Today is a blessed day. It is the first day of our new year. It is the year 1447 of the Hijrī calendar. That much years have passed since the time of our Prophet ṣallá Llāhu alayhi wa sallam.
Those who have īmān know its value. Those who don’t have īmān, welcome the new year that is according to their own minds, and do all kinds of useless things. Some do little, some do much, some get really out of hand. But the second day there’s nothing.
They don’t understand why they were celebrating, why they were rejoicing. “We were so happy, what happened today?” They look back and see that everything is the same; nothing has changed. Who changes is mankind. He will be one year older then.
But the Hijrī year, shukr to Allāh ﷻ, is the year when one performs the worships of the previous year and has new duties again in the new year. And gradually, as the time passes, it passes by worshipping Allāh ‘Azza wa-Jalla, making shukr, praising and making du’ā’. And Allāh ﷻ will give him his reward and thawāb. They will have won. They won’t lose.
Therefore, our year is starting with goodness not evil.You enter this year by making du’ā’ for yourself, your family, your children, your homeland, your nation. You enter by asking for goodness, desiring true goodness, wanting the īmān of believers to increase, and asking guidance for people as goodness for them. You enter the year making du’ā asking that they also taste these beautiful days, these beautiful times. May they be granted that.
We don’t wish harm to anyone. We want the oppressors to stop their oppression. May Allāh ﷻ also reward the oppressed. His ﷻ rewards are endless, boundless. The reward for the patience of the oppressed is, “إِنَّمَا يُوَفَّى الصَّابِرُونَ أَجْرَهُم بِغَيْرِ حِسَابٍ”, “Innamā Yuwaffá s-Sābirūna ‘Ajrahum Bighayri Ĥisāb”,“Indeed, the patient will be given their reward without account.”(Qur’ān 39:10).
Those who are patient will be given their rewards without account. Not only ten rewards, a hundred rewards, a thousand rewards, but unaccounted. There is no account anymore. Allāh ‘Azza wa-Jalla gives from His ﷻ own treasures.
Therefore, this blessed day is the first of Muḥarram. May Allāh ﷻ make this blessed year of ours a means for goodness. All is good for a person who has īmān. What has changed is that another year has passed. The last worship of the past year, shukr to Allāh ﷻ, our worship, is ḥajj; which is for those who are able to perform it. The last duty is ḥajj. There is the duty of ḥajj for those who could not go yet. For those who went, may Allāh ﷻ accept it.
There were many who could not go. There were many who could not enter but only reached as far as the border of Makkah. They went there with their intentions and actual action. Allāh ﷻ will surely accept their ḥajj. Because the same happened with our Prophet ṣallá Llāhu ‘alayhi wa-sallam.
Our Prophet ṣallá Llāhu ‘alayhi wa-sallam was there for ḥajj but was banned. He ﷺ came out of iḥram, and sacrificed qurbān. And those who encountered that this year were more than those who went to ḥajj. They entered the borders of ḥajj, and visited the Ka’aba but could not go up to ‘Arafāt, but Allāh ﷻ will surely give them their thawāb and rewards. “إِنَّمَا الأَعْمَالُ بِالنِّيَّاتِ”, “Īnnamā l-āmālu bi-n-niyyāt”, “Actions are but by intentions”.
Actions are according to intention. They both intended and went there, “How can we find a way to enter?” But it was given to them in the sense of destiny, in shā’a Llāh. May Allāh ﷻ accept it.
The last worship of the year is the duty of ḥajj. Then, we start again; anew. These are the blessed days of the month of Muḥarram, which is also one of the sacred months. In the past, fasts were performed in this month. After that, Allāh ‘Azza wa-Jalla changed it to Ramaḍān. It became obligatory in Ramaḍān. This was not obligatory, but it was fasted.
Now, fasting from the 1st to the 10th is also virtuous. But the most important [of days] starts with the day of ‘Āshūrā’. The first of the virtuous days is the day of ‘Āshūrā’. ‘Āshūrā’ is the tenth of Muḥarram. There is fasting and there are duties to be done on that day. Who does them receives his reward.
As we said, you can fast as it suits you: 9 and 10 or 10 and 11. Or you can fast the three days, or from one to ten. One can do as he wishes. They are a gift from Allāh ‘Azza wa-Jalla to the believers and Muslims.
After that, of course, is the blessed month of the birth of our Holy Prophet ﷺ, in Rabī’u l-Awwal. It is also a blessed and great day. Allāh ‘Azza wa-Jalla sent our Prophet ṣallá Llāhu ‘alayhi wa-sallam. Some ignorant people now say it is bid’ah. Whereas our Prophet ṣallá Llāhu ‘alayhi wa-sallam used to fast every Monday.
When they asked our Prophet ṣallá Llāhu ‘alayhi wa-sallam, he ﷺ would say, “I was born on this day, that’s why I fast.” So our Prophet ﷺ celebrated his own birth day every week; since his ﷺ birth day is on a Monday. Is it too much if we celebrated it once a year?
Then, as we said, Rajab, Sha’ban, Ramaḍān, Eid ul-Adḥa, Laylatul Qadr, etc. All of them pass within a year; from one year to another. So this year is not in vain. Life is not in vain for a Muslim. Time is not in vain. They are all full. There is nothing empty. Nothing is empty in the universe. So how will Islām be empty? It is not empty at all.
The one who is empty, the one whose life is empty is who has no īmān. He is the empty one. Let him think he’s something as much as he wants. He’s an empty person. He runs after empty people. The people he thought were full are empty. There have nothing. The full ones, Allāh ﷻ willing, are the believers. Every minute for them is precious. Every minute is filled with Allāh’s ﷻ virtues and rewards, in shā’a Llāh.
May Allāh ﷻ make these days of ours blessed, in shā’a Llāh. May He ﷻ send the sāhib in this new year, in shā’a Llāh. This is what we are waiting for. It is approaching more and more day by day. In shā’a Llāh, may it be this year, in shā’a Llāh. This is our hope, in shā’a Llāh. Wa min Allah at-Tawfiq.
Al-Fatiha.
• Mawlana Sheikh Muhammad Adil ar-Rabbaniق
26 June 2025/ 01 Muharram 1447
Lefke, Cyprus
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Shukr to Allāh ﷻ, today is the last day of the year according to the Hijri Calendar. Tonight is the Hijri new year. This calendar is the calendar of Muslims. May Allāh ﷻ make this year blessed, in shā’a Llāh. May it be the means for goodness. May there be the victory of Islām.
May the Sāhib come, in shā’a Llāh. Mawlānā Shaykh Nāẓim says, “We wait every night.” We also wait year after year. Even that is good.
This calendar is counted from the time of our Prophet ṣallá Llāhu ‘alayhi wa-sallam. It started from the time he ﷺ honored Madinah with his ﷺ migration. Before that, people counted days and years as given by Allāh ‘Azza wa-Jalla. But Islamically, it is from the time of our Prophet ṣallá Llāhu ‘alayhi wa-sallam. It is for the worship of mankind, for what they will do. He ﷺ determined the days, months, weeks.
Before, they put them according to their own minds. Sometimes they would change some things as they wished. But after that, after the time of our Prophet ṣallá Llāhu ‘alayhi wa-sallam, this did not happen anymore. All our worships, orders, prohibitions are according to this calendar. To value this calendar is among the orders of Islām. Because many have strived to ruin it, but Allāh ‘Azza wa-Jalla has preserved it. And it will continue until the Day of Judgment, with Allāh’s ﷻ permission.
In these blessed days, today is the last day of Dhul Hijjah. Who wants can fast, but the important fasting is that in the month of Muharram. It is more virtuous. Especially 9-10 or 10-11. Not fasting the day of Ashurah (the 10th) alone; but fasting either one day before 9-10, or one day after 10-11 or all three at once. These are also days of great reward. They are virtuous days.
May Allāh ﷻ make it blessed upon us. May it be of victory for Islām. Victory is always in Islām. People in Islām have won. No matter how much they seem to be suffering, those who are with Allāh ﷻ always win. May Allāh ﷻ make our year blessed.
May our days be always of barakah, in shā’a Llāh. May it be a means of goodness. May we be protected from the evil of shayṭān. May we be protected from fitnah, in shā’a Llāh. May it be a means of goodness. May we live in barakah without being in need of anyone, in shā’a Llāh. Wa min Allah at-Tawfiq.
Al-Fatiha.
• Mawlana Sheikh Muhammad Adil ar-Rabbaniق
25 June 2025/ 29 Dhu l-Hijjah 1446
Fajr Prayer – Akbaba Dergah, Istanbul
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“What Allāh ﷻ wills comes to pass, and what He does not will does not come to pass.”
The will of Allāh ‘Azza wa-Jalla is that what He ﷻ wants happens, and what He ﷻ does not wants doesn’t happen. These are things that believers must put in their minds. Everything that happens wouldn’t happen without the will of Allāh ﷻ.
Therefore, in dunyā: the time we live in, the place we live in, everything happens by the will of Allāh ‘Azza wa-Jalla. That’s why, the believer does not panic about anything. He never says, “What happened? What will happen?” He submits.
“أسلم تسلم”, “Aslim Taslam.” Our Prophet ṣallá Llāhu ‘alayhi wa-sallam used to write this beautiful word in the letters he sent. Submit, you will find peace. “No, this one did it. That one did it. What happened?”
Your worrying, your sadness and what you’re doing doesn’t benefit anyone. What’s beneficial is you being steadfast on the right way and the worships you perform.What’s important is to preserve our īmān.
“Dunyā is collapsing, dunyā is ending”, don’t care about that. It is of no use to you. Because you cannot change anything. What applies is the will of Allāh ‘Azza wa-Jalla. You must accept it, you will be at ease. Otherwise you will say, “I had a panic attack, I don’t know what happened. This and that happened to me.”
Mind yourself, continue with your work and rely upon Allāh ﷻ.
May Allāh ﷻ protect us all. May Allāh ﷻ give us all the strength of īmān. When īmān is strong, a person doesn’t care about anything. Wa min Allah at-Tawfiq.
Al-Fatiha.
• Mawlana Sheikh Muhammad Adil ar-Rabbaniق
24 June 2025/ 28 Dhu l-Hijjah 1446
Fajr Prayer – Akbaba Dergah, Istanbul
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Bismillahi Ar-Rahman Ar-Rahim Tariqatuna as-sohba wal khayru fil jam’iyya Madad Ya Sayyidi Ya Rasul Allah ﷺ, wa Mashayikhina Sheikh Nazim Adil Al-Haqqaniق, Sheikh Muhammad Ar-Rabbaniق
Assalamu alaikum wa rahmatuLlahi wa barakatuhu
Happy Hijri New Year!
In Prophet’s ﷺ time the mushrik, unbelievers, were so much against the Sahaba, torturing and fighting them mentally, spiritually and physically, so Allah ﷻ ordered Prophet ﷺ and the Sahaba to make hijrah/migration from Mecca to Madina.
Before this order came, a few Sahaba, companions, were coming from Madina to Mecca. They believed in Prophet ﷺ and gave him ﷺ bay’ah/pledge of alliance. They made an oath to Prophet ﷺ — first, to believe in the Unity of Allah ﷻ; second, to pray; third, to fast; fourth, not to commit big sins; and fifth, not to kill their children, a very bad practice that they used to have.
Then, they came back the next year in a much bigger number and they all gave bay’ah to Prophet ﷺ and asked him ﷺ to come to Madina and promised to protect him ﷺ with their money, bodies and their souls. This was the second bay’ah and after one year all the Sahaba started to go to Madina.
Prophet ﷺ was the last one who left Mecca with Hz. Abu Bakr as-Siddiqر. It is a long story, most of you know it. I will only mention when Prophet ﷺ and Hz. Abu Bakr as-Siddiqر were hiding in the cave for 3 days. These 3 days were believed to be a seclusion for them both. This was a meeting place for the souls of all the Naqshbandi sheikhs. Each sheikh came with his murids, and whoever belonged to him, and all took bay’ah from the Prophet ﷺ.
Alhamdulillah, we are on this way and this is very good tidings and great luck from Allah ﷻ that He granted us this. From this point, the Hijri year, as the Islamic calendar, started.
The Arabs always had a 12-month lunar year but they never had an overall calendar. They would count from big events, like a war, or a big event like the year Abraha tried to attack the Ka’aba with the elephants, or the flood when half of the Ka’aba was destroyed. Their history was not consistent.
So after Prophet ﷺ passed away, Hz. Abu Bakrر became khalifa/caliph for 2 years. Then he passed away and Hz. Omar ibn-il Khattabر, with the title of Amir al-Mumineen, became khalifa. This is when they started to register the historical calendar.
The Sahaba who were registering the historical calendar wanted to have dates for it. With the permission of Hazreti Omarر, they made a shura/consultation amongst the Sahaba. They considered starting the calendar from the birth of Prophet ﷺ or from when he ﷺ received prophethood. Finally, they agreed to start the Hijri calendar from when Prophet ﷺ emigrated from Mecca to Madina.
The word Hijri is from hijrah, meaning migration. The Qur’an Karim mentions these 12 months, the Arab/Muslim lunar year.
SubhanAllah, our Islamic calendar is from that day, the migration from Mecca to Madina.We have many holy days in the different months of our calendar, and the 10 days of Muharram are one of them. They are praised days.
Every day that you fast in Muharram it counts as 30 days. To fast for 2 days, the last day of Dhu l-Hijjah tomorrow and the first day of Muharram, day after tomorrow, has a big reward and counts for the forgiveness of sins of 50 years.
It is a Sunnah of Prophet ﷺ.
The Arabs used to fast the first 10 days of Muharram and Prophet ﷺ was also fasting these 10 days until the order came to fast Ramadan. Then he ﷺ left these 10 days of fasting, but if you can, you may fast these 10 days until ‘Ashura, the 10th day of Muharram. If not, you can fast the 9th and 10th of Muharram, it is next, on Tuesday and Wednesday. This has many thawabs.
On the day of ‘Ashura, the Prophet ﷺ saw some of the Sahaba fasting and some not. One of the Sahaba wanted to know what to do, so Prophet ﷺ said to wash the mouth and keep fasting like this until Maghrib time. The Jews too were fasting the day of ‘Ashura because Allah ﷻ split the sea for Hazreti Musa (AS) and saved them from Fir’awn.
Prophet ﷺ said that, “We are closer to Musa (AS) than them, we will fast that day but we don’t like to resemble them so we will fast one more day.” He said if he was to live till the next year he would fast the 9th and the 10th of Muharram. The next year he was not anymore with us.
On the day of ‘Ashura, if you can, fast. If you cannot, at least celebrate the day because Allah ﷻ rewarded so many prophets on the day of ‘Ashura. On this day Allah ﷻ forgave Hazreti Adam (AS). On this day Hazreti Nuh’s (AS) Ark was made to land on the Judi and the flood was stopped. On Ashura Day, Allah ﷻ saved Hazreti Ibrahim (AS) from the fire and chose him as khalil, His close friend. Hazreti Isa (AS) was raised to heaven and Prophet ﷺ was granted many things. One of them was his marriage to Hazreti Khadijaر, his first wife, the mother of his ﷺ children.
We celebrate these days in many ways. We make some sweets in honour of Hazreti Nuh (AS). When he landed, he had so many small, small things left over from the provisions he kept on the Ark to feed people and the animals, so he put them together and made a feast and thanked Allah ﷻ that they were saved.
InshaAllah, Allah ﷻ make us safe from this bad illness and keep it away from us. We have to make du’a that Hazreti Mahdi (AS) comes, and InshaAllah the situation of the world is much better in his time.
Wa min Allahi at-taufiq.
Al-Fatiha.
• Hjh Rukiye Sultan
07 August 2021/ 28 Dhuʻl-Hijjah 1442 AH
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“And proclaim to the people the Hajj [pilgrimage]; they will come to you on.” Ṣadaqa Llāhu l-‘Aẓīm.
He ﷻ told Sayyidina Ibrahīm to call the adhan after building the Kaa’ba Mu’azzamah. Everyone who heard that adhan certainly goes to ḥajj. It is destined for them.
The adhan is a great blessing that Allāh ‘Azza wa-Jalla has given to believers that it’s recited five times a day. Five times a day, people are called to the Presence of Allāh ‘Azza wa-Jalla. That’s why, the adhan is very important. People don’t know its value.
