Suhbah 2023: Maulana Shaykh Mehmet Adil ar-Rabbani (375 suhbah, 886 pages, 38/50)
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May Allah protect us from their evil. May Allah not separate us from the right way Insha Allah.
May He not separate us from the way of truth.
Wa Minallah at-Tawfeeq, Al-Fatiha.
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THE MERCY GIFTS OF RAMADAN Monday, 20 March 2023 / 28 Sha’ban 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. Tariqatunassohba, wa khayru fil jamiyya.
Shukr to Allah, this holy month has come to an end. Insha’Allah may Allah accept our worship. May we attain His pleasure. This is what is important. This month is ending. Today is the last day of fasting in Sha’ban for those who have been fasting Mondays and Thursdays. Insha’Allah we will start Ramadan Sharif on Thursday. It is the last of the three holy months. They say it is the Sultan of the eleven months. Indeed, we are reaching a beautiful month.
There will certainly be a share from the virtue of Allah. Allah ‘Azza waJalla is sending His beauty, virtue, blessing and mercy to people. Allah ‘Azza wa-Jalla says to take from it. He is sending everyone one by one. Whoever wants takes from it. Whoever doesn’t want doesn’t take; he knows for himself. It is by the wisdom of Allah. Anyone willing can take from it. But when they obey their egos and don’t want it, when they think they are important and are arrogant, they are in loss themselves. The ones in profit are those who respect and love Allah ‘Azza wa-Jalla.
The mercy gifts He sends to people are coming down to earth. Our Holy Prophet sallaLlāhu ‘alayhi wa-sallam says that, and the Mashayikh say so too. They don’t go back up to heavens but remain here. Whoever takes does so. Whoever doesn’t take doesn’t do so. But as they don’t go
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back up, whoever asks for more, it will be distributed for them. No matter how much there is, it doesn’t go back up with the permission of Allah. The virtues and generosity of Allah, His mercy and blessing are given to whomever asks for them. And they are distributed all over again. If there are six, seven billion people, Allah ‘Azza wa-Jalla is giving to all of them. But only a billion of them takes. Most of them don’t want it. And all of them are given to those who ask for it.
Therefore, believers don’t get upset. Believers are always in profit. What’s important is that they guard their Iman. They should love Allah ‘Azza wa-Jalla, our Holy Prophet, Awliya’ and His righteous servants. All kinds of Barakah will come to them through this love. They will have Barakah both here and hereafter. And they will be in profit from all sides. In any case, believers are in profit.
The faithless Kafirs, people who don’t know Allah ‘Azza wa-Jalla will never be in profit. Even if they own the whole world, they have no value. Allah ‘Azza wa-Jalla says they don’t even have the value of a wing of a mosquito in the presence of Allah ‘Azza wa-Jalla. If it had value, Allah ‘Azza wa-Jalla would not even give water to Kafirs. What is the value of a mosquito for its wing to have value? Allah ‘Azza wa-Jalla is showing a great example to people that Dunya has no worth at all. Therefore, Iman is the most precious thing. May Allah make our Iman even stronger Insha Allah.
May this coming Ramadan be Mubarak upon all Insha Allah.
Wa Minallah at-Tawfeeq, Al-Fatiha.
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A FITNAH AGAINST FASTING Tuesday, 21 March 2023 / 29 Sha’ban 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. Tariqatunassohba, wa khayru fil jamiyya.
Shukr to Allah, we are reaching Ramadan safely again. It is a blessed beautiful month gifted by Allah to Muslims. It has a lot of virtue and Barakah. All over the world, no matter where you are, whether you are in a Muslim country or elsewhere, Allah ’Azza wa-Jalla makes that beauty be everywhere as long as Muslims fast and pray.
This manifestation and state are given everywhere as a gift from Allah ‘Azza wa-Jalla to Muslims. As long as Muslims obey Allah, as long as they carry out His orders, this Dunya is paradise and Akhirah is paradise for them. Therefore, as long as Muslims do not separate from the right path, from the path of Allah ‘Azza wa-Jalla, they won’t have any hardship.
During the time of our Holy Prophet sallaLlāhu ‘alayhi wa-sallam, the time when Sahabah lived was the most difficult according to worldly circumstances. There were days when they had been hungry for days. Yet, the Sahabah would say their most beautiful time was that time. The hardship of this world is nothing as long there is Iman and as long as you are on the way of Allah. It is happiness and goodness for Muslims.
Sometimes in order to alienate Muslims from Ramadan, they say “If you are hungry, this will happen. If you are thirsty, that will happen”, and
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most of the times, knowingly or unknowingly, they strive to prevent them from performing this worship. If those who do it do so knowingly, they are committing a big sin. When it is done unknowingly, they should still make their research and look into it. Especially, they make it through doctors who say “If you don’t drink, this will happen. If you don’t eat, that will happen”. Whereas fasting is health. Our Holy Prophet sallaLlāhu ‘alayhi wa-sallamsays,“Sumutasihhu”, Fast and you’ll attain health“. “The stomach is the house of diseases, and diet is the best medicine.” The stomach“is the place of illness. Whatever everyone finds, they throw it into their stomachs. When there is too much things or unnecessary things in the stomach, it causes illness. And diet is the cure for it. Fasting is the best diet. The stomach is restrained from everything, so it recovers. The stomach and the health of people recover. The stomach recovers, and you attain the pleasure of Allah.
