this, intention important. Prophet ṣallá Llāhu ‘alayhi wa-sallam saying this and Allāh give, Alhamdulilah, also good tiding from Prophet ṣallá Llāhu ‘alayhi wa-sallam. Allāh giving for people for their intention. Alhamdulilah, this is good because if with our deeds it is terrible, it will be terrible for us. Alhamdulilah, thank you for Prophet sallá Llāhu ‘alayhi wa-sallam. We thank Allāh ‘Azza wa-Jalla for His gift which we are, we we cannot reach with our deed.
Allāh make Ramaḍān mubarak. Allāh save you with your family and to make next Ramaḍān more better Insha Allah. Maybe with Sayyidunā l-Mahdī ‘alayhi s-salām.
Wa Minallah at-Tawfeeq, Al-Fatiha.
100.EXTREME LOSERS Saturday, 25 May 2019
Assalamu Alaykum wa Rahmatullah wa Barakatuh, Auzu Billahi Minashaytanir Rajeem. Bismillahir Rahmanir Raheem, Wassalatu Wassalamu ala Rasulina Muhammadin Sayyidal Awwalin wal Akhirin, Madad Ya RasulAllah, Madad Ya As’habi RasulAllah, Madad Ya Mashayikhina, Shaykh Abdullah Daghestani, Shaykh Nazim Al-Haqqani. Dastur. Tariqatunas sohba, wa khayru fil jamiyya.
Bismillahir Rahmanir Raheem. Allāh ‘Azza wa-Jalla is saying, "Lā jarama annahum fi l- ākhirati humu l-akhsarūn" (11:22). Aw mā ma‘nāh. Those who deny Ākhirah, who are proud their pride brings them harm. Who deny Ākhirah are extreme losers because they didn't do anything. All they did is wrong; rebelling, coming against Allāh, following their desires and ego. So they scattered everything without seeing. "There is nothing after all. We close our eyes and there is nothing." In fact, that is the time, that is the time. After that regret is useless. We are seeing everywhere in the world now arrogant people say, "We don't act based on what others say. We have brains. We are smart. We won't follow anyone. What we follow is only our mind. Other people are stupid and crazy. They shouldn't be followed. They believe everyone and we are not like that." When they don't believe, they become losers, al-akhsarūn, says Allāh ‘Azza wa-Jalla. Those who don't believe in Ākhirah are losers. Whereas they say, "We are clever" they are not clever. They are idiots. Because Allāh created everything. Everything is created from His existence, not otherwise. Everything has a spirit and soul. And that soul is by the order of Allāh. A soul is the secret of Allāh which is not open to people. When it is there, things move. When Allāh pulls that secret away from a creature, from a person, an animal and other things, it becomes a log, a carcass, and dies. Nothing more.
People who say they are clever and show pride, Allāh ‘Azza wa-Jalla calls – al-akhsarūn. They follow their desires. These people don't know Allāh. Allāh doesn't oppress anyone. If they get rid of their pride they will reach happiness. That is why they say when you have even as much
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ou. Allāh rewards you accordingly and gives thawāb. There is no other option.
Most people question, out of good intention, if it is their fault. There is no fault. Praying, fasting, going to ḥajj, all of these actions have difficulty in them. And the harder it is, the more rewards Allāh gives to people for doing it. It is not something wrong, it is normal. As we said, people have gotten used to comfort too much. They don't want anything tiring. They don't want any hardship. They want everything to be easy. May Allāh give ease, Insha Allah. Grandshaykh used to say, sometime he would warn the murīds of that time – 80-90 years ago – "If you pray and you get pleasure from your prayer, leave it and read Qur’ān instead. When you get pleasure from reading Qur’ān, leave it and make tasbīḥ, make salawāt." He wanted to encourage them in the opposite of what the ego likes. It is difficult but its wisdom is to earn more thawāb.
Therefore, people shouldn't think it is their fault when they can't pray. They say they can’t pray and leave prayer. It is wrong. You should make effort, because it is an order. It is an order, and you can't escape. You must do it. "It is hard for me." If a person leaves everything that is hard, nothing will work out. Neither here, nor hereafter will it work. Therefore, these difficult situations in this world mostly happen to people in difficult places. They get more rewards and same in Ākhirah. There are hardships in marriage, with children, with neighbours and people. But as we said, when you get along with them for Allāh's pleasure, Allāh will give you its reward.
