Suhbah 2023: Maulana Shaykh Mehmet Adil ar-Rabbani (375 suhbah, 886 pages, 39/50)
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Wa Minallah at-Tawfeeq, Al-Fatiha.
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APPRECIATE THE FAVOR OF BEING MUSLIM Sunday, 12 March 2023 / 20 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.
Allah ‘Azza wa-Jalla created us in the best shape, Shukr to Allah. Only believers appreciate this. Non-believers are fed up with their lives. They don’t like their lives. It is because they don’t know why they were created. As they don’t know their Creator, their lives are bad and their end is bad. Their Akhirah will also be bad. Believers should make Shukr to Allah and be happy. They should be at ease, for He created them in such a shape.
There are Muslim creatures and children are certainly [born] Muslim. Their families change them later. However, there are those who became Muslim later. They have attained a great blessing. An actual Muslim must appreciate it so that Allah is pleased with him. When Allah is pleased with someone, all his work is successful. His life is good, and his Akhirah will be good. But those who don’t recognize Allah ‘Azza wa-Jalla and try to imitate others, people who don’t count the favors that Allah ‘Azza wa-Jalla gives us and don’t accept them may go without Iman like the rest. May Allah protect us.
Those who are born Muslim but follow others’ words and favor others will be just like them when they later pass away to Akhirah. Don’t think that you will be saved by saying, “I am this and that”. The saved ones will be those who are on the way of Allah ‘Azza wa-Jalla and who ac-
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cept Allah. The rest have no benefit in this world, and they have a great loss in Akhirah.
Allah loves the grateful ones. He loves the appreciative ones. Allah ‘Azza waJalla loves them and people are usually also like that. If a person appreciates it when you give him something, you will be happy too. But if he says “What is this!” and doesn’t accept it, certainly, you won’t give him anything again. You will not engage with him.
Therefore, we must make Shukr to Allah. We must never forget this blessing. We must always keep it in our mind and heart. We should always have the Dhikr of Allah ‘Azza wa-Jalla in our hearts. We should have the love of Allah ‘Azza wa-Jalla, the love of our Holy Prophet and the love of Awliya in our hearts so that our hearts are not filled with other things.
When the heart is filled with other things, it is useless. That has no benefit. If you put the whole world in your heart, that will bring no benefit. You must put the love of Allah ‘Azza wa-Jalla and the love of our Holy Prophet in your heart so that you have benefit.
May Allah give that love to our hearts. May He give Iman and light to our hearts Insha Allah.
Wa Minallah at-Tawfeeq, Al-Fatiha.
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SAFETY IS ONLY BY IMAN Monday, 13 March 2023 / 21 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.
Our Holy Prophet sallaLlāhu ‘alayhi wa-sallam has described the time we are living in. Prophethood “Nubuwwah” means informing about the future events. There are 124,000 Anbiya; Prophets who are “Nabi”. “Rasul” means the Messenger who was sent down heavenly books. They are 313 Messengers.
Our Holy Prophet is both Nabi and Rasul. And he is the last one. Our Holy Prophet sallaLlāhu ‘alayhi wa-sallam has informed about everything in this world until Qiyamah. And he also informed about Akhirah, what will happen and how it will happen. The Day of Resurrection, questioning and the account, the balance and scales, hell and paradise; our Holy Prophet sallaLlāhu ‘alayhi wa-sallam has informed about everything.
Insha Allah those who believe in this reach safety. They reach safety in this world Insha Allah, and they will reach safety in Akhirah. What’s important is that we accept the holy words of our Holy Prophet sallaLlāhu ‘alayhi wa-sallam, pay attention to them and follow his way in order to reach safety.
This world and time we are living in is a very difficult time as they have described it. You will reach safety only by guarding your Iman. You
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cannot attain anything by expecting support and help from this and that. Because this is the order of Allah. These things have to happen. What’s important here is the safety of Iman. May Allah give Iman to all of us. It will be easy then. Everything will be easy with it. Without Iman, everything is difficult.
No one sees any fault in himself. They love their egos and put their egos above everyone and everything else. That is not the way of our Holy Prophet. His way is to believe in Allah and train your ego. May Allah help us.
These days are a profitInsha Allah. The more hardship there is, the more Thawab it has and the more people’s ranks increase in the sight of Allah.
May Allah protect our Iman Insha Allah.
Wa Minallah at-Tawfeeq, Al-Fatiha.
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DON’T LEAVE THE ONE PERCENT Tuesday, 14 March 2023 / 22 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.
Our Holy Prophet used to say to the Sahabah, “You have to carry out the orders of Islam 100%. If you do 99%, your Iman will weaken. In the end of times, an Ummah will come that if they do even 1%, that will save their Iman”.
