Suhbah 2023: Maulana Shaykh Mehmet Adil ar-Rabbani (375 suhbah, 886 pages, 46/50)
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After this, of course, there is Hadiyya (gift) from Allah ‘Azza wa-Jalla to the Ummah: praying 5 times. It was 50 times. But with Sayyidina Musa ‘alayhi ssalam, because he had experience from his nation – every time he came, they said: “Too much” they were bargaining; 45, 40, 35, 30, 25, 20, 15, 10, 5. Every time they said less. Musa ‘alayhi s-salam’s nation is very clever with bargaining for Tijarah, for trading. He said “5”, he [Musa] said, “O too much! Too much!” He was right because nobody prays 5 times in this time. So our Prophet sallaLlāhu ‘alayhi wa-sallam said, “No I cannot say. It is 5; 5 is okay.” So these 5 [prayers] were gift. And the last two Ayah of Surat Al-Baqarah: {‘Amana r-Rasulu} (Qur’an 02: 285-286). This also is Hadiyya for the Ummah from Allah ‘Azza waJalla, directly without Jibril ‘alayhi s-salam.
Another thing is that Prophet sallaLlāhu ‘alayhi wa-sallam saw Jahannam; all of what they are doing in Jahannam, how they are suffering. And he saw Jannah also. Then he came back. Some people ask how the time was like this. Because for Allah ‘Azza wa-Jalla, time doesn’t affect Him. He created time. Time is a creation, but not a normal thing. Allah created it for people. We have time. But for Allah, if He wants, he can make people see before, and see after this also. This is what Prophets had. This is the meaning of Prophecy: it is to see, to tell what will happen later. This is also from Prophecy.
After that, he came back and came back to Makkah. It was 2 hours. But it was like a thousand years because he was everywhere. This is called Tayyu Zaman. Time becomes small, small time. When Allah wants, He makes it a thousand years in 2 hours. This is what happened with Prophet sallaLlāhu ‘alayhi wa-sallam.
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And when he arrived to Makkah, he was saying what he saw, for people to believe and to come; to believe in Allah ‘Azza wa-Jalla. Mushriks were happy with this Journey. They said, “O with this, we will finish Muhammad.” They didn’t say Rasulullah, Prophet sallaLlāhu ‘alayhi wa-sallam. They said, “Nobody can do this. Nobody can believe this.” They were laughing, calling other people and telling people.
At that time, of course the Sahabah weren’t much. They were only maybe 40, 50 people. They came to Sayyidina Abu Bakr Al-Siddīq and said, “Did you hear what your friend is saying?” He said, “What did he م say?” They said, “He said that he went to Qudus and he went to heavens. Do you believe him?” He said, “He said this?” They said, “Yes he said so. We heard this.” He said, “If he said, okay I believe him.” He didn’t ask anything, he only asked if he said or if they heard from another. From this, his name became Siddīq. He believes. He is a strong believer. And it is coming from Prophet sallaLlāhu ‘alayhi wa-sallam to Siddīq, Salman, Ja’far.. this all coming Alhamdulilah for Tariqah, until now, going from this line Alhamdulilah. Line of believers insha’Allah; Siddiqiyyah. Before, the Tariqah’s name was “Siddiqiyyah” from Abu Bakr Al-Siddīq. This night, holy night, we Insha Allah celebrate also. Allah gives from His Mercy, from His Barakah to the Ummah Insha Allah.
We are believers. This is what Prophet sallaLlāhu ‘alayhi wa-sallam is saying, and he saw that. He saw Jannah and Jahannam. People said, “Wedon’t believe.” If you are a politician, we don’t believe you. If you are an artist, we don’t believe you. If you are a trader, maybe you cheat us. But Prophet sallaLlāhu ‘alayhi wa-sallam, we believe him. Even the Mushriks, they were believing him Until Hijrah, they said, “We don’t believe you” but they were putting everything in his house like treasuries. And when they came [back] he gave them. So even when they were his enemies and they didn’t believe him, they trusted him. But from their proudness, they didn’t accept him. Proudness is a very bad thing. People die without Iman because of proudness. This is what happened with the Mushriks.
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May Allah help us and make us humble people for Allah ‘Azza wa-Jalla, not humble people with useless people. Be humble with poor people, with believers. But who is proud in front of you and is saying bad things about Muslims or others, don’t be humble with him. You must be more proud with him.
There was one in Ghazwa, fighting war between Mushriks and Muslims. There was one big sword. Prophet sallaLlāhu ‘alayhi wa-sallam said, “Who can give this sword a value, price?” Some came, he said, “No, not for you.” Another one came, “No.” In the end, there was one Sahabah, I forgot his name. He was very big. He said, “Take this. Will you give it?”“Yes”, he said. He put his red turban and he was going to fight. When he was going, he was making such a movement as if he is very proud. Prophet sallaLlāhu ‘alayhi wa-sallam said, “This, what he did, Allah and Prophet don’t like this. But now, I like this.”So he was going [to fight] like cutting grass [to scythe].
So in some places, you must have wisdom as to when you must speak gently and when you must speak a little bit harsher and harder; when you must be proud, when you must be humble. This is also from Adab of Tariqah, not from Shari’ah. Shari’ah is also the same. Tariqah and Shari’ah are the same. But maybe some people, they think they’re different. But this is what Muslims must know, what Tariqah people must know. It is Adab. Adab is not only to be like this: afraid from everyone. Sometimes you must be afraid and sometimes you must say what is needed.
May Allah give us Insha Allah wisdom, for the sake of this month, for the sake of Prophet sallaLlāhu ‘alayhi wa-sallam.
Wa Minallah at-Tawfeeq, Al-Fatiha.
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AWAITING SAYYIDINA AL-MAHDI (AS) Monday, 23 January 2023 / 1 Rajab 1444 Madina Masjid – Sheffield, UK.
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.
This is our Tariqah. Sheikh Bahauddin Naqshband, our Master, what he said about the purpose of Tariqah is to make gathering and to make association, to guide people, to protect them from evil. Because there are many gatherings; gatherings of playing, gatherings of bad things, many things: gambling and other. There are bad friends. But our gathering is for Allah ‘Azza wa-Jalla. This gathering is what Allah likes, what Allah loves, Prophet loves and Awliyau’llah love.
Alhamdulilah we are gathering for the sake of Allah. Prophet sallaLlāhu ‘alayhi wa-sallam says that when a Mu’min goes to meet his Mu’min brother, for each step, Allah forgives one sin, gives one Hasanah/reward and makes him one degree higher. So you are here for the love of Allah, Allah will reward you for this. And especially now that is the first day of Rajab. It is the first of the three months. Allah ‘Azza wa-Jalla says: “Rajab is My Month.” The second is for Prophet sallaLlāhu ‘alayhi wa-sallam. The third, Ramadan, is for the Ummah. So this is very blessed.
On other days, Allah gives for each one, ten; if you do one good thing, Allah rewards you for ten. But if you do a mistake or sin, Allah doesn’t give ten. Allah is Merciful. The Most Merciful is Allah ‘Azza wa-Jalla. He just gives one, He doesn’t give ten times. And He waits for if the
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person asks forgiveness. Even the angels don’t write until one hour, two hours, three hours.. They ask every time. The one on the left side writes the sin, and that on the right side writes the reward. Both on the right side. The angel on the left side asks, “This man made a sin. I will write it.” “Wait. 1 hour” he says. 1hour passes. “Do I write?” “No. Wait.” Until eight hours. After that, if he doesn’t ask forgiveness, they write it for him. This writing is not important when you are in life, before death. Even if it is full, if you ask for forgiveness, Allah forgives you. Don’t be hopeless.
‘’Inna AllāhaYaghfiru dh-DhunūbaJamī’āan’’‘’Indeed, Allah forgives all sins.’’ (Qur’ān 39:53). Allah forgives all sins, but ask for forgiveness!
Allah ‘Azza wa-Jalla loves and likes people to be clean, clean from dirtiness. The most dirtiness is Kufr.
‘‘Innama l-MushrikoonaNajas’’‘’Indeed the polytheists are unclean.”(Qur’ān 09:28).
Allah ‘Azza wa-Jalla is saying, the Mushriks, the unbelievers are dirty. Until they accept [Allah] and ask forgiveness, they are dirty. For this, Allah likes the clean servant, clean people. And this cleanliness comes with asking for forgiveness. Repent and ask for forgiveness, Allah will make you clean. If an unbeliever washes himself, the real dirtiness doesn’t go until he accepts Allah ‘Azza wa-Jalla and accepts His orders. This is what Allah wants. The meaning of the Ayah is that Allah wants to forgive you.