May Allāh reward us and these people without tiring, Insha Allah. But if we get tired, as we said, it doesn't go to waste. The best, the good side of this thing is that troubles and
difficulties are the means for rewards and thawāb and goodness. And people without belief have nothing but suffering in the end. May Allāh strengthen our belief, Insha Allah.
Prophet sallá Llāhu ‘alayhi wa-sallam he was saying, "Al-ajru alá qadari n-nasab," meaning Allāh reward you. As much it is difficult, your reward is more bigger, many, too much.
Because these days, people nowadays they are used to everything become easy, everything they do it is easy. There is many machines, many things to make life more easy. Before was no washing machine, even no cooker, no oven, no fridge – nothing it was. People they was going, coming, doing their thing. So people now [at that time] was more patient than this time. This time people they want everything very easy to do, specially for ‘ibādah. Many people they are saying, "Oh we are feeling difficult to pray. Is too difficult for us to pray." And what it is order of Allāh, easy or difficult, you must do. But the people they was, because they are doing everything with machine, with button – they putting button and making this everything without tired. They are doing sitting, washing machine doing. Other thing also easy for them. So they are also looking for ‘ibādah also to be easy.
‘Ibadāh it is easy but shayṭān make it difficult for people. So it is order – as much you feel difficult, Allāh reward you more. But many people, but they are good intention, they thought there is wrong for them from themself. They asking help to make it more easy. No, it is not from yourself. It is normal. Your ego, shaytān, every this dunyā prevent you to do good thing. So it is not from yourself. From this you must say, "Allāh will give me more reward to do this and it is order, obligatory. I must do if I am happy or not happy; if I am tired and not tired; it is, if it is difficult or it is easy. I must do this this five times a day. This is order. I must do this." No any chance for us to run away from this.
For also other, for Ramaḍān fasting also people say, "Oh summer time is too long, 20 hours. What we will do? It is, we can follow like Wahhābī, Salafī saying: follow Makkah for iftar in North of those countries and you can fast, break your fast in that your time in twelve o'clock with Makkah, noon time for..." This is what shaytān teaching to make people this also. No it is as much it is difficult, Allāh reward you for this. Zakāh you must give.
Don't say, "It is difficult. I cannot give." Hajj, if you are, you have enough money, your health good, you can go. You must go this. Thank you for this Salafī they make it more difficult and more difficult so it will be more reward for you. They are giving big service for Muslims. All around, all Muslims they must thank. Not opening doors. You must go outside of Ka'bah maybe twelve kilometres until you can enter, you find some place to enter it. So it is good. This is, Prophet sallá Llāhu ‘alayhi wa-sallam we accept Allāh will
reward us more we are tired; more difficult for us, our wages, our reward it is more and bigger and bigger, Insha Allah.
Allāh make our īmān, belief more stronger to make everything. When it is easy, when you have more belief it everything it more easy for you, Insha Allah.
Wa Minallah at-Tawfeeq, Al-Fatiha.
97.THE EXAMPLE OF BADR Wednesday, 22 May 2019
Assalamu Alaykum wa Rahmatullah wa Barakatuh, Auzu Billahi Minashaytanir Rajeem. Bismillahir Rahmanir Raheem, Wassalatu Wassalamu ala Rasulina Muhammadin Sayyidal Awwalin wal Akhirin, Madad Ya RasulAllah, Madad Ya As’habi RasulAllah, Madad Ya Mashayikhina, Shaykh Abdullah Daghestani, Shaykh Nazim Al-Haqqani. Dastur. Tariqatunas sohba, wa khayru fil jamiyya.
Today is the 17th of Ramadan, thanks to Allāh. Every day of this month is blessed. Today, on the 17th of Ramadān the great battle of our Prophet at Badr took place. It is a holy event of our Prophet, a holy battle. Battles of our Prophet are always holy. It was in Ramadān and it was the year when fasting became farḍ. Before that, fasting was not during Ramaḍān but it was during three days of each month and three days in Muharram on ʻĀshūrā’. In this first Ramadān, our Prophet wanted to take the caravan of Quraysh with Abū Sufyān as its leader and hand them over to Muslims because they did not allow the Muslims to trade. As a result, our Prophet received permission to wage war. There was no permission before, no permission for jihād.