The time we are living in Allah showed mercy according to each time. Because the time of our Holy Prophet sallaLlāhu ‘alayhi wa-sallam was the best time. As they were together with our Holy Prophet, they had to do everything without even one shortcoming so that Iman and Islam reach this time. Otherwise, if they did less since the beginning, nothing would remain until now.
That is from the mercy. People of the end of times say, “I cannot do it”. Yet, even if little, they must do it. If they leave it completely They shouldn’t reach zero [in actions]. They must at least do something. They must carry out an order of Allah ‘Azza wa-Jalla so that they are saved. There is the intercession and mercy of our Holy Prophet in it. That is the means of salvation for the Ummah. Even if 1%, don’t leave it. It is for the benefit of the Ummah and the benefit of people.
It is getting worse with each passing day. Even those who are Muslim are distancing themselves away from the way shown by our Holy
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Prophet. They are doing things according to their own minds. They are speaking ill of everyone, speaking ill of all Muslims, speaking ill of believers. They say they are wrong. Whereas the greatest, most important thing is that as long as they are Muslim and have Iman, all of them attain the mercy of Allah.
The 1% that our Holy Prophet sallaLlāhu ‘alayhi wa-sallamtold about is that even if someone makes Shahadah, that will save him. But they are not letting them do that. They’re even saying to those who are Muslim, “You are not Muslim”. When they say so, their own Iman is put in danger. When someone calls a Muslim Kafir, he is in danger, and his deeds go in vain. Therefore, the 1% that our Holy Prophet sallaLlāhu ‘alayhi wa-sallamtold about will save people insha’Allah even if it is the most minimal thing.
The Merc y of Allah is enormous. Don’t lose hope in Allah’s Mercy. May Allah give us Iman so that we can do more. Because there are the four enemies: Nafs/ego, Dunya, Hawa/desire andshaytan. These four enemies have become stronger now. It is more difficult. Therefore, we should do as much as we can.
And may Allah let us do even more Insha Allah.
Wa Minallah at-Tawfeeq, Al-Fatiha.
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PRAYER IS THE HEAD OF EVERYTHING Wednesday, 15 March 2023 / 23 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.
Yesterday we read from the blessed Hadiths of our Holy Prophet. Hadiths about ablution and prayer. What our Holy Prophet told us and the biggest gift from Allah that Muslims must do is prayer.
Our Holy Prophet sallaLlāhu ‘alayhi wa-sallam says, “Whoever goes to the mosque to pray in congregation will be forgiven a sin for every step with his left foot and written Thawab for every step with his right foot.” It is so for every step no matter near or far. The more steps are made, the more Thawab is given by Allah ‘Azza wa-Jalla. And then our Holy Prophet sallaLlāhu ‘alayhi wa-sallam says, “If they know how rewarding it is to pray Isha’ and Fajr prayer in Jama’ah, people will not only go by walking, they will even crawl”. There is so much virtue and Thawab in them.
Prayer is the pillar of religion. Without prayer, there is no religion. The religion is not complete. Some people say “I make Tasbihat and all”. Even if you make Tasbihat throughout your whole life, it is not as valuable as one prayer. It doesn’t have the same value as a Fard prayer. That is why you must pay attention to prayer.
Prayer is the door to every goodness; goodness in this world and goodness in Akhirah. The Dua of people who don’t pray is not accepted.
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Their work doesn’t go well. Mawlana Shaykh Nazim used to say even if Awliya make Dua, Dua made for someone who doesn’t pray is not accepted. So along with making Dua, we must pray. He used to say “Don’t pass a day without prayer”. The more you do, the more benefit there is. They say “We can’t do it”. They should do little by little until they get used to it. Little or many, the benefit comes to people only that way.
The whole world is in distress now. The key to removing those troubles is prayer. They must certainly pray. And they will make up what they have missed later Insha Allah. May Allah not leave us in the hands of shaytan. May He not leave us in the hands our egos.
The shaytan and ego make people so lazy that they run after other things. And they show praying as very difficult even though it is not that difficult. They show it as if it is impossible to do. Allah ‘Azza waJalla doesn’t order something that people cannot do. Prayer is the food of the soul. It is the head of everything. Therefore, may Allah accept our prayers.
May Allah let everyone taste, have this taste of worship Insha Allah.
Wa Minallah at-Tawfeeq, Al-Fatiha.
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WORK FOR WHAT IS ETERNAL Thursday, 16 March 2023 / 24 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.