May Allah protect us from this Fitnah. Because if you try to do goodness, make charity and obey Allah, not only a thousand but a hundred thousand shaytans strive to stop you. May Allah protect us. Insha Allah it will pass with Barakah and goodness for the Ummah. May Allah help us all.
And may Allah help poor people in the areas of the earthquake. Insha Allah the virtue of this Ramadan will remove their sorrow and hardship Insha Allah.
Wa Minallah at-Tawfeeq, Al-Fatiha.
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THE START OF HOLY RAMADAN Wednesday, 22 March 2023 / 30 Sha’ban 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. Tariqatunassohba, wa khayru fil jamiyya.
Bismillahir Rahmanir Raheem: “ShahruRamađāna Al-Ladhī `UnzilaFīhi Al-Qur`ānu Hudan Lilnnāsi Wa Bayyinātin Mina Al-Hudá Wa AlFurqān’’ “The month of Ramadhan [is that] in which was revealed the Qur`an, a guidance for the people and clear proofs of guidance and criterion.’ SadaqaLlāhu l-‘Aẓīm.(Qur’ān 02:185).
TonightInsha Allah the month of Ramadan starts. May it be Mubarak for everyone! It is a month of goodness Insha Allah. It is the month of worship. People see in this holy month how it is to live with worship. They both do their worship and live their normal life. Some think that when you are a [practicing] Muslim or when you pray, it will be hard for you to work. On the contrary, it will be of more Barakah and it will be more beautiful.
Allah gave worship as a gift for people themselves. Allah ‘Azza wa-Jalla is not in need of your fasting, prayer or worship. He is not in need of it at all. You are in need of it. Mankind are in need of doing their worship. If people do it, they get stronger. They get stronger both spiritually and physically.
Allah ‘Azza wa-Jalla gave everything in this world for people. In addition to that, Hegave beautiful orders. Who does them attains happiness
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in Dunya and Akhirah. His works become better and more beautiful. It becomes conformed with your [cause of] creation.
Because Allah ‘Azza wa-Jalla says, “I created mankind and Jinn to worship.”“Wa-ma Khalaqtu l-Jinna wa l-Insa illa li-Ya`budun“‘’And I did not create the jinn and mankind except to worship Me.’’ (Qur’ān 51:56).
They were created to worship. If the person completes it, he will be at peace then. If not, he will wander around limping as a cripple. His life will pass like that and then everything will be hard for him. No matter how good he says he is, this is a great shortcoming. The greatest shortcoming is not doing the worship.
May Allah make this month Mubarak! Insha Allah we will make Khatm Sharif of the Qur’an every day insha’Allah. We will start from today because this year Ramadan is 29 days. Originally, they should sight the moon. But of course it is out of necessity because no one knows from where the moon rises and where it sets. Also, Sha’ban Sharif was 30 days anyways. After 30 days, the first day [of Ramadan] must be tomorrowInsha Allah. The 1st of Ramadan is tomorrow. We will start from tomorrow. As the task of moon sighting is a Sunnah, it is better if they sight it. But sometimes Sha’ban Sharif is 30 days. So tomorrow is the 1st day of Ramadan. May it be Mubarak upon everyone Insha Allah!As we said, we will start the Qur’an Khatm from today insha’Allah. And tonightInsha Allah there is Tarawih. Tarawih is one of the beauties of the month of Ramadan. People gather and hang out together in Jama’ah. It gives a more beautiful atmosphere. Allah ‘Azza wa-Jalla gives Barakah in the Jama’ah and in gathering.
May Allah make it Mubarak for all of you! May it be means for goodness. May He protect us all from these calamities Insha Allah. May He give strength to our Iman Insha Allah.
Wa Minallah at-Tawfeeq, Al-Fatiha.
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THE MONTH OF REPENTANCE AND BARAKAH Thursday, 23 March 2023 / 1 Ramadan 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. Tariqatunassohba, wa khayru fil jamiyya.
May Shahru Ramadan, the month of Ramadan be Mubarak. It started todayInsha Allah. We started Tarawih last night. And today we started fasting, Shukr to Allah. May the Barakah of this holy month be upon us. Hardships will be gone Insha Allah with the Barakah of this holy month. May there be relief for people Insha Allah, because big disasters occurred this year.
Everything has a wisdom. No one can go against the will of Allah. Everyone has to surrender to fate. He takes and He gives. He creates, He takes [in death] and He keeps alive. Everything is in the Hand of Allah ‘Azza wa-Jalla. Therefore, believers must always submit to Allah.
