Suhbah 2023: Maulana Shaykh Mehmet Adil ar-Rabbani (375 suhbah, 886 pages, 24/50)
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THE SECRET FOR OPENING HEARTS Thursday, 22 June 2023 / 4 Dhul Hijjah 1444 Fajr Prayer, Akbaba Dergah.
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, wakhayru fil jamiyya.
Bismillahir Rahmanir Raheem: “Faman Yuridi Allāhu `An Yahdiyahu Yashraĥ Şadrahu Lil`islām’’ “So whoever Allah wants to guide, He opens his breast to Islam.’’ (Qur’ān 06:125). ṢadaqaLlāhu l-‘Aẓīm.
When Allah Azza wa-Jalla wishes goodness to a servant, He opens his heart towards Islam. He finds contentment with Islam. Who is content with Islam will be happy with everything.
People are looking for happiness. Allah ‘Azza wa-Jalla says happiness is in Islam. For the heart to be at peace, only when Allah wishes you goodness and opens your heart towards Islam, you will be happy. Otherwise, you will feel tight in your chest and as if your soul is coming to your throat.
If the heart is not open, if there is no peace in the heart, whatever you give it from outside, it won’t feel better. It won’t be satisfied. It won’t be relieved or happy. Whatever you give it from outside, it won’t work. Only Iman that enters from inside brings relief to the heart. It opens the heart. The rest of what you give from outside, Kufr and badness make it worse. It becomes worse. There is no benefit but harm.Allah ‘Azza waJalla created it like this and wants it this way. But Allah ‘Azza waJalla showed the way to people so that they turn to this way. It is a secret of
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Allah ‘Azza wa-Jalla. He knows His work Himself. We don`t know it. We cannot interfere in the work of Allah ‘Azza wa-Jalla.
The result is what is important. Therefore, in order for people to get rid of hardship, sadness and sorrow, they must turn to Allah ‘Azza waJalla. They must go straight towards Allah ‘Azza wa-Jalla. Whoever turns to Him, Allah ‘Azza wa-Jalla says, “If My servant approaches Me, I will approach him”. Certainly, the great being of Allah ‘Azza wa-Jalla is not according to our imagination. His body is not like the body of anything.
“Laysa kamithlihishay’un’’”There is nothing like unto Him.’’(Qur’ān : 42:11)Nothing is like Him But the meaning is that when a servant turns to Allah. Allah turns to the servant.
A servant must put effort. If the servant is lazy and does everything but then strives to open his heart and make it beautiful, he won’t attain anything. Only when he turns to Allah ‘Azza wa-Jalla and asks for His pleasure, his heart will open and be relieved.
May Allah open our hearts Insha Allah. May they be filled with the light of Iman. When they are filled with light, there are all kinds of goodness and beauty.
Wa Minallah at-Tawfeeq, Al-Fatiha.
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VIRTUES OF HAJJ ARE INCOMPARABLE Friday, 23 June 2023 / 5 Dhul Hijjah 1444 Fajr Prayer, Akbaba Dergah.
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, wakhayru fil jamiyya.
Bismillahir Rahmanir Raheem:“Wa li-Llahi ‘ala n-Nasi Ĥijju Al-Bayti Mani Astaţā`a `IlayhiSabīlā”, “And [due] to Allah from the people is a pilgrimage to the House for whoever is able to find thereto a way.” (Qur’an 03:97).
We are in the days of Hajj. These holy days remind us about Hajj. The most blessed days are the first ten days and nights of Dhu l-Hijjah. Allah ‘Azza waJalla has made them holy. They have a lot of virtue.
Wherever there are Muslims, as they go to Hajj from all over places, there is even more virtue. Because a prayer performed at Ka’bah is 100,000 times better than a prayer performed outside. It is same with charity done there. Everything is 100,000 times more. They are favors from Allah. They are favors to Hajjis who come to the house of Allah ‘Azza wa-Jalla.
Hajj is the gift of Allah to Muslims and believers. It is Fard to those who are able to go. Performing it brings a lot of virtue, because other worships cannot reach the virtue of Hajj. Even if you make Umrah all your life, you cannot attain Thawab of one Hajj. Hajj is different as it is Fard. Fard worship cannot be compared to Sunnah or Nafl worship. You can-
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not attain the virtue of one Fard prayer if you perform your prayer with the intention of Sunnah all your life without praying Fard. Also, Shukr to Allah, the religion of Islam is the true religion. Other people, nonMuslims go here and there to become Hajji. They are not Hajjis. So even this is enough for them to become Muslim, because Hajj is on the day appointed by Allah ‘Azza wa-Jalla once a year. Its worship, Fard to be performed and places are known. If you stay in other places, your Hajj won’t be accepted. If you do other things, your Hajj won’t be accepted.
Others say, “I went to Rome and became a Hajji. I went here and became a Hajji. I went to Spain and became a Hajji”. They have made it up as they like and changed the religion according to their minds. The religion is one. The religion of Islam of Allah ‘Azza wa-Jalla is the most perfect religion from all aspects. For people who have mind and who accept the truth, there is enough proof to follow this religion. And the matter of Hajj is one of the proofs. It is the biggest one.
It is not like other things. It is not like other religions that people have made up. The days, months, Fard and Sunnah for people that Allah ‘Azza wa-Jalla put Barakah in and appreciated are done so in the most perfect way. And there is great virtue for those who follow them.
It is not considered easy. Hajj is difficult. Therefore, people who go to Hajj should not complain and say it was difficult for them. They may sometimes have a hard time. But the more they suffer, the more Thawab they attain. May Allah bless it for Hajjis.
May He let those who haven’t been there to go. And may He give from that virtue to those who are there in these holy days Insha Allah.
Wa Minallah at-Tawfeeq, Al-Fatiha.
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Shukr to Allah, our brothers have recited and sent from all over the world Qur’an Khatms, Yasin, Surahs, Ayat, Tasbihat, Tahlilat, Takbirat, Salawat.
May Allah ‘Azza wa-Jalla accept what they have recited especially for today in these holy days Insha Allah.
We gift them firstly to the great soul of our Holy Prophet, his Ahlu lBayt and Sahabah, to the souls of all Anbiya, Asfiya, Awliya and our Mashayikh, the souls of our late relatives, the souls of all Mu’mins and Mu’minahs, Muslims and Muslimah.
For goodness to come and evil to be gone.
Li-Llahi Ta’ala l-Fatiha.