The time and days are passing quickly. Life is going by. The lifespan of this world is coming to an end too. Next week like today insha’Allah, Ramadan is starting. It is a holy month. Insha’Allah it will come with goodness. May it bring goodness to Islam insha’Allah and be the means of guidance for Muslims.
Because people now are We ask that Allah gives them guidance, because people are obeying their egos. They are running after their egos. They don’t think about other things. Something happens every time, but they are not taking lesson. Mankind thinks everything will go on the same. Everything has its time. And time passes quickly. The lifetime of people is known. They must know its value and work for their Akhirah. Only in Akhirah, time is eternal, endless and forever.
The Power and Greatness of Allah ’Azza wa-Jalla are known only to Him. But if mankind thinks about it a little, they will realize His Greatness. They will know eternity. Because even though everyone dies in this world, they live as if they will never die. Whereas everyone from before is dead and no one has remained. No one is left from the people that were a hundred years ago. They had been thinking like you and us and had never thought of death.Time is passing. That is why time is a treasure. Don’t waste it. Don’t let it go in vain. These holy days and
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months are treasures. Certainly, people cannot do everything. They should make intention to do everything and do as much as they can. Allah will give them according to their intentions. If their intentions are sincere, they will get their rewards.
Allah ordered to people as much as they can do. If they can’t do more, Allah gives reward for that as well. But whoever forgets Allah ‘Azza wa-Jalla cannot attain anything. He comes empty-handed but doesn’t go empty-handed. He goes loaded with sins. That is dangerous. It is nothing if he goes empty-handed. But if he goes loaded with sins, it is bad then. May Allah protect us.
This is the situation of this world. Everything can happen. Especially as it is the end of times, there is more of everything, more hardship. From all perspectives, wherever you look, there are hardships all over the world. In order to be saved from them; if you are tied to Dunya, those hardships will crush you. If you don’t give them any importance, if you don’t give any importance to Dunya but care about Akhirah, everything will be easy then. May Allah not tie our hearts to Dunya.
May the love of Allah ‘Azza wa-Jalla and our Holy Prophet fill our hearts so that we are not sad about Dunya Insha Allah.
Wa Minallah at-Tawfeeq, Al-Fatiha.
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LEAVE DOUBTFUL MATTERS Friday, 17 March 2023 / 25 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.
Our Holy Prophet sallaLlāhu ‘alayhi wa-sallam says that the Halal things are clear and the Haram things are clear. And there are some unclear things between them, says our Holy Prophet sallaLlāhu ‘alayhi wa-sallam. Leaving them is better. Because our Holy Prophet sallaLlāhu ‘alayhi wa-sallam has informed us about all the orders and prohibitions of the religion. But sometimes people fall into doubt. They get confused.
Therefore, it is better to leave those doubtful things. As it is doubtful for them, it is better not to do them in order to be on the safe side.People of old times, old scholars were pious people. They wouldn’t even take the Halal.They were that hard on their egos. They were tolerant with others. But with their own egos, they were hard and never gave what their egos asked for. Mawlana Shaykh Nazim was like this too. He had a lot of tolerance. He was so tolerant that some people misinterpreted it, whereas Mawlana Shaykh Nazim mostly didn’t give his ego what is Halal as well. But he was happy with other people even if they did the lowest thing. In order for people who didn’t pray to start praying, he used to advise them to start from two Rakā’at daily and to increase it later. But he himself would never miss any Sunnah or Naflprayer.Therefore, people must do as much as they can. They shouldn’t say “I cannot do”. They certainly can do it. They can do a lot. But the Nafs/ego, Hawa/desires, shaytan and Dunya don’t let them do it. These four enemies
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don’t like it when you do goodness, perform worship and are a servant of Allah. They try to prevent it. Therefore, we should certainly do what we can.It is said: start from zero. Some people enter wanting to start from the top and do everything to become an Awliya. And then they quit everything completely after a week, a month or two months. That’s not the way. Starting gradually and increasing it as much as you can will be beneficial to you. Doubtful things are like that in Dunya as well. People must be determined. They must be determined in what they want to do. When you have a doubt if it works out or not, your work won’t go well then.
Our Holy Prophet sallaLlāhu ‘alayhi wa-sallam has taught us everything. All his beautiful words are beneficial for both Dunya and Akhirah. Don’t say they are of no benefit in Dunya. They are beneficial in Dunya as well. Whoever listens to the holy words of our Holy Prophet will be in profit both here and hereafter.
May Allah not separate us from his way and make us successful in performing his Sunnah and doing the same of what he did Insha Allah.
Wa Minallah at-Tawfeeq, Al-Fatiha.