Submit and you will be safe. If you rebel do so as much as you want, you cannot do anything. Can ants do anything? And people are probably weaker than ants. They say everything is tied by a cotton thread. We are like that.
Therefore, may Allah give Barakah in this beautiful month. May Allah give safety of Iman to people. May their Iman be safe. As long as Iman is strong, the rest is not important. Because no one can go against the will of Allah. You must make Dua so that Allah protects you. You cannot attain anything by rebelling against Allah. With Dua, Allah protects
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you, He guards you, He gives you Barakah and victory. He gives all kinds of goodness. Otherwise, may Allah protect us, you cannot cope with it.
This holy month is the month of repentance. We repent for the sins and mistakes we have made. We worship as much as we can. We ask that Allah accepts it. May it be good Insha Allah and full of Barakah. We started this month today. And in a blink of an eye, you will realize that it is over. Therefore, may Allah let us spend this month with Barakah and virtue Insha Allah. May it be so upon all the Ummah of Islam Insha Allah.
The world is boiling everywhere in Muslim and non-Muslim countries. There is no comfort in this world. But to those who are together with Allah there is peace.
May Allah give that peace to us Insha Allah. May He give us happiness here and hereafter Insha Allah.
Wa Minallah at-Tawfeeq, Al-Fatiha.
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EACH IS RESPONSIBLE Friday, 24 March 2023 / 2 Ramadan 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. Tariqatunassohba, wa khayru fil jamiyya.
Our Holy Prophet says:“All of you are shepherds and each of you is responsible for his flock.”
Each of you is a shepherd, and each of you is responsible for your flock, says our Holy Prophet. You are all responsible ones. From the smallest family until the highest position, everyone has a responsibility. Everyone is responsible and everyone must carry out their duties.
How will it be if one does it and the other doesn’t? It will be incomplete. If everyone does it, it will be perfect. If everyone doesn’t do it, it will be totally terrible. People look at each other and say, “He is not doing it. Why would I do it? He is not doing it. I’d better not do it either”. When nobody does it, nothing works then. Therefore, we must be careful. We must look at ourselves. No need to look at others.
What is the order of our Holy Prophet sallaLlāhu ‘alayhi wa-sallam? “One is doing and another is not doing.” If he’s not doing, let him not do it. Is there an order that you shouldn’t do something if others don’t do it? Is there such an instruction? No. When you are ordered something, you must obey that order. Whoever obeys will be in profit. Whoever does not obey, he will be at loss; not anyone else.When they lose, they start shouting and crying. While you are given a chance, do it. Do
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as much goodness as you can. Make intention to do as much as you can for yourself, your family, your country, the Ummah, Islam and everyone. Say, “I make intention to do these good things for the pleasure of Allah”. And Allah will give you according to your intention Insha Allah.
You will attain the Thawab and reward for it even if you can’t do it.
Wa Minallah at-Tawfeeq, Al-Fatiha.
There are recited Qur’an Khatms, Surahs, Tasbihat, Salawat, Dalail alKhayrat.
Everything recited by our brothers, the holy Surahs and Ayat and everything Allah and our Holy Prophet loves;
We gift all of them firstly to our Holy Prophet, his Ahlu lBayt and Sahabah, the souls of all Anbiya, Awliya, Asfiya and Mashayikh, to the souls of all our late relatives.
For goodness to come and evil to be gone.
Li-LlahiTa’ala l-Fatiha.
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TARAWIH IS TWENTY Saturday, 25 March 2023 / 3 Ramadan 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. Tariqatunassohba, wa khayru fil jamiyya.
Bismillahir Rahmanir Raheem: Our Holy Prophet sallaLlāhu ‘alayhi wasallam says, “Follow my Sunnah and Sunnah of the KhulafaarRashideen (Rightly Guided Caliphs) who will come after me. They will be guidance and light to you”. The Sunnah of our Holy Prophet is every movement and action he did. And doing them is Sunnah.
The things people should do are directed from the presence of Allah ‘Azza wa-Jalla. And as an instruction, all the things our Holy Prophet sallaLlāhu ‘alayhi wa-sallam does come by the order of Allah ‘Azza waJalla.Therefore, imitating those Sunnah and following them is the duty of the Ummah. Everyone should do as much they can.
There is a lot of Sunnah, thousands of Sunnah. As we live in the end of times, people who perform those Sunnah attain Thawab of a Shaheed for each Sunnah. There are Sunnah with the Thawab of one Shaheed, some with Thawab of seven Shaheed and some with Thawab of a hundred Shaheed. They are a profit for us in the end of times.
One of them is Tarawih prayer. Our Holy Prophet sallaLlāhu ‘alayhi wa-sallam had prayed it once or twice in Jama’ah. But then he prayed it in his holy room, because if he prayed it together with others, it would become Fard. If it was Fard, there would be a sin on those who did not
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perform it. Therefore, it wasn’t always prayed together. It started to be prayed later and completely during the time of Khulafaar-Rashideen. And it has been prayed ever since.