Shukr to Allāh ﷻ, people in Muslim countries hear it five times a day. Five times, whether they remember Allāh ‘Azza wa-Jalla or not, that is not important. What’s important is hearing that beautiful adhan and having its barakah upon people. It has barakah, whether one prays or not, whether he knows or not. It is a great blessing.
Jibrīl ‘alayhi s-salām calls the adhan in heaven. This same adhan our Prophet ṣallá Llāhu ‘alayhi wa-sallam saw in his dreams and the ṣaḥābah called it with their beautiful voices, continues five times a day until the Day of Judgment, with Allāh’s ﷻ permission. It shows the value of time, the value of the time people live.
Years ago, we went to a non-Muslim country. Of course, because we’ve always been in Muslim countries, we realized there was no adhan. We considered the adhan something normal. This was the first time we went to London, England in 1980. There was no sound of the adhan outside. So a person appreciates it then. There is nothing.
They neither have time, nor value for their lives. This is what gives value to life. It is what shows value. Calling to Allāh ‘Azza wa-Jalla five times, going on the way of Allāh ‘Azza wa-Jalla, calling people to guidance, to success, to prayer, to piety is something else. When it is not appreciated, a person knows its value then.
Allāh ‘Azza wa-Jalla has given believers, Muslims every good thing. There is no badness. And other people are not aware of it. This is a great blessing. It is a great beauty. When it doesn’t exist, there is complete emptiness. Shukr to Allāh ﷻ, when we go to non-Muslim counties, we hear it in our Dergahs and mosques but because people outside don’t hear it, there is a big void.
People there are surprised of this void, and wonder how to fix it. Allāh ‘Azza wa-Jalla who created us, Our Lord Allāh ‘Azza wa-Jalla has given this beauty to everyone. He ﷻ has given it to Muslims and non-Muslims. But whoever takes it, takes it. Whoever does not take it knows for himself. Then, he falls into distress and gets depressed.
Of course, the benefits of adhan are endless. It also reaches who calls the adhan, the mu’adhin. Our Prophet ṣallá Llāhu ‘alayhi wa-sallam says, wherever his voice reaches, that’s how much reward he gets. They have come up with these weird systems now.
They give the mu’adhin his salary and everything, but he doesn’t call the adhan, the machine will call it, or one person will call it. Whereas each one of them is deprived of that reward.
May Allāh ﷻ guide us. May He ﷻ give people mind and understanding so that they can carry out the Sunnah, in shā’a Llāh. Wa min Allah at-Tawfiq.
Al-Fatiha.
• Mawlana Sheikh Muhammad Adil ar-Rabbaniق
23 June 2025/ 27 Dhu l-Hijjah 1446
Fajr Prayer – Akbaba Dergah, Istanbul
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In Loving Memory of Sheikh Muhammad Abdul Sattar Khan
Here is a transcription of a Sohbah given by Almarhum Sheikh Abdul Sattar Khan on 21st July 2023:
MashaAllah, Alhamdulillah, we are now in the New Muslim Year and New Muslim Month of Muharram. Muharram is very special for us in this Tariqah because although the Ma’al Hijrah is celebrated around the world, it is of special significance to the Naqshbandis.
Not only is it the Hijrah the beginning of the Muslim calendar, but the beginning of our Tariqah also lies in the Hijrah itself, in which the wisdom of Rasulullah ﷺ was passed on to Sayyidina Abu Bakar Siddiqر after handing over all the amanahs (responsibilities). Even the non-Muslims had given a lot of amanah to the Holy Prophet to hold when he was in Makkah.
Before leaving for Madinah, he disbursed all these amanahs, even the enemies of Islam, those who were persecuting him and even those who hated him. For even they trusted him as Al-Amin, the trustworthy one. He returned all their amanahs. He left some in the hands of Sayyidina Aliر.
On that night, the tribesmen, youth of different Qabilah (tribes) surrounded and tried to kill the Prophet ﷺ. But the Holy Prophet ﷺ walked right past them and with Sayyidina Abu Bakar as-Siddiqر, began his 450km journey. A journey that Prophet ﷺ took on his camel with his bosom companion, Sayyidina Abu Bakar as-Siddiqر who is at the helm of this Tariqah.
This is the only Tariqah of the 41 Tariqahs that begins its journey with Sayyidina Abu as-Bakar Siddiqر, the Naqshbandi ‘Aliyyah Tariqah. All the other 40 Tariqahs taking their roots with Sayyidina Aliر, Karam-Allahu Wajhah. What a blessing for us to be with this Tariqah. It is a gift from Allah ﷻ to us, which we must treasure.
It was actually very easy for Allah ﷻ to take Rasulullah ﷺ from Makkah to Madinah in the blink of an eye, just as he took Rasulullah ﷺ from Makkah to Masjid al-Aqsa in just a few moments.
The wisdom of this journey was shown when Prophet ﷺ traveled in the intense heat and found a cave, the cave of Thawr and hid in the cave with Sayyidina Abu Bakar as-Siddiqر. It is in this cave that the ayah, Asta’idhu billah “Innallaha ma’ana” (Allah is with us), was descended. “La Tahzan” (Don’t be sad), Prophet ﷺ said to Sayyidina Abu Bakar as-Siddiqر because he was sad.
He was so concerned when he was travelling with Rasulullah ﷺ. Sometimes he was riding in front of the Prophet ﷺ, worried in case somebody came from the front. Sometimes he was riding behind the Prophet ﷺ, worried in case somebody ambushed them from the back. So intense was his love for Rasulullah ﷺ. Always worried that something would happen to his Beloved.
And when the expert tracker from Makkah actually tracked the footsteps of these 2 men, they were able to track down the Prophet ﷺ right to the door of the cave. As many of you know the story, because of the dove that made its nest there and by the spider that made its web by the entrance, they didn’t enter the cave. Throughout this, Sayyidina Abu Bakar as-Siddiqر said he could see them, could see their feet outside the cave itself.
He was very sad because he felt that it would have been the end of Islam, the end of Prophet ﷺ and the end of this journey. But the Holy Prophet ﷺ said to him, “La Tahzan” (Don’t be sad), “Innallaha Ma’ana” (Allah is with us).This is such a powerful ayah MashaAllah. It’s also one of the deepest foundations of the Naqshbandi Way because it is a way of companionship, “Tariqatuna Sohbah”. Our way is companionship.
Nothing greater than the companionship we have seen with Rasulullah ﷺ and all the companions. They are called his Sahabah. The root word of Sahabah is Sohbah, which is to speak about or to show companionship and learning through companionship. Of all the companions, the one closest to the Prophet ﷺ, was our beloved Sayyidina Abu Bakar as-Siddiqر.
In that cave, it was a long story, but the important thing was that in this cave, it was the beginning of the Naqshbandi Tariqah.The first Khatam Khwajagan was held there and the Prophet ﷺ together with Sayyidina Abu Bakar as-Siddiqر and all the Grandsheikhs, their souls, and all the souls of every attendee of every Khatam Khwajagan since that time from 1445 years ago till today.
From that first Khatam Khwajagan, he has continued this ancient practice for so long and until today, this ancient Zikir is still being done. And MashaAllah it has propagated through the world and Allah ﷻ has chosen some people to be following the way of Abu Bakar as-Siddiqر, the one who had died before he died.
Rasulullah ﷺ said to the companions, “You must know that your friend here, referring to Sayyidina Abu Bakar as-Siddiqر, he excels or exceeds all of you, not by virtue of his deeds but by virtue of a secret that is contained in his heart”. That is the secret that was passed down from Rasulullah ﷺ to Sayyidina Abu Bakar Siddiqر and down the Golden Chain until Sheikh Muhammad Adilق today holding that secret in himself.
Hence we, the mureeds who are following and attempting to understand this journey, must be very thankful that this ancient way that started hundreds of miles away, hundreds of years ago, thousands of years ago, has reached us. Right now we are sitting in Singapore and MashaAllah this practice, these teachings, this way, these Guides have reached us even here, Alhamdulillah, MashaAllah.
So, this month of Muharram is very special for all of us. Not only was it the beginning of the spread of Islam when the Holy Prophet ﷺ moved to Madinah, it was there that Islam began to expand until they were able to go back to Makkah and conquer it. But it’s also the beginning of our Way.
It is also the birthday of Shah Naqshbandق in this month, the 14th of Muharram. It is a very special day for us. InshaAllah we’ll also be fasting the 3 white days, 13th, 14th and 15th. So it will include the 14th as well. And on the night of the 14th (eve) is a night we must also stay up and do our worshipping because Grandsheikh Shah Naqshbandق said, 4 times a year, the Barakah that comes upon me reaches to all my mureeds. It means all those following the Naqshbandi Way, and 3 of those days are in Ramadhan.
The one day that is outside Ramadhan is in this month of Muharram on the 14th of Muharram. So again, it is also something very special for us who are followers of Shah Naqshbandق to ask for the blessings that descend upon him. Mawlanaق was saying so special is the status of Shah Naqshbandق that of the 7 Jannahs that are in the skies when we return to Allah ﷻ on the Day of Judgment, by the Shafa’ah (intercession) of Shah Naqshbandق alone will be from his eyes, as far as his eyes reach on the day of Yawm al-Qiyamah, that group of people are in his Shafa’ah.
According to Mawlana Sheikh Nazim, 4 out of the 7 Jannahs are filled just by the Shafa’ah of this single saint, Shah Naqshband alone, filling 4 of the 7 paradises by his Shafa’ah. We are the followers of Shah Naqshbandق in the Naqshbandi Way, chosen by Allah ﷻ.
We are nothing great, so don’t be proud. We are amongst the worst of the people in reality.
It is said that on the Day of Promises, all the Saints chose their followers and from those that nobody wanted, the Naqshbandi Saints took them. So we were the rejects from that day. All the other Saints looked at us and shook their heads and said no we’re not going to have these people in our Tariqah. And from the group of people that was left behind, the Naqshbandi Saints took them and trained us all.
So we must be very grateful to Allah ﷻ, as Shah Naqshbandق made this Du’a before Allah ﷻ gave him this Way. He said, “I wish for a way that is MOST easy for my people, for my mureeds. The easiest, the shortest way for them to reach the Divine Presence.” That’s why you find in our Way, the practices are not heavy, not very heavy.
I’ve seen and sat with other people before from other Ways and their Ways are very heavy. Even for them to request something from Allah ﷻ, they have to read hundreds and hundreds of times so many different amalan (practices) which are very very heavy to do. You never find that in the Naqshbandi Way.
Everything they give you is easy to do and something that is extremely powerful. For example, if you are taking a small, tiny hand grenade, you need millions to produce the effect of a single nuclear bomb, right? So an amal that is very connected because our Way is a way of connection. Connection is the most crucial thing in the Naqshbandi Way because we are not doing anything by ourselves, we are not existing by ourselves.
Allah ﷻ is reminding us that we are existing by Him ﷻand the connection to Him ﷻ is the most important thing in this Way. That’s why in the Naqshbandi Way, even though we are so far from Sheikh Mehmetق like last time, the older mureeds are so far away from Sheikh Nazimق physically but spiritually the connection is very very powerful.
As he used to say, if Allah ﷻ granted the power to iblis and shaytan to be so close to everybody on earth it would be impossible that Allah ﷻ didn’t grant something more powerful to the Saints, that even if their mureeds are as far away as in Alaska or some hidden cave somewhere in the world, the Saints will be given the power to reach to them even more powerfully than how shaytan is able to reach everybody in this world.
So our Way is a way of connection. Our Way is a way of companionship. That’s why we’re always reminded of this need to be in connection with the Guide, just as a light bulb, once it’s no longer in touch or in connection with the electricity source, then it is shut off. So we are constantly reminded to be in connection with the Guide, to be in Rabita, to always be in Rabita with the Guide, to always keep our connection to the Guides because we are in need to be lighted all the time and to be guided on this Way.
This month is also important because of the Day of Ashura. The Day of Ashura is the 10th of Muharram and it was a day in which the Muslims were fasting even before Ramadhan was made compulsory. The story, very briefly, is when the Prophet ﷺ had reached Madinah after the migration, he met the Jews and he asked them why they were not eating that day. They said they were fasting.
They were fasting to celebrate the victory of Sayyidina Musa (AS) over Fir’aun. And the Holy Prophet ﷺ said, “We have more rights over Prophet Musa (AS) than you have”. And the Muslims were then commanded to fast on that day but to differentiate their fasting from the fasting of the Jews, the Holy Prophet ﷺ told the Muslims to fast on the 9th and 10th or the 10th and 11th. So that is why even in this small matter, to resemble even the good deeds of the other religions, we are encouraged to be different from them.
What more their lifestyles, their akhlaq, their adab, we must be standing by our own way and not follow them into the hole of the lizard. As the Prophet ﷺ said, in the end of times, my Ummah will follow the people, the unbelievers right into the lizard hole.
When the Sahabah asked, “Who are you referring to, is it the Jews and Christians” the Prophet said, “who else”. Today we can see this has already happened. People are following the ways of the non-Muslims. So that is why the people who revive the Sunnah are given such a huge reward in these end of times.
So be amongst them who are every day looking for a single Sunnah and then reviving it within yourself. It can be the smallest thing, like taking salt before and after food, small Sunnahs that show your love for the Prophet ﷺ. To put on the slippers from the right side before you put on the left side or to take off the left side of clothing first before the right side.
Very small things which are so easy to do, but it is a sign of your love for the Holy Prophet ﷺ in that if you can find a way to follow how the Prophet ﷺ did it, then you will choose that method, that way, that lifestyle, that akhlaq or that adab over your own.
So the Day of Ashura is the day of victory that Allah ﷻ granted over the enemies of Allah ﷻ. The day where Sayyidina Ayub (AS) was cured of his illness. The day where Sayyidina Yunus (AS) was removed from the belly of the whale. The day when Sayyidina Yusuf (AS) was released from jail. The day when Sayyidina Ibrahim (AS) was saved from the furnace of Nimrod, who had created such a huge fire for him. And of course the day when Sayyidina Musa (AS) defeated Fir’aun and crossed the ocean. It’s the day in which Allah ﷻ created Sayyidina Adam (AS) in Jannah. It is also said that Qiyamah will also happen on the Day of Ashura.
So there are so many endless lists of blessings on that day, the day where the Ark of Noah (AS) found its resting place on Mount Judi. As such, it is a day of victory of good over bad. The victory of the patient ones who tolerated the dhzolim and the evil that was done upon them. This is the day that Allah ﷻgrants victory for those who are fighting their enemies. And our biggest enemy, our desires, our nafs.
And every Ashura, we are asking Allah ﷻto grant us victory more and more. Stronger self, weaker nafs, we are asking Allah ﷻ to grant us more and more strength to defeat our desires, our ego, our arrogance, our pride and our heedlessness. Every Ashura is a victory against the badness that lies within us.
So that is why the Day of Ashura is celebrated. Even though when Ramadhan became compulsory, this Sunnah fasting is very encouraged for the believers to do it, to remember the help of Allah ﷻ. No matter how slow we feel it comes, no matter how much time we have to wait for it to come, when it finally comes, it’s very very sweet.
“Inna ma’al usri yusra”, after every difficulty comes ease. We are always hoping for that ease. Remember, don’t ask for the difficult way. Don’t ask for something you cannot bear and carry as Mawlanaق said in one of his Sohbah. Even Shah Naqshbandق, when he was doing Munajat, was asking Allah ﷻ to give him the heaviest test and he would bear everything for his love for Allah ﷻ, and Allah ﷻ advised him and said don’t ask in this manner and ask for something which is easy. Shah Naqshbandق then asked for the whole of his mureeds to reach Allah ﷻ easily. So always ask for ease.
In fact, from one of the Sohbah from Mawlanaق, one of the Sahabah was making Du’a, “Oh Allah ﷻ grant me patience…. grant me patience… grant me patience” because he was having an illness. And that’s why Mawlana Sheikh Mehmetق was saying, don’t ask for patience, right? Because the Prophet ﷺ said to this Sahabah, “Do you know that by this Du’a, you are prolonging the musibah that is coming upon you? Because you are saying to Allah ﷻ, make me patient with this musibah and grant me more and more patience”.
That means grant this musibah to continue and continue and continue so that my patience will continually be in a state of patience and patience and patience. The Prophet ﷺ said, don’t ask a Du’a like that. Instead, the Prophet ﷺ, said to him, ask for Afiyah, “Allahumma inni as’alukal-‘afwa wal-‘afiyah”. Afiyah means well-being. It’s not that we don’t want to bear difficulty, no. But we are weak ones.