Our Prophet was going to take that caravan with the Sahābah and give it to the Muslims. But Abū Sufyān was leading it. Those Arabs living in the desert were extremely clever as they had to survive. And some of them were very smart. When they heard about our Prophet coming, they wanted to save their caravan, take a different way and return by way of the seaside. They informed the Quraysh people first, saying their caravan was going to be attacked and asking for help. Quraysh formed a big army out of arrogance and headed to war. They intended to save the caravan and finish the Muslims. When the caravan was saved, Abū Sufyān said, "We are safe. No need for you to come anymore." But they were too arrogant. They decided to go to Badr. Badr was a place for fairs. There was water and water wells. So they decided to come and have fun by drinking and dancing and to show their strength. So they came.
And when our Prophet heard about their intention, he also went there first with 313 Sahābah and made their plan. He asked for help from Allāh. Our Prophet made a good plan by consulting the Sahābah. Consultation is important. And then he prayed till the morning. And Sahābah also... as it was Ramadān, our Prophet said, "We are about to wage jihād so break your fast." Because there was a need to do so. And with victory sent by Allāh, our Prophet won, shukr to Allāh. It was a great war. Miracles appeared. Angels also fought with our Prophet. Allāh ‘Azza wa-Jalla sent 3,000 Angels, later it says He sent 5,000 Angels. One Angel was enough to destroy all of them but for the honour of our Prophet He sent so many Angels, so that the value of our Prophet would be known.
As we said, one Angel alone could have finished them all.
And in that war the wisdom of Quraysh, all of the 70 kuffār, who oppressed the Muslims, cursed our Prophet, and variously tortured them – all 70 of them were killed and thrown into a dry well. And for all the Sahābah who were present there, Allāh ‘Azza wa-Jalla forgave their sins. As a special favour their past and future sins were forgiven. That was a great holy war. And the names of the Ṣaḥābah who were there are written down. People used to hang their names in their homes. People have forgotten now but this brings barakah to the house, it increases the barakah of the home. Because these holy people, by the order of our Prophet without saying, "We are few, they are so many," asked what to do. And our Prophet – consulted all of them. And Sayyidunā Miqdād said at last, "As you say. We will fight even if there are 100,000 people. If you order us to dive into the sea, we will. We will not say like the Banī Isrā’īl, ‘You go and fight with your Lord and we will wait here.’ Our lives are for you and this way .And in return for this , Allah favoured them forever until Qiyāmah .Their names, glory, and honour are kept forever.
May Allāh bless us with their barakah. May He give us from their strong belief, Insha Allah. It is a very good day. May Allāh bless it for all of us, Insha Allah.
Alhamdulilah we are in month of Ramaḍān. It is very beautiful, very nice month. Every day they have different thing in this month, occasion, and today, 17th of Ramaḍān, it is day of Badr. Badr what meaning? The war, first big war Prophet sallá Llāhu ‘alayhi wa- sallam He declare against his enemy. And it was real example for strong belief for Sahābah, his companions how they was giving everything for Prophet sallá Llāhu ‘alayhi wa-sallam .And the most precious thing they was giving without any fear. any tereddüt – hesitation. Because when this was, like caravan for Quraysh, and Quraysh was every time giving trouble after Prophet sallá Llāhu ‘alayhi wa-sallam he left Makkah to Madīnah and there was no permission for war, to fight. And after, when arrive to Madīnah and still they [Quraysh] are doing, trying to finish Islām, Allāh ‘Azza wa-Jalla He give permission for fighting. "Who fight you, you must fight him. Who make trouble for you, you can fight for him." After this Prophet sallá Llāhu ‘alayhi wa-sallam was, he was sending small groups for, looking for seeing it, but the most important one – this one, Badr, War of Badr, Ghazwat Badr.