Bismillahir Rahmanir Raheem: “Wa Allāhu Yurīdu ‘AnYatūba A’laykum Wa‘ Yurīdu l-Ladhīna Yattabi’ ūnash-Shahawāti ‘An Tamīlū Maylāan A’žīmāan’’ “Allah wants to accept your repentance, but those who follow vain desires would have you go tremendously astray.’’ (Qur’ān 04:27). This is what Allah says in His Holy Book, His Holy Word. Allah wants to forgive you, but shaytan and his followers make you not listen to this and to go after your desires, your bad habits
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and bad deeds, and not ask for forgiveness. And Allah says, “I want to forgive these people.”
So who has a good mind must listen to this. Listen to Allah ‘Azza waJalla, do not listen to shaytan. The shaytan promises, “I will take all of these human beings with me to Jahannam.” And Allah ‘Azza wa-Jalla wants you to come to Paradise.
“Wa-Llāhuyad‘ūiládāri s-salām’’ “And Allah invites to the Home of Peace (i.e. Paradise).’’ (Qur’ān 10:25). Allah is calling you, “Come to Paradise. Come to the best thing.” What you are doing in Dunya is only making you go under dirtiness, heaviness and bad things. But Allah ‘Azza wa-Jalla is giving you. He wants to make you light and [wants you to] accept what He is saying, “Come.”Can anything in this world be compared to this? Nothing at all. Nothing. In everything in Dunya, you must find some [wrong]. If somebody is giving you something, like Dunya people, there is surely something wrong. Or even if there’s nothing wrong, he wants something instead of it, “You give me this. I give you that.” But Allah ‘Azza wa-Jalla, without anything. Only obey and accept Allah ‘Azza wa-Jalla. Don’t put any partner or anything. Now they’re not putting a partner, they are not even accepting, “No partner. No god”, they say. And they think they are clever, and other people are idiots. But the reality is the opposite. Those who don’t accept Allah ‘Azza wa-Jalla will be in regret in Akhirah and there will be no other chance for them.
Alhamdulilah we must be thankful in the morning and evening for Allah ‘Azza wa-Jalla created us as human beings and He gave us Iman. Some of us Many of us here are born Muslim. Alhamdulilah there are many also who came to Hidayah (guidance) from Non-Muslims. SubhanAllah this is also His will, His wisdom. We don’t know. When the time comes, Insha Allah many of the nation will become Muslim. This is our Mashayikh’s: Sheikh Abdullah ad-Daghestani, Mawlana Sheikh Muhammad Nazim Al-Haqqani, even Sheikh MuḥyīddīnIbn Al-Arabi all of these Mashayikh, Awliyau’llah are saying this. And they are ready
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but shaytan is cheating them. If they are not cheating them, they would be coming quickly and asking about what Allah gave us, what this religion is.
And Insha Allah the time will come. The whole world will be Muslim, Islam. Because the religion of Allah is Islam; from Adam ‘alayhi s-salam, to Prophet sallaLlāhu ‘alayhi wa-sallam and until Qiyamah. The religion is one. Sometimes they are saying, “Interfaith, Dialogue between religions.” The religion is only one. Ibrahim ‘alayhi s-salam, Adam ‘alayhi s-salam, Musa ‘alayhi s-salam, Isa ‘alayhi s-salam, all said “Aslamtu.”So it will be Insha Allah. In the time of Mahdi ‘alayhi s-salam, the whole world will be Muslim. This is Allah’s Oath to human beings. But of course it is near, Qiyamah. And Insha Allah we are not far.
We see the whole world now are waiting for something. Every system has collapsed, finished. No communism, no socialism, no capitalism. All of these finished. They don’t know what they will do. They even made this theatre of Covid and other to destroy the whole economy of the world. They thought it will be better for them, but it became worse for them. So all of this is by the will of Allah. They thought that they are doing this by their will. But Allah ‘Azza waJalla made people to be like this. People, before 20 years, thought the world will be like this forever: no problems, no war, no anything. But you saw what happened after that. Every time becoming worse and worse, worse and worse; for people to see that this system is finished. Allah will put His system: to rule the whole world with peace, happiness and Barakah Insha Allah.
We are waiting. This is the good tidings of Prophet sallaLlāhu‘alayhiwasallam for Mahdi ‘alayhi s-salam and Isa ‘alayhi s-salam. When Christians will see Sayyidina Isa, Jesus ‘alayhi s-salam, they will accept and follow him. And he is following Prophet sallaLlāhu ‘alayhi wa-sallam. There is no prophecy after Prophet sallaLlāhu ‘alayhi wa-sallam. For this, he will pray behind Sayyidina AlMahdi ‘alayhi s-salam. If he prays in front of him, he will be like a prophet. But when he prays behind Sayyidina Mahdi ‘alayhi s-salam, he will be one of the followers of
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Prophet sallaLlāhu ‘alayhi wa-sallam.So we are Insha Allah waiting. Don’t be hopeless. We are waiting for Faraj (relief), for the opening of Allah. And when you are waiting also, Allah rewards you. Because this is the word of Prophet sallaLlāhu ‘alayhi wa-sallam. What he said, you must believe.
Many people you look at and think that they are ‘Alim (scholar), but they make people have doubt. They say, “There’s nothing like this. This Hadith is not acceptable.” But it is a real Hadith, and Mutawātir (reported numerously), Sahih, which means right.
Many Sahabah said this Hadith. This is the belief of Ahlu sSunnah wal-Jama’ah. But the belief of reformists, or maybe I don’t know what the Salafi believe – These people don’t believe at all in any miracle of Prophet sallaLlāhu ‘alayhi wa-sallam. When they don’t believe this, their belief is very little. Because Nabi means who tells what will happen later. It means Prophecy: telling what will be happening. And Prophet sallaLlāhu ‘alayhi wa-sallam was telling us what will be happening until Qiyamah. And before Qiyamah, one of the big signs is Sayyidina Al-Mahdi ‘alayhi s-salam. After him, the signs come quickly.
But now we are waiting for Sayyidina Al-Mahdi ‘alayhi s-salam because the whole world is really very in need for this. Everything, every people in every country and every city: people are not at rest and are not happy. May Allah send our Sayyidina Al-Mahdi ‘alayhi s-salam and Sayyidina Isa ‘alayhi s-salamInsha Allah very soon. Of course, we don’t know the time. But we must believe and wait: “Today, tomorrow. Today, tomorrow”, all day, Allah rewards you and you will have a strong faith in your heart Insha Allah.
May Allah make us meet him soon Insha Allah, and to see these nice days after this terrible time Insha Allah.
Wa Minallah at-Tawfeeq, Al-Fatiha.
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ENVY IS THE WORST ATTRIBUTE Tuesday, 24 January 2023 / 2 Rajab 1444 Masjid Anwar Ul Uloom, Smethwick – Birmingham, UK.
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 is happy with us Insha Allah. We are gathering here for His Allah pleasure, to accept us. Alhamdulilah He accepts us. To gather for His love and love of Prophet means He is happy with us and we are happy with Him. And we hope to be in Jannah all together Insha Allah.
Allah ‘Azza wa-Jalla says in Hadith Qudsi: ‘‘I am to my servant as he thinks of Me.’’ Allah is saying, “I am to my servant as he thinks about me. If he thinks good, I am as he thinks. I will give him everything. I will not make any difficulty for him.”
We Alhamdulilah, in our way, way of Prophet we know this: Everything is from Allah and Allah is the Most Merciful. This is what we think. So for this, we are happy. We don’t have in Dunya Insha Allah any problem, and in Akhirah also we are in Jannah Insha Allah. This is what you must think. Don’t think about those who are making it difficult for people, “You will be in hell. You do wrong, you will be punished. You do this, you will be punished.”
In old times when we were in school now schools in this time are not giving anything. They say, “Only education.” No education, no good behavior. Schools in old times were giving everything. The teacher can even hit the children to be quiet. “This one is your teacher; you must
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obey him.” Now, the teacher obeys the children, the family obeys the children. I wanted to say that in old times, if we didn’t know [an answer], our teacher hit our hand with a stick. One time some boys brought a new stick for the teacher. Everyone became angry at this boy who brought it. And the teacher as we said, hit this boy’s hand first. We were all happy about this.