Don’t say to Allah ﷻ I can, because there came a point where even the Prophets said to Allah ﷻ, all these Prophets whom you are hearing, their victory against the enemies, they also bore long periods of patience which was very tough for them. They said, “Mata Nasrullah” (Oh Allah, where is the help of Allah?)
This is something you say usually in exasperation when you are so tired and you’re waiting. When Allah ﷻ says to Musa (AS), “We will give you a victory very soon.” 40 years later still he was waiting for that victory because time is very short for Allah Almighty. But for us, it is something that Allah ﷻ can make very long. So do not say that I can carry the difficulty and let me be patient with this. No, when something comes to you, say to Allah ﷻ, give me well-being, give me ease. Lift this from me because I come to you as a weak servant.
The Prophets had their victory after waiting and we also are waiting for the time to return to Allah ﷻ. Day by day we are fighting this battle against our enemy, our self, trying to remove badness from our self and year by year on the Day of Ashura, may Allah ﷻ grant us victory, small steps of victory against our nafs, our ego, and all the badness that is hidden within our hearts, until step by step we reach to perfection.
And once we have reached to that point where our heart is cleansed from all that is displeasing to Allah ﷻ, Alhamdulillah, InshaAllah, Allah ﷻ will invite us to return to Him ﷻ in the condition of perfection, just as He ﷻ invited all those who are on the Way of Love.
So be happy in this Muharram. It is the beginning of the Tariqah, it is the birthday of Shah Naqshbandق, it is the Day of Ashura. That is why it’s not encouraged for us to follow the ways of some people who are taking the Day of Ashura as the day of lamentation and crying and sadness because they are saying it is the day that Sayyidina Hussein (AS) passed away when he was martyred.
Of course, we are sad to hear such a news, but it was a victory for him, victory for all those who returned to Allah ﷻ in Allah ﷻ‘s Love. They attained the highest of Maqams. He will be the one who is the leader of the Martyrs on the Day of Judgment, and he reached an honor that brought so much honor to the Ahlul Baytul Kiram.
It is something that is so pleasing to the family of the Prophet ﷺ because they reached the highest of Maqams. Although it is sad, Mawlanaق was saying in the past year’s Sohbah not to follow the ways of these people making it a day of sadness. They say we should walk around feeling sad. Some of them even whip themselves and do all these strange practices.
In our Way, no, it is a day of Happiness. We celebrate the victory of the ones whom Allah ﷻ has helped. We celebrate the reaching of the highest Maqam for Sayyidina Hussain (AS) and all the Martyrs of Karbala. And of course we read Al-Fatiha, we read Yasin, we read the Quran and give to them as a gift. And we share our love with these blessed ones who are very high in their Maqams in the eyes of Allah Almighty.
So use your Muharram wisely as after that we are entering into a very heavy month, the month of Safar where much Musibah comes on this earth and already we are seeing even in the past weeks so many difficult things have been happening in the country. So, we keep our heart with Allah ﷻ, ask Allah ﷻ to protect us and our loved ones in this coming difficult month ahead and in this month, let us be one who is constantly seeking from Allah ﷻ.
The Day of Ashura is very special, a day in which your Du’as are accepted. So don’t let that day pass just like that. Even to feed the poor, the rewards are so great. To be generous with your family, Allah ﷻ will be generous with you and your family the whole of the year. If you use celak, they call it antimony on your eyes, you will not have eye illness for the whole year. If you bathe hadas besar, your Sunnah bathing, Allah ﷻ will keep your body free of heavy illnesses throughout the year. If you feed orphans or you touch their head with kindness, Allah ﷻ will dress you with Mercy and Goodness.
So look at all the good deeds that can be done on that day besides fasting and seek from Allah ﷻ His Bounty. Every time there’s a special occasion like this, you must be the first one to be on the prayer mat asking from Allah ﷻ all sorts of goodness, “Rabbana atina fid dunya hasanatan wa fil Aakhirati hasanatan waqina ‘adhaban-nar”.
Not just Dunya but also Akhirah, not just for yourself but also for your family, not just for those who are alive but also those who have passed and those who will come into this Dunya as your progeny, as your descendent, as your family.
Pray for all of them, pray for the goodness that you ask for yourself upon all of these people. Allah ﷻ loves those who are always constantly praying for the wellbeing of the other Muslims in this world.
May Allah ﷻ grant us goodness on the Day of Ashura. One of the amalan that is done collectively is a Qurban that is done on that day.
For this Qurban you don’t have to do a full Qurban by yourself. You can even just put $1 dollar and from that $1 or $2 dollars everybody is giving, if we can do 1, we will do 1. If we can do more, we shall do more, as we have been doing for the past many years InshaAllah. As a Barakah of feeding the hungry and poor people who are refugees there.
May Allah ﷻ grant us all the blessings of the Day of Ashura and more.
May Allah ﷻ grant us to be part of the Du’as of the pious people of that day.
May Allah ﷻ grant us to be busy, busy seeking his Bounties on that day and may Allah ﷻ grant us all that we seek and more than that InshaAllah.
Bi hurmatil Habib, bi hurmatil Fatiha.
• Almarhum Sheikh Muhammad Abdul Sattar Khan
21 July 2023/ 03 Muharram 1444
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Our beloved Sheikh Muhammad Abdul Sattar Khan reunited with his true love, Allah Almighty, on 11 November 2023.
May Allah forgive his shortcomings, bestow upon him endless blessings, mercy, and light, and elevate his rank for the sincerity of his efforts and contribution during his lifetime.
May he be placed among those closest and dearest to Allah Almighty.
Bismillahi Ar-Rahman Ar-Rahim Tariqatuna as-sohba wal khayru fil jam’iyya Madad Ya Sayyidi Ya Rasul Allah ﷺ, wa Mashayikhina Sheikh Nazim Adil Al-Haqqaniق, Sheikh Muhammad Ar-Rabbaniق
Assalamu alaikum wa rahmatuLlahi wa barakatuhu
Mubarak the New Year Muharram al-Haram. The month of Muharram has 10 holy days for the Ummah. The Prophet ﷺ was praising the first ten days of Muharram and he ﷺ was fasting them. In Prophet’s ﷺ time, these ten days were the days for fasting, before the fasting of Ramadan was ordered.
After the order for the fasting of Ramadan was revealed, Prophet ﷺ was only fasting the Day of Ashura. He ﷺ used to fast the Day of Ashura when he ﷺ came to Madina. In Madina he ﷺ saw the Jews also doing this and he ﷺ said to the Sahaba, “You have more rights over Musa (AS) for this day, Allah blessed us with it – نحن أحق منهم.
So even though he saw that the Sahabah had eaten that day, Prophet ﷺ ordered them to just wash their mouths and fast till evening on the Day of Ashura. He ﷺ said to the Sahabah that if he ﷺ reached next year, he ﷺ would fast the 9th and the 10th of Muharram so as not to resemble the Jews.
It was the only Sunnah he didn’t live long enough to do. He ﷺ passed away before that, as everybody knows.
Yawm Ashuraa – The Day of Ashura is a very blessed day. Allah ﷻ honoured 10 of his Prophets that day, saving them from so many things.
The first one, Allah ﷻ forgave Hazreti Adam (AS). The second is Prophet Idris (AS), he was raised high. The third, the Ark of Hazrati Nuh (AS) landed on the Mountain of Judi. The fourth, Prophet Ibrahim (AS) was saved by Allah ﷻ from the fire of Nimrod. Prophet Ibrahim (AS) was born on the Day of Ashura and also Allah ﷻ declared him as His Khalil/Khalil-u-Llah, a very close friend of Allah ﷻ, on the Day of Ashura.
The fifth, Hazrati Daud (AS) was forgiven and Hazreti Sulaiman (AS) was given back his throne. The sixth, Allah ﷻ gave shifa – cure to Hazrati Ayub (AS). He ﷻ cured him from all his illness on the Day of Ashura. The seventh, Allah ﷻ split the sea and saved Hazrati Musa (AS) from Fir’awn and his army and they were drowned in the sea. That’s why all the Jews celebrate that day. The eighth, Allah ﷻ brought Hazrati Yunus (AS) out from the whale’s tummy. The ninth, Hazrati Isa (AS) was saved and raised to the skies on Ashura. The tenth, Prophet ﷺ was honoured, and he ﷺ was married to Hz. Khadijatu-l-Kubraر on that day.
Many Prophets were honoured on the Day of Ashura, SubhanAllah.
We are Ahl as-Sunnah wa l-Jama’a. And in our belief, the Day of Ashura is a day to celebrate. Do not listen to other wrong views and madhhabs who say that you mustn’t fast the Day of Ashura, or celebrate the Day of Ashura, or those who say that it is a day of sadness, and so on. This is not our I’tiqad (إعتقاد) / belief. This is not the belief of Ahl as-Sunnah wa l-Jama’a.
These wrong views claim that Ashura is a day of sadness because Hazrati Hussainر the grandson of Prophet ﷺ became shaheed (martyr) on this day. This matter is not for us to judge. This subject belongs to Prophet ﷺ on the Day of Judgement, to judge for what happened. We believe that Allah ﷻ chose the best day for Hazrati Hussainر to be shaheed (martyred).
To be a shaheed is the highest of the rutab (stations); and to be made shaheed on this sacred day is honor above honor, Allah-u Akbar!
Also, we believe that if you must be sad on a day then you must be sad on Monday because Prophet ﷺ passed away on this day, the day of Monday. If it is to show love by having a sad day, then one must show more love to Prophet ﷺ and mourn every Monday! This is not our I’tiqad. This is deviated view, a wrong one! The 4 madhhabs represent the belief of Ahl as-Sunnah wa l-Jama’a, so don’t listen to any different madhhab that is out of them. They make so much propaganda for these wrong beliefs and people get confused.
One sister got so mixed up and was asking, “Shall we make a wedding during the 10 days of Ashura? It is sad”, they mourn the month of Muharram & Ashura, but it is haram to do so. The Day of Ashura is a day of celebrating. Allah ﷻ honoured this day and honoured so many prophets on this day, also Hazrati Hussainر to be martyred on this day is honor for him.
We must have it like this in our belief because there is a Hadith of Prophet ﷺ that to fast on the Day of Ashura gives whoever is fasting lots of thawab (reward), that whoever fasts takes the reward of a thousand hajjs and thousand umrahs and is given the reward of a thousand martyrs (shaheed).
Also, Allah ﷻ writes uncountable rewards for the Day of Ashura, one reward is that by fasting this day it is like setting free thousands of slaves from the children of Hazrati Ismail (AS) and Allah ﷻ rewards 70,000 palaces in heaven and also forbids the Fire from touching the body of the person fasting that day.
Whoever is generous to his family, to his friends, to his children, to his neighbours on the Day of Ashura, Allah ﷻ will make more openings for them. Whoever pats the head of a yatim (orphan), Allah ﷻ writes for every hair of this orphan thawab for this person. Whoever has a ghusl (bath) on that day Allah ﷻ doesn’t give him/her illness till the next year unless it is the illness of death. Whoever puts kohl in their eyes, their eyes won’t be ill till next year.
There are also 4 rakats of prayer to pray on Ashura day after Zuhr and before Asr. Make the intention for 4 rakats for the Day of Ashura and in each rakat you read 1 Fatiha and 11 Ikhlas Sharif. When you finish read 100 times Astaghfirullahu l-Azim wa atubu ilaih and 100 times Salawatu s-Sharifa. Make whatever du’a you want and Allah ﷻ forgives that person’s 50 years of sins and gives them stations in heavens you cannot imagine.
This is about the Day of Ashura and on that day, we read Ikhlas Sharif 1000 times. So many other things for it but mostly, to fast and even more rewards if you fast on the 9th and 10th of Ashura.
If you cannot, then fast the 10th and 11th. If you cannot do it at all, then you may fast the Day of Ashura alone.
Insha’Allah make the intention for this, if not, you give sadaqah and make this day like a feast, like Eid, insha’Allah.
Mubarak Insha’Allah the Day of Ashura and see you.
Al-Fatiha.
• Hjh Rukiye Sultan
25 July 2023/ 07 Muharram 1445 AH
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Bismillahi Ar-Rahman Ar-Rahim Tariqatuna as-sohba wal khayru fil jam’iyya Madad Ya Sayyidi Ya Rasul Allah ﷺ, wa Mashayikhina Sheikh Nazim Adil Al-Haqqaniق, Sheikh Muhammad Ar-Rabbaniق
Assalamu alaikum wa rahmatuLlahi wa barakatuhu
The month of Hajj is nearly over. In a week’s time, InshAllah, we will be in the new year. Mubarak, we will be in Shahru Muharram, the month of Muharram. It is the first month of the Hijri year, the Islamic calendar, and the third month of Ashhur-ul Hurum – الحرم الشهر.
There are four months of Ashhur-ul Hurum. Allah ﷻ mentioned in the Qur’an al-Karim that there are twelve months that Allah ﷻ counts. Four of them are Hurum. Haram means that it is prohibited to fight in these months or to wage war, and many other things.
Three of them come together — Dhul Qi’dah, Dhul Hijjah, and Muharram — and one is separate, Shahru Rajab. Rajab ShahruLlah – الله شهر رجب.
Allah ﷻ also praised the month of Muharram. The Prophet ﷺ always spoke about the month of Muharram as “ShahruLlah al-Muharram”, always praising this month and calling it Al-Muharram.
It is the beginning of our Islamic calendar. On its 10th day is Ashura. The first 10 days of Muharram and the day of Ashura are days when Allah ﷻ created most of the creation. On the Day of Ashura, Hz Adam (AS) and many Prophets (AS) were forgiven and supported.
Previously, the Arabs didn’t have formal calendars. They used to count the days and months based on significant incidents. For example, the Prophet ﷺ was born in the Year of the Elephant (‘Am al-Fil), when Abraha came with his elephant to destroy the Ka’bah and was defeated by Allah’s ﷻ army of birds.
The Arabs named it the Year of the Elephant and started counting from that event. It remained like this until another major event occurred, and then they would restart counting from the new event.
During the time of Khalifah Hz Omar ibn Khattabر, after the Prophet ﷺ passed away, they needed to establish a calendar due to the increasing need to record and calculate dates. Then Hz Omarر gathered the Sahabah and they gave their advice or their idea about what to do. They used to make shura (consultation).
Some suggested starting the calendar from the birth of the Prophet ﷺ. Others advised against it so as not to resemble the Christians, who start their year from Christmas. Then some proposed starting from the time Prophethood was given to the Prophet ﷺ.
Finally, the consultation ended with all of them agreeing to start the Islamic calendar from the Hijrah of the Prophet ﷺ — his migration from Makkah to Madinah. The calendar began from the Hijrah because the foundation of the Islamic state started from that point.
That is why another name for the Islamic calendar is the Hijri calendar — the calendar marking the beginning of the Hijrah of the Prophet ﷺ.
Of course, Hz Omarر and all the Sahabaر were inspired not only from their mind, but inspired by the Prophet ﷺ and guided also. So, the Islamic calendar started at the time of Hz Omarر. Many other things also. Many other state matters were settled during the time of Hz Omarر.
Next Tuesday is the last day of 1444. Wednesday is the first day of 1445. It is advised and recommended that you fast these two days — to close the old year with fasting and to begin the new year with fasting.
Allah ﷻ rewards the person who fasts these two days as though they fasted 50 years. They are also kaffara, forgiveness for 50 years.
There is a Du’a on the last day of Dhul Hijjah, the last day of the year. You can read it anytime on that day, but it is much better to read it in the afternoon. After Dhuhr prayer or after Asr, even, because in our Hijri calendar, the lunar calendar, the day starts from Maghrib. So, you can read the Du’a either afternoon or after Asr.