In the beginning, people could sometimes pray more than twenty Rakā’at, as it was a Nafl prayer. Some people prayed thirty or thirty twoRakā’at. But during the time of Sayyidina ‘Umar, it became twenty Rakā’at. And it has been so ever since until this time. Some people pray four, eight or twelve Rakā’at. Shukr to Allah, here and where the Ottomans governed, they used to pray twenty Rakā’at. But in order to confuse people, some people say there is no need to make it that much.
When we were in Damascus, they used to pray twenty Rakā’at. But the Jama’ah would leave after eight or twelve Rakā’at. However, the Imam used to complete it to twenty Rakā’at. They have quit that now and directly pray eight Rakā’at. In countries outside Turkey, especially in Arab countries, they have reduced it to eight Rakā’at. It is not like that in other places. For example, in all the Muslim world apart from Arab countries, they pray twenty Rakā’at. But whatever the wisdom is, they have reduced it to eight Rakā’at. And they keep it as eight Rakā’at.
Normally, the Imam prays twenty Rakā’at, and whoever wants to may leave. But it is not good that the Imam leaves after eight Rakā’at. He makes people perform less Sunnah. Whereas if you earn one more Thawab while you live in Dunya, it would be a profit for you. It is a great treasure and a great blessing for your Akhirah. May Allah give us from those blessings too Insha Allah. May He increase His blessingsInsha Allah.
Beware of looking at others and saying that they pray less. Your ego is cheating you. “They know the Qur’an better. They are praying eight Rakā’at. Perhaps, it is a sin to pray twenty Rakā’at”. There is not such a thing. Whoever wants can pray eight or twenty Rakā’at. But don’t obey your ego. Your ego doesn’t wish you goodness. It wants badness for you. The ego is its own enemy. The biggest enemy of the ego is itself.
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Therefore, if you attain more Thawab in this world while there is a chance, do not ever obey your ego. Don’t be lazy. Do more of these things for the love of our Holy Prophet and for the love of Allah so that you are closer to Allah. It is said in a Hadith Qudsi; Allah ‘Azza wa-Jalla says, “My servants come closer to Me with worship, with Sunnah and Nafl prayers. The more they perform them, the closer they get to Me”. Therefore, may Allah help us become closer to Allah ‘Azza wa-Jalla.
May He not let us obey our egosInsha Allah.
Wa Minallah at-Tawfeeq, Al-Fatiha.
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THE WAY TO A HEALTHY LIFE Sunday, 26 March 2023 / 4 Ramadan 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. Tariqatunassohba, wa khayru fil jamiyya.
Allah ‘Azza wa-Jalla created people in the most perfect shape. He gave us the body as a trust. To maintain it is to make Shukr for the favor of Allah ‘Azza wa-Jalla.
They say, “Take good care of yourself”. Mawlana Shaykh Nazim used to joke saying, “I am taking good care”. Taking care means looking after your health, paying attention to what you eat and drink and looking at how you live. You don’t take care by eating and drinking too much. We must give the necessary things to the body. What are they? Whatever is necessary for the health of the body, we must pay attention to that.
Healthiness is not through eating and drinking. Everything has an amount and measure. Our Holy Prophet sallaLlāhu ‘alayhi wa-sallam says one third of the stomach is for food, one third is for water and one third of it must be for air. If you fill it completely, there will be no space for neither water nor air. You will get exhausted then. When the stomach is exhausted, the whole body gets exhausted. Because the whole issue is there. Dieting Not dieting, but paying attention to your willpower, to what you eat and drink, gives you health and benefit.
You must eat with Bismillah. There is Adab of eating and drinking. When you sit at the table, you do so with Dua and Bismillah. First of all,
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take salt. Taking a little bit of salt in your mouth by dipping your finger in it is Sunnah and beneficial. And after you finish, you do the same. That is healthy and beneficial too. It increases the benefit of food. And by performing the Sunnah, there will be Barakah. It will bring benefit. It will be beneficial both spiritually and physically.
Also, the day is divided into three; eight hours are for rest, eight hours are for work and eight hours are for worship. That strengthens and rejuvenates people’s bodies. People become healthy. These commands are the instructions of Allah ‘Azza wa-Jalla. Just like it is written how to use a machine or a tool when you buy it, this is also from Allah ‘Azza waJalla for our bodies.
Our bodies can remain strong throughout life. If people behave this way, they can live strong and healthy. Otherwise, if you act according to your own mind, it will break down quickly. When something breaks down, it is difficult to fix it. May Allah protect us.
May Allah give us all a good healthy life full of Iman Insha Allah.
Wa Minallah at-Tawfeeq, Al-Fatiha.
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AVOID BAD ASSUMPTIONS Monday, 27 March 2023 / 5 Ramadan 1444 Fajr Prayer, Akbaba Dergah.