These who are making it difficult [for people] and saying, “This is Haram. You will be punished.” All of you know Haram and know Halal, but Allah hasforgiveness. The Most Forgiving is Allah ‘Azza wa-Jalla. With HisMercy, anything you do – Allah forgives everything when you ask for forgiveness. But as we said, if you say, “You’ll be punished”– who says this doesn’t accept the Mercy of Allah, and he will be punished first. “You say this, come be punished. Other people are asking forgiveness and know I forgive them.”
For this, Sufi, Tariqah people who are going on the way of Prophet sallaLlāhu ‘alayhi wa-sallam don’t worry. Insha’Allah with the Mercy of Allah, mercy of Prophet sallaLlāhu ‘alayhi wa-sallam and with Shafa’ah (intercession) of Prophet sallaLlāhu ‘alayhi wa-sallam we will be safe.
So it is for our, as Imam Al-Busayri said [Qaṣīdat] Al-Burda: “Good tidings for us in Islam we have an unbreakable support of grace.” Giving good tidings for Muslims that we have a strong thing [pillar] that we depend on, it will not be destroyed. You are Muslim you believe in the Mercy of Allah, you will have this Mercy . Allah will give His Mercy for all of you Insha Allah. This is what Prophet sallaLlāhu ‘alayhi wasallam is saying. It is not coming from us. All Tariqah Imams, 41 Tariqah, all of them know this. And they are praying for the Ummah, for Muslims to be safe from Jahannam. So they are saying this. Prophet sallaLlāhu ‘alayhiwasallam was all the time saying, “Ummati, Ummati” – “My Nation, My Nation.” And Allah ‘Azza wa-Jalla said, “I will give you.‘’ “WaLa sawfa Yu’tīka Rabbuka Fatarda’’ “And your Lord is going to give you, and you will be satisfied.’’ (Qur’ān 93:05). Allah says that Allah will give you want you want until you say, “I am happy. I am
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happy. I am happy.”This is from the Hadith of Prophet sallaLlāhu ‘alayhi wa-sallam. His happiness is to make us be in Jannah; those who ask for Sha’afah and ask for him. This is our belief, and you must be happy. Don’t be anxious, “I am doing wrong.” No, you are right. As much as you are following and you believe in Prophet sallaLlāhu ‘alayhiwasallam’sShafa’ah, you will get it. Don’t worry. The Mu’mins, Muslims are happy.
You must not be envious towards Muslims. Being envious is the Munafik’s (hypocrite’s) attribute, the Mushrik (polytheist), the Kafir’s (unbeliever’s) attribute. The Muslims, Mu’mins like the good, Khayr for others also. When others have a good thing, who is a Mu’min/believer must be happy. Because when everybody is happy, it will be good for you also. It rains for all the people. If we ask for rain, we cannot say, “Only rain for me.” So we ask rain from Allah ‘Azza wa-Jalla, Marhamah (mercy), and when it rains, it comes for everybody. If you say, “Only for me”, even if it comes for you, it won’t be of benefit even for you.
So for Tariqah people, Prophet sallaLlāhu ‘alayhi wa-sallam said “None of you believes until he loves for his brother what he loves for himself.” Who has real Iman must love for his brother as he loves for himself. What he wants [for himself], he must love for others also.
As we said, our religion if you think is the best. From every side you see, it is of benefit for you. For this, we are wanting for all people, for all Muslims to be in Jannah, so we also be Jannah. But if you say, “You will be in Jahannam,” we will also be doing what he does. And we are not angels. So it is better for all Muslims to be in Jannah, than some of them being Jahannam. We are wanting this. Many Awliya of Allah ‘Azza waJalla sometimes speak high [level]. One of them said, “I want Allah to make my body giant so it fills Jahannam and nobody goes inside.” They sacrifice themselves for human beings. This is their teaching.
Don’t hate. Even if you see bad people, don’t blame them. Because this is from Allah. Allahmade you not like them. This is what everybody
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must know . Because Allah Azza wa-Jalla is “MuqallibalQuloob”. Over turner of hearts.”At once and quickly, He can change you. And after that, you cannot say, “What happened? What is this!” You will be worse than these people. Sowe say every time: look at yourself. This the teaching of Tariqah. “Nazar Bar Qadam”, “Watch Your Step”, they say. Only look at yourself. Don’t look around and say, “This is good. This is bad. This one is good. This one is bad.” No. You will be maybe as a test you will be worse than these people.
The attribute of human beings is to be jealous, to be envious. This is the worst attribute for human beings. Islam doesn’t like that. They teach people to love, to accept what Allah gives. If someone has some Ni’mah (favor) that Allah gave him, some person, from envy, will be very jealous and very angry. But this envy and anger is bad for him, and might even kill him. To make Hasad (envy), to make Nazar (evil eye), this is not from Islam. Many Surahs, many Ayat and Prophet sallaLlāhu ‘alayhi wa-sallam’s Hadiths are against this. Especially like Surat AlFalaq and Surat An-Nas; they are especially for these people. If anybody feels something [bad], he must read this and it is a protection for you. The Qur’an is the biggest protection. It will protect you and protect your family.
In this time, because everybody is looking at each other, they forgot the teaching of Islam and are not happy for what others have. If they have something, they want to bring better than it, higher than it, more expensive than it. And when they cannot do so, they envy other people, or they make bad eye. This bad eye is also not good. So for this, don’t make competition with others. If you have something and it’s enough for you, it’s okay. If you have a new thing, don’t show that it’s new.
Now also this new thing coming that is outside of Adab of Islam, good behavior of Islam: to show what you have. They are showing in this machine, telephone or other, I don’t know. They are showing what they have. “I have this, I have that. I bought this, I bought that. I am eating here, I am eating there.” This is not good. This will all become bad for you. What you eat will become poison for you. Mawlana Sheikh Nazim
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did not like this showing thing. Even when somebody was going to a restaurant, he said, “Don’t sit near the window or outside where people can see you. If you want to eat, eat inside. Maybe people cannot afford. And what you eat will be poison for you.” This is not a joke.
Islam and Tariqah’s teaching is benefit for you; benefit for you here and hereafter. And teaches good behavior for Muslims or non-Muslims also. Islam’s good behavior is different from non-Muslims’ or nonbelievers. But now, Muslims are making bad behaviors more than nonbelievers. Because they forgot. Nobody told them about this Adab. Everybody is doing what they think is normal, but it is not normal for Islam.As we said, Islam is the biggest Ni’mah for us. Because Allah ‘Azza waJalla and Prophet sallaLlāhu ‘alayhi wa-sallam taught us from the beginning, from when we are born until we die, they taught us everything. Nothing is out of the teaching of Islam. And who follows this will be happy here and hereafter. But who doesn’t follow this is free. They say, “Freedom. We want freedom.” Take this freedom and hit your head with freedom. This is what will happen.Insha Allah slowly, slowly, we must say, we must tell people about Adab of Islam, Adab of Tariqah. The most important thing here also, as we said, if you do a good thing, you will have a good thing. If you make a bad thing, again, you will have a bad thing for you.
This is what Abu Lahab made for Prophet sallaLlāhu ‘alayhi wa-sallam. He dug one well, and put something on it [cover]. And he invited the Prophet “Come I will tell you something” he said and his wife. And when Prophet sallaLlāhu ‘alayhi wa-sallam came of course, Allah ‘Azza wa-Jalla sent Jibril ‘alayhi ssalam who said, “Don’t go there. There is this.” The Prophet went there and turned back quickly. When he turned back, Abu Lahab forgot [the well] and ran after Prophet sallaLlāhu ‘alayhi wa-sallam saying, “Come! Come!” When he reached it, he fell in this hole. So he tried [to get out] but he was shocked that it was a little bit deep. He fell and he injured himself. He tried to get out. He couldn’t. He called Ummu Lahab, his wife. “Tabbat Yadā ‘AbīLahabin Wa Tabb (1) Mā `Aghná `Anhu Māluhu WaMā Kasab (2) Sayaslá Nārāan Dhāta Lahab (3) WaAmra`atuhu (4)’’
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“May the hands of Abu Lahab be ruined, and ruined is he (1) His wealth will not avail him or that which he gained (2) He will [enter to] burn in a Fire of [blazing] flame (3) And his wife [as well] (4) (Qur’ān 111:01-04).