And the Du’a is like this. To repeat it 3 times is better, but you can also read it one time. I will read it now and give you a little translation:
Bismillahi Rahmaan ir Raheem. Wa sallallahu Ta’ala ‘ala Sayyidina Muhammad ﷺ wa ‘ala alihi wa sahbihi wa sallem. Allahumma ma ‘amiltu fi hathihi-s sanah mimma nahaytani ‘anhu walam tardahu wa nasituh wa lam tansahu wa halimta ‘alaya bi’aqd qudrataka ‘ala ‘uqubati wa da’awtani ila-t tawbah minhu ba’da jara’ati ‘ala ma’siyatika. Allahumma fainni astaghfiruka minhu faghfir li. Wa ma ‘amiltu fiha min ‘amalin tardah wa wa’adtani ‘alayhi-th thawab, fa as’aluka Allahumma ya Karim, ya Dhal Jalal wa-l Ikram an taqbalahu minni wa la taqta’ rajaii minka ya Karim. Wa sallallahu ‘ala Sayyidina Muhammad ﷺ wa ‘ala alihi wa sahbihi wa sallam. Ameen.
Ya Allah, I am asking You for forgiveness for whatever wrong I did in the past year. I ask Your forgiveness for every sin or mistake or disobedience I committed and forgot about, but You do not forget. You, with Your generosity, were patient with me. O my Lord, forgive me. You gave me time and chance to repent. You could have punished me, but You gave me the chance to ask for forgiveness.
And I am asking You too, for whatever good I did in the past year that You are pleased with and promised reward for, Ya Rabbi, Allahumma, I ask You to accept it and to be generous with me. And I ask You, my Lord, not to let me lose hope in You. Ameen.
When this Du’a is read, shaytan throws soil on its head and cries, pulling out its hair and banging on its head. It says, “All year I worked to misguide him, and in one minute, in one du’a, now I lost everything I worked for.” Allah ﷻ will forgive the one who reads this Du’a, InshAllah.
And the next day, when you fast the new year’s day, InshAllah, there is also a smaller Du’a.
Allahumma Anta-l Abadi-l Qadim wa hathihi sanatun jadidatun. As’aluka fiha-l ‘ismata mina-sh shaytani wa awliya’ihi wa-l ‘awna ‘ala hathihi-n nafsi-l ammarati bis-suu’ wa-l ishtighala bima yuqarribuni ilayka ya Karim. Wa sallallahu Ta’ala ‘ala Sayyidina Muhammad ﷺ wa ‘ala alihi wa sahbihi wa sallem. Ameen.
On the first day of the new Hijri year, you should read this du‘a.
O my Lord, the Eternal and the Ancient (Abadi and Qadim), I praise Allah ﷻ that He is the One from pre-eternity to post-eternity. This is a new year entering, and I ask from You protection from shayṭān and its followers, its armies, and support against my own ego (nafs) that orders evil. Strengthen me to overcome them, and make me busy with what brings me closer to You, and what You are pleased with.
This is the meaning of the Du‘a.
Reading this Du‘a causes shayṭān to give up on that person and run away. Allah ﷻ appoints two angels to guard the one who reads this Du‘a or even hears it from someone else on the first day of the year.
It is also recommended to fast during the first ten days of Muharram. Even fasting one day is greatly rewarded. Every day is counted like fasting thirty days. SubḥanAllah.
The Prophet ﷺ promised Firdaws al-A‘la, the highest level in Paradise, for those who fast the first ten days of Muharram.
The Prophet ﷺ said to fast in the month of Muharram. At the very least, fast one or two days, such as the Day of ‘Āshūrā’ and either the day before or the day after. It is praised to fast on these days because the Prophet ﷺ said, “The best fasting after the month of Ramadan is the fasting in the month of Allah, Al-Muharram.”
The Prophet ﷺ used to call it Shahrullāh al-Muharram, the Sacred Month of Allah ﷻ, not just “Muharram”.
He ﷺ said this fasting is the best after Ramadan because Allah ﷻ forgave many nations on this day, and will forgive many more.
Hz Omarر said that on the Day of Judgement, when Allah ﷻ asks about fasting, He will not ask about any fasts except the fast of Ramadan and the fast of the Day of ‘Āshūrā’.
Before the fast of Ramadan was made obligatory, the Prophet ﷺ used to fast the ten days of Muharram. After he ﷺ migrated to Madinah and the obligation of Ramadan came, they left the ten days of Muharram as voluntary fasting.
You can still fast during these days. If not, then give sadaqah every day, or do some good deed. These days are greatly praised.
“Wa layālin ‘ashr” – وَلَيَالٍ عَشْرٍ mentioned in the Qur’an.
Some interpret these ten nights as the first ten of Dhul Ḥijjah, and some tafsir say they are the ten days of Muharram.
InshAllah, next time we will speak about the ten days of Muharram. Each day has a special virtue from the 1st of Muharram until the 10th, the day of ‘Āshūrā’.
Why is it called ‘Āshūrā’? Because it is the tenth day and a blessed day where so many events happened.
Mubarak InshAllah the new year and see you.
Al-Fatiha.
• Hjh Rukiye Sultan
11 July 2023/ 23 Dhu l-Hijjah 1444
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In his Sohbah, Mawlana Sheikh Nazimق said that this is one of the holiest nights in Islam. It holds a special place in the Islamic calendar and in the history of the world.
Allah Almighty granted victory to His beloved servants from His Endless Oceans of Mercy and Power on this day.
On this blessed day:
Prophet Adam (AS)was forgiven by Allah ﷻ after his exile from Paradise
Prophet Idris (AS) was raised to the Heavens by Allah ﷻ
The Ark of Prophet Nuh (AS) landed on the mountain and the flood ended
Prophet Ibrahim (AS) was born, Allah ﷻ declared him as His Khalil, and he was also saved from the fire of Nimrod on that day
Prophet Musa (AS) crossed the Red Sea and was saved from Pharaoh
Prophet Yunus (AS) was saved from the belly of the whale
Prophet Dawud (AS) was pardoned by Allah ﷻ
Prophet Suleiman (AS), King Solomon, was granted kingship over mankind and jinn
Prophet Ayyub (AS) regained his health and became even wealthier than before
Prophet Yusuf (AS) was reunited with his father, Prophet Ya’qub (as) after 40 years
Prophet Isa (AS), Jesus Christ, was raised to the Heavens
And Sayyidina Muhammad (AS) was granted great honour, the opening of the seven Heavens for himself and his nation, and he was protected from his tribe, the Quraysh
We are highly encouraged to fast and increase our worship and good deeds. Make Du’a fervently for yourself, your loved ones, the Ummah of Rasulullah ﷺ and our Shuyukh.
Eve of Ashura
Mawlana Sheikh Muhammadق was saying, it is best to fast either on the 9th and 10th, or 10th or 11th Muharram. The best would be from 9th to 11th Muharram. Sohbah can be found here.
After Asar, about an hour before Maghrib, do recite the holy names of the Martyrs of Karbala. Connecting to them for their Madad and Himmah.
We are encouraged to stay up for night vigil.
Day of Ashura
As narrated by Sheikh Abdul Qadri Jilaniق:
Performing Ghusl (ritual bath)
If a person takes a ritual bath on the Day of Ashura, he will be protected from illness for the rest of the year, except for the illness of death.
Stroking the head of an orphan
For every hair touched on the orphan’s head, Allah ﷻ will raise the person one degree in Paradise.
Feeding a fasting believer
It will be just as if the entire Ummah of Prophet Muhammad ﷺ had broken fast as his guests, and had filled their stomachs to capacity.
Applying kohl (ithmid, collyrium, chelak) to the eyes
He will be protected from eye inflammation for the whole year.
Visiting a sick person
It is as if he had visited all the children of Adam (AS).
Giving water to the thirsty
It is as if he had never disobeyed Allah ﷻ for a single instant.
Allah ﷻ will forgive him fifty years of past sins and fifty years of future sins. Allah ﷻ will also build for him, in the midst of the heavenly host, a thousand Palaces of Light.
Spending generously on one’s family(within means)
Allah ﷻ will treat that person with special generosity throughout the rest of that year.
Worshipping during the night of Ashura and fasting the day
He will not feel the agony of death. (the night of Ashura is the night before the Day of Ashura, this year, it is on Saturday after Maghrib, 5th July 2025)
Staying up in worship on the night of Ashura
Allah ﷻ will let him live as long as he wishes.
From Sufficient Provision for Seekers of the Path of Truth (Al-Ghunya li-Talibi Tariq al-Haqq), Volume Three, by Shaykh Abdul Qadir al-Jilaniق.
As narrated by Sheikh Genoun:
Whoever recites the following seventy (70) times on the Day of Asyura, Allah ﷻ will forgive him:
“Hasbunallahu Wa Ni’mal Wakeel, Ni’mal Maula Wa Ni’man Naseer”
“Allah ﷻis Sufficient for us, and He is the Best Guardian; The Excellent Protector and The Excellent Helper.”
Whoever places some rosewater in a container on the Day of Ashura, and, while looking at it, he recites Surah al-Fatihah 7 times. Then, he wipes his head and face with it and does the same for his loved ones, it will be a protection from every ailment, illness or similar afflictions for the coming year.
2️⃣ Taking full ablution (with the intention of good health), applying Kohl to the eyes, buying provisions for the home
3️⃣ Recite Surah Al-Ikhlas – 1000 times
4️⃣ Solat Sunnat Ashura, a 4 raka’at Sunnah prayer done between Zuhur and Asar
In each raka’at, read Surah Al-Fatihah 1 time, and Surah Al-Ikhlas, 11 times.
5️⃣ Recite “Hasbunallahu Wa Ni’mal Wakeel, Ni’mal Maula Wa Ni’man Naseer” 70 times at least
6️⃣ Recite this Du’a 7 times:
SubhanAllah mil’al mizan, wa muntaha l-ilm wa mablagha r-rida,
Wa zinat al arsh, La malja’a wa la manja mina Llah illa ‘ilayh.
SubhanAllah aa’dada as-shaf’ii wal watr, Wa aa’dada kalimati
Rabbina at-tammati kuluha, As’aluka as-salamata bi rahmatika ya
Arhama ar-Rahimin, Wala hawla wala quwwata illa Billah-il
Aliyyi-l Azim, wa Huwa hasbi wa nii’ma al wakil nii’ma al mawla
wa nii’ma al nasir, Wa salla Allah’u aa’la Sayyidina Muhammadin
wa aa’la alihi wasahbihi ajmaein.
7️⃣ Sadaqah (charity), for it brings blessings, more provision, and Allah ﷻ’s protection for the year.
Mawlana Sheikh Muhammadق said in his Sohbah, if you are unable to give, then pray two raka’ats of Dhuha prayer, for it is equal to giving sadaqah on behalf of each of your 360 joints.
8️⃣ Give Salam to people and make du’a for them
9️⃣ Qurban (animal sacrifice)
Grandshaykh Abdullah ad-Dagestaniق would make Qurban of 2 sheep on this day and distribute the meat to the poor and needy.
Mawlānā Shaykh Nāẓim used to always say this – I’m not sure if it’s a ḥadīth or a saying of the elders, “اللَّهُمَّ قَوِّي في رضاكَ ضَعْفي”, “Allahumma Kawwi fi Ridāka Da’fī.” [Ḥadīth]. It means, O Allāh ﷻ strengthen my weakness in what pleases you.
Mankind is weak. People are weak; weak in everything, in every aspect. If you look among all the creatures, they are weak. But those who live for the pleasure of Allāh ﷻ, who are on the way of Allāh ﷻ, Allāh ﷻ has given them strength. Those who run after dunyā are otherwise. There are two types: either those who run after dunyā and do not gain anything, or those who gain nothing but sins.
Spiritual strength is important. Spiritual strength is in seeking the pleasure of Allāh ﷻ. Those who demand it, Allāh ﷻ will surely help them. He ﷻ gives them strength. True strength, as we said, is the spiritual strength. The apparent strength is useless. You may win or be defeated.
But if you have īmān, that’s not important. What’s important is to have īmān. If the winner doesn’t have īmān, that has no value. He may think he is strong as much as he wants, there’s something he can’t defeat. In the end, he will go to the other side and see who is strong and who is weak on the other side.
May Allāh ﷻ give us strength for His ﷻ pleasure, and give us spiritual strength, in shā’a Llāh. May we go on the way of the mashāyikh, may we go on the way of Allāh ﷻ, in shā’a Llāh. May Allāh ﷻ protect our īmān. And may He ﷻ give people īmān.
People have abandoned and forgotten the ākhirah. They are immersed in dunyā. They are going at a very high speed after dunyā. It’s not slowly. They think, “The faster we go, the better it will be for us. The more we satisfy our ego, the happier we will be.” Whereas they are weak.
The person who is defeated by his ego is weak. The victorious one [over his ego] is the strong one. Therefore, we ask Allāh ‘Azza wa-Jalla to give us strength enough to defeat our egos, in shā’a Llāh.
May Allāh ﷻ protect us. May Allāh ﷻ help us all, in shā’a Llāh. Wa min Allah at-Tawfiq.
Al-Fatiha.
• Mawlana Sheikh Muhammad Adil ar-Rabbaniق
22 June 2025/ 26 Dhu l-Hijjah 1446
Fajr Prayer – Akbaba Dergah, Istanbul
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Muharram is the first month of the Islamic Hijri calendar and marks the beginning of the Islamic New Year.
It is especially known for the Hijrah, the migration of Prophet Muhammad ﷺ from Makkah to Madinatul Munawwara.
This holy month is a time to increase in worship and observe Sunnah fasting. It is also an eventful month with the Day of Ashura, 10th of Muharram, as the highlight of its days.
Key events in Muharram include the following:
The Prophet ﷺ left Makkah while under threat from those who planned to harm him.
On the night of the Hijrah, Imam ‘Ali (AS) slept in the Prophet’s ﷺ bed, placing himself in danger so that the Prophet ﷺ could leave safely.
During the journey, the Prophet ﷺ took shelter in the Cave of Thawr with his close companion, Abu Bakr as-Siddiqر. This is described in the Holy Qur’an, Surah at-Tawbah, verse 40:
“When they were in the cave and he said to his companion, ‘Do not be sad, Allah ﷻ is with us.’ Then Allah ﷻsent His peace upon him and supported him with unseen angels…”
The Prophet ﷺ reached Madinatul Munawwara on the 10th of Muharram, known as the Day of ‘Ashura.
On the 2nd of Muharram, many years later, Imam Hussain (AS), the grandson of the Prophet ﷺ, arrived in Karbala. He and his family were later martyred in one of the most tragic and honoured events in Islamic history.
Muharram is also important in the Naqshbandi Way. Shah Bahauddin Naqshbandق, the spiritual pillar of our Tariqah, was born on the 14th of Muharram.
Mawlana Sheikh Muhammad Adil ar-Rabbaniق said:
“He did a beautiful service and showed us the beautiful way, the way of Allah ﷻ and His Beloved Prophet ﷺ. It had other names before him. After him, it became known as the Way of Bahauddin Naqshbandق.”
Muharram 1447H begins this Friday, 27th June 2025 (in Singapore)
Thursday, 26th June 2025
This is the last day of the Islamic year. Mawlana Sheikh Nazimق advised us to fast on both the last day of the year and the first day of the new year, as mentioned in his Sohbah.
The Prophet ﷺ said:
“Whoever fasts the last day of Dhul Hijjah and the first day of Muharram, he completes a whole year’s worth of fasting in that previous year, and Allah ﷻgives him penance for fifty [50] years.”
(Narrated from Ibn al-Abbasر)
After Asar, recite the End of Year Du’a three times followed by Surah Al-Fatiha.
After Maghrib, recite the Beginning of Year Du’a three times followed by Surah Al-Fatiha.
The Hijri New Year may differ from country to country based on moon sightings.
For those in countries following Mawlanaق, the eve of Muharram will be observed a day earlier, on Wednesday, 25th June 2025.
Friday, 27th June 2025
The new Muslim Year begins (1st Muharram 1447H). It is Sunnah to fast on this day.
This year, the first day of Muharram also falls on a Friday. The Prophet ﷺ said:
“Whoever fasts the 1st Friday of Muharram, Allah ﷻ will forgive his preceding sins, and whoever fasts three days of Muharram – Thursday, Friday and Saturday – Allah ﷻ will write for him worship and prayers for nine hundred years.”
(Narrated from Sayyidina Anasر)
As such, we are encouraged to fast on Thursday (last day of 1446H), Friday (first day and Friday of 1447H) and Saturday if possible.
Saturday, 5th July 2025
9th of Muharram, Eve of Ashura.
After Asar, about an hour before Maghrib, do recite the holy names of the Martyrs of Karbala. Connecting to them for their Madad and Himmah.
We are encouraged to stay up for night vigil.
Sunday, 6th July 2025
10th of Muharram, Day of Ashura.