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THE PERMITTED AND FORBIDDEN ATTRIBUTES Saturday, 24 June 2023 / 6 Dhul Hijjah 1444 Fajr Prayer, Akbaba Dergah.
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, wakhayru fil jamiyya.
Bismillahir Rahmanir Raheem: “Wa man yuqashuh-ha nafsihi fa ula’ikahumu l-muflihun’’‘‘And whoever is protected from the stinginess of his soul it is those who will be the successful.’’ ṢadaqaLlāhu l‘Aẓīm.(Qur’ān 59:09).
Allah ‘‘Azza wa-Jalla says a person who gets rid of the stinginess of his ego is saved and attains goodness. He will be successful.
The ego misleads people in everything and doesn’t want goodness for them, whereas it is good for the ego as well. However, the ego deals with worldly matters. It doesn’t care much about Akhirah, because there is Kufr in ego. There is no Iman. You must invite your ego to Iman. When there is Iman, both you and your ego are at ease. Nevertheless, no matter how much Iman a person has, it reverses immediately when it has a chance.
Therefore, you must do things your ego doesn’t like. The ego likes greediness. A person who gets rid of greediness becomes among the beloved servants of Allah. Because greediness is an attribute disliked by Allah. And generosity is a loved attribute by Allah.
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All the best attributes are of Allah ‘Azza wa-Jalla. Among them is generosity. Generous are all the Prophets who didn’t look at worldly things at all, and never asked for anything from anyone. They didn’t need anything others could give. They asked directly from Allah ‘Azza wa-Jalla. Those who ask from Him don’t demand gratitude from anyone and don’t expect it from anyone. They just do for the pleasure of Allah ‘Azza waJalla. Those things done are goodness. Things done for the benefit of this world are useless.
So don’t like the greediness of your ego. It doesn’t have any side to like. Generosity is the beautiful attribute. It is the attribute of Allah ‘Azza wa-Jalla and the attribute of our Holy Prophet. Take on that attribute.
There are some attributes that Allah ‘Azza wa-Jalla gave everyone to have. And there are some attributes that belong only to Him. And there are attributes that are given to everyone. Allah is Al-Ghani. Allah is generous. These are the accepted attributes. Pride and Al-Mutakabbir (the Supreme) are unique to Allah. They are not for you. Only Allah ‘Azza wa-Jalla can be proud and supreme. The greatest is Allah ‘Azza wa-Jalla.
As we said, imitating some attributes is good for us. But some attributes are forbidden. Imitating and taking on the good attributes of Allah which are permitted and not the forbidden ones increases your rank. It increases your virtue.
May Allah dress us in those beautiful attributes Insha Allah.
Wa Minallah at-Tawfeeq, Al-Fatiha.
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THE QURBAN OF EID Sunday, 25 June 2023 / 7 Dhul Hijjah 1444 Fajr Prayer, Akbaba Dergah.
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, wakhayru fil jamiyya.
Shukr to Allah we are in these holy days. The name of Eid ul-Adha speaks for itself we must slaughter Qurban. It is Wajib to slaughter it for those who have Nisab as long as they are mature. It is not necessary for children. Someone who is mature and has Nisab which means he has around 100 grams in a year, it is Wajib for him to make Qurban according to Hanafi Madhhab. According to other Madhhabs, it is Sunnah Mu’akkadah.It is the duty that our Holy Prophet sallaLlāhu ‘alayhi wasallam did every year both as Wajib and as Sunnah Muakkadah, as the duty you have to carry out. It is the duty that Muslims should and can do. There is great wisdom in it. And there is great Thawab given by Allah. Our Holy Prophet sallaLlāhu‘alayhi wa-sallam says you benefit from it and you attain great Thawab. There is Thawab for each hair of slaughtered Qurban. There is Thawab in each blood that flows out.
And then you can either distribute Qurban, or eat it yourself. Poor and needy ones may eat it. They can keep it however they want, or eat it completely. There is no problem and no sin for eating it. But as a principle, one third remains at home, one third is given to friends, and one third is given to poor ones.Of course, it is best to stand by Qurban and slaughter it yourself. It is better, but there is no such opportunity these days to do so. Therefore, many people appoint someone else to slaughter it. They do it here or in another place. It is better to slaughter in your
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place. But as there are poor people all over the world, it is ok to do that so that there is benefit to Muslims. Some poor people eat meat once a year and some even once in a couple of years. Therefore, there is no problem in sending it to other places by appointing someone and having it slaughtered on your behalf.Certainly, when Qurban is made, two Rakā’at Sunnah prayer must be performed. Accordingly, if you can’t do it at the same time, you can find out when it is slaughtered and pray two Rakā’at on the same or the next day. Doing that brings great benefit to people.When you appoint someone for Qurban, you say your name and your mother’s name, and tell him you make him your Wakeel (proxy). Or you may be Wakeel for someone who wants to make Qurban. And they must say there is permission for it. Sometimes they appoint someone without giving names. That may be ok according to their intention. However, it is necessary to give the names. We should not ignore this.
The religion of Islam is the true religion. It has shown and told the ‘Adaab and principles of everything. It is much more virtuous to follow these ‘Adaab and principles. If you do it without knowing or forget it, Allah will accept it according to your intention insha’Allah. May Allah bless it. May Helet us make Qurban, because as we said, making Qurban brings Barakah and there is benefit to us. It is a great favor and great benefit from all aspects.Whoever can make Qurban should certainly do it. If he can’t do it himself, as we said, now is not like in old times. In old times, they used to bring Qurban home. Everyone slaughtered it in their homes and distributed it. Nowadays, there is not much opportunity for it. Therefore, there are places where they do it and places where you can send it. Doing this will bring great benefit to Muslims with the permission of Allah. There will be Barakah and you will attain Thawab. May Allah accept it.
May Allah let us reach many more years Insha Allah.
Wa Minallah at-Tawfeeq, Al-Fatiha.
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ASK IN THESE PRECIOUS DAYS Monday, 26 June 2023 / 8 Dhul Hijjah 1444
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, wakhayru fil jamiyya.
Shukr to Allāh for favours He gives. Today is one of the most blessed days. The ten days of Dhū l-Ḥijjah, or its thirteen days, are all blessed. The virtue of these days starts at the beginning of the month. Today is the day before Yawmu‘Arafah. It is called Yawmu t-Tarwiyah.