And it was... reason for this – the Quraysh they was, they give whole their big caravan going to Damascus for trading and they was maybe more than 300 people guarding this and there is maybe more than 1,000 camels or things full of goods for selling. And they, Sahābah, Prophet sallá Llāhu ‘alayhi wa-sallam, they told by this, he said must take this to make them [Quraysh] feel more weak. So Prophet sallá Llāhu ‘alayhi wa-sallam was going to with this. But the commander of caravan he was Abū Sufyān. Abū Sufyān he was, they are clever people this desert people because they have tough life and small life.
They are very clever. Even fox in desert is more clever than other fox. So they are very clever and he, when he feel this and they told him, he send one to Makkah to ask help for him, to save him from Prophet sallá Llāhu ‘alayhi wa-sallam. And in the while time, he think and make plan going from another way, near seaside. And he save his caravan and he take his way to Makkah. And Prophet saying, hearing this, and he also nothing, so he Prophet sallá Llāhu ‘alayhi wa-sallam saying, hearing this, and he they decide to go to Madīnah.
But while time, this Quraysh and the Makkah people was prepare for fighting and big army they have. But when this news arrive for them from Abū Sufyān – "Don't come. We are safe," they said, very proud, "No. We must go to Badr and we must drink, we must make party, make dancing, singing. We cut camels. We cut sheep to eat and make fun and to tease this people, Muslim." – because Badr is near Madīnah. And when Prophet sallá Llāhu ‘alayhi wa- sallam hearing and ask Sahābah, "What we will do? We go there or we fight them or we go to Madīnah?" So Sahābah, each one giving his idea and the last one he was Miqdād. He said, "O Prophet, sallá Llāhu ‘alayhi wa-sallam, you order us. What your order, we will follow. If there is hundred thousand who can fight without any hesitate. If you order us to go to this sea and we can go without any hesitate."
So Prophet sallá Llāhu ‘alayhi wa-sallam, he decide to go to Badr and they was arriving before Makkah people, mushrik people. And they have take their everything in need for war. They first controlling the water well and after making lines for fighting. And they was, after this fight happen, and al-ḥamdu liLlāh, they was, mushrik they was defeat and they was Muslim won on this and mushrik they lose. And they lose 70 big enemy who was making every bad thing for Muslim in Makkah. This the most proud one, the most strong one, the most richest one. 70 of them who are in the most extremely against Prophet sallá Llāhu ‘alayhi wa-sallam was killed there and 70 take capture. And many all his, their things become for Muslim. And it was real big miracle war this for Prophet sallá Llāhu ‘alayhi wa-sallam. Prophet was whole night not sleeping, making praying for Allāh, asking for victory. And Sahābah, Allāh give them rain for them and make them feeling [falling] in sleep and they was sleep whole night until Fajr. And when wake up they was more powerful strong.
And Allāh send also Angels was fighting with Muslims, with Prophet sallá Llāhu ‘alayhi wa-sallam. And 3,000, after they send 5,000 also. And this it was, one Angel it was enough to finish, to destroy to make it like powder, this mushrik but this is for honour of Prophet sallá Llāhu ‘alayhi wa-sallam, Allāh send all these Angels. And they are, Sahābah of Badr, they was, Allāh ‘Azza wa-Jalla praise them and give them honour and forgive, He forgive them for what they done and what they will do until the end of life. So they was special people and honoured people forever. And not only them, also for Angels. This 8,000 Angels also, they are also from Ashābu l-Badr. Also they are honoured
by this war. And, al-hamdu liLlāh, everything giving us how strong belief we must be; how they was – Sahābah with Prophet sallá Llāhu ‘alayhi wa-sallam; how we must honour them, we must take example from them. And we are, there is in old-time-house they was putting name of these Sahābah, 313 Sahābah, in house for barakah, for good thing, Insha Allah.
Allāh and it was of course Ramadān. It was first Ramadān ordered by Allāh ‘Azza wa- Jalla. But when they was coming to fight, Prophet ask, tell them, "You because you are travelling you must and you are fighting." So it was also permission for when you travelling you can open your fast.
Allāh give us from their barakah, from their īmān, Insha Allah. They are blessed people. They are example for us. Allāh reward them and Allāh give us bless from, for their barakah, Insha Allah.
Wa Minallah at-Tawfeeq, Al-Fatiha.