It is Sunnah to fast during the first 10 days of Muharram, especially on this day.
Full devotions of this day will be in a separate post here.
Shah Naqshbandق made this du’a, “O my Lord ﷻ, do not let any one who takes me as a guide and those who came after me or before me, exist without support from You ﷻ.”
All the angels of the skies said, “Ameen”.
Grandshaykhق said the barakah of that du’a appears four times a year, and its protection is sent to the followers of Shah Naqshbandق four times a year.
✅ 14th of Muharram, on Shah Bahauddin Naqshband’sق birthday ✅ on the 1st day of Ramadhan ✅ the 15th of Ramadhan ✅ and Laylatul Qadr
So the barakah of this du’a descends on this night, and we should ask to be given a share of it.
It is encouraged for us to congregate for Khatamul Khwajagan and Zikir, recite Mawlid un Nabi (Praises upon the Prophet ﷺ) in dedication to him, and read excerpts of his blessed life.
Grandshaykh Abdullah ad-Dagestaniق used to offer Qurban (animal sacrifice) on this day, as a sign of gratefulness for being guided by a Murshid and connected as followers of Shah Naqshbandق in the Naqshbandi Aliyyah Way.
He would distribute the meat to the poor and needy.
May Allah ﷻ bless us with goodness in the coming year, ease our affairs, accept our worship, keep us in the company of the sincere, and firm upon the path of haqq.
InsyaAllah ameen!
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Our Prophet ṣallá Llāhu ‘alayhi wa-sallam says, “The nation of Isrāil, Bani Isrāil split into seventy-two sects. They are all in hell, except one.” Our Prophet ﷺ says, “My nation will split into seventy-three sects. They are all in hell, except one.” The blessed ṣaḥābah asked, “And which is it, O Messenger of Allāh ﷻ?” “Those who are upon my way.” They will attain salvation. They will be saved. They will be saved from hell, from the fire. The other seventy-two are in hell.
Therefore, there are many sects who are not connected to our Prophet ﷺ, who are not on his ﷺ way. Some are completely perverted. Some are deceiving people, “This is the way.” They definitely don’t say “way” anyways. They say “our community, gathering” this and that. But they don’t follow the way of our Prophet ﷺ. They don’t do the things he ﷺ did. They deny the things he ﷺ said. There are various sects.
The sect that attains salvation and is saved from fire and hell, is the one on the way of our Prophet ﷺ. They are the people of ṭarīqah. Those outside the people of ṭarīqah – those sects are also not subject to sharī’ah. They make things ḥalāl or ḥaram, call something good or bad according to their minds. The do things that our Prophet ﷺ did not do.
May Allāh ﷻ protect us, their end will be bad. It’s maybe even more than seventy-three sects now. At the time of our Prophet ṣallá Llāhu ‘alayhi wa-sallam, there were many who said, “We are Muslims. We do so.”
We must be careful about that. The way is the way of our Prophet ṣallá Llāhu ‘alayhi wa-sallam. Shukr to Allāh ﷻ, it is the way of the people of ṭarīqah. Because it is from Sheikh to Sheikh, from Murshid to Murshid, until it reaches our Prophet ṣallá Llāhu ‘alayhi wa-sallam. Others, Allāh ﷻ knows.
They found someone from yesterday, according to their own minds; “We are following him. There is no need to read the Qur’ān. There is no need to recite Salawat. There is no need to visit.” They have all kinds of things. Their aim is to deceive people and keep them away from doing good deeds, and doing things that makes them earn thawāb. That is the work of the shayṭān.
This happens to those deceived by shayṭān and those who run after interest. They are the ones who work for dunyā. Those who work for ākhirah are on the way of our Prophet ṣallá Llāhu ‘alayhi wa-sallam. People should look to their ākhirah. They should prioritize ākhirah over dunyā. They should see it as a way. Those who work for and prioritize their ākhirah over dunyā not their dunyā over ākhirah will be saved. That is the way of our Prophet ṣallá Llāhu ‘alayhi wa-sallam.
May Allāh ﷻ guide people. And may He ﷻ make us steadfast, in shā’a Llāh. Wa min Allah at-Tawfiq.
“Wa-quli ʿmalū fa-sa-yarā llāhu ʿamalakum wa rasūlih”
“And say, Do, for Allah will see your deeds, and [so, will] His Messenger.” Ṣadaqa Llāhu l-‘Aẓīm.
Allāh ‘Azza wa-Jalla says, Do good. Do good and don’t be idle. Allāh ‘Azza wa-Jalla and Prophet ṣallá Llāhu ‘alayhi wa-sallam see what is done. They will see it.
Whatever we do in dunyā, it is certainly preserved in the sight of Allāh ﷻ; it is hidden. So we shouldn’t worry, “I wonder how I did, what I did” and so. When you make your intention for the pleasure of Allāh ﷻ, it will definitely be accepted; the affairs of both dunyā and ākhirah.
The works of dunyā are also important. Some people remain idle. They have many things to do but they don’t do them. They dedicate themselves for ākhirah. They are of no use for ākhirah also. The mashāyikh say, “همة الرجال تقلع الجبال”. The Himmah of men means working without being lazy.
“The Himmah of men can move mountains” they say. That’s what happens. If one leaves work saying, “Someone else will take care of it” if he doesn’t do anything and he avoids working, he’s not an acceptable person. He definitely has to do worldly work also, at least do his own housework. He has to do it.
The one who says, “I have withdrawn my hands and feet from dunyā” and withdraws them, is different. While Awliyā’uLlah do their part, they still have services, they have worldly services as well. What we call worldly service is what is done for the pleasure of Allāh ﷻ. The service done on the way of Allāh ﷻ is not in vain. It has its reward and thawāb as if one has performed worship.
Therefore, a person must contemplate and understand what’s good and what’s bad. As we said, the good is to work, to make an effort. This is good in every aspect, for both dunyā and ākhirah. What is bad is laziness. Laziness is what the shayṭān inculcates in people; what he wants. A person doesn’t do work. As for worship, he says “It’s hard for me.” If it’s hard for you – Masha’Allah you’re like a lion. You have the strength to work. You can do things, you can do work.
Otherwise, people who are much weaker than you, sick or disabled are making an effort, doing their worships and striving to do their jobs. Allāh ‘Azza wa-Jalla has given strength to your hands and feet. And you say, “It is hard for me. I can’t pray. Make du’ā’ for me.”
We make du’ā’ for you, may Allāh ﷻ make it easy upon you, but you too should not use it as an excuse. Don’t leave prayer, work and so. If you leave it, you surrender to shayṭān. Shayṭān also manages you as he wants.
May Allāh ﷻ protect us. Allāh ﷻ loves those who work hard. He ﷻ does not love the lazy ones. Because laziness also reaches worship. The person does not perform his worship either. May Allāh ﷻ protect us. May He ﷻ protect is from the evil of our egos, in shā’a Llāh. Wa min Allah at-Tawfiq. Al-Fatiha.
There are recited Qur’an Khatms, Salawāt, Ayāt, Surahs, Tasbīhāt. May whatever good goals those who recited have be reached. May they be happy here and hereafter. May Allāh ﷻ accept it. We gift them firstly to our Holy Prophet ﷺ, his ﷺ Ahlu l-Bayt and ṣaḥābah, souls of all Anbiya, Awliya, Asfiya. To the souls of our Mashāyikh. To all our passed ones. We gift it to the souls of all Mu’mins and Mu’minahs, Muslims and Muslimāt. For the pleasure of Allāh ﷻ. Li-Llahi Ta’āla.
“And say, “My Lord, increase me in knowledge.” Ṣadaqa Llāhu l-‘Aẓīm.
Studying is one thing, and knowledge is another. These days, children are finishing school. It ends, so that they pass to other classes. They keep bringing children [to schools] so that they can study to pass this exam. They want those children to be educated.
There is no end to knowledge. True knowledge is needed for children and for all people. Without this true knowledge, there is no benefit. When there is true knowledge, everything is useful. If the opposite is studied, there are many people who increase evil instead of goodness. “I studied it. I gained this and that,” they both act arrogant and they don’t like anything. And all those things they’ve been studying for years are useless.
When he graduates and finishes, there are thousands, hundreds of thousands of people like him. When there are those who study for the pleasure of Allāh ﷻ among these hundreds of thousands, they become beneficial. “Have we studied? Yes we have.” What did you do with what you’ve studied? Can you do anything with it? “No.”
What remains? A piece of paper. He needs it so that he can get a job – if he finds a job. If he doesn’t find a job, he would have studied in vain. But at least, if his aim and intention is to study for the pleasure of Allāh ﷻ, to learn from the knowledge given by Allāh ﷻ, it would at least not go in vain. Allāh ﷻ will open a door for him. He will open a door of goodness. That’s it.
Now the most important thing these days is for people to warn their children. “You will study. My son, my daughter, make an intention for the sake of Allāh ﷻ: I am not learning this knowledge in vain. Not for dunyā, but for ākhirah also. The knowledge and things I will learn are for both dunyā and ākhirah. May it save us in dunyā and ākhirah. The ākhirah is what’s important. We should earn our ākhirah.” They should warn them as such.
“He’s a child, he won’t understand.” If he doesn’t understand, how do you let him study then? You make him study, but he doesn’t understand. He understands. If he doesn’t understand, don’t make him study at all. It’s completely unnecessary to study then. You spend so much and do so much. But when they don’t understand, it’s torture for yourself and for the child. Unnecessary expenses are torture for the state and for the nation. May Allāh ﷻ protect us.
A good generation arises with good knowledge. In everything, the intention is important in the first place. Therefore nowadays, you should say to your children, “You will study for the pleasure of Allāh ﷻ. If Allāh ﷻ is pleased with you, your affairs will go well.” If Allāh ﷻ is not pleased, even if they get into all the universities in the world, it has no value at all.
May Allāh ﷻ grant good knowledge to children and to us too, in shā’a Llāh. Because there is no end to knowledge. Children are now only striving in school to pass their classes, earn something. But that’s not what’s important. “Al-‘ilim mina l-maḥd ila l-laḥd.” Knowledge is from the cradle to the grave. Therefore, may all our knowledge be for the sake of Allāh ﷻ, in shā’a Llāh.
The 19th of Muharram marks uroos/passing of Maulana Shaykh Darwish Muhammadق.
Heق was the 22nd Grandshaykh of the Naqshbandi Golden Chain.
Maulana Shaykh Darwish Muhammadق is the Ghawth, the Arch-Intercessor among the renowned saints, and a blessing upon the scholars of Islam. He is the dawn and light of both East and West, the Master of the Kingdom of Guidance. He was raised in the home of his uncle, who nurtured him with excellent manners, trained him in spiritual and religious knowledge, and fed him from the wellspring of morality and ethics.
He drank deeply from the realities of the unseen and heavenly knowledge until his heart became a House of Revelation. As mentioned in the sacred hadith, “Neither My heaven nor My earth could contain Me, but the heart of My believing servant contained Me.”
In his time, he was known as Darwish Wali. He mastered every branch of religious understanding and was able to eliminate the misguidance and harm spread by false teachers. He revived hearts that had withered and mended those that were broken, becoming a mercy for his era and the living embodiment of guidance. Many followers gathered around him from across the land. His home and mosque were constantly filled with seekers asking for his advice and spiritual direction.
Once, after a spiritual gathering, Shaykh Muhammad az-Zahidق instructed him to go to a distant hill and wait for him there. The Shaykh promised he would join him later. Darwish Muhammadق, in perfect obedience, surrendered his will completely and left without hesitation. He did not question how or why. He simply obeyed.
He reached the hill and began to wait. The time for afternoon prayers passed, then the sun set, yet his Shaykh did not arrive. His ego whispered doubts. “Your Shaykh is not coming. Go back. Perhaps he forgot.” But his heart replied, “O Darwish Muhammad, trust your Shaykh. He said he would come, so wait.”
His loyalty to his Shaykh was firm. Night fell and the cold bit into him. He stayed awake, finding warmth only in his constant remembrance of Allah, saying “la ilaha illallah.” Dawn came with no sign of the Shaykh. Hungry, he searched and found fruit trees. He ate a little and continued to wait. Days passed, then weeks. Despite the struggle within himself, he held on. He thought, “If my Shaykh is true, he knows what he is doing.”
A month passed. Still, he waited, his time filled with dhikr and prayer. The power of his remembrance grew so strong that animals came and gathered around him, joining in dhikr. He recognized this as a gift from his Shaykh.
Winter came. The snow fell and food ran out. He survived by peeling bark, eating roots and leaves. Deer came to him, and he began to milk the ewes. Another miracle. The ewes remained calm, and others joined. His spiritual state kept rising, and his teacher continued to send him knowledge through visions and these signs.
He wondered, “What if something happened to me?” But his heart remained firm. “If I had not stayed and obeyed, you would never have come to me by permission of the Prophet ﷺ” he later told his Shaykh. He had sensed that the Shaykh’s arrival was by the Prophet’s ﷺ command.
When Shaykh Muhammad az-Zahidق finally appeared, he laughed and said, “Come with me.” He poured into Darwish Muhammadق the secret and power of the Golden Chain of the Naqshbandi Order that he held in his heart, and appointed him as the spiritual guide for the murids.
Darwish Muhammadق remained in his Shaykh’s service until Shaykh Muhammad az-Zahid passed away.
Darwish Muhammadق passed on the 19th of Muharram, in the year 970 Hijri. He transmitted the sacred trust of the Order to his son, Muhammad Khwaja al-Amkanakiق.
Tonight, do send gifts of Surah Al-Fatiha and Yasin to our 22nd Grandshaykh of the Golden Chain, Maulana Shaykh Darwish Muhammadق.
With Love, Al-Fatiha.
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The 17th of Muharram marks uroos/passing of Maulana Shaykh Muhammad Effendi Al-Yaraghiق.
Heق was the 34th Grandshaykh of the Naqshbandi Golden Chain.
Maulana Shaykh Muhammad Effendi Al-Yaraghiق was a pious Imam, honored and respected by all. He unveiled the treasures of knowledge and revealed the refined code of conduct that governs the path of spiritual seekers. His many sayings served as a guidebook for those journeying on the way to God.
From his forehead shone the light of heavenly knowledge. He was known for his courage in resisting the Russian imperialists of his time. His faith was pure and his piety genuine. He showed humility to all people and bore the marks of spiritual perfection, having brought his ego under complete control.
He called others to follow the Naqshbandi Sufi path and to support it not only with words, but through action and sincerity of heart. He was like a garden blooming with roses, drawing seekers like bees to gather the nectar of his wisdom and produce the finest honey. People flocked to his door, yearning for the happiness of this world and the next.
He was himself a sign of divine support, with miraculous knowledge of the inner states of his followers. He guided them to attain the perfect station of Divine Love. He was a great Sufi master, a deeply realized knower whose name was known across all the lands surrounding Daghestan. His fame reached Turkey, Persia, and many countries of the Arab world. His heart was filled with sincerity and a gentle, purified spirit.
He was learned in both the outward and inward sciences. He was a scholar of the Qur’an and Hadith and mastered Islamic jurisprudence. Beyond the religious sciences, he also excelled in chemistry, astronomy, and logic. He was considered a reference point in every field of knowledge.
He trained thousands of mureeds. By day, he taught them military strategy for resisting Russian aggression. By night, he instructed them in spiritual discipline. He barely slept, resting no more than two hours each day. His nourishment was often limited to water, and he wore only a single woolen robe. His name was known throughout Daghestan. He lived during the time of the notorious tyrant, Shah Shamus, the Governor of Daghestan.
He was born in Kural, in Shirwan, Daghestan, on a Tuesday, the 2nd of Dhul-Qi’dah in the year 1191 Hijri, corresponding to 1777 AD. He was tall, fair-skinned, with a white beard and green eyes. His voice was soft and gentle.
Leslie Blanch writes in her book Sabres of Paradise that Shaykh Muhammad Effendi al-Yaraghiق was the spiritual guide of Imam Shamil an-Naqshbandiق. During their struggle against the Russians, he directed Imam Shamilق in matters of military strategy and tactics, a role later taken up by Sayyid Jamaluddin al-Ghumuqi al-Husayniق.
Shaykh Yaraghiق was known for his ability to foretell events, and his predictions always came true. When the blind and disabled came to him seeking prayer, they would be healed. When the poor came to him, they would often find their conditions transformed for the better after his supplications.