Tarwiyah means to be given water. It means drinking water from the pool of Kawthar of Allāh ‘Azza wa-Jalla and our Holy Prophet, Insha Allah. Today is a blessed day. Whoever can, should fast on these nine days, or on the eighth and ninth. Fasting on Yawmu t-Tarwiyah and Yawmu‘Arafah, the day of ‘Arafah, is counted as fasting for a year. Today is from such virtuous days. The value of these days is very high. They say, it is “something money cannot buy“. Even if the whole world is yours, without belief it has no value. Who attains the bounty of today attains something much more valuable than all of this.
These days we see, may Allāh protect us, people who have riches, wealth and all kinds of ranks and positions in their lives. But there comes a day – may Allāh not show that day to anyone, to any believer – that they lose everything. Does anything remain from those days they enjoyed so much? Nothing remains at all. They say what remains is a bitter memory. A bitter memory of what they have lost; but that is not something that lasts. Or else a day comes and people leave all of that and pass away. They bother people every year, saying there are so
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many rich people, people with so much wealth and possessions. Are such people able to take anything with them to the next life? They are not.
You are th e ones who will take it with you. These favours are eternal – these beauties granted to you by Allāh, this worship and ṣadaqah, charity, destined for you by Allāh. All thanks to Allāh, the ḥajjīs are starting to move towards ‘Arafāt today. Even though these beauties are difficult, they are permanent. You won`t leave them behind with permission of Allāh. They will stay with you. They are with you in the grave and on the Maḥshar. And they will be with you forever in Paradise with permission of Allāh. The rest... they list many names now. There is a new millionaire or billionaire every day. People look up to them and wish they had the same. So what if you have it? So what if they have it? It won`t remain with them. And it won`t remain with you. What will remain is Allāh. What is permanent is obedience to Allāh. Therefore, know the virtue of these days. Appreciate these days. Benefit from them. May we benefit from them and may Allāh make us from His beloved servants, Insha Allah.
May these days be blessed. Shukr to Allāh, we were meant to be here in the presence of Mawlānā Shaykh Nāẓim. We are with him. May Allāh be pleased with our ḥajjīs. May Allāh accept their ḥajj. They are on ḥajj. Our heart is with them, Insha Allah. May we have from the rewards given to them, Insha Allah. May Allāhbless these days, Insha Allah. How lucky are we, how lucky are the Muslims. We have to appreciate this. How lucky are those on the way of Allāh. How lucky are those who win ākhirah. Other things cannot make you happy. There are many meaningless words. Don`t listen to them. Be with Allāh. Don`t be afraid. Don`t be afraid in dunyā and ākhirah with permission of Allāh. Alhamdulilah, we are reaching today the most blessed days of [the] year, which Allāh gave for believers. For mu’min, Muslim people, the most precious thing, this. Real one. Real jewel, real diamond, not like glass. They give stone, glass, and mix with diamond. The real one: this, which it is the best thing for human being, the most valuable thing. Everybody
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running after money, running after many thing. But this thing, the valuable [things] of this world, not forever.
Even, many people, they become rich, they become high position, they become successful in life – and suddenly something happen. They are losing everything. Nothing left for them. What benefit? They will be happy, what the nice day, good, happy thing[s] they happen for them? If they lose this, they will be happy with the memory of what they had? No, it will be bitter memory for them. Because they are suffering now. Nothing in their hand, nothing left for them. Just they`re kicked out from their position, or they bankrupt, or they become ill, or become, this.
The important thing not what you get, you left. But you will be taken. To be whole time like happy – and even [when] everyone is happy, nothing happen for them – no bankrupt, they are still in that position – but some day it will come, and they will leave everything. And not taking anything, and they will be throwing in a hole. Or now, [there is a] new fashion for this people. They don`t like to leave anything, even for them. They thought they will be safe. They burn themselves and throw their ashes in [the] air. This is not a solution.
The real precious thing, what believers they have. Everything they have, this not will be left behind of them, when they are leaving this world. They passing away, all these things they will come with them, especially in grave. It is graveyard, in grave it is the most, first difficult place. In this place, you find your good deed, what you do good thing, you will be find[ing] first in grave. And when you find this in grave, other you are safe. In grave, after grave, in Day of Resurrection and in Paradise. Forever it will be this with you. Not left you. Like this people, who have, if their whole, now they are try[ing] to be new... They say for themselves, “I am your lord, I am your god,“ like old people. This ego, they have this. Everyone, [he] can say for himself. But, after this, there will be nothing left for them. Earth, money, everything, they will leave here, and they will go without anything.
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The most important thing, the precious thing, this is. And we are living in days, very precious day. Today, all this... from Dhū l-Ḥijjah, until ten. And after ten also, ‘Īd day, also very precious. And today also, Yawmu t-Tarwiyah, meaning which is giving water. This water of Ḥawḍu lKawthar, from Prophet ṣalláLlāhu‘alayhi wa-sallam, Insha Allah. Tomorrow, Yawmu‘Arafah, ‘Arafah day, which Prophet ṣalláLlāhu‘alayhi wasallam encouraging people to fast this day. Because when you fast day of ‘Arafah, Allāh forgive you for one year and more – what you have before, also. And you make praying, ṣalawāt, tasbīḥat, everything you give –Allāh giving more and more from His endless treasures, Insha Allah.
Today, Alhamdulilah, ḥajjī, pilgrammage people, ḥajjī people, they are moving to ‘Arafāt today, slowly, slowly. Tomorrow, they will stay there. And Alhamdulilah, our brother and nephew, our murīd brothers, many people they are in ḥajj. Allāh accept their ḥajj, and reward for them, and give us. Because we are also, we like to be in ḥajj with them. Allāh He is generous. He gave us as they have from reward, Insha Allah. This is a gift from Allāh. We are poor, we are asking from the Most Generous One, Allāh‘Azza wa-Jalla. And He is generous, He not make people who ask, without giving.
We ask Him. You ask. Don`t worry. If you ask anybody from people, they can give for some limit. But, Allāh ‘Azza wa-Jalla, no limit for Him. You can ask everything. Ask for, first, for strong belief, for love of Allāh, love of Prophet ṣalláLlāhu‘alayhi wa-sallam. Ask for rizq also, ask for health, for shifā’. For everything you ask, don`t [be] ashamed. He is your Lord. He knows you. And no need to [be] ashamed from Allāh when you ask Him. Ask Him Insha Allah. Allah give us every good thing Insha Allah.
Wa Minallah at-Tawfeeq, Al-Fatiha.
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UNDER THE SHOWER OF MERCY Tuesday, 27 June 2023 / 9 Dhul Hijjah 1444 Lefke, Cyprus.
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, wakhayru fil jamiyya.