She called his wife, “Come quickly! I must go out.” She tried to pull him, but she couldn’t catch his hand. She threw a rope, but couldn’t take him out. He was stuck there. He said, “This is Muhammad who did this. He must have done magic for me. I cannot go out from here.” He got stuck there. After a long time, [since] he was of course proud and envious, he said, “Only Muhammad can take me out of here. Call him to take me out of here!” Prophet sallaLlāhu ‘alayhi wa-sallam was merciful. Even though he knew that he will not come to Iman, he went and took him out of there. When he went and hecaught his hand and he quickly threw him out with a rope.When you want to do something bad, it will not be on others. Because the others, Allah protects them. Your intention is bad for what you want to do. Sofrom this point, your heart must be all the time good for people, for everybody. May everybody Insha Allahmake a happy life, a protected life, and for Akhirah to be in Jannah Insha Allah.
Once one Bedouin came to Madinah and was happy. “Why are you happy?” they asked him. He said, “I am happy because I will go to Jannah.” They asked him, “How will you go to Jannah?” He said, “I am a hundred percent sure I will be in Jannah. Going to these Gardens, drinking, enjoying myself with Hoori, with other, with our friends.” “How do you know this?” “I believe in this”, he said. And they asked the Prophet. He said, “He is right.” Because he knows that Allah ‘Azza wa-Jalla is Merciful and He cannot make any difficultly to those who believe in His Mercy. So we all Insha Allah believe in this. Insha’Allah we will all be in Jannah just as we are here now.
Those who like to go to Jannah, Insha Allah we get together.
Wa Minallah at-Tawfeeq, Al-Fatiha.
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ĀSLIM TĀSLAM Wednesday, 25 January 2023 / 3 Rajab 1444 Shah Jahan Mosque – Woking, UK.
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.
Alhamdulilah we are here again. We come to meet our Murids, our beloved ones Insha Allah. Alhamdulilah. May Allah make them more and more. Because we are living with good people. And we want human beings to all be good. But Allah wants – you must want what He wants. This is the teaching of Mashayikh, teaching of Tariqah: to accept what Allah ‘Azza wa-Jalla wants, what He gives, His will.
For this, they say, “Aslim Taslam.” Which means: Surrender, you will be safe. If we surrender to what Allah says, if we surrender ourselves to Him, He is the Most Merciful, He will give us the best thing. If you don’t surrender to Him and don’t obey Him but come against Him, you don’t have any chance to win. Maybe you think that you are winning here: you become rich, you become powerful, you become like this and that. But the reality is, when you’re going to the last trip and you close your eyes, you will be shocked, “I thought I won everything. Everybody was under me [authority]. I killed thousands. I destroyed many places. I am the most powerful.” But when he closes his eyes, he will open his eyes on the other side and he will see that he is nothing. He was doing what he had done against himself, not for himself.
For this, the clever one is who accepts Allah ‘Azza wa-Jalla’s will, not his will. And Allah ‘Azza wa-Jalla’s will is given by Prophets, especially
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from Adam ‘alayhi s-salam until our Prophet sallaLlāhu ‘alayhi wasallam. They teach people what Allah wants, what Allah ‘Azza wa-Jalla likes, what Allah ‘Azza wa-Jalla doesn’t like. All of this was taught by Prophets.
Allah ‘Azza wa-Jalla sent to all human beings: Prophets. There were more than 124,000 Prophets. Until our Prophet sallaLlāhu ‘alayhi wasallam, there were Prophets in every time coming to nations, to cities, to towns. But of course, peopleweren’t accepting them. They weren’t accepting. And most of them didn’t have believers. Maybe some of them had one or two. Some of them were killed by their nation or kicked out from their country.
They were doing what Allah ‘Azza wa-Jalla ordered them. It is a very big the most, highest rank between human beings: Prophets. To be a Prophet is the most, highest [rank] between human beings. They are the highest. And they knew that. For this, not one of them ran away from his mission. What Allah told them, they were doing. They weren’t listening to people who were saying, “This is crazy. This is a liar. This is a magician.”
Because many of them were Prophets, all of them had miracles/Mu’jizah that Allah gave them. They did this. These people said, “If you are a Prophet, make a miracle, make a Mu’jizah.” Of course, they did. First, before the Mu’jizah/miracle, they told them, “You are a liar. You are crazy” and some things like that. But when they saw them making a miracle that they cannot do, they said, “This is a magician.” They said so to many of them, even to our Prophet sallaLlāhu ‘alayhi wasallam, Ḥāshā (far from it), to Sayyidina Musa, to Sayyidina Isa; to all of them. Because the Mu’jizah/miracle cannot be explained by thinking or by anything else. It is a power more than what any human being can do. Because shaytan taught them not to accept reality, they must say something.
All Prophets were doing [miracles]. And as we said, most of them didn’t accept. They were like this until our Prophet sallaLlāhu ‘alayhi wa-
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sallam. After Prophet sallaLlāhu ‘alayhi wa-sallam, there were no more Prophets. For this, they don’t have anything to say for Prophet. What they said is: not to accept. This is from shaytan. Even all Prophets were giving good tidings, saying that there will come a Prophet. They described what his name is, where he will be and saying he is the last one. Even with this, their nation, which knew this, were following shaytan and didn’t accept. But this is from Allah ‘Azza wa-Jalla. Who has a good luck, accepts and will be saved. Who is not with Allah ‘Azza wa-Jalla it is Allah’s wisdom. We don’t know. Don’t say, “Why? How?” This is what Allah ‘Azza waJalla wants.
Be thankful for Allah that you are in this way. Even many Muslims call themselves Muslims, but are not following. Very few people are following. Those who are following: the shaytan also doesn’t let them be restful. They make Fitnah between them also. Some of them are coming against. They are coming against the Truth, against Reality. And then do not accept the miracles of Prophet sallaLlāhu ‘alayhi wa-sallam and the Karamah of Awliyau’llah. For the miracles of Awliyau’llah, we say “Karamah”. For Prophets, we say “Mu’jizah”. They don’t accept the Karamah also. They are making people run away from the way. Their belief becomes weak and weak and weak. In the end, they won’t have any belief. Because all of this belief comes with Prophets, and as we said, with Mu’jizat, with Karamah, with miracles. But when you don’t accept this, what do you accept? This means you don’t accept anything. Allah made special people. He chose them and gave them power, spiritual power to collect people, to show them the way of Prophet sallaLlāhu ‘alayhi wa-sallam. Without this, you don’t have anything to hold. Now they are maybe trying to do something. But in reality, they are destroying themselves and they like to destroy good people. But Allah saves them. Allah is with good people.
‘‘Inna Allahama’a s-Sabireen’’‘’Indeed, Allah is with the patient.’’ (Qur’ān 02:153). ‘‘Wa Allahu Yuhibbu l-Muh’sineen’’‘’And Allah loves those who do good.’’ (Qur’ān 03:134).
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In all of these Ayat in the Qur’an, Allah shows that He loves sincere people, good people. Allah ‘Azza wa-Jalla has beloved ones, Awliyau’llah: that means beloved ones for Allah. Who is with Awliyau’llah, who follows Prophet sallaLlāhu ‘alayhi wa-sallam and all Awliyau’llah, is with the beloved ones of Allah ‘Azza wa-Jalla.
So don’t think that Awliyau’llah only means those who make Karamah.
Ajallu l-karamatdawamu t-tawfeeq.” Awliyau’Llahsay“ that the biggest Karamah is to be on the right way with good people all the time [continuously], not cutting and not running away. Don’t say “We are following and nothing is happening.” All of this – Allah’s angels write everything. And it will be for you in Qiyamah: a big favor from Allah ‘Azza wa-Jalla. We are thanking Allah ‘Azza wa-Jalla for making us be with good people.
Other people will not thank Allah that He created them human beings. In Qiyamah, they will want to be like animals. Because in Qiyamah, all animals will also come again for justice. If one from animals had hit another, they will also take revenge in Qiyamah. And after, they will all be earth again. All of them will become earth; there’s no Jahannam for them. For this, unbelievers, those who are against Allah and are with shaytan, will wish to be animals like them: to be dust, earth and go, and not go to hell. But this will not happen. Because Allah gave you Karamah, He gave you the best thing, and you didn’t take the chance to do what will be good for you forever. You laughed and made fun of people who were giving you advice and in the end you will be in regret.
May Allah make us not to be from them Insha Allah. May Allah give Hidayah (guidance) to all human beings. This is our wish. We don’t want badness for anyone, but bad people want badness for everyone. May Allah keep us safe from them Insha Allah.
Wa Minallah at-Tawfeeq, Al-Fatiha.
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FOLLOW HIS SUNNAH Friday, 27 January 2023 / 5 Rajab 1444 Fajr Prayer, Sheikh Nazim Dergah – London.