There are recited Qur’an Khatms, Yasin, Surahs, Tabarakah, Ayat, Tasbihat, Tahlilat, Salawat, Dalail al-Khairat and Hadiths.
We gift all of them to our Holy Prophet and his Ahlu l-Bayt and Sahabah.
We gift them to all Anbiya, Awliya’, Asfiya, to souls of Mujahideen. To souls of our late relatives.
May all the good goals of those who have recited be reached. May it be of strength of Iman to those who are here and all of us.
Li-LlahiTa’ala l-Fatiha.
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MERCY DESCENDS WITH THE ADHAN Saturday, 18 March 2023 / 26 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.
The situation of the country, of the Islamic world to be more accurate, is such that they have messed it up. They do things according to their own minds, whereas what Allahand our Holy Prophet said are things important to Muslims.
And the most important thing is to call the Adhan. Calling the Adhan is for showing the time of prayers. And in every order, there are countless benefits. Allah writes so much Thawab to the one who calls it, and those who listen to it get reward along with him too.Since several years now, the Adhan has been called from one place. There are the Mu’adhins whose duty is calling the Adhan. It is not their fault that they are not carrying out their duty. They received an order for it to be called from a single place and everyone listens all at once. Nevertheless, it is said in a Hadith Sharif that however far a person’s voice can reach when he calls the Adhan, the more Thawab there is. There is so much virtues. Certainly, it is not when called just once by a voice coming from an electric microphone but for wherever the calling with the person’s actual voice can reach. Even with the microphone, that virtue will be attained. But when just one person does it and others don’t, they are deprived from this virtue. And apart from being deprived from this virtue, there is less mercy. When the Adhan is called in more places and called by people one by one, that virtue is different then. And more mercy descends on the
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country.This is an important matter. By the wisdom of Allah, before getting up for Tahajjud prayer this morning, we saw Mawlana Shaykh Nazim in a dream. He said, “Call the Adhan.” I said, “Allah Allah! How shall I call it!” Then I started calling it. When I reached “Hayya ‘ala asSalah”, I realized I was saying it aloud in bed.
This order is important for such situations. And the situation of the country is that the country is shaking. They must make Adhan. Every Mu’adhin must call the Adhan. They shouldn’t be lazy putting the microphones on and just lie. Even if the microphone is on in the city centers, the Mu’adhins must make it in their mosques. Insha’Allah mercy will descends on the country then, and Allah will protect us. Iman will also increase, because the situation is very bad.
Both adults and youngsters think about nothing but running after their egos. It is because mercy is cut down. The Adhan reaches up to Sidrat al-Muntaha. It reaches the Great Throne. There is a white rooster there which makes Adhan. It always makes it when the times come. In order to reach it, Adhans must be called on earth as well.These Adhans call people for Allah’s order. They call people five times a day to Allah ‘Azza wa-Jalla so that they come to the presence of Allah ‘Azza wa-Jalla. It is not a simple matter. You cannot say according to your own minds, “Don’t make it. We will press on a button so that it is made all at once.” That is wrong. This can be used, it is ok. But Mu’adhins must call to prayer it in their mosques too. Even if they are not loud enough, Adhan is still important.
Calling the Adhan is from the conditions of Islam to wake up Muslims and to invite Muslims to Allah ‘Azza wa-Jalla. May Allah protect us from these strange things.
May Allah protect us from things that seem good but are not good.
Wa Minallah at-Tawfeeq, Al-Fatiha.
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ENEMIES OF TARIQAH Sunday, 19 March 2023 / 27 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.
The way of our Holy Prophet is our way. And his belief is called the belief of Ahl ul-Sunnah wa l-Jama’ah. That way is the way of truth and the way of Tariqah. That is why the most disliked people by shaytan are the people of Tariqah. He is always being an enemy to them. And the enmity against them is by those who go on the way of shaytan.
Because the true, pure and clean way of our Holy Prophet is in Tariqah.
There must be Shari’ah together with Tariqah. Tariqah and Shari’ah make the way of truth. When separate, things get mixed up. Therefore, shaytan wants to separate them. He says that Tariqah is not important, that it is useless. Whereas it is the soul. A body without the soul is useless, it is dead. Therefore, Tariqah is what reaches our Holy Prophet alive.
Shukr to Allah they won’t be able to finish it. But certainlythey mess with the belief, thoughts and Iman of people. They play a lot on them. And the worst is when they do so in the guise of a scholar, in the guise of a Hojjah, it confuses people. They mislead many people from the right way. May Allah protect us.
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Our Holy Prophet says they are, “Alimu Su`”, “Bad scholar.” They are bad scholars. Their punishment will be double. A normal person gets a certain punishment when he does wrong. But the punishment of those will be double. Because people believe them and follow them. They have no benefit to themselves and they are of harm to others.