LabbaykaLlāhummalabbayk. Labbaykalāsharīkalakalabbayk. Inna lḥamda, wa n-niʻmata, lakawa-l-mulk, lāsharīkalak. Allāhu Akbar, Allāhu Akbar, lāilāhaillāLlāhuwa-Llāhuakbar. Allāhu Akbar waliLlāhi l-ḥamd. Alhamdulillah this Day of Arafat is a blessed day. In shā’aLlāh may this reward be written to you and to us in shā’aLlāh.
This beautiful and blessed time now is the time when Hajjis stand at Arafat. Hajj makes people virtuous and is a means to all kinds of goodness. Therefore, to perform Hajj is Fard (obligatory). Fard are things that are of great benefit to people. They are worships that are beneficial in a person’s life. Among worship, the Fard are works that have great benefits. The works of Dunyā are in vain. The works of Ākhirah are beneficial and true works. How lucky are those who can do them! It is a pity for those who could not do them, and those who had the opportunity and did not do them. What a pity! It is a pity for the person who does not do them, meaning who neglects them and does not do them even though he could.
But of course, the situation of the world now does not allow it. In old times, going to Hajj was a great burden. Few people could go. They were also of benefit for themselves and others also. In the present time it is easier, but this time there are other obstacles.
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So the worship of Hajj is as ordered by Allah `Azza wa-Jalla, “Wa-lillāhiʿalā nnasi ḥijju l-bayti mani staṭāʿailayhisabīla.” (3:97) Hajj is obligatory for everyone, but it is to whom is capable in terms of the way, money and health. Shukr to Allah, He didn’t say that you must go in all cases.
When you have the opportunity, when the ways are opened, when you have a visa now this issue has come up, and it has become an obstacle. Some people in old times used to be able to go after five or six years. Even some could go after ten years, they say. Now there are some people who have been waiting for fifteen years. They are waiting because the permit has not been issued yet, the visa has not been issued. This is another obstacle. This is also by Allah’s wisdom.
Therefore, when one has the opportunity, let him do this worship. He should certainly do it, for the greatest benefit is that he will be cleansed of all his sins. Whatever burdens he has and sins he has done, he gets rid of them. It`s like being born again by his mother. He comes without any sin with Allah’s permission. This is an important thing. Of course, if there is a servant’s right, that is another matter. He needs to be forgiven, just as Allah ‘Azza wa-Jalla is forgiving and cleansing all the rights that are the rights of Allah ‘Azza wa-Jalla.
Our Prophet ṣalláLlahu’alayhi wa-sallam says that whoever is not in Hajj but fasts today, the Day of Arafat, the sins of the past year and a year ahead are forgiven; which means two years. The rights of Allah ‘Azza wa-Jalla from worship and other things, all of the sins done are forgiven. And that is not including the servants’ rights. This is also a great mercy of Allah and a grace of Allah to people. If it is according to mankind’s own mind, people will not forgive the things done. Which means he does not forgive the things done to him. But the word of Allah `Azza wa-Jalla is true and the word of our Holy Prophet is true. All sins are forgiven. But Insha Allah, we must also repent and not return to those sins. Sins are not a good thing. They are a bad thing. Even if forgiven, not doing it again is a great goodness for people. Committing
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sins is badness. People do goodness to themselves, and people do badness to themselves. The biggest enemy for mankind is his own ego. The badness done by their egos are forgiven Insha Allah for those who have fasted and those who went to Hajj. But he shouldn`t do it a second time. He must control his ego and not do all of them at least. Some people forbid themselves, they control their egos. Sin is something that has no goodness at all. It has a lot of evil, and no goodness at all.
But still, this opportunity exists because by Allah ‘Azza waJalla’s mercy the Door of Repentance is not closed. The meaning of the Ayah: O people who do badness, O people who commit sins, O people who do all kinds of inappropriate things, do not despair of Allah’s mercy. Allah forgives all sins. Therefore, the person who is a Muslim and does not leave faith, does not leave Islam and does not go into Kufr, Allah forgives him for all kinds of sins he has done. And he will take care of the servant’s right by himself.
So today is a blessed day. May Allah grant us all a good life with Iman and Islam Insha Allah, with Barakah and all kinds of goodness. May He facilitate what is good for us. May we be make our lives according to Allah’s pleasure Insha Allah. Today, these hours until the evening are the most blessed times. It is one of the most blessed days of the year. At least recite a thousand Ikhlas, Salawat, Tahlil, Takbir, Qur`an, whatever you can do, make Duas also, Allah accepts them Insha Allah.
May Allahbless you. May Allah make us reach better years. May we be together with Mahdi ‘alayhi s-salām, Sahibu z-Zaman Insha Allah.
Wa Minallah at-Tawfeeq, Al-Fatiha.
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BE HAPPY WITH ALLAH’S GIFT Wednesday, 28 June 2023 / 10 Dhul Hijjah 1444 Lefke, Cyprus.
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, wakhayru fil jamiyya.
‘Īd Mubarak! ‘Īdu l-Aḍḥā, the feast of ḥajj! They used to call it the feast of ḥajjis in Cyprus. May it be blessed! May it be good Insha Allah. May we reach many more years when Islām spreads all over the world Insha Allah. We are reaching Mahdī ‘alayhi s-salām. We are waiting for him Insha Allah. Because Islām is good for all people. It is a favour given by Allāh ‘Azza wa-Jalla to people. In order for all people to attain it Insha Allah, Mahdī ‘alayhi s-salām will come and make all the world Muslim with the permission of Allāh. The promise of Allāh ‘Azza wa-Jalla is true. The promise of our Holy Prophet and everything he said is true. Everything will happen Insha Allah.
‘Īd, these feasts, shukr to Allāh are the good days Allāh ‘Azza waJalla told about. And we have ‘Īd treats. Just like children wait for their treats, Allāh ‘Azza wa-Jalla gives us too. We are Allāh`s servants. In order to celebrate ‘Īd, sulṭāns used to treat guests who visited them. Allāh ‘Azza wa-Jalla is Sulṭān of all sulṭāns. Certainly, He has treats for us in these beautiful days, both spiritual and physical. Spiritual ones are better and more beautiful. We must make shukr to Allāh for reaching these blessed days. When people know this and rejoice, they receive from the beneficence of Allāh. Allāh likes it when we know this, when we understand these beautiful favours of Allāh ‘Azza waJalla and make shukr for them. If we say “What is this feast?“ it becomes of no benefit. Or they say, “I don`t want ‘Īd. I am performing my worship anyway.” No! There
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must be joy on these feasts. Because we are lucky servants of Allāh to have deserved this.