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May Allah protect us from their evil. May Allah not separate us from the right way Insha Allah.
May He not separate us from the way of truth.
Wa Minallah at-Tawfeeq, Al-Fatiha.
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THE MERCY GIFTS OF RAMADAN Monday, 20 March 2023 / 28 Sha’ban 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. Tariqatunassohba, wa khayru fil jamiyya.
Shukr to Allah, this holy month has come to an end. Insha’Allah may Allah accept our worship. May we attain His pleasure. This is what is important. This month is ending. Today is the last day of fasting in Sha’ban for those who have been fasting Mondays and Thursdays. Insha’Allah we will start Ramadan Sharif on Thursday. It is the last of the three holy months. They say it is the Sultan of the eleven months. Indeed, we are reaching a beautiful month.
There will certainly be a share from the virtue of Allah. Allah ‘Azza waJalla is sending His beauty, virtue, blessing and mercy to people. Allah ‘Azza wa-Jalla says to take from it. He is sending everyone one by one. Whoever wants takes from it. Whoever doesn’t want doesn’t take; he knows for himself. It is by the wisdom of Allah. Anyone willing can take from it. But when they obey their egos and don’t want it, when they think they are important and are arrogant, they are in loss themselves. The ones in profit are those who respect and love Allah ‘Azza wa-Jalla.
The mercy gifts He sends to people are coming down to earth. Our Holy Prophet sallaLlāhu ‘alayhi wa-sallam says that, and the Mashayikh say so too. They don’t go back up to heavens but remain here. Whoever takes does so. Whoever doesn’t take doesn’t do so. But as they don’t go
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back up, whoever asks for more, it will be distributed for them. No matter how much there is, it doesn’t go back up with the permission of Allah. The virtues and generosity of Allah, His mercy and blessing are given to whomever asks for them. And they are distributed all over again. If there are six, seven billion people, Allah ‘Azza wa-Jalla is giving to all of them. But only a billion of them takes. Most of them don’t want it. And all of them are given to those who ask for it.
Therefore, believers don’t get upset. Believers are always in profit. What’s important is that they guard their Iman. They should love Allah ‘Azza wa-Jalla, our Holy Prophet, Awliya’ and His righteous servants. All kinds of Barakah will come to them through this love. They will have Barakah both here and hereafter. And they will be in profit from all sides. In any case, believers are in profit.
The faithless Kafirs, people who don’t know Allah ‘Azza wa-Jalla will never be in profit. Even if they own the whole world, they have no value. Allah ‘Azza wa-Jalla says they don’t even have the value of a wing of a mosquito in the presence of Allah ‘Azza wa-Jalla. If it had value, Allah ‘Azza wa-Jalla would not even give water to Kafirs. What is the value of a mosquito for its wing to have value? Allah ‘Azza wa-Jalla is showing a great example to people that Dunya has no worth at all. Therefore, Iman is the most precious thing. May Allah make our Iman even stronger Insha Allah.
May this coming Ramadan be Mubarak upon all Insha Allah.
Wa Minallah at-Tawfeeq, Al-Fatiha.
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A FITNAH AGAINST FASTING Tuesday, 21 March 2023 / 29 Sha’ban 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. Tariqatunassohba, wa khayru fil jamiyya.
Shukr to Allah, we are reaching Ramadan safely again. It is a blessed beautiful month gifted by Allah to Muslims. It has a lot of virtue and Barakah. All over the world, no matter where you are, whether you are in a Muslim country or elsewhere, Allah ’Azza wa-Jalla makes that beauty be everywhere as long as Muslims fast and pray.
This manifestation and state are given everywhere as a gift from Allah ‘Azza wa-Jalla to Muslims. As long as Muslims obey Allah, as long as they carry out His orders, this Dunya is paradise and Akhirah is paradise for them. Therefore, as long as Muslims do not separate from the right path, from the path of Allah ‘Azza wa-Jalla, they won’t have any hardship.
During the time of our Holy Prophet sallaLlāhu ‘alayhi wa-sallam, the time when Sahabah lived was the most difficult according to worldly circumstances. There were days when they had been hungry for days. Yet, the Sahabah would say their most beautiful time was that time. The hardship of this world is nothing as long there is Iman and as long as you are on the way of Allah. It is happiness and goodness for Muslims.
Sometimes in order to alienate Muslims from Ramadan, they say “If you are hungry, this will happen. If you are thirsty, that will happen”, and
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most of the times, knowingly or unknowingly, they strive to prevent them from performing this worship. If those who do it do so knowingly, they are committing a big sin. When it is done unknowingly, they should still make their research and look into it. Especially, they make it through doctors who say “If you don’t drink, this will happen. If you don’t eat, that will happen”. Whereas fasting is health. Our Holy Prophet sallaLlāhu ‘alayhi wa-sallamsays,“Sumutasihhu”, Fast and you’ll attain health“. “The stomach is the house of diseases, and diet is the best medicine.” The stomach“is the place of illness. Whatever everyone finds, they throw it into their stomachs. When there is too much things or unnecessary things in the stomach, it causes illness. And diet is the cure for it. Fasting is the best diet. The stomach is restrained from everything, so it recovers. The stomach and the health of people recover. The stomach recovers, and you attain the pleasure of Allah.