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APPRECIATE THE FAVOR OF BEING MUSLIM Sunday, 12 March 2023 / 20 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.
Allah ‘Azza wa-Jalla created us in the best shape, Shukr to Allah. Only believers appreciate this. Non-believers are fed up with their lives. They don’t like their lives. It is because they don’t know why they were created. As they don’t know their Creator, their lives are bad and their end is bad. Their Akhirah will also be bad. Believers should make Shukr to Allah and be happy. They should be at ease, for He created them in such a shape.
There are Muslim creatures and children are certainly [born] Muslim. Their families change them later. However, there are those who became Muslim later. They have attained a great blessing. An actual Muslim must appreciate it so that Allah is pleased with him. When Allah is pleased with someone, all his work is successful. His life is good, and his Akhirah will be good. But those who don’t recognize Allah ‘Azza wa-Jalla and try to imitate others, people who don’t count the favors that Allah ‘Azza wa-Jalla gives us and don’t accept them may go without Iman like the rest. May Allah protect us.
Those who are born Muslim but follow others’ words and favor others will be just like them when they later pass away to Akhirah. Don’t think that you will be saved by saying, “I am this and that”. The saved ones will be those who are on the way of Allah ‘Azza wa-Jalla and who ac-
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cept Allah. The rest have no benefit in this world, and they have a great loss in Akhirah.
Allah loves the grateful ones. He loves the appreciative ones. Allah ‘Azza waJalla loves them and people are usually also like that. If a person appreciates it when you give him something, you will be happy too. But if he says “What is this!” and doesn’t accept it, certainly, you won’t give him anything again. You will not engage with him.
Therefore, we must make Shukr to Allah. We must never forget this blessing. We must always keep it in our mind and heart. We should always have the Dhikr of Allah ‘Azza wa-Jalla in our hearts. We should have the love of Allah ‘Azza wa-Jalla, the love of our Holy Prophet and the love of Awliya in our hearts so that our hearts are not filled with other things.
When the heart is filled with other things, it is useless. That has no benefit. If you put the whole world in your heart, that will bring no benefit. You must put the love of Allah ‘Azza wa-Jalla and the love of our Holy Prophet in your heart so that you have benefit.
May Allah give that love to our hearts. May He give Iman and light to our hearts Insha Allah.
Wa Minallah at-Tawfeeq, Al-Fatiha.
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SAFETY IS ONLY BY IMAN Monday, 13 March 2023 / 21 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.
Our Holy Prophet sallaLlāhu ‘alayhi wa-sallam has described the time we are living in. Prophethood “Nubuwwah” means informing about the future events. There are 124,000 Anbiya; Prophets who are “Nabi”. “Rasul” means the Messenger who was sent down heavenly books. They are 313 Messengers.
Our Holy Prophet is both Nabi and Rasul. And he is the last one. Our Holy Prophet sallaLlāhu ‘alayhi wa-sallam has informed about everything in this world until Qiyamah. And he also informed about Akhirah, what will happen and how it will happen. The Day of Resurrection, questioning and the account, the balance and scales, hell and paradise; our Holy Prophet sallaLlāhu ‘alayhi wa-sallam has informed about everything.
Insha Allah those who believe in this reach safety. They reach safety in this world Insha Allah, and they will reach safety in Akhirah. What’s important is that we accept the holy words of our Holy Prophet sallaLlāhu ‘alayhi wa-sallam, pay attention to them and follow his way in order to reach safety.
This world and time we are living in is a very difficult time as they have described it. You will reach safety only by guarding your Iman. You
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cannot attain anything by expecting support and help from this and that. Because this is the order of Allah. These things have to happen. What’s important here is the safety of Iman. May Allah give Iman to all of us. It will be easy then. Everything will be easy with it. Without Iman, everything is difficult.
No one sees any fault in himself. They love their egos and put their egos above everyone and everything else. That is not the way of our Holy Prophet. His way is to believe in Allah and train your ego. May Allah help us.
These days are a profitInsha Allah. The more hardship there is, the more Thawab it has and the more people’s ranks increase in the sight of Allah.
May Allah protect our Iman Insha Allah.
Wa Minallah at-Tawfeeq, Al-Fatiha.
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DON’T LEAVE THE ONE PERCENT Tuesday, 14 March 2023 / 22 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.
Our Holy Prophet used to say to the Sahabah, “You have to carry out the orders of Islam 100%. If you do 99%, your Iman will weaken. In the end of times, an Ummah will come that if they do even 1%, that will save their Iman”.