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THE SECRET FOR OPENING HEARTS Thursday, 22 June 2023 / 4 Dhul Hijjah 1444 Fajr Prayer, Akbaba Dergah.
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, wakhayru fil jamiyya.
Bismillahir Rahmanir Raheem: “Faman Yuridi Allāhu `An Yahdiyahu Yashraĥ Şadrahu Lil`islām’’ “So whoever Allah wants to guide, He opens his breast to Islam.’’ (Qur’ān 06:125). ṢadaqaLlāhu l-‘Aẓīm.
When Allah Azza wa-Jalla wishes goodness to a servant, He opens his heart towards Islam. He finds contentment with Islam. Who is content with Islam will be happy with everything.
People are looking for happiness. Allah ‘Azza wa-Jalla says happiness is in Islam. For the heart to be at peace, only when Allah wishes you goodness and opens your heart towards Islam, you will be happy. Otherwise, you will feel tight in your chest and as if your soul is coming to your throat.
If the heart is not open, if there is no peace in the heart, whatever you give it from outside, it won’t feel better. It won’t be satisfied. It won’t be relieved or happy. Whatever you give it from outside, it won’t work. Only Iman that enters from inside brings relief to the heart. It opens the heart. The rest of what you give from outside, Kufr and badness make it worse. It becomes worse. There is no benefit but harm.Allah ‘Azza waJalla created it like this and wants it this way. But Allah ‘Azza waJalla showed the way to people so that they turn to this way. It is a secret of
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Allah ‘Azza wa-Jalla. He knows His work Himself. We don`t know it. We cannot interfere in the work of Allah ‘Azza wa-Jalla.
The result is what is important. Therefore, in order for people to get rid of hardship, sadness and sorrow, they must turn to Allah ‘Azza waJalla. They must go straight towards Allah ‘Azza wa-Jalla. Whoever turns to Him, Allah ‘Azza wa-Jalla says, “If My servant approaches Me, I will approach him”. Certainly, the great being of Allah ‘Azza wa-Jalla is not according to our imagination. His body is not like the body of anything.
“Laysa kamithlihishay’un’’”There is nothing like unto Him.’’(Qur’ān : 42:11)Nothing is like Him But the meaning is that when a servant turns to Allah. Allah turns to the servant.
A servant must put effort. If the servant is lazy and does everything but then strives to open his heart and make it beautiful, he won’t attain anything. Only when he turns to Allah ‘Azza wa-Jalla and asks for His pleasure, his heart will open and be relieved.
May Allah open our hearts Insha Allah. May they be filled with the light of Iman. When they are filled with light, there are all kinds of goodness and beauty.
Wa Minallah at-Tawfeeq, Al-Fatiha.
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VIRTUES OF HAJJ ARE INCOMPARABLE Friday, 23 June 2023 / 5 Dhul Hijjah 1444 Fajr Prayer, Akbaba Dergah.
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, wakhayru fil jamiyya.
Bismillahir Rahmanir Raheem:“Wa li-Llahi ‘ala n-Nasi Ĥijju Al-Bayti Mani Astaţā`a `IlayhiSabīlā”, “And [due] to Allah from the people is a pilgrimage to the House for whoever is able to find thereto a way.” (Qur’an 03:97).
We are in the days of Hajj. These holy days remind us about Hajj. The most blessed days are the first ten days and nights of Dhu l-Hijjah. Allah ‘Azza waJalla has made them holy. They have a lot of virtue.
Wherever there are Muslims, as they go to Hajj from all over places, there is even more virtue. Because a prayer performed at Ka’bah is 100,000 times better than a prayer performed outside. It is same with charity done there. Everything is 100,000 times more. They are favors from Allah. They are favors to Hajjis who come to the house of Allah ‘Azza wa-Jalla.
Hajj is the gift of Allah to Muslims and believers. It is Fard to those who are able to go. Performing it brings a lot of virtue, because other worships cannot reach the virtue of Hajj. Even if you make Umrah all your life, you cannot attain Thawab of one Hajj. Hajj is different as it is Fard. Fard worship cannot be compared to Sunnah or Nafl worship. You can-
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not attain the virtue of one Fard prayer if you perform your prayer with the intention of Sunnah all your life without praying Fard. Also, Shukr to Allah, the religion of Islam is the true religion. Other people, nonMuslims go here and there to become Hajji. They are not Hajjis. So even this is enough for them to become Muslim, because Hajj is on the day appointed by Allah ‘Azza wa-Jalla once a year. Its worship, Fard to be performed and places are known. If you stay in other places, your Hajj won’t be accepted. If you do other things, your Hajj won’t be accepted.
Others say, “I went to Rome and became a Hajji. I went here and became a Hajji. I went to Spain and became a Hajji”. They have made it up as they like and changed the religion according to their minds. The religion is one. The religion of Islam of Allah ‘Azza wa-Jalla is the most perfect religion from all aspects. For people who have mind and who accept the truth, there is enough proof to follow this religion. And the matter of Hajj is one of the proofs. It is the biggest one.
It is not like other things. It is not like other religions that people have made up. The days, months, Fard and Sunnah for people that Allah ‘Azza wa-Jalla put Barakah in and appreciated are done so in the most perfect way. And there is great virtue for those who follow them.
It is not considered easy. Hajj is difficult. Therefore, people who go to Hajj should not complain and say it was difficult for them. They may sometimes have a hard time. But the more they suffer, the more Thawab they attain. May Allah bless it for Hajjis.
May He let those who haven’t been there to go. And may He give from that virtue to those who are there in these holy days Insha Allah.
Wa Minallah at-Tawfeeq, Al-Fatiha.
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Shukr to Allah, our brothers have recited and sent from all over the world Qur’an Khatms, Yasin, Surahs, Ayat, Tasbihat, Tahlilat, Takbirat, Salawat.
May Allah ‘Azza wa-Jalla accept what they have recited especially for today in these holy days Insha Allah.
We gift them firstly to the great soul of our Holy Prophet, his Ahlu lBayt and Sahabah, to the souls of all Anbiya, Asfiya, Awliya and our Mashayikh, the souls of our late relatives, the souls of all Mu’mins and Mu’minahs, Muslims and Muslimah.
For goodness to come and evil to be gone.
Li-Llahi Ta’ala l-Fatiha.
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THE PERMITTED AND FORBIDDEN ATTRIBUTES Saturday, 24 June 2023 / 6 Dhul Hijjah 1444 Fajr Prayer, Akbaba Dergah.