98.ALL CREATION HAS A SPECIALITY Thursday, 23 May 2019
Assalamu Alaykum wa Rahmatullah wa Barakatuh, Auzu Billahi Minashaytanir Rajeem. Bismillahir Rahmanir Raheem, Wassalatu Wassalamu ala Rasulina Muhammadin Sayyidal Awwalin wal Akhirin, Madad Ya RasulAllah, Madad Ya As’habi RasulAllah, Madad Ya Mashayikhina, Shaykh Abdullah Daghestani, Shaykh Nazim Al-Haqqani. Dastur. Tariqatunas sohba, wa khayru fil jamiyya.
Our Prophet is saying, "Kullun muyassarun limā khuliqa lah." Every person has a skill fitting for their nature. Just as Allāh gives a different appearance to everyone, their skills differ too. Everyone has a speciality. It is a kindness of Allāh for them to be helping and completing each other, to be a community and nation, to be the servants of Allāh, He gave various features to them. When a person has it, he can do some things and cannot other things. People get upset when they can't do something because they put themselves into some frame of mind that everyone should be the same, as if everyone is doing the same thing. If they do one thing, who will do the other thing? That is when it gets mixed up. As a result, people leave this world in sadness without using their specialities.
That speciality, the speciality of dunyā is same for Akhirah. To some, Allāh gives from birth. Some people struggle and reach these ranks later by themselves. The most important thing is education of the ego. Everyone has that skill. But those who are defeated by their ego, who favour their ego, are more than those who defeat their ego. The nafs which follows the ego is "an-nafsu l-ammārah" (commanding self). It orders evil things. It doesn't want goodness. It should go through training to reach "an- nafsulmutma’innah" (self at peace). Until then, it orders only evil. Whatever there is, good or bad, it chooses the bad. If there is clean food, it makes a person eat bad food. When there is halāl, it shows harām. An-nafsu l- ammārah becomes an-nafsu l- muṭma’innah after getting educated. And that is the ego that is trained and becomes a servant of Allāh, having gained His pleasure. It takes people to higher ranks.
As we said, everyone has some virtue. But the most important is that people sometimes cannot educate their ego by themselves. They should be with other people, with a Shaykh. And the duty of the Shaykh given by Allāh is to be with good ones, not giving a chance to bad ones, not even a small chance to the ego. Because when the ego has a chance, it takes you to evil and makes you do evil.
May Allāh let all of us do what we are good at. It is a good thing. Who does it and is happy, enjoys their life. And they are happy with what Allāh gives them. Their lives are good and their Ākhirah is good. May Allāh give this to everyone, Insha Allah.
Prophet sallá Llāhu ‘alayhi wa-sallam saying, "Kullun muyassarun limā khuliqa lah." Hadīth – Allāh give for every person, everyone, everything, even not only human being, other kind of animal or trees or planet or anything – Allāh gives some benefit or for this planet or for thing other then human being. They have special for... some of them poison, some of them cure, some of them give power, some of them give... when they have many thing. But for human being also there is speciality for each person. Each one maybe he can be, can be very good for something he can do, but other side he is not good at all with something. He cannot do this.
Allāh give, He give this speciality for people and people before old-time they was looking – this boy what he is good for. He can be – of course, they was teaching them Qur’ān. They have madrasah for school in mosque, each village. All they was studying there and they was looking after – "This good for to be carpenter; this good for farming; this for looking after animal; this for be maybe doctor; this maybe can be imām; can be scholar." They was sending this people not wasting their time, 10 years, 20 years forcing them to study and something they are not understanding, they are not suitable for this. Allāh He didn't create them to be like this. So old time it was easy. When, many of Awliyā’u Llāh also they was in this madrasah. They are studying and imām he look, "Oh this he is better even than me. I must tell family. Father he can make him to go to madrasah in town." And in town also there madrasah they was, "Oh this very good. He finish everything. We cannot give him any more from our knowledge." So like this it was many scholars, many Awliyā’u Llāh Allāh open for them like this.
But for like this days only they make examination in before university or before school and from this they choose. But this is – many people they are cheat and who are not able, they have not good capacity for what they are studying, many of them they are coming. This is, after this become chaos and no benefit for this and they lose whole years without any good. But – and life it is not so long.