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.
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After this, of course, there is Hadiyya (gift) from Allah ‘Azza wa-Jalla to the Ummah: praying 5 times. It was 50 times. But with Sayyidina Musa ‘alayhi ssalam, because he had experience from his nation – every time he came, they said: “Too much” they were bargaining; 45, 40, 35, 30, 25, 20, 15, 10, 5. Every time they said less. Musa ‘alayhi s-salam’s nation is very clever with bargaining for Tijarah, for trading. He said “5”, he [Musa] said, “O too much! Too much!” He was right because nobody prays 5 times in this time. So our Prophet sallaLlāhu ‘alayhi wa-sallam said, “No I cannot say. It is 5; 5 is okay.” So these 5 [prayers] were gift. And the last two Ayah of Surat Al-Baqarah: {‘Amana r-Rasulu} (Qur’an 02: 285-286). This also is Hadiyya for the Ummah from Allah ‘Azza waJalla, directly without Jibril ‘alayhi s-salam.
Another thing is that Prophet sallaLlāhu ‘alayhi wa-sallam saw Jahannam; all of what they are doing in Jahannam, how they are suffering. And he saw Jannah also. Then he came back. Some people ask how the time was like this. Because for Allah ‘Azza wa-Jalla, time doesn’t affect Him. He created time. Time is a creation, but not a normal thing. Allah created it for people. We have time. But for Allah, if He wants, he can make people see before, and see after this also. This is what Prophets had. This is the meaning of Prophecy: it is to see, to tell what will happen later. This is also from Prophecy.
After that, he came back and came back to Makkah. It was 2 hours. But it was like a thousand years because he was everywhere. This is called Tayyu Zaman. Time becomes small, small time. When Allah wants, He makes it a thousand years in 2 hours. This is what happened with Prophet sallaLlāhu ‘alayhi wa-sallam.
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And when he arrived to Makkah, he was saying what he saw, for people to believe and to come; to believe in Allah ‘Azza wa-Jalla. Mushriks were happy with this Journey. They said, “O with this, we will finish Muhammad.” They didn’t say Rasulullah, Prophet sallaLlāhu ‘alayhi wa-sallam. They said, “Nobody can do this. Nobody can believe this.” They were laughing, calling other people and telling people.
At that time, of course the Sahabah weren’t much. They were only maybe 40, 50 people. They came to Sayyidina Abu Bakr Al-Siddīq and said, “Did you hear what your friend is saying?” He said, “What did he م say?” They said, “He said that he went to Qudus and he went to heavens. Do you believe him?” He said, “He said this?” They said, “Yes he said so. We heard this.” He said, “If he said, okay I believe him.” He didn’t ask anything, he only asked if he said or if they heard from another. From this, his name became Siddīq. He believes. He is a strong believer. And it is coming from Prophet sallaLlāhu ‘alayhi wa-sallam to Siddīq, Salman, Ja’far.. this all coming Alhamdulilah for Tariqah, until now, going from this line Alhamdulilah. Line of believers insha’Allah; Siddiqiyyah. Before, the Tariqah’s name was “Siddiqiyyah” from Abu Bakr Al-Siddīq. This night, holy night, we Insha Allah celebrate also. Allah gives from His Mercy, from His Barakah to the Ummah Insha Allah.
We are believers. This is what Prophet sallaLlāhu ‘alayhi wa-sallam is saying, and he saw that. He saw Jannah and Jahannam. People said, “Wedon’t believe.” If you are a politician, we don’t believe you. If you are an artist, we don’t believe you. If you are a trader, maybe you cheat us. But Prophet sallaLlāhu ‘alayhi wa-sallam, we believe him. Even the Mushriks, they were believing him Until Hijrah, they said, “We don’t believe you” but they were putting everything in his house like treasuries. And when they came [back] he gave them. So even when they were his enemies and they didn’t believe him, they trusted him. But from their proudness, they didn’t accept him. Proudness is a very bad thing. People die without Iman because of proudness. This is what happened with the Mushriks.
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May Allah help us and make us humble people for Allah ‘Azza wa-Jalla, not humble people with useless people. Be humble with poor people, with believers. But who is proud in front of you and is saying bad things about Muslims or others, don’t be humble with him. You must be more proud with him.
There was one in Ghazwa, fighting war between Mushriks and Muslims. There was one big sword. Prophet sallaLlāhu ‘alayhi wa-sallam said, “Who can give this sword a value, price?” Some came, he said, “No, not for you.” Another one came, “No.” In the end, there was one Sahabah, I forgot his name. He was very big. He said, “Take this. Will you give it?”“Yes”, he said. He put his red turban and he was going to fight. When he was going, he was making such a movement as if he is very proud. Prophet sallaLlāhu ‘alayhi wa-sallam said, “This, what he did, Allah and Prophet don’t like this. But now, I like this.”So he was going [to fight] like cutting grass [to scythe].
So in some places, you must have wisdom as to when you must speak gently and when you must speak a little bit harsher and harder; when you must be proud, when you must be humble. This is also from Adab of Tariqah, not from Shari’ah. Shari’ah is also the same. Tariqah and Shari’ah are the same. But maybe some people, they think they’re different. But this is what Muslims must know, what Tariqah people must know. It is Adab. Adab is not only to be like this: afraid from everyone. Sometimes you must be afraid and sometimes you must say what is needed.
May Allah give us Insha Allah wisdom, for the sake of this month, for the sake of Prophet sallaLlāhu ‘alayhi wa-sallam.
Wa Minallah at-Tawfeeq, Al-Fatiha.
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AWAITING SAYYIDINA AL-MAHDI (AS) Monday, 23 January 2023 / 1 Rajab 1444 Madina Masjid – Sheffield, UK.
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.
This is our Tariqah. Sheikh Bahauddin Naqshband, our Master, what he said about the purpose of Tariqah is to make gathering and to make association, to guide people, to protect them from evil. Because there are many gatherings; gatherings of playing, gatherings of bad things, many things: gambling and other. There are bad friends. But our gathering is for Allah ‘Azza wa-Jalla. This gathering is what Allah likes, what Allah loves, Prophet loves and Awliyau’llah love.
Alhamdulilah we are gathering for the sake of Allah. Prophet sallaLlāhu ‘alayhi wa-sallam says that when a Mu’min goes to meet his Mu’min brother, for each step, Allah forgives one sin, gives one Hasanah/reward and makes him one degree higher. So you are here for the love of Allah, Allah will reward you for this. And especially now that is the first day of Rajab. It is the first of the three months. Allah ‘Azza wa-Jalla says: “Rajab is My Month.” The second is for Prophet sallaLlāhu ‘alayhi wa-sallam. The third, Ramadan, is for the Ummah. So this is very blessed.
On other days, Allah gives for each one, ten; if you do one good thing, Allah rewards you for ten. But if you do a mistake or sin, Allah doesn’t give ten. Allah is Merciful. The Most Merciful is Allah ‘Azza wa-Jalla. He just gives one, He doesn’t give ten times. And He waits for if the
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person asks forgiveness. Even the angels don’t write until one hour, two hours, three hours.. They ask every time. The one on the left side writes the sin, and that on the right side writes the reward. Both on the right side. The angel on the left side asks, “This man made a sin. I will write it.” “Wait. 1 hour” he says. 1hour passes. “Do I write?” “No. Wait.” Until eight hours. After that, if he doesn’t ask forgiveness, they write it for him. This writing is not important when you are in life, before death. Even if it is full, if you ask for forgiveness, Allah forgives you. Don’t be hopeless.
‘’Inna AllāhaYaghfiru dh-DhunūbaJamī’āan’’‘’Indeed, Allah forgives all sins.’’ (Qur’ān 39:53). Allah forgives all sins, but ask for forgiveness!
Allah ‘Azza wa-Jalla loves and likes people to be clean, clean from dirtiness. The most dirtiness is Kufr.
‘‘Innama l-MushrikoonaNajas’’‘’Indeed the polytheists are unclean.”(Qur’ān 09:28).
Allah ‘Azza wa-Jalla is saying, the Mushriks, the unbelievers are dirty. Until they accept [Allah] and ask forgiveness, they are dirty. For this, Allah likes the clean servant, clean people. And this cleanliness comes with asking for forgiveness. Repent and ask for forgiveness, Allah will make you clean. If an unbeliever washes himself, the real dirtiness doesn’t go until he accepts Allah ‘Azza wa-Jalla and accepts His orders. This is what Allah wants. The meaning of the Ayah is that Allah wants to forgive you.