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, wakhayru fil jamiyya.
Bismillahir Rahmanir Raheem: “Wa man yuqashuh-ha nafsihi fa ula’ikahumu l-muflihun’’‘‘And whoever is protected from the stinginess of his soul it is those who will be the successful.’’ ṢadaqaLlāhu l‘Aẓīm.(Qur’ān 59:09).
Allah ‘‘Azza wa-Jalla says a person who gets rid of the stinginess of his ego is saved and attains goodness. He will be successful.
The ego misleads people in everything and doesn’t want goodness for them, whereas it is good for the ego as well. However, the ego deals with worldly matters. It doesn’t care much about Akhirah, because there is Kufr in ego. There is no Iman. You must invite your ego to Iman. When there is Iman, both you and your ego are at ease. Nevertheless, no matter how much Iman a person has, it reverses immediately when it has a chance.
Therefore, you must do things your ego doesn’t like. The ego likes greediness. A person who gets rid of greediness becomes among the beloved servants of Allah. Because greediness is an attribute disliked by Allah. And generosity is a loved attribute by Allah.
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All the best attributes are of Allah ‘Azza wa-Jalla. Among them is generosity. Generous are all the Prophets who didn’t look at worldly things at all, and never asked for anything from anyone. They didn’t need anything others could give. They asked directly from Allah ‘Azza wa-Jalla. Those who ask from Him don’t demand gratitude from anyone and don’t expect it from anyone. They just do for the pleasure of Allah ‘Azza waJalla. Those things done are goodness. Things done for the benefit of this world are useless.
So don’t like the greediness of your ego. It doesn’t have any side to like. Generosity is the beautiful attribute. It is the attribute of Allah ‘Azza wa-Jalla and the attribute of our Holy Prophet. Take on that attribute.
There are some attributes that Allah ‘Azza wa-Jalla gave everyone to have. And there are some attributes that belong only to Him. And there are attributes that are given to everyone. Allah is Al-Ghani. Allah is generous. These are the accepted attributes. Pride and Al-Mutakabbir (the Supreme) are unique to Allah. They are not for you. Only Allah ‘Azza wa-Jalla can be proud and supreme. The greatest is Allah ‘Azza wa-Jalla.
As we said, imitating some attributes is good for us. But some attributes are forbidden. Imitating and taking on the good attributes of Allah which are permitted and not the forbidden ones increases your rank. It increases your virtue.
May Allah dress us in those beautiful attributes Insha Allah.
Wa Minallah at-Tawfeeq, Al-Fatiha.
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THE QURBAN OF EID Sunday, 25 June 2023 / 7 Dhul Hijjah 1444 Fajr Prayer, Akbaba Dergah.
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, wakhayru fil jamiyya.
Shukr to Allah we are in these holy days. The name of Eid ul-Adha speaks for itself we must slaughter Qurban. It is Wajib to slaughter it for those who have Nisab as long as they are mature. It is not necessary for children. Someone who is mature and has Nisab which means he has around 100 grams in a year, it is Wajib for him to make Qurban according to Hanafi Madhhab. According to other Madhhabs, it is Sunnah Mu’akkadah.It is the duty that our Holy Prophet sallaLlāhu ‘alayhi wasallam did every year both as Wajib and as Sunnah Muakkadah, as the duty you have to carry out. It is the duty that Muslims should and can do. There is great wisdom in it. And there is great Thawab given by Allah. Our Holy Prophet sallaLlāhu‘alayhi wa-sallam says you benefit from it and you attain great Thawab. There is Thawab for each hair of slaughtered Qurban. There is Thawab in each blood that flows out.
And then you can either distribute Qurban, or eat it yourself. Poor and needy ones may eat it. They can keep it however they want, or eat it completely. There is no problem and no sin for eating it. But as a principle, one third remains at home, one third is given to friends, and one third is given to poor ones.Of course, it is best to stand by Qurban and slaughter it yourself. It is better, but there is no such opportunity these days to do so. Therefore, many people appoint someone else to slaughter it. They do it here or in another place. It is better to slaughter in your
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place. But as there are poor people all over the world, it is ok to do that so that there is benefit to Muslims. Some poor people eat meat once a year and some even once in a couple of years. Therefore, there is no problem in sending it to other places by appointing someone and having it slaughtered on your behalf.Certainly, when Qurban is made, two Rakā’at Sunnah prayer must be performed. Accordingly, if you can’t do it at the same time, you can find out when it is slaughtered and pray two Rakā’at on the same or the next day. Doing that brings great benefit to people.When you appoint someone for Qurban, you say your name and your mother’s name, and tell him you make him your Wakeel (proxy). Or you may be Wakeel for someone who wants to make Qurban. And they must say there is permission for it. Sometimes they appoint someone without giving names. That may be ok according to their intention. However, it is necessary to give the names. We should not ignore this.
The religion of Islam is the true religion. It has shown and told the ‘Adaab and principles of everything. It is much more virtuous to follow these ‘Adaab and principles. If you do it without knowing or forget it, Allah will accept it according to your intention insha’Allah. May Allah bless it. May Helet us make Qurban, because as we said, making Qurban brings Barakah and there is benefit to us. It is a great favor and great benefit from all aspects.Whoever can make Qurban should certainly do it. If he can’t do it himself, as we said, now is not like in old times. In old times, they used to bring Qurban home. Everyone slaughtered it in their homes and distributed it. Nowadays, there is not much opportunity for it. Therefore, there are places where they do it and places where you can send it. Doing this will bring great benefit to Muslims with the permission of Allah. There will be Barakah and you will attain Thawab. May Allah accept it.
May Allah let us reach many more years Insha Allah.
Wa Minallah at-Tawfeeq, Al-Fatiha.
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ASK IN THESE PRECIOUS DAYS Monday, 26 June 2023 / 8 Dhul Hijjah 1444
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, wakhayru fil jamiyya.
Shukr to Allāh for favours He gives. Today is one of the most blessed days. The ten days of Dhū l-Ḥijjah, or its thirteen days, are all blessed. The virtue of these days starts at the beginning of the month. Today is the day before Yawmu‘Arafah. It is called Yawmu t-Tarwiyah.
Tarwiyah means to be given water. It means drinking water from the pool of Kawthar of Allāh ‘Azza wa-Jalla and our Holy Prophet, Insha Allah. Today is a blessed day. Whoever can, should fast on these nine days, or on the eighth and ninth. Fasting on Yawmu t-Tarwiyah and Yawmu‘Arafah, the day of ‘Arafah, is counted as fasting for a year. Today is from such virtuous days. The value of these days is very high. They say, it is “something money cannot buy“. Even if the whole world is yours, without belief it has no value. Who attains the bounty of today attains something much more valuable than all of this.