The time we are living in Allah showed mercy according to each time. Because the time of our Holy Prophet sallaLlāhu ‘alayhi wa-sallam was the best time. As they were together with our Holy Prophet, they had to do everything without even one shortcoming so that Iman and Islam reach this time. Otherwise, if they did less since the beginning, nothing would remain until now.
That is from the mercy. People of the end of times say, “I cannot do it”. Yet, even if little, they must do it. If they leave it completely They shouldn’t reach zero [in actions]. They must at least do something. They must carry out an order of Allah ‘Azza wa-Jalla so that they are saved. There is the intercession and mercy of our Holy Prophet in it. That is the means of salvation for the Ummah. Even if 1%, don’t leave it. It is for the benefit of the Ummah and the benefit of people.
It is getting worse with each passing day. Even those who are Muslim are distancing themselves away from the way shown by our Holy
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Prophet. They are doing things according to their own minds. They are speaking ill of everyone, speaking ill of all Muslims, speaking ill of believers. They say they are wrong. Whereas the greatest, most important thing is that as long as they are Muslim and have Iman, all of them attain the mercy of Allah.
The 1% that our Holy Prophet sallaLlāhu ‘alayhi wa-sallamtold about is that even if someone makes Shahadah, that will save him. But they are not letting them do that. They’re even saying to those who are Muslim, “You are not Muslim”. When they say so, their own Iman is put in danger. When someone calls a Muslim Kafir, he is in danger, and his deeds go in vain. Therefore, the 1% that our Holy Prophet sallaLlāhu ‘alayhi wa-sallamtold about will save people insha’Allah even if it is the most minimal thing.
The Merc y of Allah is enormous. Don’t lose hope in Allah’s Mercy. May Allah give us Iman so that we can do more. Because there are the four enemies: Nafs/ego, Dunya, Hawa/desire andshaytan. These four enemies have become stronger now. It is more difficult. Therefore, we should do as much as we can.
And may Allah let us do even more Insha Allah.
Wa Minallah at-Tawfeeq, Al-Fatiha.
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PRAYER IS THE HEAD OF EVERYTHING Wednesday, 15 March 2023 / 23 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.
Yesterday we read from the blessed Hadiths of our Holy Prophet. Hadiths about ablution and prayer. What our Holy Prophet told us and the biggest gift from Allah that Muslims must do is prayer.
Our Holy Prophet sallaLlāhu ‘alayhi wa-sallam says, “Whoever goes to the mosque to pray in congregation will be forgiven a sin for every step with his left foot and written Thawab for every step with his right foot.” It is so for every step no matter near or far. The more steps are made, the more Thawab is given by Allah ‘Azza wa-Jalla. And then our Holy Prophet sallaLlāhu ‘alayhi wa-sallam says, “If they know how rewarding it is to pray Isha’ and Fajr prayer in Jama’ah, people will not only go by walking, they will even crawl”. There is so much virtue and Thawab in them.
Prayer is the pillar of religion. Without prayer, there is no religion. The religion is not complete. Some people say “I make Tasbihat and all”. Even if you make Tasbihat throughout your whole life, it is not as valuable as one prayer. It doesn’t have the same value as a Fard prayer. That is why you must pay attention to prayer.
Prayer is the door to every goodness; goodness in this world and goodness in Akhirah. The Dua of people who don’t pray is not accepted.
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Their work doesn’t go well. Mawlana Shaykh Nazim used to say even if Awliya make Dua, Dua made for someone who doesn’t pray is not accepted. So along with making Dua, we must pray. He used to say “Don’t pass a day without prayer”. The more you do, the more benefit there is. They say “We can’t do it”. They should do little by little until they get used to it. Little or many, the benefit comes to people only that way.
The whole world is in distress now. The key to removing those troubles is prayer. They must certainly pray. And they will make up what they have missed later Insha Allah. May Allah not leave us in the hands of shaytan. May He not leave us in the hands our egos.
The shaytan and ego make people so lazy that they run after other things. And they show praying as very difficult even though it is not that difficult. They show it as if it is impossible to do. Allah ‘Azza waJalla doesn’t order something that people cannot do. Prayer is the food of the soul. It is the head of everything. Therefore, may Allah accept our prayers.
May Allah let everyone taste, have this taste of worship Insha Allah.
Wa Minallah at-Tawfeeq, Al-Fatiha.
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WORK FOR WHAT IS ETERNAL Thursday, 16 March 2023 / 24 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.
The time and days are passing quickly. Life is going by. The lifespan of this world is coming to an end too. Next week like today insha’Allah, Ramadan is starting. It is a holy month. Insha’Allah it will come with goodness. May it bring goodness to Islam insha’Allah and be the means of guidance for Muslims.