Bismillahir Rahmanir Raheem: “Wa Allāhu Yurīdu ‘AnYatūba A’laykum Wa‘ Yurīdu l-Ladhīna Yattabi’ ūnash-Shahawāti ‘An Tamīlū Maylāan A’žīmāan’’ “Allah wants to accept your repentance, but those who follow vain desires would have you go tremendously astray.’’ (Qur’ān 04:27). This is what Allah says in His Holy Book, His Holy Word. Allah wants to forgive you, but shaytan and his followers make you not listen to this and to go after your desires, your bad habits
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and bad deeds, and not ask for forgiveness. And Allah says, “I want to forgive these people.”
So who has a good mind must listen to this. Listen to Allah ‘Azza waJalla, do not listen to shaytan. The shaytan promises, “I will take all of these human beings with me to Jahannam.” And Allah ‘Azza wa-Jalla wants you to come to Paradise.
“Wa-Llāhuyad‘ūiládāri s-salām’’ “And Allah invites to the Home of Peace (i.e. Paradise).’’ (Qur’ān 10:25). Allah is calling you, “Come to Paradise. Come to the best thing.” What you are doing in Dunya is only making you go under dirtiness, heaviness and bad things. But Allah ‘Azza wa-Jalla is giving you. He wants to make you light and [wants you to] accept what He is saying, “Come.”Can anything in this world be compared to this? Nothing at all. Nothing. In everything in Dunya, you must find some [wrong]. If somebody is giving you something, like Dunya people, there is surely something wrong. Or even if there’s nothing wrong, he wants something instead of it, “You give me this. I give you that.” But Allah ‘Azza wa-Jalla, without anything. Only obey and accept Allah ‘Azza wa-Jalla. Don’t put any partner or anything. Now they’re not putting a partner, they are not even accepting, “No partner. No god”, they say. And they think they are clever, and other people are idiots. But the reality is the opposite. Those who don’t accept Allah ‘Azza wa-Jalla will be in regret in Akhirah and there will be no other chance for them.
Alhamdulilah we must be thankful in the morning and evening for Allah ‘Azza wa-Jalla created us as human beings and He gave us Iman. Some of us Many of us here are born Muslim. Alhamdulilah there are many also who came to Hidayah (guidance) from Non-Muslims. SubhanAllah this is also His will, His wisdom. We don’t know. When the time comes, Insha Allah many of the nation will become Muslim. This is our Mashayikh’s: Sheikh Abdullah ad-Daghestani, Mawlana Sheikh Muhammad Nazim Al-Haqqani, even Sheikh MuḥyīddīnIbn Al-Arabi all of these Mashayikh, Awliyau’llah are saying this. And they are ready
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but shaytan is cheating them. If they are not cheating them, they would be coming quickly and asking about what Allah gave us, what this religion is.
And Insha Allah the time will come. The whole world will be Muslim, Islam. Because the religion of Allah is Islam; from Adam ‘alayhi s-salam, to Prophet sallaLlāhu ‘alayhi wa-sallam and until Qiyamah. The religion is one. Sometimes they are saying, “Interfaith, Dialogue between religions.” The religion is only one. Ibrahim ‘alayhi s-salam, Adam ‘alayhi s-salam, Musa ‘alayhi s-salam, Isa ‘alayhi s-salam, all said “Aslamtu.”So it will be Insha Allah. In the time of Mahdi ‘alayhi s-salam, the whole world will be Muslim. This is Allah’s Oath to human beings. But of course it is near, Qiyamah. And Insha Allah we are not far.
We see the whole world now are waiting for something. Every system has collapsed, finished. No communism, no socialism, no capitalism. All of these finished. They don’t know what they will do. They even made this theatre of Covid and other to destroy the whole economy of the world. They thought it will be better for them, but it became worse for them. So all of this is by the will of Allah. They thought that they are doing this by their will. But Allah ‘Azza waJalla made people to be like this. People, before 20 years, thought the world will be like this forever: no problems, no war, no anything. But you saw what happened after that. Every time becoming worse and worse, worse and worse; for people to see that this system is finished. Allah will put His system: to rule the whole world with peace, happiness and Barakah Insha Allah.
We are waiting. This is the good tidings of Prophet sallaLlāhu‘alayhiwasallam for Mahdi ‘alayhi s-salam and Isa ‘alayhi s-salam. When Christians will see Sayyidina Isa, Jesus ‘alayhi s-salam, they will accept and follow him. And he is following Prophet sallaLlāhu ‘alayhi wa-sallam. There is no prophecy after Prophet sallaLlāhu ‘alayhi wa-sallam. For this, he will pray behind Sayyidina AlMahdi ‘alayhi s-salam. If he prays in front of him, he will be like a prophet. But when he prays behind Sayyidina Mahdi ‘alayhi s-salam, he will be one of the followers of
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Prophet sallaLlāhu ‘alayhi wa-sallam.So we are Insha Allah waiting. Don’t be hopeless. We are waiting for Faraj (relief), for the opening of Allah. And when you are waiting also, Allah rewards you. Because this is the word of Prophet sallaLlāhu ‘alayhi wa-sallam. What he said, you must believe.
Many people you look at and think that they are ‘Alim (scholar), but they make people have doubt. They say, “There’s nothing like this. This Hadith is not acceptable.” But it is a real Hadith, and Mutawātir (reported numerously), Sahih, which means right.
Many Sahabah said this Hadith. This is the belief of Ahlu sSunnah wal-Jama’ah. But the belief of reformists, or maybe I don’t know what the Salafi believe – These people don’t believe at all in any miracle of Prophet sallaLlāhu ‘alayhi wa-sallam. When they don’t believe this, their belief is very little. Because Nabi means who tells what will happen later. It means Prophecy: telling what will be happening. And Prophet sallaLlāhu ‘alayhi wa-sallam was telling us what will be happening until Qiyamah. And before Qiyamah, one of the big signs is Sayyidina Al-Mahdi ‘alayhi s-salam. After him, the signs come quickly.
But now we are waiting for Sayyidina Al-Mahdi ‘alayhi s-salam because the whole world is really very in need for this. Everything, every people in every country and every city: people are not at rest and are not happy. May Allah send our Sayyidina Al-Mahdi ‘alayhi s-salam and Sayyidina Isa ‘alayhi s-salamInsha Allah very soon. Of course, we don’t know the time. But we must believe and wait: “Today, tomorrow. Today, tomorrow”, all day, Allah rewards you and you will have a strong faith in your heart Insha Allah.
May Allah make us meet him soon Insha Allah, and to see these nice days after this terrible time Insha Allah.
Wa Minallah at-Tawfeeq, Al-Fatiha.
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ENVY IS THE WORST ATTRIBUTE Tuesday, 24 January 2023 / 2 Rajab 1444 Masjid Anwar Ul Uloom, Smethwick – Birmingham, UK.
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 is happy with us Insha Allah. We are gathering here for His Allah pleasure, to accept us. Alhamdulilah He accepts us. To gather for His love and love of Prophet means He is happy with us and we are happy with Him. And we hope to be in Jannah all together Insha Allah.
Allah ‘Azza wa-Jalla says in Hadith Qudsi: ‘‘I am to my servant as he thinks of Me.’’ Allah is saying, “I am to my servant as he thinks about me. If he thinks good, I am as he thinks. I will give him everything. I will not make any difficulty for him.”
We Alhamdulilah, in our way, way of Prophet we know this: Everything is from Allah and Allah is the Most Merciful. This is what we think. So for this, we are happy. We don’t have in Dunya Insha Allah any problem, and in Akhirah also we are in Jannah Insha Allah. This is what you must think. Don’t think about those who are making it difficult for people, “You will be in hell. You do wrong, you will be punished. You do this, you will be punished.”
In old times when we were in school now schools in this time are not giving anything. They say, “Only education.” No education, no good behavior. Schools in old times were giving everything. The teacher can even hit the children to be quiet. “This one is your teacher; you must
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obey him.” Now, the teacher obeys the children, the family obeys the children. I wanted to say that in old times, if we didn’t know [an answer], our teacher hit our hand with a stick. One time some boys brought a new stick for the teacher. Everyone became angry at this boy who brought it. And the teacher as we said, hit this boy’s hand first. We were all happy about this.