So Prophet, you must accept what Prophet ṣallá Llāhu ‘alayhi wa-sallam saying. Everyone he is, he must look after what he can do. This for dunyā, for Ākhirah also. Some people they are insist to be like a scholar, like imām. Like this also – not everybody can do. Some of them gift from Allāh. Allāh give them and they become ‘ālim, they become murshid or what they are, they have. But there is many people they are forcing. With forcing if you don't have capacity it will be not... Maybe your, with family or father, mother they forcing. But no benefit. The most important here, if they want to be by themself, to follow murshid and to make their ego, to train their ego and to make it good. Because ego all time ordering bad thing. If he said, you see there is good thing and other
bad thing, quickly going after bad thing. This is "nafsu l-ammārah" ordering, meaning ego who is order, order bad thing. After making, training ego become "nafsu l- muṭma’innah" who is accept what Allāh ‘Azza wa-Jalla order.
This is we must try to make our ego. This is important, not other one who years and years, tens of years, going after studying, studying, studying, and after – nothing. When you are with murshid and make your ego to be muṭma’innah, that time you are in succeed. But other is all, all thing you cannot go out of this what you, you are able to do. But for worshipping, ‘ibādah, everybody can do. As much Allāh give him, he will be succeed, Insha Allah.
For this, the most important for everybody to look what it is good, what he can do, because Prophet ṣallá Llāhu ‘alayhi wa-sallam saying don't look out of this. And when you are accept this and you say, "I am carpenter. I can do very well. Other they cannot do like me." "I am farmer. I can plant and do very good garden." Also good. So everybody, if he knows what he is good for this, he is happy and no any sadness, no any stress, no any thing because he couldn't do. "This is what I can do. Allāh create me for to do this. I must do this and accept from Allah“ and Allah He will be happy with you and you will be happy with Allāh. and happy all the time, Insha Allah.
Wa Minallah at-Tawfeeq, Al-Fatiha.
99.MAKE INTENTION FOR I’TIKAF Friday, 24 May 2019
Assalamu Alaykum wa Rahmatullah wa Barakatuh, Auzu Billahi Minashaytanir Rajeem. Bismillahir Rahmanir Raheem, Wassalatu Wassalamu ala Rasulina Muhammadin Sayyidal Awwalin wal Akhirin, Madad Ya RasulAllah, Madad Ya As’habi RasulAllah, Madad Ya Mashayikhina, Shaykh Abdullah Daghestani, Shaykh Nazim Al-Haqqani. Dastur. Tariqatunas sohba, wa khayru fil jamiyya.
Shukr to Allāh, this month of Ramaḍān is a holy month. Every day has a different manifestation. There are beautiful favours, favours of Allāh ‘Azza wa-Jalla. So almost two- thirds of Ramaḍān is over. One third is left – the last ten days. Tomorrow, Insha Allah, it shows ten days on our calendar. Some look at the moon, and then it can be eleven days. From tonight, Insha Allah, the sunnah of i‘tikāf starts.
When our Prophet came to Madīnatu l-Munawwarah, he would do it every year. They would arrange a place in the mosque for our Prophet, making a bed for him to sleep and hanging something like a curtain so he could pray on his own. It was a time for him not to meet with people too much. But of course, fasting is obligatory in i‘tikāf. Because the first i‘tikāf is in Ramaḍān, we are fasting already. And for those who do it, i‘tikāf is sunnah mu’akkadah. It is the sunnah of our Prophet. Even if others don’t do it, that blessing still exists in that country. It is enough for it, Insha Allah. They do the sunnah of our Prophet and don't skip this sunnah.
And ladies can do it in their homes. Men should do it in the masjid or mosque where five prayers a day are performed. They shouldn't leave that mosque. If they do, they should return very quickly. If they stay out for longer than half a day, their i‘tikāf is invalidated. Therefore, at least they should return quickly without delay. People who do it are treated with Allāh's kindness. The reward for it, Allāh says, "I will reward you for good deeds and worship done in Ramaḍān." It is in the sight of Allāh. He didn't want to tell people [how much]. Normally, there is thawāb from 10 to 700. For this it is even more, much more by permission of Allāh. With the generosity of Allāh it will be a lot.