He passed away on a Wednesday, the 17th of Muharram, in the year 1265 Hijri, corresponding to 1848 CE. Before his passing, he appointed Sayyid Jamaluddin al-Ghumuqi al-Husayniق as his spiritual successor, entrusting him with the secret of the Naqshbandi path, which he had received from their common Shaykh, Sayyidina Isma‘il ash-Shirwaniق, in accordance with the command he had received from him.
Tonight, do send gifts of Surah Al-Fatiha and Yasin to our 34th Grandshaykh of the Golden Chain, Maulana Shaykh Muhammad Effendi Al-Yaraghiق.
With Love, Al-Fatiha.
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Wassalam.
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The 16th of Muharram marks the blessed birth of Shaykh Jamaluddin Al-Ghumuqiق.
Heق was the 35th Grandshaykh of the Naqshbandi Golden Chain.
Shaykh Jamaluddin Al-Ghumuqiق was a Master of Masters, a Light of Lights, and a Knower among Knowers. A true guide of the Naqshbandi Order, he inherited his spiritual power both by blood and spirit.
His lineage traced back to the Prophet ﷺ through both Hasanر and Husaynر, and he received the spiritual transmission of the Order from the Prophet ﷺ through Abu Bakr as-Siddiqر and Sayyidina ʿAliر.
He was born in the district of Kubu, in Ghazikumuk, Daghestan, on Thursday, the 16th of Muharram in the year 1203 Hijri, corresponding to 1788 CE. From the moment of his birth, he was in a state of spiritual witnessing and lived his life in constant unveiling.
He was a scholar of both the outer and inner sciences. He was fluent in more than fifteen languages, including Arabic, Persian, Urdu, Pashto, Hindi, Russian, Turkish, several Daghestani and Circassian dialects, and Armenian. He memorized the entire Qur’an and over 775,000 Hadiths, both authentic and fabricated. He was an encyclopedic source in Hadith and a reference in Tafsir, the explanation of the Qur’an.
He mastered jurisprudence, logic, mathematics, and physics. He was also a respected homeopathic physician. No branch of knowledge known in his time was beyond his reach. A great Sufi Master, he authored Adab al-Murīdiyya fī Ṭarīqat an-Naqshbandiyya (The Rules of Conduct for Disciples in the Naqshbandi Path).
He was the Qutb of his time, holding this spiritual station for forty years. His Shaykh, Sayyidina Ismaʿil Shirwaniق, entrusted him with many hidden sciences essential for the training and raising of his followers.
Even during the lives of other prominent saints such as Sayyidina Khas Muhammadق and Shaykh Muhammad Effendi al-Yaraghiق, he was known to be the one carrying the central spiritual secret of the Naqshbandi Order. Only after Shaykh Yaraghi passed away was he formally given the role of Master of the Order.
He was tall and slender, with a very fair complexion, a long and wide beard, red eyes, and a soft, sweet voice. As a young man, he studied under scholars and Sufis in Daghestan. For a time, he served as the private secretary to the Governor of Ghazikumuk. However, he resigned, saying, “Allah gave me two special eyes, the ability to see through the Seven Heavens and into the depths of the Earth. I cannot serve an oppressor.”
He turned fully to the Naqshbandi Path, which at the time was mobilizing people against Russian occupation. As a Shaykh, he later became both advisor and father-in-law to Shaykh Shamilق, the leader of the armed resistance.
His knowledge and spiritual rank drew seekers from far and wide. When asked why he left his post, he repeated his statement about spiritual sight, and people were deeply moved. His fame spread quickly.
During the time of Shaykh Shamilق, a governor named Arlar Khan ordered him to accept the position of Mufti. He refused, saying, “I will not serve oppressors.” When the governor insisted and later commanded his execution, Shaykh Jamaluddinق stood with the noose around his neck. Just then, the governor ran to the balcony shouting, “Stop! Do not hang him!” He then threw himself off the balcony to his death. Shaykh Jamaluddinق was immediately released. This was one of his well-known miracles.
Later, he moved to Istanbul with his family and the family of Shaykh Shamilق. There, he spread the teachings of the Naqshbandi Sufi path throughout Turkey. At the time, houses were made of wood. One day a massive fire broke out in the district of Uskudar. People rushed to warn him to flee.
He calmly said, “I will not leave. This house was built from earnings that were pure and lawful. A house built on pure means will never burn.” Though the entire district was destroyed, his house remained untouched. It is preserved to this day and remains famous.
His manners with his family and mureeds were always perfect. He never reacted to objections or complaints. He never criticised anyone and always tried to bring joy to others.
One day, shortly before his death, he called his wife and daughter. He said, “Today I did a great work. It took all my strength and left me very weak. When you read the newspaper, you will learn that a great ship ran aground in the Bosphorus and that an unknown person saved all on board. That person was me.” The next day, his daughter read the newspaper and found the story just as he had said. That newspaper is still preserved by his descendants.
He passed away on the 5th of Shawwal, 1285 Hijri, corresponding to 1869 CE, at the age of 80. He was buried in Uskudar, near the family of Shaykh Shamilق.
Years later, the location of his grave was forgotten. Forty years after his passing, Shaykh Sharafuddinق, while in Rashadiya 150 miles from Istanbul, saw a vision. In the vision, he was brought to a cemetery in Uskudar where a man in a green cloak appeared and said, “I am Shaykh Jamaluddinق. You must reveal the location of my grave.”
When asked how to find it, the man pointed to a nearby grave and said, “This is the cemetery of Karaja Ahmadق, a saint buried here. Try your best to locate my grave.” Shaykh Sharafuddinق then wrote to people in Istanbul and instructed them where to dig. They uncovered the grave and found the headstone with his name on it.
Shaykh Jamaluddinق passed the secret of the Golden Chain of the Naqshbandi Order to Sayyidina Abu Ahmad as-Sughuriق.
Tonight, do send gifts of Surah Al-Fatiha and Yasin to our 35th Grandshaykh of the Golden Chain, Shaykh Jamaluddin Al-Ghumuqiق.
With Love, Al-Fatiha.
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Wassalam.
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Sohbah on 22nd August 2021 by Mawlana Sheikh Muhammad Adil Ar Rabbaniق
Today is the Urs of our Shaykh, Sayyidina Shah Baha’uddinق. May his Maqam be higher. He is a great holy man who served humanity and Muslims. Millions of people reached guidance through him. And this way is going on until Qiyāmah.
This Way is the beautiful Way of our Holy Prophet ﷺ that leads to Allah ﷻ. It is the way of good people.
Tariqah is what keeps Islam clean among so much Fitnah. And the best one is the Naqshbandi Tariqah. It starts from our Holy Prophet ﷺ then Sayyidina Abu Bakr raḍiya Llāhu ‘anhu, and with names changing, it eventually reached Sayyidina Shah Baha’uddin Naqshband. Then, it was called Naqshbandi after him. And until Qiyāmah, millions of people have been and will be following it insha’Allah. His Maqam is very high.
Today is the anniversary of his death. And the day of his death is like a wedding – Urs. It is not sad for them to meet Allah ‘Azza wa Jalla. Contrarily, it is the day of happiness. Of course, it is sad for others. But their duty is to deliver people, Muslims, Ahlu t-Tariqah cleanly to our Holy Prophet ﷺ. This is their goal.
Their goal is the pleasure of Allah ﷻ. May Allah ﷻ increase his Maqam.
This is the vow our Holy Prophet ﷺ gave him in the Cave of Thawr during the Hijrah of our Holy Prophet ﷺ with Sayyidina Abu Bakr. The Hijrah is something that had to be performed for humanity and Muslims.
All the Naqshbandi Mashayikh had gathered spiritually in the Cave of Thawr, not the Cave of Hira’, took bayah and made Du’a for this way to continue.
There are Mujaddids – revivers who were meant to be on this way. Mujaddid Alf Sani, reviver of the second millenium Sayyidina Ahmad al-Faruqi came from this way. He called it the golden chain.
It is an unbreakable chain. It will go on until the appearance of Mahdi ‘alayhi s-salam and until Qiyāmah with the permission of Allah ﷻ.
May Allah ﷻ give guidance to people. And may those who are meant to be on this way enter it insha’Allah.
May it be blessed for all of us insha’Allah.
Wa min Allah at-Tawfiq.
Al-Fatiha.
• Mawlana Sheikh Muhammad Adil ar-Rabbaniق
22 August 2021/ 14 Muharram 1443 AH
Lefke Dergah, Cyprus
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The 14th of Muharram marks the blessed birth of Maulana Shaykh Baha’uddin Shah Naqshbandق.
Heق was the 17th Grandshaykh of the Naqshbandi Golden Chain.
Maulana Shaykh Baha’uddin Shah Naqshbandق is an Ocean of Knowledge without shore. Its waves are woven with pearls of Heavenly Wisdom. He cleansed humanity through his innocence and purity. He quenched the thirst of souls with the water of his spiritual support. He uplifted hearts and caused them to soar in the sky of spirituality. He made kings stand humbly at his door. His guidance spread from North to South, from East to West. He left no soul without heavenly support, not even the wild animals of the forests.
He is the greatest Ghawth, the Arch-intercessor, the Sultan of Saints, the Necklace that holds the spiritual pearls bestowed on this world by the Divine Presence. Through the light of his guidance, Allah ﷻ caused the good to become excellent and transformed evil into goodness.
He is the Master of this Tariqat, the Shaikh of the Golden Chain, and the finest of those who carried the lineage of the Khwajagan.
He was born in the month of Muharram, in the year 717 Hijri (1317 CE), in the village of Qasr al-ʿArifan near Bukhara. Allah ﷻ granted him miraculous gifts even in his childhood. He first received instruction in the secret of the path from Sayyid Muhammad Baba as-Samasiق. He was then given full mastery and transmission of the Order by his Shaykh, Sayyid Amir al-Kulalق.
He was also Uwaysi in his connection to the Prophet ﷺ, as he was raised in the spiritual presence of Abdul Khaliq al-Ghujdawaniق, who preceded him by 200 years.
Shah Naqshbandق’s state cannot be described and the extent of his knowledge is beyond expression. One of his greatest miracles was simply his existence. Though he often hid his actions and avoided outward displays of miraculous power, many of his miracles were recorded.
Shaykh ʿAli Damman, one of his close attendants, said, “The Shaykh once ordered me to dig his grave. When I finished, I wondered in my heart, ‘Who will be his successor?’ He lifted his head from the pillow and said, ‘O my son, do you not remember what I told you when we were on the way to the Hijaz? Whoever wishes to follow me must follow Shaykh Muhammad Parsaق and Shaykh Alauddin Attarق.’”
In his final days, he remained in his room. Pilgrims came to visit him and he gave each one the advice they needed. When his final illness came, he locked his door and continued receiving waves of followers. He eventually instructed them to recite Surah Ya Sin. When they completed it, he raised his hands in prayer to Allah ﷻ, then raised his right index finger and pronounced the Shahada. As soon as he finished, his soul returned to his Lord.
He passed away on the night of Monday, the 3rd of Rabiʿ al-Awwal, 791 Hijri (1388 CE). As he had requested, he was buried in his garden. The kings of Bukhara continued to care for his school and mosque, expanding and endowing them with generous Waqf support.
ʿAbdul Wahhab ash-Shaʿrani, the Qutb of his time, said, “When the Shaykh was buried, a window to Paradise was opened in his grave, and it became a garden from Heaven. Two beautiful spiritual beings entered his presence and greeted him, saying, ‘Since the moment Allah created us, we have waited to serve you.’ He replied, ‘I seek nothing but Him. I do not need you. I need only my Lord.’”
Shah Naqshbandق left behind many noble successors. The most distinguished were Shaykh Muhammad bin Muhammad Alauddin al-Khwarazmi al-Bukhari al-Attarق and Shaykh Muhammad bin Muhammad bin Mahmoud al-Hafiziق, known as Muhammad Parsaق, author of Risala Qudsiyya. It is to the first that Shah Naqshband passed on the secret of the Golden Chain.
Barakah of Shah Naqshband’sق Du’a Tonight
Shah Naqshbandق made this du’a, “O my Lord ﷻ, do not let any one who takes me as a guide and those who came after me or before me, exist without support from You ﷻ.”
All the angels of the skies said, “Ameen”.
Grandshaykhق said the barakah of that du’a appears four times a year, and its protection is sent to the followers of Shah Naqshbandق four times a year.
✅One is the fourteenth of Muharram, Shah Bahauddin Naqshband’sق birthday; ✅ on the first day of Ramadhan, ✅ the fifteenth of Ramadhan, ✅ and Laylatul-Qadr (LLQ).
Tonight is the 14th of Muharram.
So the barakah of that du’a descends tonight, ask to be given a share of it.
Do send gifts of Surah Al-Fatiha and Yasin to our 17th Grandshaykh of the Golden Chain, Maulana Shaykh Baha’uddin Shah Naqshbandق.
With Love, Al-Fatiha.
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Wassalam.
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These are numbered days. Everything is numbered. It is numbered in the good, and it is numbered in the bad. Allāh ‘Azza wa-Jalla says it is also numbered in the fasting.
This last month of the worship of ḥajj is also numbered. A month ago before ḥajj, everyone was anxious about going to ḥajj, “How will it be? What will we do?” and so on. These blessed days have passed too. These numbered days were gained. These are not such a lot of days to be spent.
“Let’s kill time.” People who spend time without appreciating its value are in loss. A person’s life is the most precious thing. The most precious thing in a person’s life is time.Because how long is one’s time? When does it end? Allāh ‘Azza wa-Jalla says, these are numbered days.
Therefore, a person must definitely know its value. He who knows the value of what is given, wins. He who doesn’t know its value, wins nothing. Then, he regrets it, “I have thrown away so many valuable things. I haven’t appreciated them. I haven’t respected them. I have passed them by without valuing them.”
Sometimes they even say, “We killed time.” The word of most people nowadays is “Killing time.” If you kill time, you will have ruined yourself. You will have thrown jewels in the trash.
Therefore, these blessed days have come and are gone. People should be careful about those coming next. They should appreciate the value of time. Allāh ‘Azza wa-Jalla has appointed a time, an hour for everyone. Everyone has a time. May we appreciate the value of time before that time comes, in shā’a Llāh.
May Allāh ﷻ make us all among those who appreciate time, and not spend it in vain, in shā’a Llāh. Wa min Allah at-Tawfiq.
The 10th of Muharram marks uroos/passing of Shaykh Abul Hasan al-Kharqaniق.
Heق was the 7th Grandshaykh of the Naqshbandi Golden Chain.
Shaykh Abul Hasan Ali ibn Jafar al-Kharqaniق was born in 963 in Kharaqan, a small village near Bistam in Persia. He carried several noble nicknames, “King of the Kings of Sufi Masters, Ocean of Spiritual Knowledge, Sun of the Lord, Mystery of the Lord, and the Qibla of his people.” He had an intimate knowledge of the Qur’an and Hadith and followed the Shafi school of Islamic jurisprudence.
Shaykh Abul Hasanق was known as the Qutb of his time and one of the greatest Sufi Masters in history. He benefitted spiritually from Shaykh Bayazid Bastamiق and was himself a teacher of many great students.
Shaykh Abul Hasanق was a master who disliked fame and never claimed any title for himself. Instead, he dedicated his life to serving Allah and helping people. Once, one of his disciples asked if he could travel to visit the Qutb of the time. The Shaykh agreed and sent him on his way.
After travelling a long distance, the student arrived at a place where a funeral was taking place. The people were gathered but had not yet performed the funeral prayer. When he asked why, they replied, “We are waiting for the Qutb of the time to come and lead the prayer.”
A short while later, Shaykh Abul Hasanق arrived and led the janazah. The student, overwhelmed by the realisation that his own Shaykh was the Qutb he had been seeking, fainted. He did not regain consciousness until the next prayer. Once again, Shaykh Abul Hasanق came and led the prayer. The student was overcome with shame for not recognising the high station of his teacher.
Shaykh Abul Hasanق was deeply loved by many. Great Sufi saints praised him in their writings, including Mevlana Jalaluddin Rumi, Abdur Rahman Jami, and Khwajah Abdullah Ansariق.