These days we see, may Allāh protect us, people who have riches, wealth and all kinds of ranks and positions in their lives. But there comes a day – may Allāh not show that day to anyone, to any believer – that they lose everything. Does anything remain from those days they enjoyed so much? Nothing remains at all. They say what remains is a bitter memory. A bitter memory of what they have lost; but that is not something that lasts. Or else a day comes and people leave all of that and pass away. They bother people every year, saying there are so
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many rich people, people with so much wealth and possessions. Are such people able to take anything with them to the next life? They are not.
You are th e ones who will take it with you. These favours are eternal – these beauties granted to you by Allāh, this worship and ṣadaqah, charity, destined for you by Allāh. All thanks to Allāh, the ḥajjīs are starting to move towards ‘Arafāt today. Even though these beauties are difficult, they are permanent. You won`t leave them behind with permission of Allāh. They will stay with you. They are with you in the grave and on the Maḥshar. And they will be with you forever in Paradise with permission of Allāh. The rest... they list many names now. There is a new millionaire or billionaire every day. People look up to them and wish they had the same. So what if you have it? So what if they have it? It won`t remain with them. And it won`t remain with you. What will remain is Allāh. What is permanent is obedience to Allāh. Therefore, know the virtue of these days. Appreciate these days. Benefit from them. May we benefit from them and may Allāh make us from His beloved servants, Insha Allah.
May these days be blessed. Shukr to Allāh, we were meant to be here in the presence of Mawlānā Shaykh Nāẓim. We are with him. May Allāh be pleased with our ḥajjīs. May Allāh accept their ḥajj. They are on ḥajj. Our heart is with them, Insha Allah. May we have from the rewards given to them, Insha Allah. May Allāhbless these days, Insha Allah. How lucky are we, how lucky are the Muslims. We have to appreciate this. How lucky are those on the way of Allāh. How lucky are those who win ākhirah. Other things cannot make you happy. There are many meaningless words. Don`t listen to them. Be with Allāh. Don`t be afraid. Don`t be afraid in dunyā and ākhirah with permission of Allāh. Alhamdulilah, we are reaching today the most blessed days of [the] year, which Allāh gave for believers. For mu’min, Muslim people, the most precious thing, this. Real one. Real jewel, real diamond, not like glass. They give stone, glass, and mix with diamond. The real one: this, which it is the best thing for human being, the most valuable thing. Everybody
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running after money, running after many thing. But this thing, the valuable [things] of this world, not forever.
Even, many people, they become rich, they become high position, they become successful in life – and suddenly something happen. They are losing everything. Nothing left for them. What benefit? They will be happy, what the nice day, good, happy thing[s] they happen for them? If they lose this, they will be happy with the memory of what they had? No, it will be bitter memory for them. Because they are suffering now. Nothing in their hand, nothing left for them. Just they`re kicked out from their position, or they bankrupt, or they become ill, or become, this.
The important thing not what you get, you left. But you will be taken. To be whole time like happy – and even [when] everyone is happy, nothing happen for them – no bankrupt, they are still in that position – but some day it will come, and they will leave everything. And not taking anything, and they will be throwing in a hole. Or now, [there is a] new fashion for this people. They don`t like to leave anything, even for them. They thought they will be safe. They burn themselves and throw their ashes in [the] air. This is not a solution.
The real precious thing, what believers they have. Everything they have, this not will be left behind of them, when they are leaving this world. They passing away, all these things they will come with them, especially in grave. It is graveyard, in grave it is the most, first difficult place. In this place, you find your good deed, what you do good thing, you will be find[ing] first in grave. And when you find this in grave, other you are safe. In grave, after grave, in Day of Resurrection and in Paradise. Forever it will be this with you. Not left you. Like this people, who have, if their whole, now they are try[ing] to be new... They say for themselves, “I am your lord, I am your god,“ like old people. This ego, they have this. Everyone, [he] can say for himself. But, after this, there will be nothing left for them. Earth, money, everything, they will leave here, and they will go without anything.
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The most important thing, the precious thing, this is. And we are living in days, very precious day. Today, all this... from Dhū l-Ḥijjah, until ten. And after ten also, ‘Īd day, also very precious. And today also, Yawmu t-Tarwiyah, meaning which is giving water. This water of Ḥawḍu lKawthar, from Prophet ṣalláLlāhu‘alayhi wa-sallam, Insha Allah. Tomorrow, Yawmu‘Arafah, ‘Arafah day, which Prophet ṣalláLlāhu‘alayhi wasallam encouraging people to fast this day. Because when you fast day of ‘Arafah, Allāh forgive you for one year and more – what you have before, also. And you make praying, ṣalawāt, tasbīḥat, everything you give –Allāh giving more and more from His endless treasures, Insha Allah.
Today, Alhamdulilah, ḥajjī, pilgrammage people, ḥajjī people, they are moving to ‘Arafāt today, slowly, slowly. Tomorrow, they will stay there. And Alhamdulilah, our brother and nephew, our murīd brothers, many people they are in ḥajj. Allāh accept their ḥajj, and reward for them, and give us. Because we are also, we like to be in ḥajj with them. Allāh He is generous. He gave us as they have from reward, Insha Allah. This is a gift from Allāh. We are poor, we are asking from the Most Generous One, Allāh‘Azza wa-Jalla. And He is generous, He not make people who ask, without giving.
We ask Him. You ask. Don`t worry. If you ask anybody from people, they can give for some limit. But, Allāh ‘Azza wa-Jalla, no limit for Him. You can ask everything. Ask for, first, for strong belief, for love of Allāh, love of Prophet ṣalláLlāhu‘alayhi wa-sallam. Ask for rizq also, ask for health, for shifā’. For everything you ask, don`t [be] ashamed. He is your Lord. He knows you. And no need to [be] ashamed from Allāh when you ask Him. Ask Him Insha Allah. Allah give us every good thing Insha Allah.
Wa Minallah at-Tawfeeq, Al-Fatiha.
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UNDER THE SHOWER OF MERCY Tuesday, 27 June 2023 / 9 Dhul Hijjah 1444 Lefke, Cyprus.
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, wakhayru fil jamiyya.