So as we said, this worship can be ten days. Who can't do ten days, can do one or three days. Do as much as you can. But it can't be less than a day. When not in Ramaḍān, when we go to a mosque and intend for i‘tikāf or khalwah, that is different. I‘tikāf of Ramaḍān should be at least 24 hours. Who completes ten days completes the sunnah and gets its reward. We should revive this big sunnah. There are many known and unknown sunnah of our Prophet. We should do from them as much as we can. Because people cannot do all of them but the intention is important.
We make intention to keep the sunnah of our Prophet for Allāh's pleasure. May Allāh be pleased with us. We should make intention to do this. And we should do as much as we can. We should intend all our life to be for the pleasure of Allāh. We should not forget Allāh in Ramaḍān and at all other times. This is dhikr of Allāh, remembrance of Allāh names but continuous dhikr is in the heart, it is the pleasure of Allah. There is dhikr of His. Allāh. All our deeds are for Allāh's pleasure. That is our intention. May Allāh accept it and bless it. And may Allāh reward those going into i‘tikāf, have mercy on their ancestors, and give blessings to them.
May our īmān be strong, Insha Allah. Because īmān is important. At the end of times, there are, not one, but many shayāṭīn trying to destroy people's īmān. For the honour of Ramaḍān, may Allāh put īmān into our hearts. It is a light, a light going into the heart, says our Prophet. May Allāh put that light in our hearts, Insha Allah.
Alhamdulilah we are in Ramaḍān nearly two parts, two-thirds there it is finish. And it was, Alhamdulilah, very blessed, very nice. And Allāh, in this month there is many occasions give for Him to give us from His endless treasure. Alhamdulilah tonight after Maghrib, because we are looking for our calendar [which is] showing in last ten days from tomorrow beginning. But also they must look for moon, who living in country, they are looking for moon. They must follow their country. We cannot, we are here, they make this, who for break fast after ten days we must. But who are living in another country they must wait until this.
Mawlānā Shaykh every time he was saying for ‘Īd don't follow another country. Where you are living in Turkey follow Turkey. You live in Egypt follow Egypt for ‘Īd. Because ‘Īd it is very important you cannot be break your fast when whole people they are fasting and you cannot fast when whole people not fasting also. This is very important and people every time and – and it will be asking for ‘Īd again I think. When it is? You follow I said, Mawlānā was all time saying, "Follow your country. Don't follow..." But for Ramaḍān, beginning of Ramaḍān, maybe you can follow other country but for ‘Īd it is important to be with your people, not outside of people, with jamā‘ah. Jamā‘ah this and because ‘Īd time who forbidden to fast. Alhamdulilah this one point.
Other point, in last ten days of Ramaḍān, Prophet sallá Llāhu ‘alayhi wa-sallam he was very strong sunnah , sunnah mu’akkadah. When he honored Madinah Munawwarah - he live there – he was every year making this i‘tikāf. I‘tikāf meaning to stay in mosque, to take your bed and things and you stay ten days in mosque or masjid or where they are praying five times a day. If there is place they not pray five times, no you cannot do this. But in a place who have mosque five times of praying a day, you can do i‘tikāf. And i‘tikāf you make intention to make i‘tikāf for Allāh ‘Azza wa-Jalla, for sake of Allāh and love of Prophet sallá Llāhu ‘alayhi wa-sallam, to make his sunnah and you stay in
mosque doing your daily practice – reading Qur’ān, making tasbīh, dhikr, mentioning Allāh. You can take lesson for religion lesson – until last day.
And i‘tikāf can be one day and more but not less than one day in Ramaḍān. But other times when we go to for mosque or other, we intend "Nawaytu sunnata l-I‘tikāf" as you are in mosque Allāh reward you for this. But i‘tikāf with for Ramaḍān must be at least one day, from one day to ten days, how many days they can do. And you must be in mosque, not going out, one day. Or maybe three, four hour you can be outside but must be after coming inside mosque again. To make your be cleaning and other thing you can do but most of time, the majority of time, you must be in mosque. You can eat and, but of course after ifṭār. No need to special food, [un]like khalwah. You can eat anything and it is sunnah giving bless for you, for your family, for your ancestor, and keep your belief more stronger.