Shaykh Abul Hasanق taught many well-known figures, including:
Shaykh Abu Ali al-Farmadiق, to whom he passed the secret of the Golden Chain
Shaykh Abu Said Abul Khair, a brilliant and flamboyant Sufi Master who gained widespread fame and wrote beautiful poetry, including the poem Beloved
Khwajah Abdullah Ansariق, known as the “Sage of Herat,” a polymath and poet who said, “Abdullah was a hidden treasure, and its key was in the hands of Abul Hasan al-Kharqani”
Avicenna (Ibn Sina), one of the most significant physicians, astronomers, thinkers, and writers of the Islamic Golden Age, described as the father of early modern medicine
The book The Light of Sciences is dedicated to Shaykh Abul Hasanق and is believed to have been written by his students after his death. The only known copy is held in the British Museum.
Shaykh Abul Hasanق lived a life of deep humility and service. It is said that he never asked his family to prepare a meal for him for nearly forty years. Food was always made for guests, and he would eat from that same food. The blessings of serving others sustained him.
Above the door of his teaching centre, he wrote: “Whoever comes to this house, feed him and do not question him about his faith. For whoever is given life by Allah deserves to eat from the table of Abul Hasan.”
Shaykh Abul Hasan al-Kharqaniق passed away on the 10th of Muharram in 1033 AD and was buried in the village of Kharaqan, near the city of Bistam in Iran.
Tonight, do send gifts of Surah Al-Fatiha and Yasin to our 7th Grandshaykh of the Golden Chain, Shaykh Abul Hasan al-Kharqaniق.
With Love, Al-Fatiha.
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The 10th of Muharram marks the blessed birth of Shaykh Ahmad al-Faruqi as-Sirhindiق.
Heق was the 25th Grandshaykh of the Naqshbandi Golden Chain.
Shaykh Ahmad al-Faruqi as-Sirhindiق was the Pearl of the Crown of the Knowledgeable Saints. He was the Treasure of those who came before and those who came after. In him were combined all their favors and generosity. He was the Sinai of Divine Manifestation, the Furthermost Lote Tree of Unique Knowledge, and the Fountain of Hidden Prophetic Knowledge.
He was the Genius of Scholars and the Sultan of the Earth, which smiled at his birth and was honored by his presence. He was the perfect Perfected Guide. He was the Caller to Allah’s Presence, the One Qutb and the Unique Heavenly Imam. He was the Reviver of the Second Millennium, Sayyidina wa Mawlana ash-Shaikh Ahmad al-Faruqi as-Sirhindiق, descendant of Sayyidina Umar al-Khattabر.
He was born on the day of Ashura in the village of Sihar Nidbasin. In some accounts it is called Sirhind, near the city of Lahore in India. He received knowledge and education from his father and from many shaykhs of his time. He progressed in three tariqats: Suhrawardiyya, Qadiriyya, and Chistiyya. At the age of 17, he was granted permission to train followers in all three paths. Though busy guiding many and spreading their teachings, he still felt something was missing in himself. He kept searching.
His heart was drawn to the Naqshbandi Sufi Order. Through the spiritual insights from the other three paths, he saw that Naqshbandiyya was the highest and most complete. His search brought him to the presence of the Ghawth and Qutb of the time, ash-Shaikh Muhammad al-Baqiق, who had been sent from Samarqand to India by the order of his shaykh, Muhammad al-Amkanakiق.
He took the Naqshbandi path from him and remained in his company for two months and some days, until the shaykh opened to his heart the secrets of the Order and gave him full authorization to train mureeds. He said of him, “He is the highest Qutb in this time.”
The Prophet ﷺ foretold his coming in a hadith: “There will be among my nation a man called Silah. By his intercession many people will be saved.” This hadith is recorded in the collection of Suyuti, Jam‘ al-Jawami‘. Shaykh Ahmad as-Sirhindiق confirmed this by saying, “God has made me the Silah between the two oceans.” Silah means “connection,” and he meant that Allah had made him the link between the two oceans of knowledge — external and internal.
Shaykh Mir Husamuddinق said, “I saw the Prophet ﷺ in a dream standing on the minbar and praising Shaykh Ahmad as-Sirhindiق. The Prophet ﷺ said, ‘I am proud and happy with his presence among my nation. Allah has made him a reviver of the religion.’”
Many saints predicted his coming. Shaykh Ahmad al-Jamiق said, “After me will appear seventeen men of the People of God, all named Ahmad. The last of them will be at the head of the millennium. He will be the greatest of them and will receive the state of Unveiling. He will revive this religion.”
Another was Mawlana Khwaja al-Amkanakiق. He told his khalifa, “A man from India will appear. He will be the Imam of his time. You will be the one to train him, so hurry to meet him, because the People of God are awaiting his arrival.” Muhammad al-Baqiق said, “That is why I moved from Bukhara to India.”
When they met, he told him, “You are the one whose arrival Shaykh Muhammad Khwaja al-Amkanakiق foretold. When I saw you, I knew you were the Qutb of your time. When I entered the region of Sirhind, I saw a lamp so bright that its light reached the heavens. Everyone drew light from it. You are that lamp.”
It is said that the shaykh of his father, Shaykh Abdul Ahadق, who was a master of the Qadiri Order, received a jubah (cloak) from his own shaykh. This jubah had been passed down from the Ghawth al-Azam, Sayyidina Abdul Qadir al-Jilaniق. Sayyidina Abdul Qadirق said about it, “Keep this for the one who will appear at the end of the first millennium. His name is Ahmad. He will revive this religion. I have dressed him with all my secrets. He combines both internal and external knowledge.”
Shaykh Ahmad as-Sirhindiق left behind many books. He passed away on the 17th of Safar in the year 1034 Hijri, at the age of 63. He was buried in the village of Sirhind. He was a shaykh in four tariqats: Naqshbandi, Qadiri, Chisti and Suhrawardi. Yet he preferred the Naqshbandi, saying, “It is the mother of all tariqats.”
He passed the secret of the revered Golden Chain to Shaykh Muhammad Masumق.
Tonight, do send gifts of Surah Al-Fatiha and Yasin to our 25th Grandshaykh of the Golden Chain, Shaykh Ahmad al-Faruqi as-Sirhindiق.
With Love, Al-Fatiha.
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Wassalam.
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The 9th of Muharram marks uroos/passing of Maulana Shaykh (Mazhar) Shamsuddin Habib Allahق.
Heق was the 29th Grandshaykh of the Naqshbandi Golden Chain.
Shaykh Mazharق was born in 1113 H / 1701 AD in India. From his childhood, the light of Guidance and the traces of Piety shone from his forehead. His features (mazhar) were molded with the manifestation of heavenly beauty (tajalli al-jamal). He was famous, like the Prophet Yusuf (AS), for his beauty, and everyone loved him because he represented beauty. That is an attribute of God, about whom the Prophet ﷺ said, “God is beautiful and He loves beauty.”
He had countless miraculous experiences and visions of both the heavenly and earthly worlds.
Once he said, “I visited the grave of Shaykh Muhammad Hafiz Muhsinق. I disappeared from myself and in a vision I saw his body. It had suffered no decomposition, and his shroud was still perfectly clean, except for a patch of dirt near his feet. Through my spiritual power, I asked him about that.
He said, ‘O my son, I will tell you a story. One day I took a stone from my neighbour’s garden and put it in a hole in my own. I told myself, ‘In the morning I will return it,’ but I forgot. As a result of that action, the dirt appeared on my shroud. That one deed tainted it.’”
A man once came to him and said, “O my master, my brother has been jailed in another village. Please pray to Allah to save him.” He replied, “O my son, your brother is not in jail. He has done something wrong, and tomorrow you will receive a letter from him.” It turned out exactly as he had said.
He gave his followers glad tidings, though some jealous people refused to believe him. He said, “If you don’t believe me, let us bring a judge. We will each present our view and let him decide.” They replied, “We do not accept any judge but the Prophet ﷺ, and on the Day of Judgment we will ask for his ruling.”
He said, “There is no need to wait. We will ask the Prophet ﷺ to judge now.” He entered a deep contemplative state and was told in his heart to recite Fatiha. He did so, and immediately the Prophet ﷺ appeared to everyone and said, “Al-Mazhar Habibullahق is right and all of you are wrong.”
Shortly before his death, Shaykh Mazharق was in a state of deep emotion and love of God. He experienced great sorrow for having lived so long in this fleeting world. He spent his final days in intense contemplation, always saying that his state was one of Annihilation and Existence in Allah, Sublime and Exalted.
He increased his dhikr, and the resulting powerful light of attraction brought thousands of seekers into the tariqat. Each new day brought three thousand visitors to his door, and he did not let a single one leave without meeting him. Eventually, due to exhaustion, he limited his meetings to two sessions a day.
One day, one of his followers, Shaykh Mullah Nasimق, asked for permission to travel and visit his parents. He replied, “My son, you may go, but I may not be here when you return.” This reply spread quickly and shook the hearts of the people, for it signalled the end of an era. With tearful eyes and heavy hearts, people across Punjab began to wail and cry. His house was full, and none knew what would happen when he was gone.
He took a paper and wrote to one of his successors, Mullah Abdur-Razzaqق, “O my son, I am now over eighty and my life is drawing to a close. Remember me in your prayers.” He sent him that letter, along with many others.
Thanking Allah for His favours, he said, “There is nothing left in my heart of any desire or goal that remains unfulfilled. Everything I ever asked of Allah, I received. My only remaining wish is to leave this world and be in His Presence continually. Allah gave me everything, except permission to go to Him. I ask Allah to take me to Him today, before tomorrow.
But I do not want to go to Him as an ordinary person. I want to go as Allah described in the Holy Qur’an, as a martyr who is always alive. So O Allah, make me a martyr in this world and take me to You as a martyr.
This kind of death will bring joy to my heart and bring me into the presence of Your Prophet ﷺ, of Ibrahim (AS), of Musa (AS), of all 124,000 prophets, of the Prophet’s Companions, of al-Junaydق, of the master of this Order Shah Naqshbandق, and of all the Masters of the tariqat. O Allah, I want to combine the witnessing of physical martyrdom with the spiritual death in the State of Witnessing, in the State of Annihilation.”
It was Wednesday evening, the seventh of Muharram, 1195 H / 1780 CE. His servant came and said, “Three men are at your door. They wish to visit you.” He said, “Let them enter.” When they entered, he came out of his bedroom and greeted them.
One of them asked, “Are you Mirza Jan Janan Habibullahق?” He answered, “Yes.” The other two turned to the third and said, “Yes, he is the one.” One of the men took a knife from his pocket and stabbed him in the back, piercing his kidney.
Due to his age, he could not bear the severity of the blow and fell to the ground. At Fajr time, the King sent a doctor. He sent the doctor back and said, “I don’t need him. As for the men who stabbed me, I forgive them. I am happy to die as a martyr. They came as an answer to my prayer.”
He passed from this life on Friday. That day, he read the Qur’anic chapters Fatiha and Yasin until Asar. He then asked his followers how many hours remained until sunset. They replied, “Four hours.”
He said, “It is still a long wait before meeting my Lord.” He added, “I have missed ten prayers in my life, all within these last two days, because my body is full of blood and I could not lift my head.”
They asked him, “In such a weak condition, must a sick person pray with movements of the eyes and forehead, or can he delay it?” He replied, “Both are correct.” He waited patiently for sunset and passed away. It was the night of ‘Ashura, 1195 H / 1781 AD.
Tonight, do send gifts of Surah Al-Fatiha and Yasin to our 29th Grandshaykh of the Golden Chain, Maulana Shaykh (Mazhar) Shamsuddin Habib Allahق.
With Love, Al-Fatiha.
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Wassalam.
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The 9th of Muharram marks uroos/passing of Shaykh Qasim ibn Muhammad ibn Abu Bakrق.
Heق was the grandson of Abu Bakr as-Siddiqر and the 4th Grandshaykh of the Naqshbandi Golden Chain.
Grandshaykh Sharafuddinق and his successor, Grandshaykh Abdullah ad-Daghestaniق (the 38th and 39th Grandshaykhs in the Naqshbandi Golden Chain) narrated the following story:
In the year that Abu Muhammad Qasimق was to leave this world, on the third of Ramadhan, he went on pilgrimage. When he reached al-Qudayd, a common stopping place for pilgrims, God opened his vision to witness angels descending from heaven and ascending in countless numbers. They would come down, visit the place, then return above. These angels were carrying blessings sent by God, and it was as though that light and spiritual power was poured directly into his heart, filling it with sincerity and deep God-consciousness.
As this vision unfolded, he fell asleep. In his dream, he saw Abu Bakr as-Siddiqر coming to him. He asked, “O my grandfather, who are these heavenly beings, descending and ascending, who have filled my heart with this awareness of God?”
Abu Bakr as-Siddiqر replied, “The angels you see have been assigned to your grave. They visit it constantly, drawing blessings from the earth where your body will rest. In reverence to you, God ordered them to descend and seek blessings for you. O my grandson, do not be heedless of your death. It is near, and you are going to be raised to the Divine Presence and depart from this world.”
Qasimق opened his eyes and saw his grandfather before him. He said, “I just saw you in a dream.” Abu Bakrر answered, “Yes, I was ordered to meet you.” Qasimق said, “Then I am going to leave this world.” His grandfather confirmed, “Yes, you will leave the world and join us in the hereafter.”
Qasimق then asked, “What deed should I focus on in the last moments of my life?” Abu Bakrر advised, “O my son, keep your tongue moist with the remembrance of God and keep your heart present with it. That is the greatest thing you can achieve in this world.”
Abu Bakrر then disappeared. Qasimق began engaging in dhikr with his tongue and heart. He continued his journey to Makkah and stood at Mount Arafat on the 9th of Dhul-Hijjah. That year, many saints, both men and women, were spiritually present there, and Qasim bin Muhammad bin Abu Bakr as-Siddiqق met with them.
While they were standing, they heard the Plain of Arafat and its mountain crying mournfully. They asked, “Why are you crying like this?” The mountain replied, “I and all the angels are crying because today the earth will lose one of its pillars.”
They asked, “Who is this pillar the earth is losing?” The mountain answered, “Abu Muhammad Qasimق is leaving the world. The earth will no longer be honored by his steps. I will no longer see him on my plain, and I will miss him. That is why I cry. Not only me, but his grandfather Muhammad ﷺ, his grandfather Abu Bakrر, his grandfather Aliر, and the whole world is crying. They say the death of a scholar is the death of the world.”
At that moment, the Prophet ﷺ and Abu Bakr as-Siddiqر were spiritually present at Arafat and were crying. The Prophet ﷺ said, “With the death of Qasimق, great corruption will appear on earth. He was one of the pillars that held it back.”
This kind of mourning from Mount Arafat had only occurred at the passing of the Prophet ﷺ, then Abu Bakrر, then Salman al-Farsiر, and now Qasimق. One of the saints, Rabi‘a al-‘Adawiyyaر, met Qasimق in the spiritual assembly of saints.
Qasimق said, “Every living and dry thing, I heard them crying. Why, O Rabi‘a, did this happen? I have never heard such crying before. Do you know the reason?” She replied, “O Abu Muhammadق, I too could not discern it. You must ask your grandfather, Abu Bakrر.”
Abu Bakrر appeared spiritually and said, “The crying across the earth is because you are leaving this world, as I told you during your pilgrimage.” Then Qasimق raised his hands and prayed, “Since I am now departing this life, forgive whoever stood with me on Mount Arafat.”
They then heard a voice say, “For your sake, God has forgiven all who stood with you on Arafat during this Hajj.” At that moment, God revealed to Qasim’sق heart unlimited spiritual knowledge.
He departed from Arafat and said, “O Mount Arafat, do not forget me on Judgment Day. All saints and prophets stood here. I ask you not to forget me.” The mountain replied in a loud voice that all could hear, “O Qasimق, do not forget me on Judgment Day. Let me be part of the intercession of the Prophet ﷺ.”
Qasimق then left Mount Arafat and reached Makkah al-Mukarrama. As he approached the Ka‘aba, he heard it crying, and the sound grew louder. Everyone could hear it. The Ka‘aba was weeping over Qasim’sق imminent departure. It was like a flood of tears pouring from the Ka‘aba, soaking the entire area.
The Ka‘aba said, “O Qasimق , I will miss you and never see you again in this world.” It then made 500 circumambulations around him out of respect. Whenever a saint visits the Ka‘aba, it responds to their greeting by saying, Wa `alayka as-salam ya wali-Allah, “Peace be upon you, O friend of God.”