May Allah protect us from this Fitnah. Because if you try to do goodness, make charity and obey Allah, not only a thousand but a hundred thousand shaytans strive to stop you. May Allah protect us. Insha Allah it will pass with Barakah and goodness for the Ummah. May Allah help us all.
And may Allah help poor people in the areas of the earthquake. Insha Allah the virtue of this Ramadan will remove their sorrow and hardship Insha Allah.
Wa Minallah at-Tawfeeq, Al-Fatiha.
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THE START OF HOLY RAMADAN Wednesday, 22 March 2023 / 30 Sha’ban 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. Tariqatunassohba, wa khayru fil jamiyya.
Bismillahir Rahmanir Raheem: “ShahruRamađāna Al-Ladhī `UnzilaFīhi Al-Qur`ānu Hudan Lilnnāsi Wa Bayyinātin Mina Al-Hudá Wa AlFurqān’’ “The month of Ramadhan [is that] in which was revealed the Qur`an, a guidance for the people and clear proofs of guidance and criterion.’ SadaqaLlāhu l-‘Aẓīm.(Qur’ān 02:185).
TonightInsha Allah the month of Ramadan starts. May it be Mubarak for everyone! It is a month of goodness Insha Allah. It is the month of worship. People see in this holy month how it is to live with worship. They both do their worship and live their normal life. Some think that when you are a [practicing] Muslim or when you pray, it will be hard for you to work. On the contrary, it will be of more Barakah and it will be more beautiful.
Allah gave worship as a gift for people themselves. Allah ‘Azza wa-Jalla is not in need of your fasting, prayer or worship. He is not in need of it at all. You are in need of it. Mankind are in need of doing their worship. If people do it, they get stronger. They get stronger both spiritually and physically.
Allah ‘Azza wa-Jalla gave everything in this world for people. In addition to that, Hegave beautiful orders. Who does them attains happiness
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in Dunya and Akhirah. His works become better and more beautiful. It becomes conformed with your [cause of] creation.
Because Allah ‘Azza wa-Jalla says, “I created mankind and Jinn to worship.”“Wa-ma Khalaqtu l-Jinna wa l-Insa illa li-Ya`budun“‘’And I did not create the jinn and mankind except to worship Me.’’ (Qur’ān 51:56).
They were created to worship. If the person completes it, he will be at peace then. If not, he will wander around limping as a cripple. His life will pass like that and then everything will be hard for him. No matter how good he says he is, this is a great shortcoming. The greatest shortcoming is not doing the worship.
May Allah make this month Mubarak! Insha Allah we will make Khatm Sharif of the Qur’an every day insha’Allah. We will start from today because this year Ramadan is 29 days. Originally, they should sight the moon. But of course it is out of necessity because no one knows from where the moon rises and where it sets. Also, Sha’ban Sharif was 30 days anyways. After 30 days, the first day [of Ramadan] must be tomorrowInsha Allah. The 1st of Ramadan is tomorrow. We will start from tomorrow. As the task of moon sighting is a Sunnah, it is better if they sight it. But sometimes Sha’ban Sharif is 30 days. So tomorrow is the 1st day of Ramadan. May it be Mubarak upon everyone Insha Allah!As we said, we will start the Qur’an Khatm from today insha’Allah. And tonightInsha Allah there is Tarawih. Tarawih is one of the beauties of the month of Ramadan. People gather and hang out together in Jama’ah. It gives a more beautiful atmosphere. Allah ‘Azza wa-Jalla gives Barakah in the Jama’ah and in gathering.
May Allah make it Mubarak for all of you! May it be means for goodness. May He protect us all from these calamities Insha Allah. May He give strength to our Iman Insha Allah.
Wa Minallah at-Tawfeeq, Al-Fatiha.
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THE MONTH OF REPENTANCE AND BARAKAH Thursday, 23 March 2023 / 1 Ramadan 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. Tariqatunassohba, wa khayru fil jamiyya.
May Shahru Ramadan, the month of Ramadan be Mubarak. It started todayInsha Allah. We started Tarawih last night. And today we started fasting, Shukr to Allah. May the Barakah of this holy month be upon us. Hardships will be gone Insha Allah with the Barakah of this holy month. May there be relief for people Insha Allah, because big disasters occurred this year.
Everything has a wisdom. No one can go against the will of Allah. Everyone has to surrender to fate. He takes and He gives. He creates, He takes [in death] and He keeps alive. Everything is in the Hand of Allah ‘Azza wa-Jalla. Therefore, believers must always submit to Allah.