Because people now are We ask that Allah gives them guidance, because people are obeying their egos. They are running after their egos. They don’t think about other things. Something happens every time, but they are not taking lesson. Mankind thinks everything will go on the same. Everything has its time. And time passes quickly. The lifetime of people is known. They must know its value and work for their Akhirah. Only in Akhirah, time is eternal, endless and forever.
The Power and Greatness of Allah ’Azza wa-Jalla are known only to Him. But if mankind thinks about it a little, they will realize His Greatness. They will know eternity. Because even though everyone dies in this world, they live as if they will never die. Whereas everyone from before is dead and no one has remained. No one is left from the people that were a hundred years ago. They had been thinking like you and us and had never thought of death.Time is passing. That is why time is a treasure. Don’t waste it. Don’t let it go in vain. These holy days and
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months are treasures. Certainly, people cannot do everything. They should make intention to do everything and do as much as they can. Allah will give them according to their intentions. If their intentions are sincere, they will get their rewards.
Allah ordered to people as much as they can do. If they can’t do more, Allah gives reward for that as well. But whoever forgets Allah ‘Azza wa-Jalla cannot attain anything. He comes empty-handed but doesn’t go empty-handed. He goes loaded with sins. That is dangerous. It is nothing if he goes empty-handed. But if he goes loaded with sins, it is bad then. May Allah protect us.
This is the situation of this world. Everything can happen. Especially as it is the end of times, there is more of everything, more hardship. From all perspectives, wherever you look, there are hardships all over the world. In order to be saved from them; if you are tied to Dunya, those hardships will crush you. If you don’t give them any importance, if you don’t give any importance to Dunya but care about Akhirah, everything will be easy then. May Allah not tie our hearts to Dunya.
May the love of Allah ‘Azza wa-Jalla and our Holy Prophet fill our hearts so that we are not sad about Dunya Insha Allah.
Wa Minallah at-Tawfeeq, Al-Fatiha.
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LEAVE DOUBTFUL MATTERS Friday, 17 March 2023 / 25 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.
Our Holy Prophet sallaLlāhu ‘alayhi wa-sallam says that the Halal things are clear and the Haram things are clear. And there are some unclear things between them, says our Holy Prophet sallaLlāhu ‘alayhi wa-sallam. Leaving them is better. Because our Holy Prophet sallaLlāhu ‘alayhi wa-sallam has informed us about all the orders and prohibitions of the religion. But sometimes people fall into doubt. They get confused.
Therefore, it is better to leave those doubtful things. As it is doubtful for them, it is better not to do them in order to be on the safe side.People of old times, old scholars were pious people. They wouldn’t even take the Halal.They were that hard on their egos. They were tolerant with others. But with their own egos, they were hard and never gave what their egos asked for. Mawlana Shaykh Nazim was like this too. He had a lot of tolerance. He was so tolerant that some people misinterpreted it, whereas Mawlana Shaykh Nazim mostly didn’t give his ego what is Halal as well. But he was happy with other people even if they did the lowest thing. In order for people who didn’t pray to start praying, he used to advise them to start from two Rakā’at daily and to increase it later. But he himself would never miss any Sunnah or Naflprayer.Therefore, people must do as much as they can. They shouldn’t say “I cannot do”. They certainly can do it. They can do a lot. But the Nafs/ego, Hawa/desires, shaytan and Dunya don’t let them do it. These four enemies
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don’t like it when you do goodness, perform worship and are a servant of Allah. They try to prevent it. Therefore, we should certainly do what we can.It is said: start from zero. Some people enter wanting to start from the top and do everything to become an Awliya. And then they quit everything completely after a week, a month or two months. That’s not the way. Starting gradually and increasing it as much as you can will be beneficial to you. Doubtful things are like that in Dunya as well. People must be determined. They must be determined in what they want to do. When you have a doubt if it works out or not, your work won’t go well then.
Our Holy Prophet sallaLlāhu ‘alayhi wa-sallam has taught us everything. All his beautiful words are beneficial for both Dunya and Akhirah. Don’t say they are of no benefit in Dunya. They are beneficial in Dunya as well. Whoever listens to the holy words of our Holy Prophet will be in profit both here and hereafter.
May Allah not separate us from his way and make us successful in performing his Sunnah and doing the same of what he did Insha Allah.
Wa Minallah at-Tawfeeq, Al-Fatiha.
There are recited Qur’an Khatms, Yasin, Surahs, Tabarakah, Ayat, Tasbihat, Tahlilat, Salawat, Dalail al-Khairat and Hadiths.