These who are making it difficult [for people] and saying, “This is Haram. You will be punished.” All of you know Haram and know Halal, but Allah hasforgiveness. The Most Forgiving is Allah ‘Azza wa-Jalla. With HisMercy, anything you do – Allah forgives everything when you ask for forgiveness. But as we said, if you say, “You’ll be punished”– who says this doesn’t accept the Mercy of Allah, and he will be punished first. “You say this, come be punished. Other people are asking forgiveness and know I forgive them.”
For this, Sufi, Tariqah people who are going on the way of Prophet sallaLlāhu ‘alayhi wa-sallam don’t worry. Insha’Allah with the Mercy of Allah, mercy of Prophet sallaLlāhu ‘alayhi wa-sallam and with Shafa’ah (intercession) of Prophet sallaLlāhu ‘alayhi wa-sallam we will be safe.
So it is for our, as Imam Al-Busayri said [Qaṣīdat] Al-Burda: “Good tidings for us in Islam we have an unbreakable support of grace.” Giving good tidings for Muslims that we have a strong thing [pillar] that we depend on, it will not be destroyed. You are Muslim you believe in the Mercy of Allah, you will have this Mercy . Allah will give His Mercy for all of you Insha Allah. This is what Prophet sallaLlāhu ‘alayhi wasallam is saying. It is not coming from us. All Tariqah Imams, 41 Tariqah, all of them know this. And they are praying for the Ummah, for Muslims to be safe from Jahannam. So they are saying this. Prophet sallaLlāhu ‘alayhiwasallam was all the time saying, “Ummati, Ummati” – “My Nation, My Nation.” And Allah ‘Azza wa-Jalla said, “I will give you.‘’ “WaLa sawfa Yu’tīka Rabbuka Fatarda’’ “And your Lord is going to give you, and you will be satisfied.’’ (Qur’ān 93:05). Allah says that Allah will give you want you want until you say, “I am happy. I am
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happy. I am happy.”This is from the Hadith of Prophet sallaLlāhu ‘alayhi wa-sallam. His happiness is to make us be in Jannah; those who ask for Sha’afah and ask for him. This is our belief, and you must be happy. Don’t be anxious, “I am doing wrong.” No, you are right. As much as you are following and you believe in Prophet sallaLlāhu ‘alayhiwasallam’sShafa’ah, you will get it. Don’t worry. The Mu’mins, Muslims are happy.
You must not be envious towards Muslims. Being envious is the Munafik’s (hypocrite’s) attribute, the Mushrik (polytheist), the Kafir’s (unbeliever’s) attribute. The Muslims, Mu’mins like the good, Khayr for others also. When others have a good thing, who is a Mu’min/believer must be happy. Because when everybody is happy, it will be good for you also. It rains for all the people. If we ask for rain, we cannot say, “Only rain for me.” So we ask rain from Allah ‘Azza wa-Jalla, Marhamah (mercy), and when it rains, it comes for everybody. If you say, “Only for me”, even if it comes for you, it won’t be of benefit even for you.
So for Tariqah people, Prophet sallaLlāhu ‘alayhi wa-sallam said “None of you believes until he loves for his brother what he loves for himself.” Who has real Iman must love for his brother as he loves for himself. What he wants [for himself], he must love for others also.
As we said, our religion if you think is the best. From every side you see, it is of benefit for you. For this, we are wanting for all people, for all Muslims to be in Jannah, so we also be Jannah. But if you say, “You will be in Jahannam,” we will also be doing what he does. And we are not angels. So it is better for all Muslims to be in Jannah, than some of them being Jahannam. We are wanting this. Many Awliya of Allah ‘Azza waJalla sometimes speak high [level]. One of them said, “I want Allah to make my body giant so it fills Jahannam and nobody goes inside.” They sacrifice themselves for human beings. This is their teaching.
Don’t hate. Even if you see bad people, don’t blame them. Because this is from Allah. Allahmade you not like them. This is what everybody
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must know . Because Allah Azza wa-Jalla is “MuqallibalQuloob”. Over turner of hearts.”At once and quickly, He can change you. And after that, you cannot say, “What happened? What is this!” You will be worse than these people. Sowe say every time: look at yourself. This the teaching of Tariqah. “Nazar Bar Qadam”, “Watch Your Step”, they say. Only look at yourself. Don’t look around and say, “This is good. This is bad. This one is good. This one is bad.” No. You will be maybe as a test you will be worse than these people.
The attribute of human beings is to be jealous, to be envious. This is the worst attribute for human beings. Islam doesn’t like that. They teach people to love, to accept what Allah gives. If someone has some Ni’mah (favor) that Allah gave him, some person, from envy, will be very jealous and very angry. But this envy and anger is bad for him, and might even kill him. To make Hasad (envy), to make Nazar (evil eye), this is not from Islam. Many Surahs, many Ayat and Prophet sallaLlāhu ‘alayhi wa-sallam’s Hadiths are against this. Especially like Surat AlFalaq and Surat An-Nas; they are especially for these people. If anybody feels something [bad], he must read this and it is a protection for you. The Qur’an is the biggest protection. It will protect you and protect your family.
In this time, because everybody is looking at each other, they forgot the teaching of Islam and are not happy for what others have. If they have something, they want to bring better than it, higher than it, more expensive than it. And when they cannot do so, they envy other people, or they make bad eye. This bad eye is also not good. So for this, don’t make competition with others. If you have something and it’s enough for you, it’s okay. If you have a new thing, don’t show that it’s new.
Now also this new thing coming that is outside of Adab of Islam, good behavior of Islam: to show what you have. They are showing in this machine, telephone or other, I don’t know. They are showing what they have. “I have this, I have that. I bought this, I bought that. I am eating here, I am eating there.” This is not good. This will all become bad for you. What you eat will become poison for you. Mawlana Sheikh Nazim
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did not like this showing thing. Even when somebody was going to a restaurant, he said, “Don’t sit near the window or outside where people can see you. If you want to eat, eat inside. Maybe people cannot afford. And what you eat will be poison for you.” This is not a joke.
Islam and Tariqah’s teaching is benefit for you; benefit for you here and hereafter. And teaches good behavior for Muslims or non-Muslims also. Islam’s good behavior is different from non-Muslims’ or nonbelievers. But now, Muslims are making bad behaviors more than nonbelievers. Because they forgot. Nobody told them about this Adab. Everybody is doing what they think is normal, but it is not normal for Islam.As we said, Islam is the biggest Ni’mah for us. Because Allah ‘Azza waJalla and Prophet sallaLlāhu ‘alayhi wa-sallam taught us from the beginning, from when we are born until we die, they taught us everything. Nothing is out of the teaching of Islam. And who follows this will be happy here and hereafter. But who doesn’t follow this is free. They say, “Freedom. We want freedom.” Take this freedom and hit your head with freedom. This is what will happen.Insha Allah slowly, slowly, we must say, we must tell people about Adab of Islam, Adab of Tariqah. The most important thing here also, as we said, if you do a good thing, you will have a good thing. If you make a bad thing, again, you will have a bad thing for you.
This is what Abu Lahab made for Prophet sallaLlāhu ‘alayhi wa-sallam. He dug one well, and put something on it [cover]. And he invited the Prophet “Come I will tell you something” he said and his wife. And when Prophet sallaLlāhu ‘alayhi wa-sallam came of course, Allah ‘Azza wa-Jalla sent Jibril ‘alayhi ssalam who said, “Don’t go there. There is this.” The Prophet went there and turned back quickly. When he turned back, Abu Lahab forgot [the well] and ran after Prophet sallaLlāhu ‘alayhi wa-sallam saying, “Come! Come!” When he reached it, he fell in this hole. So he tried [to get out] but he was shocked that it was a little bit deep. He fell and he injured himself. He tried to get out. He couldn’t. He called Ummu Lahab, his wife. “Tabbat Yadā ‘AbīLahabin Wa Tabb (1) Mā `Aghná `Anhu Māluhu WaMā Kasab (2) Sayaslá Nārāan Dhāta Lahab (3) WaAmra`atuhu (4)’’
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“May the hands of Abu Lahab be ruined, and ruined is he (1) His wealth will not avail him or that which he gained (2) He will [enter to] burn in a Fire of [blazing] flame (3) And his wife [as well] (4) (Qur’ān 111:01-04).