Submit and you will be safe. If you rebel do so as much as you want, you cannot do anything. Can ants do anything? And people are probably weaker than ants. They say everything is tied by a cotton thread. We are like that.
Therefore, may Allah give Barakah in this beautiful month. May Allah give safety of Iman to people. May their Iman be safe. As long as Iman is strong, the rest is not important. Because no one can go against the will of Allah. You must make Dua so that Allah protects you. You cannot attain anything by rebelling against Allah. With Dua, Allah protects
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you, He guards you, He gives you Barakah and victory. He gives all kinds of goodness. Otherwise, may Allah protect us, you cannot cope with it.
This holy month is the month of repentance. We repent for the sins and mistakes we have made. We worship as much as we can. We ask that Allah accepts it. May it be good Insha Allah and full of Barakah. We started this month today. And in a blink of an eye, you will realize that it is over. Therefore, may Allah let us spend this month with Barakah and virtue Insha Allah. May it be so upon all the Ummah of Islam Insha Allah.
The world is boiling everywhere in Muslim and non-Muslim countries. There is no comfort in this world. But to those who are together with Allah there is peace.
May Allah give that peace to us Insha Allah. May He give us happiness here and hereafter Insha Allah.
Wa Minallah at-Tawfeeq, Al-Fatiha.
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EACH IS RESPONSIBLE Friday, 24 March 2023 / 2 Ramadan 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. Tariqatunassohba, wa khayru fil jamiyya.
Our Holy Prophet says:“All of you are shepherds and each of you is responsible for his flock.”
Each of you is a shepherd, and each of you is responsible for your flock, says our Holy Prophet. You are all responsible ones. From the smallest family until the highest position, everyone has a responsibility. Everyone is responsible and everyone must carry out their duties.
How will it be if one does it and the other doesn’t? It will be incomplete. If everyone does it, it will be perfect. If everyone doesn’t do it, it will be totally terrible. People look at each other and say, “He is not doing it. Why would I do it? He is not doing it. I’d better not do it either”. When nobody does it, nothing works then. Therefore, we must be careful. We must look at ourselves. No need to look at others.
What is the order of our Holy Prophet sallaLlāhu ‘alayhi wa-sallam? “One is doing and another is not doing.” If he’s not doing, let him not do it. Is there an order that you shouldn’t do something if others don’t do it? Is there such an instruction? No. When you are ordered something, you must obey that order. Whoever obeys will be in profit. Whoever does not obey, he will be at loss; not anyone else.When they lose, they start shouting and crying. While you are given a chance, do it. Do
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as much goodness as you can. Make intention to do as much as you can for yourself, your family, your country, the Ummah, Islam and everyone. Say, “I make intention to do these good things for the pleasure of Allah”. And Allah will give you according to your intention Insha Allah.
You will attain the Thawab and reward for it even if you can’t do it.
Wa Minallah at-Tawfeeq, Al-Fatiha.
There are recited Qur’an Khatms, Surahs, Tasbihat, Salawat, Dalail alKhayrat.
Everything recited by our brothers, the holy Surahs and Ayat and everything Allah and our Holy Prophet loves;
We gift all of them firstly to our Holy Prophet, his Ahlu lBayt and Sahabah, the souls of all Anbiya, Awliya, Asfiya and Mashayikh, to the souls of all our late relatives.
For goodness to come and evil to be gone.
Li-LlahiTa’ala l-Fatiha.
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TARAWIH IS TWENTY Saturday, 25 March 2023 / 3 Ramadan 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. Tariqatunassohba, wa khayru fil jamiyya.
Bismillahir Rahmanir Raheem: Our Holy Prophet sallaLlāhu ‘alayhi wasallam says, “Follow my Sunnah and Sunnah of the KhulafaarRashideen (Rightly Guided Caliphs) who will come after me. They will be guidance and light to you”. The Sunnah of our Holy Prophet is every movement and action he did. And doing them is Sunnah.
The things people should do are directed from the presence of Allah ‘Azza wa-Jalla. And as an instruction, all the things our Holy Prophet sallaLlāhu ‘alayhi wa-sallam does come by the order of Allah ‘Azza waJalla.Therefore, imitating those Sunnah and following them is the duty of the Ummah. Everyone should do as much they can.
There is a lot of Sunnah, thousands of Sunnah. As we live in the end of times, people who perform those Sunnah attain Thawab of a Shaheed for each Sunnah. There are Sunnah with the Thawab of one Shaheed, some with Thawab of seven Shaheed and some with Thawab of a hundred Shaheed. They are a profit for us in the end of times.
One of them is Tarawih prayer. Our Holy Prophet sallaLlāhu ‘alayhi wa-sallam had prayed it once or twice in Jama’ah. But then he prayed it in his holy room, because if he prayed it together with others, it would become Fard. If it was Fard, there would be a sin on those who did not
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perform it. Therefore, it wasn’t always prayed together. It started to be prayed later and completely during the time of Khulafaar-Rashideen. And it has been prayed ever since.