We gift all of them to our Holy Prophet and his Ahlu l-Bayt and Sahabah.
We gift them to all Anbiya, Awliya’, Asfiya, to souls of Mujahideen. To souls of our late relatives.
May all the good goals of those who have recited be reached. May it be of strength of Iman to those who are here and all of us.
Li-LlahiTa’ala l-Fatiha.
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MERCY DESCENDS WITH THE ADHAN Saturday, 18 March 2023 / 26 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.
The situation of the country, of the Islamic world to be more accurate, is such that they have messed it up. They do things according to their own minds, whereas what Allahand our Holy Prophet said are things important to Muslims.
And the most important thing is to call the Adhan. Calling the Adhan is for showing the time of prayers. And in every order, there are countless benefits. Allah writes so much Thawab to the one who calls it, and those who listen to it get reward along with him too.Since several years now, the Adhan has been called from one place. There are the Mu’adhins whose duty is calling the Adhan. It is not their fault that they are not carrying out their duty. They received an order for it to be called from a single place and everyone listens all at once. Nevertheless, it is said in a Hadith Sharif that however far a person’s voice can reach when he calls the Adhan, the more Thawab there is. There is so much virtues. Certainly, it is not when called just once by a voice coming from an electric microphone but for wherever the calling with the person’s actual voice can reach. Even with the microphone, that virtue will be attained. But when just one person does it and others don’t, they are deprived from this virtue. And apart from being deprived from this virtue, there is less mercy. When the Adhan is called in more places and called by people one by one, that virtue is different then. And more mercy descends on the
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country.This is an important matter. By the wisdom of Allah, before getting up for Tahajjud prayer this morning, we saw Mawlana Shaykh Nazim in a dream. He said, “Call the Adhan.” I said, “Allah Allah! How shall I call it!” Then I started calling it. When I reached “Hayya ‘ala asSalah”, I realized I was saying it aloud in bed.
This order is important for such situations. And the situation of the country is that the country is shaking. They must make Adhan. Every Mu’adhin must call the Adhan. They shouldn’t be lazy putting the microphones on and just lie. Even if the microphone is on in the city centers, the Mu’adhins must make it in their mosques. Insha’Allah mercy will descends on the country then, and Allah will protect us. Iman will also increase, because the situation is very bad.
Both adults and youngsters think about nothing but running after their egos. It is because mercy is cut down. The Adhan reaches up to Sidrat al-Muntaha. It reaches the Great Throne. There is a white rooster there which makes Adhan. It always makes it when the times come. In order to reach it, Adhans must be called on earth as well.These Adhans call people for Allah’s order. They call people five times a day to Allah ‘Azza wa-Jalla so that they come to the presence of Allah ‘Azza wa-Jalla. It is not a simple matter. You cannot say according to your own minds, “Don’t make it. We will press on a button so that it is made all at once.” That is wrong. This can be used, it is ok. But Mu’adhins must call to prayer it in their mosques too. Even if they are not loud enough, Adhan is still important.
Calling the Adhan is from the conditions of Islam to wake up Muslims and to invite Muslims to Allah ‘Azza wa-Jalla. May Allah protect us from these strange things.
May Allah protect us from things that seem good but are not good.
Wa Minallah at-Tawfeeq, Al-Fatiha.
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ENEMIES OF TARIQAH Sunday, 19 March 2023 / 27 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.
The way of our Holy Prophet is our way. And his belief is called the belief of Ahl ul-Sunnah wa l-Jama’ah. That way is the way of truth and the way of Tariqah. That is why the most disliked people by shaytan are the people of Tariqah. He is always being an enemy to them. And the enmity against them is by those who go on the way of shaytan.
Because the true, pure and clean way of our Holy Prophet is in Tariqah.
There must be Shari’ah together with Tariqah. Tariqah and Shari’ah make the way of truth. When separate, things get mixed up. Therefore, shaytan wants to separate them. He says that Tariqah is not important, that it is useless. Whereas it is the soul. A body without the soul is useless, it is dead. Therefore, Tariqah is what reaches our Holy Prophet alive.
Shukr to Allah they won’t be able to finish it. But certainlythey mess with the belief, thoughts and Iman of people. They play a lot on them. And the worst is when they do so in the guise of a scholar, in the guise of a Hojjah, it confuses people. They mislead many people from the right way. May Allah protect us.
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Our Holy Prophet says they are, “Alimu Su`”, “Bad scholar.” They are bad scholars. Their punishment will be double. A normal person gets a certain punishment when he does wrong. But the punishment of those will be double. Because people believe them and follow them. They have no benefit to themselves and they are of harm to others.
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