She called his wife, “Come quickly! I must go out.” She tried to pull him, but she couldn’t catch his hand. She threw a rope, but couldn’t take him out. He was stuck there. He said, “This is Muhammad who did this. He must have done magic for me. I cannot go out from here.” He got stuck there. After a long time, [since] he was of course proud and envious, he said, “Only Muhammad can take me out of here. Call him to take me out of here!” Prophet sallaLlāhu ‘alayhi wa-sallam was merciful. Even though he knew that he will not come to Iman, he went and took him out of there. When he went and hecaught his hand and he quickly threw him out with a rope.When you want to do something bad, it will not be on others. Because the others, Allah protects them. Your intention is bad for what you want to do. Sofrom this point, your heart must be all the time good for people, for everybody. May everybody Insha Allahmake a happy life, a protected life, and for Akhirah to be in Jannah Insha Allah.
Once one Bedouin came to Madinah and was happy. “Why are you happy?” they asked him. He said, “I am happy because I will go to Jannah.” They asked him, “How will you go to Jannah?” He said, “I am a hundred percent sure I will be in Jannah. Going to these Gardens, drinking, enjoying myself with Hoori, with other, with our friends.” “How do you know this?” “I believe in this”, he said. And they asked the Prophet. He said, “He is right.” Because he knows that Allah ‘Azza wa-Jalla is Merciful and He cannot make any difficultly to those who believe in His Mercy. So we all Insha Allah believe in this. Insha’Allah we will all be in Jannah just as we are here now.
Those who like to go to Jannah, Insha Allah we get together.
Wa Minallah at-Tawfeeq, Al-Fatiha.
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ĀSLIM TĀSLAM Wednesday, 25 January 2023 / 3 Rajab 1444 Shah Jahan Mosque – Woking, UK.
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.
Alhamdulilah we are here again. We come to meet our Murids, our beloved ones Insha Allah. Alhamdulilah. May Allah make them more and more. Because we are living with good people. And we want human beings to all be good. But Allah wants – you must want what He wants. This is the teaching of Mashayikh, teaching of Tariqah: to accept what Allah ‘Azza wa-Jalla wants, what He gives, His will.
For this, they say, “Aslim Taslam.” Which means: Surrender, you will be safe. If we surrender to what Allah says, if we surrender ourselves to Him, He is the Most Merciful, He will give us the best thing. If you don’t surrender to Him and don’t obey Him but come against Him, you don’t have any chance to win. Maybe you think that you are winning here: you become rich, you become powerful, you become like this and that. But the reality is, when you’re going to the last trip and you close your eyes, you will be shocked, “I thought I won everything. Everybody was under me [authority]. I killed thousands. I destroyed many places. I am the most powerful.” But when he closes his eyes, he will open his eyes on the other side and he will see that he is nothing. He was doing what he had done against himself, not for himself.
For this, the clever one is who accepts Allah ‘Azza wa-Jalla’s will, not his will. And Allah ‘Azza wa-Jalla’s will is given by Prophets, especially
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from Adam ‘alayhi s-salam until our Prophet sallaLlāhu ‘alayhi wasallam. They teach people what Allah wants, what Allah ‘Azza wa-Jalla likes, what Allah ‘Azza wa-Jalla doesn’t like. All of this was taught by Prophets.
Allah ‘Azza wa-Jalla sent to all human beings: Prophets. There were more than 124,000 Prophets. Until our Prophet sallaLlāhu ‘alayhi wasallam, there were Prophets in every time coming to nations, to cities, to towns. But of course, peopleweren’t accepting them. They weren’t accepting. And most of them didn’t have believers. Maybe some of them had one or two. Some of them were killed by their nation or kicked out from their country.
They were doing what Allah ‘Azza wa-Jalla ordered them. It is a very big the most, highest rank between human beings: Prophets. To be a Prophet is the most, highest [rank] between human beings. They are the highest. And they knew that. For this, not one of them ran away from his mission. What Allah told them, they were doing. They weren’t listening to people who were saying, “This is crazy. This is a liar. This is a magician.”
Because many of them were Prophets, all of them had miracles/Mu’jizah that Allah gave them. They did this. These people said, “If you are a Prophet, make a miracle, make a Mu’jizah.” Of course, they did. First, before the Mu’jizah/miracle, they told them, “You are a liar. You are crazy” and some things like that. But when they saw them making a miracle that they cannot do, they said, “This is a magician.” They said so to many of them, even to our Prophet sallaLlāhu ‘alayhi wasallam, Ḥāshā (far from it), to Sayyidina Musa, to Sayyidina Isa; to all of them. Because the Mu’jizah/miracle cannot be explained by thinking or by anything else. It is a power more than what any human being can do. Because shaytan taught them not to accept reality, they must say something.
All Prophets were doing [miracles]. And as we said, most of them didn’t accept. They were like this until our Prophet sallaLlāhu ‘alayhi wa-
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sallam. After Prophet sallaLlāhu ‘alayhi wa-sallam, there were no more Prophets. For this, they don’t have anything to say for Prophet. What they said is: not to accept. This is from shaytan. Even all Prophets were giving good tidings, saying that there will come a Prophet. They described what his name is, where he will be and saying he is the last one. Even with this, their nation, which knew this, were following shaytan and didn’t accept. But this is from Allah ‘Azza wa-Jalla. Who has a good luck, accepts and will be saved. Who is not with Allah ‘Azza wa-Jalla it is Allah’s wisdom. We don’t know. Don’t say, “Why? How?” This is what Allah ‘Azza waJalla wants.
Be thankful for Allah that you are in this way. Even many Muslims call themselves Muslims, but are not following. Very few people are following. Those who are following: the shaytan also doesn’t let them be restful. They make Fitnah between them also. Some of them are coming against. They are coming against the Truth, against Reality. And then do not accept the miracles of Prophet sallaLlāhu ‘alayhi wa-sallam and the Karamah of Awliyau’llah. For the miracles of Awliyau’llah, we say “Karamah”. For Prophets, we say “Mu’jizah”. They don’t accept the Karamah also. They are making people run away from the way. Their belief becomes weak and weak and weak. In the end, they won’t have any belief. Because all of this belief comes with Prophets, and as we said, with Mu’jizat, with Karamah, with miracles. But when you don’t accept this, what do you accept? This means you don’t accept anything. Allah made special people. He chose them and gave them power, spiritual power to collect people, to show them the way of Prophet sallaLlāhu ‘alayhi wa-sallam. Without this, you don’t have anything to hold. Now they are maybe trying to do something. But in reality, they are destroying themselves and they like to destroy good people. But Allah saves them. Allah is with good people.
‘‘Inna Allahama’a s-Sabireen’’‘’Indeed, Allah is with the patient.’’ (Qur’ān 02:153). ‘‘Wa Allahu Yuhibbu l-Muh’sineen’’‘’And Allah loves those who do good.’’ (Qur’ān 03:134).
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In all of these Ayat in the Qur’an, Allah shows that He loves sincere people, good people. Allah ‘Azza wa-Jalla has beloved ones, Awliyau’llah: that means beloved ones for Allah. Who is with Awliyau’llah, who follows Prophet sallaLlāhu ‘alayhi wa-sallam and all Awliyau’llah, is with the beloved ones of Allah ‘Azza wa-Jalla.
So don’t think that Awliyau’llah only means those who make Karamah.
Ajallu l-karamatdawamu t-tawfeeq.” Awliyau’Llahsay“ that the biggest Karamah is to be on the right way with good people all the time [continuously], not cutting and not running away. Don’t say “We are following and nothing is happening.” All of this – Allah’s angels write everything. And it will be for you in Qiyamah: a big favor from Allah ‘Azza wa-Jalla. We are thanking Allah ‘Azza wa-Jalla for making us be with good people.
Other people will not thank Allah that He created them human beings. In Qiyamah, they will want to be like animals. Because in Qiyamah, all animals will also come again for justice. If one from animals had hit another, they will also take revenge in Qiyamah. And after, they will all be earth again. All of them will become earth; there’s no Jahannam for them. For this, unbelievers, those who are against Allah and are with shaytan, will wish to be animals like them: to be dust, earth and go, and not go to hell. But this will not happen. Because Allah gave you Karamah, He gave you the best thing, and you didn’t take the chance to do what will be good for you forever. You laughed and made fun of people who were giving you advice and in the end you will be in regret.
May Allah make us not to be from them Insha Allah. May Allah give Hidayah (guidance) to all human beings. This is our wish. We don’t want badness for anyone, but bad people want badness for everyone. May Allah keep us safe from them Insha Allah.
Wa Minallah at-Tawfeeq, Al-Fatiha.
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FOLLOW HIS SUNNAH Friday, 27 January 2023 / 5 Rajab 1444 Fajr Prayer, Sheikh Nazim Dergah – London.
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.
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