In the beginning, people could sometimes pray more than twenty Rakā’at, as it was a Nafl prayer. Some people prayed thirty or thirty twoRakā’at. But during the time of Sayyidina ‘Umar, it became twenty Rakā’at. And it has been so ever since until this time. Some people pray four, eight or twelve Rakā’at. Shukr to Allah, here and where the Ottomans governed, they used to pray twenty Rakā’at. But in order to confuse people, some people say there is no need to make it that much.
When we were in Damascus, they used to pray twenty Rakā’at. But the Jama’ah would leave after eight or twelve Rakā’at. However, the Imam used to complete it to twenty Rakā’at. They have quit that now and directly pray eight Rakā’at. In countries outside Turkey, especially in Arab countries, they have reduced it to eight Rakā’at. It is not like that in other places. For example, in all the Muslim world apart from Arab countries, they pray twenty Rakā’at. But whatever the wisdom is, they have reduced it to eight Rakā’at. And they keep it as eight Rakā’at.
Normally, the Imam prays twenty Rakā’at, and whoever wants to may leave. But it is not good that the Imam leaves after eight Rakā’at. He makes people perform less Sunnah. Whereas if you earn one more Thawab while you live in Dunya, it would be a profit for you. It is a great treasure and a great blessing for your Akhirah. May Allah give us from those blessings too Insha Allah. May He increase His blessingsInsha Allah.
Beware of looking at others and saying that they pray less. Your ego is cheating you. “They know the Qur’an better. They are praying eight Rakā’at. Perhaps, it is a sin to pray twenty Rakā’at”. There is not such a thing. Whoever wants can pray eight or twenty Rakā’at. But don’t obey your ego. Your ego doesn’t wish you goodness. It wants badness for you. The ego is its own enemy. The biggest enemy of the ego is itself.
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Therefore, if you attain more Thawab in this world while there is a chance, do not ever obey your ego. Don’t be lazy. Do more of these things for the love of our Holy Prophet and for the love of Allah so that you are closer to Allah. It is said in a Hadith Qudsi; Allah ‘Azza wa-Jalla says, “My servants come closer to Me with worship, with Sunnah and Nafl prayers. The more they perform them, the closer they get to Me”. Therefore, may Allah help us become closer to Allah ‘Azza wa-Jalla.
May He not let us obey our egosInsha Allah.
Wa Minallah at-Tawfeeq, Al-Fatiha.
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THE WAY TO A HEALTHY LIFE Sunday, 26 March 2023 / 4 Ramadan 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. Tariqatunassohba, wa khayru fil jamiyya.
Allah ‘Azza wa-Jalla created people in the most perfect shape. He gave us the body as a trust. To maintain it is to make Shukr for the favor of Allah ‘Azza wa-Jalla.
They say, “Take good care of yourself”. Mawlana Shaykh Nazim used to joke saying, “I am taking good care”. Taking care means looking after your health, paying attention to what you eat and drink and looking at how you live. You don’t take care by eating and drinking too much. We must give the necessary things to the body. What are they? Whatever is necessary for the health of the body, we must pay attention to that.
Healthiness is not through eating and drinking. Everything has an amount and measure. Our Holy Prophet sallaLlāhu ‘alayhi wa-sallam says one third of the stomach is for food, one third is for water and one third of it must be for air. If you fill it completely, there will be no space for neither water nor air. You will get exhausted then. When the stomach is exhausted, the whole body gets exhausted. Because the whole issue is there. Dieting Not dieting, but paying attention to your willpower, to what you eat and drink, gives you health and benefit.
You must eat with Bismillah. There is Adab of eating and drinking. When you sit at the table, you do so with Dua and Bismillah. First of all,
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take salt. Taking a little bit of salt in your mouth by dipping your finger in it is Sunnah and beneficial. And after you finish, you do the same. That is healthy and beneficial too. It increases the benefit of food. And by performing the Sunnah, there will be Barakah. It will bring benefit. It will be beneficial both spiritually and physically.
Also, the day is divided into three; eight hours are for rest, eight hours are for work and eight hours are for worship. That strengthens and rejuvenates people’s bodies. People become healthy. These commands are the instructions of Allah ‘Azza wa-Jalla. Just like it is written how to use a machine or a tool when you buy it, this is also from Allah ‘Azza waJalla for our bodies.
Our bodies can remain strong throughout life. If people behave this way, they can live strong and healthy. Otherwise, if you act according to your own mind, it will break down quickly. When something breaks down, it is difficult to fix it. May Allah protect us.
May Allah give us all a good healthy life full of Iman Insha Allah.
Wa Minallah at-Tawfeeq, Al-Fatiha.
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AVOID BAD ASSUMPTIONS Monday, 27 March 2023 / 5 Ramadan 1444 Fajr Prayer, Akbaba Dergah.
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