Because belief in these days they are attacking by many shayṭān, many. Not only iblīs, there is more shayṭān than iblīs people around world. For this, Insha Allah, with who make i‘tikāf, with this Allāh give power for belief for around you also, Insha Allah. It is very blessed one and Allāh reward for this. For Ramaḍān reward, Allāh He said, "I am only. I am not saying for how many I will give. I will give," and He the Generous when give, not giving small thing. Normally giving from ten times to seven hundred times but this it will must be much, much more from this.
Allāh make barakah for Ummah and Allāh, with this i‘tikāf niyet, to intention – it is very important. We must have this intention every time to make our Lord pleased with us. Not only in Ramaḍān, other day, whole life. Our intention it must be like this and intention it is very good, for Prophet ṣallá Llāhu ‘alayhi wa-sallam saying, "Niyyatu l- mar'i khayrun min ‘amalih." The intention of person better than his, what he will do. Because our, what we doing, we are nothing. Our whole, our, we don't [how] to know make ablution even. So all our deed it's nothing. For this, intention important. Prophet ṣallá Llāhu ‘alayhi wa-sallam saying this and Allāh give, Alhamdulilah, also good tiding from Prophet ṣallá Llāhu ‘alayhi wa-sallam. Allāh giving for people for their intention. Alhamdulilah, this is good because if with our deeds it is terrible, it will be terrible for us. Alhamdulilah, thank you for Prophet sallá Llāhu ‘alayhi wa-sallam. We thank Allāh ‘Azza wa-Jalla for His gift which we are, we we cannot reach with our deed.
Allāh make Ramaḍān mubarak. Allāh save you with your family and to make next Ramaḍān more better Insha Allah. Maybe with Sayyidunā l-Mahdī ‘alayhi s-salām.
Wa Minallah at-Tawfeeq, Al-Fatiha.
100.EXTREME LOSERS Saturday, 25 May 2019
Assalamu Alaykum wa Rahmatullah wa Barakatuh, Auzu Billahi Minashaytanir Rajeem. Bismillahir Rahmanir Raheem, Wassalatu Wassalamu ala Rasulina Muhammadin Sayyidal Awwalin wal Akhirin, Madad Ya RasulAllah, Madad Ya As’habi RasulAllah, Madad Ya Mashayikhina, Shaykh Abdullah Daghestani, Shaykh Nazim Al-Haqqani. Dastur. Tariqatunas sohba, wa khayru fil jamiyya.
Bismillahir Rahmanir Raheem. Allāh ‘Azza wa-Jalla is saying, "Lā jarama annahum fi l- ākhirati humu l-akhsarūn" (11:22). Aw mā ma‘nāh. Those who deny Ākhirah, who are proud their pride brings them harm. Who deny Ākhirah are extreme losers because they didn't do anything. All they did is wrong; rebelling, coming against Allāh, following their desires and ego. So they scattered everything without seeing. "There is nothing after all. We close our eyes and there is nothing." In fact, that is the time, that is the time. After that regret is useless. We are seeing everywhere in the world now arrogant people say, "We don't act based on what others say. We have brains. We are smart. We won't follow anyone. What we follow is only our mind. Other people are stupid and crazy. They shouldn't be followed. They believe everyone and we are not like that." When they don't believe, they become losers, al-akhsarūn, says Allāh ‘Azza wa-Jalla. Those who don't believe in Ākhirah are losers. Whereas they say, "We are clever" they are not clever. They are idiots. Because Allāh created everything. Everything is created from His existence, not otherwise. Everything has a spirit and soul. And that soul is by the order of Allāh. A soul is the secret of Allāh which is not open to people. When it is there, things move. When Allāh pulls that secret away from a creature, from a person, an animal and other things, it becomes a log, a carcass, and dies. Nothing more.
People who say they are clever and show pride, Allāh ‘Azza wa-Jalla calls – al-akhsarūn. They follow their desires. These people don't know Allāh. Allāh doesn't oppress anyone. If they get rid of their pride they will reach happiness. That is why they say when you have even as much
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