LabbaykaLlāhummalabbayk. Labbaykalāsharīkalakalabbayk. Inna lḥamda, wa n-niʻmata, lakawa-l-mulk, lāsharīkalak. Allāhu Akbar, Allāhu Akbar, lāilāhaillāLlāhuwa-Llāhuakbar. Allāhu Akbar waliLlāhi l-ḥamd. Alhamdulillah this Day of Arafat is a blessed day. In shā’aLlāh may this reward be written to you and to us in shā’aLlāh.
This beautiful and blessed time now is the time when Hajjis stand at Arafat. Hajj makes people virtuous and is a means to all kinds of goodness. Therefore, to perform Hajj is Fard (obligatory). Fard are things that are of great benefit to people. They are worships that are beneficial in a person’s life. Among worship, the Fard are works that have great benefits. The works of Dunyā are in vain. The works of Ākhirah are beneficial and true works. How lucky are those who can do them! It is a pity for those who could not do them, and those who had the opportunity and did not do them. What a pity! It is a pity for the person who does not do them, meaning who neglects them and does not do them even though he could.
But of course, the situation of the world now does not allow it. In old times, going to Hajj was a great burden. Few people could go. They were also of benefit for themselves and others also. In the present time it is easier, but this time there are other obstacles.
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So the worship of Hajj is as ordered by Allah `Azza wa-Jalla, “Wa-lillāhiʿalā nnasi ḥijju l-bayti mani staṭāʿailayhisabīla.” (3:97) Hajj is obligatory for everyone, but it is to whom is capable in terms of the way, money and health. Shukr to Allah, He didn’t say that you must go in all cases.
When you have the opportunity, when the ways are opened, when you have a visa now this issue has come up, and it has become an obstacle. Some people in old times used to be able to go after five or six years. Even some could go after ten years, they say. Now there are some people who have been waiting for fifteen years. They are waiting because the permit has not been issued yet, the visa has not been issued. This is another obstacle. This is also by Allah’s wisdom.
Therefore, when one has the opportunity, let him do this worship. He should certainly do it, for the greatest benefit is that he will be cleansed of all his sins. Whatever burdens he has and sins he has done, he gets rid of them. It`s like being born again by his mother. He comes without any sin with Allah’s permission. This is an important thing. Of course, if there is a servant’s right, that is another matter. He needs to be forgiven, just as Allah ‘Azza wa-Jalla is forgiving and cleansing all the rights that are the rights of Allah ‘Azza wa-Jalla.
Our Prophet ṣalláLlahu’alayhi wa-sallam says that whoever is not in Hajj but fasts today, the Day of Arafat, the sins of the past year and a year ahead are forgiven; which means two years. The rights of Allah ‘Azza wa-Jalla from worship and other things, all of the sins done are forgiven. And that is not including the servants’ rights. This is also a great mercy of Allah and a grace of Allah to people. If it is according to mankind’s own mind, people will not forgive the things done. Which means he does not forgive the things done to him. But the word of Allah `Azza wa-Jalla is true and the word of our Holy Prophet is true. All sins are forgiven. But Insha Allah, we must also repent and not return to those sins. Sins are not a good thing. They are a bad thing. Even if forgiven, not doing it again is a great goodness for people. Committing
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sins is badness. People do goodness to themselves, and people do badness to themselves. The biggest enemy for mankind is his own ego. The badness done by their egos are forgiven Insha Allah for those who have fasted and those who went to Hajj. But he shouldn`t do it a second time. He must control his ego and not do all of them at least. Some people forbid themselves, they control their egos. Sin is something that has no goodness at all. It has a lot of evil, and no goodness at all.
But still, this opportunity exists because by Allah ‘Azza waJalla’s mercy the Door of Repentance is not closed. The meaning of the Ayah: O people who do badness, O people who commit sins, O people who do all kinds of inappropriate things, do not despair of Allah’s mercy. Allah forgives all sins. Therefore, the person who is a Muslim and does not leave faith, does not leave Islam and does not go into Kufr, Allah forgives him for all kinds of sins he has done. And he will take care of the servant’s right by himself.
So today is a blessed day. May Allah grant us all a good life with Iman and Islam Insha Allah, with Barakah and all kinds of goodness. May He facilitate what is good for us. May we be make our lives according to Allah’s pleasure Insha Allah. Today, these hours until the evening are the most blessed times. It is one of the most blessed days of the year. At least recite a thousand Ikhlas, Salawat, Tahlil, Takbir, Qur`an, whatever you can do, make Duas also, Allah accepts them Insha Allah.
May Allahbless you. May Allah make us reach better years. May we be together with Mahdi ‘alayhi s-salām, Sahibu z-Zaman Insha Allah.
Wa Minallah at-Tawfeeq, Al-Fatiha.
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BE HAPPY WITH ALLAH’S GIFT Wednesday, 28 June 2023 / 10 Dhul Hijjah 1444 Lefke, Cyprus.
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, wakhayru fil jamiyya.
‘Īd Mubarak! ‘Īdu l-Aḍḥā, the feast of ḥajj! They used to call it the feast of ḥajjis in Cyprus. May it be blessed! May it be good Insha Allah. May we reach many more years when Islām spreads all over the world Insha Allah. We are reaching Mahdī ‘alayhi s-salām. We are waiting for him Insha Allah. Because Islām is good for all people. It is a favour given by Allāh ‘Azza wa-Jalla to people. In order for all people to attain it Insha Allah, Mahdī ‘alayhi s-salām will come and make all the world Muslim with the permission of Allāh. The promise of Allāh ‘Azza wa-Jalla is true. The promise of our Holy Prophet and everything he said is true. Everything will happen Insha Allah.
‘Īd, these feasts, shukr to Allāh are the good days Allāh ‘Azza waJalla told about. And we have ‘Īd treats. Just like children wait for their treats, Allāh ‘Azza wa-Jalla gives us too. We are Allāh`s servants. In order to celebrate ‘Īd, sulṭāns used to treat guests who visited them. Allāh ‘Azza wa-Jalla is Sulṭān of all sulṭāns. Certainly, He has treats for us in these beautiful days, both spiritual and physical. Spiritual ones are better and more beautiful. We must make shukr to Allāh for reaching these blessed days. When people know this and rejoice, they receive from the beneficence of Allāh. Allāh likes it when we know this, when we understand these beautiful favours of Allāh ‘Azza waJalla and make shukr for them. If we say “What is this feast?“ it becomes of no benefit. Or they say, “I don`t want ‘Īd. I am performing my worship anyway.” No! There
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must be joy on these feasts. Because we are lucky servants of Allāh to have deserved this.
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