Qasimق bid farewell to the Hajar al-Aswad, to Jannat al-Mu‘alla where Khadijat al-Kubraر, the Prophet’s ﷺ first wife, is buried, and to all of Makkah. He then travelled to al-Qudayd, between Makkah and Madinah, where on the 9th of Muharram he passed from this world. The year was 108 (or 109) AH, or 726 CE. He was seventy years old.
He passed the secret of the Naqshbandi Golden Chain to his grandson and successor, Imam Ja‘far as-Sadiqق.
Tonight, do send gifts of Surah Al-Fatiha and Yasin to our 4th Grandshaykh of the Golden Chain, Shaykh Qasim ibn Muhammad ibn Abu Bakrق.
With Love, Al-Fatiha.
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The 1st of Muharram marks the blessed birth of Mawlana Shaykh Khas Muhammad Sirwaniق.
He was the 33rd Grandshaykh of the Naqshbandi Golden Chain.
“The Almighty Lord did not send anything to this Earth, except as a lesson for his Servants to learn from.”
“The Naqshbandi Sufi Order is based on four characteristics of behavior: • do not speak except when asked • do not eat except when weak with hunger • do not sleep except when overcome by fatigue • and do not keep quiet when you are in His Presence (i.e. ask incessantly from Allah).”
• Mawlana Shaykh Khas Muhammad Sirwaniق
For twenty years he did not eat except once a week. His daily practice of remembrance (wird) consisted of 350 raka’ats of prayer.
Shaikh Ahmad al-Kawkasiق said, “One time I was travelling from the city across the forest to another city on important business. On my way snow was falling heavily, and a great wind was blowing.
Then the snowfall cleared, and in its stead rain poured down, making all the roads like rivers. I had no choice but to pass through that forest.
I entered the forest as night was approaching and got lost in the middle. The skies were pouring rain, night was overtaking me, the flood was increasing, and I did not know where to go.
I came to a river running through the woods. The flood made that river like an ocean, full of waves. The bridge over it was wrecked, but I had to cross. The river was raging, rising higher and higher, until it reached up to my legs, and then reached up the legs of my horse.
I feared drowning for myself and my horse. I raised my hands and asked my Lord, “O Allah ﷻ, help me in this difficulty.”
Immediately I heard a voice behind me saying, “O Ahmad, why are you calling me and bringing me from my house?”
I looked and I saw Shaikh Khas Muhammadق behind me, but he was huge.
He said, “Hold my hand and cross the river with me.” I felt fear. He said, “When you are with Us you must not feel fear.” Then we crossed the river. He walked on the river, and I was walking with him on the water. We crossed to the other side. He said, “Now you are safe,” and he disappeared.
When I reached my destination and went to the mosque, I saw him sitting there. I asked him, “How did you come?”
He said, “O Ahmad, for Us there are no boundaries. We can be anywhere and everywhere at any time.”
Do send gifts of Surah Al-Fatiha & Surah Yasin to our 33rd Grandshaykh of the Golden Chain, Mawlana Shaykh Khas Muhammad Sirwaniق, tonight.
With Love, Al-Fatiha.
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Wassalam.
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This is the month of Dhul-Ḥijjah. As we said, it is the month of the worship of Ḥajj. There are blessed days and nights in its first ten days. Now the ḥajjīs are returning. Most of them have returned.
Ḥajj is an act of worship that Allāh ‘Azza wa-Jalla has given to Muslims. The one who performs that worship by going to ḥajj and returning, all his sins are forgiven. Of course, if there is the servant’s right, that’s different. But even there too, in Muzdalifah, Allāh ﷻ will forgive the servant’s right, in shā’a Llāh.
Therefore, a person who returns from ḥajj returns as on the day his mother bore him, sinless. “حج مبرور وسعي مشكور وذنب مغفور”, “Ḥajj Mabrur, Sa’ī Mashkur, Dhanbun Maghfur.”It means may you return with an accepted ḥajj, a commendable endeavor and forgiven sins. This is the ḥajj that Allāh ‘Azza wa-Jalla has given to people.
Others say, “I went here and became a ḥajjī.” Non-Muslims have neither days [of worship] nor places of worship. They tell each other, according to their own minds, claiming the places they visit are ḥajj. Whereas ḥajj is a worship given by Allāh ‘Azza wa-Jalla. And that is the worship that, as we said, when you return, you return free from all the sins.
Others commit worse sins. The ones we call non-Muslims, non-believers, say according to their own minds, “He became a ḥajjī. He went there, he became a ḥajjī.” By the wisdom of Allāh ﷻ, ḥajj happens in one place, and in that place it happens once a year. Ḥajj cannot be whenever you want. If you go there outside the time of ḥajj, you will have performed Umrah. But ḥajj is different. Its great grace, its great blessing is different. It is special.
Everything has something that is valuable. There are valuable people.Our Prophet ṣallá Llāhu ‘alayhi wa-sallam is the most precious among mankind. There are valuable places: Makkah, Madinah, Jerusalem. There are other blessed places, but those places are the places determined by Allāh ‘Azza wa-Jalla. Some of them, as we said, go to Jerusalem. Going to Jerusalem is a great blessing from Allāh ‘Azza wa-Jalla.
A prayer performed there counts as a thousand prayers performed elsewhere, says our Prophet ṣallá Llāhu ‘alayhi wa-sallam. Prophet ṣallá Llāhu ‘alayhi wa-sallam says, go there. Of course, we can’t go now. If you can’t go, you can make a service there. Send them olive oil to be used in the service there. That is also the advice of our Prophet ṣallá Llāhu ‘alayhi wa-sallam for us. Who can do so shall do it.
But the matter of ḥajj, as we said, is different. Therefore, Allāh ‘Azza wa-Jalla has made it that if you do it once, you are free of that obligation. You will be both purified from sins, and come back as forgiven. This is one of the beautiful worships in Islām. It is hard but the harder it is, the more its reward is.
May Allāh ﷻ grant it to those who did not go. May Allāh ﷻ accept it for those who went, in shā’a Llāh. May Allāh ﷻ accept the ḥajj of those who went but weren’t able to reach, in shā’a Llāh. Wa min Allah at-Tawfiq.
Sohbah on 18th August 2021 by Mawlana Sheikh Muhammad Adil Ar Rabbaniق
May the day of ‘Ashura be blessed. May Allah ﷻ let us reach many more years.
Today is among the days honored by our Holy Prophet ﷺ. Whoever fasts today will attain 10,000 Thawab.
There are other favors of Allah ‘Azza wa Jalla granted today. Most Prophets reached salvation on this day. And it is the day our Holy Prophet ﷺ got married to Sayyidatina Khadijah. Khadijah al-Kubra is the mother of Sayyidatina Fatimah and the mother-in-law of Sayyidina ‘Ali. She is the grandmother of Sayyidina Hasan and Sayyidina Hussain.
Allah ‘Azza wa Jalla is actually referring to this day as the day of salvation.
It is a holy day and there are more favors in it. Some people consider it as a bad day but it is not so. This day is the day of salvation from Fitnah and the day of reaching the highest rank in the sight of Allah ﷻ.
Sayyidina Hussain and his followers became Shaheed. The Sahabah and Ahl al-Bayt reached the highest ranks. There is no higher rank.
Our Holy Prophet ﷺ says, “No Prophet has suffered as did I” And he received the highest rank in return for that. Ranks increase according to the sufferings.
Therefore, do not miss the Thawab of this day by doing other things; don’t miss it by making Fitnah. Fitnah has started after the time of our Holy Prophet ﷺ, even during his ﷺ time.
Shaytan didn’t want Haqq and has always fought against Haqq. Shaytan said, “I will take all people with me to hell” Therefore, don’t lose the Thawab of this beautiful day for Fitnah. Don’t fall into Fitnah.
Most of the Sahabah of our Holy Prophet ﷺ, more than half of them became Shaheed by making Fitnah to each other. It is not our business to interfere in their matter.
As they were following the right way, each of them is an Imam. Each of them is like an Imam of Madhhab, for they were with our Holy Prophet ﷺ. Accordingly, they had their own Ijtihad, and they went on this way.
We don’t even know how to make proper ablution. So it is not for us to interfere with that matter.
What we must do is perform our worship and mind our own condition. May Allah ﷻ protect us. Our condition is bad. We beg Allah ﷻ that He forgives us and not test us. May Allah ﷻ not test us.
As we said, apart from our Holy Prophet ﷺ and Sayyidina Abu Bakr, Sayyidina ‘Umar became Shaheed, Sayyidina ‘Uthman became Shaheed and Sayyidina ‘Ali became Shaheed.
As we said, many Sahabah, thousands and ten thousands of the Sahabah became Shaheed. Sayyid al-Shuhadāʾ Sayyidina Hussain and Sayyidina Hamza also became Shaheed. To become a Shaheed is not bad, Fitnah is bad.
Therefore, may Allah ﷻ protect us from the Fitnah that came afterwards. One Fitnah can destroy a whole country, but Allah ‘Azza wa Jalla will keep His religion and no Fitnah can affect it.
Only the people who make Fitnah will lose. But most people will be protected by Allah ﷻ. They will be in the safety of Allah ﷻ. Do not fall into Fitnah.
Today is the day of worship, as we said.
There is a four Rakaʿāt prayer, you read
• 1 time Fatihah and 11 times Surat Al Ikhlāṣ in each Rakaʿāh. And then
• 70 times “HasbunAllah wa ni’mal wakeel ni’mal Mawla wa ni’man Naseer.”
Then there is its Du’a.
We don’t remember it by heart, but it is written everywhere – the Du’a of Ashura.
Also
• recite 1,000 times Surat Al Ikhlāṣ.
• Salawat and
• La ilaha illAllah.
• Give Sadaqah.
• Do shopping for your family so that your days pass with Barakah.
• Make full ablution to have a healthy year.
• Apply Kohl in your eyes. Who cannot find Kohl may use other things with the intention of Kohl. They say radish juice is good for the eyes. You may wipe your eyes with it, and it will be counted as Kohl.
• Do a lot of charities today.
In short, do good things. Give Salam to people and make Dua for them. Allah ﷻ will accept it insha’Allah.
May Allah ﷻ bless this day. May Allah ﷻ let us reach many more years. May Mahdi ‘alayhi s-salam come and end this Fitnah insha’Allah.
There are calamities, wildfires, floods and destruction everywhere. Allah ﷻ will protect them today insha’Allah. Allah ﷻ will protect them from disasters. May they stop wherever they are for the honor of this day insha’Allah. May the soldiers of Islam and Muslims be protected.
Wa min Allah at-Tawfiq.
Al-Fatiha.
• Mawlana Sheikh Muhammad Adil ar-Rabbaniق
18th August 2021/ 10 Muharram 1443 AH
Lefke Dergah, Cyprus
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Sohbah on 17th August 2021 by Mawlana Sheikh Muhammad Adil Ar Rabbaniق
Today is the 9th of Muharram and the 8th in some countries. Tomorrow is the holy day of ‘Ashura. There is recommended worship on the day of ‘Ashurah.
Our Holy Prophet ﷺ says that,
✅ whoever takes full ablution on that day will be safe from diseases for the whole year; there won’t be a serious disease. Therefore, people can take full ablution tomorrow. Doing that with the intention of good health will bring us benefit and we will receive Thawab as we carry out the order of our Holy Prophet ﷺ.
✅ You should do shopping for the household. Give charity to family members and to poor ones. It will bring Barakah.
✅ Our Holy Prophet ﷺ says to apply Kohl for protection from eye pain. Whoever applies Kohl on this day will not have a serious eye disease for the whole year.
✅ Also, there is a four Rakaʿāt prayer special for ‘Ashura, you read,
• 11 times Surat Al Ikhlāṣ in each Rakaʿāt. And in the end, • recite 70 times “HasbunAllahu wa Ni’mal Wakil”.
Then,
• make Du’a, and Allah ﷻ will accept it insha’Allah.
In some countries it is the 10th tomorrow, and in other countries it is after tomorrow. People should estimate it according to their country of residence, because in some countries the moon can be seen earlier or later than in others. We don’t know its calculation exactly. When it is seen, the calculation is made accordingly. If not, they should calculate according to their country. They should not miss this day.
As it is a holy day, the more worship you perform, such as making up the missed prayers, the more Thawab you attain. It is an opportunity that Allah ‘Azza wa Jalla gave us.
It is something we need.
You see the condition of the world. There are calamities, floods and wildfires everywhere.
Our Holy Prophet ﷺ says regarding these days,
“يكونَ المطرُ قَيْظًا والوَلَدُ غَيْظًا”
Rain will not come as mercy but as a disaster, and children do not listen to their parents in the end of times. They come not as goodness but as badness to people. May Allah ﷻ protect us.
Therefore, these days are holy days when Du’as are accepted. We should make Du’a that they become means to goodness. There are calamities and diseases, all kinds of troubles these days.
People are questioning where these come from, and whether people made them. If they did, they did. As long as there is no permission from Allah ﷻ, they cannot happen. They are a warning for people to come to the right way. If they don’t, they know for themselves. We seek refuge in Allah ﷻ.
Allah ‘Azza wa Jalla will protect us and save us from these calamities and troubles. We should believe in this, we should have ‘iman. ‘Iman is a must. When there is no ‘iman, people cannot tolerate anything. They are devastated by everything.
When there is ‘iman, people are in comfort knowing that Allah ﷻ will protect them and that Allah’s ﷻ command will happen. May Allah protect us and give strength to our ‘iman insha’Allah.
Wa min Allah at-Tawfiq. Al-Fatiha.
Al-Fatiha.
• Mawlana Sheikh Muhammad Adil ar-Rabbaniق
17th August 2021/ 09 Muharram 1443 AH
Lefke Dergah, Cyprus
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Sohbah on 16th August 2021 by Mawlana Sheikh Muhammad Adil Ar Rabbaniق
Insha’Allah there is the day of ‘Ashura on the 10th of Muharram. We have approached it. Insha’Allah it is a special and holy day in the sight of Allah ﷻ. It is precious. We are given it as a gift.
Allah ‘Azza wa Jalla increased the ranks of Prophets on this day, increased the ranks of Awliya’ and ordained the greatest Shaheeds on this day. It is a holy day. May Allah ﷻ give us from its Barakah.
The whole world is in both apparent and hidden distress these days. But this distress is nothing.
No matter how much hardship there is, eventually there will be relief. Without hardship, relief won’t come.
Allah ‘Azza wa Jalla said there should be hardship first, and then comes relief.
‘For indeed, with hardship [will be] ease (5) Indeed, with hardship [will be] ease (6).’ (Qur’ān 94:05-06). He repeats it two times.
Allah ‘Azza wa Jalla says that there will be hardship and then relief. This is for Muslims and good people. And the opposite is for people who are not good. There is relief first, and then hardship. They think that they live in comfort and control the world, and then they lose everything instantly.
Allah ‘Azza wa Jalla destroys and sweeps all their buildings of evil away. They are unfortunate people. Fortunate people get benefit from these days. They spend these holy days for the pleasure of Allah ﷻ.
As our Holy Prophet ﷺ said, we should fast on this day.
We should fast not only on the day of ‘Ashura, but either on the 9th and 10th, or 10th and 11th or all three days from the 9th till 11th of Muharram. It will be more virtuous.
Whoever gives Sadaqah and brings home more provision will have a blessed year with permission of Allah ﷻ. Whoever gives Sadaqah will be under protection.
There are too many disasters these days, and its remedy is Sadaqah.
You should give Sadaqah every day.
When our Holy Prophet ﷺ was not able to give Sadaqah… There is no such poor person who cannot afford to give Sadaqah. Even if they give 0.50 or 1 TL, it will be counted as Sadaqah.
Who cannot even give that, our Holy Prophet ﷺ said to pray two Rakaʿāt Duha prayer. This prayer is equal to Sadaqah for your 360 organs.
Hold onto the way shown by Islam, shown by Shari’ah and Tariqah. There are completely useless things now. They are shown as worship to people, whereas they are not related to Islam at all.
If you want to train your ego, you should control it. You cannot train your ego by beating and torturing yourself. It is nothing but torture. To train your ego is different. You must control your ego, you must perform your worship and not harm anyone. This is the training of the ego. Otherwise, you harm yourself and you harm others. You don’t attain any Thawab. You attain nothing but sins.
May Allah ﷻ not separate us from the right way. May Allah ﷻ not let us be misled.
There are many misled people who are shown things as Islam that has nothing to do with Islam. The religion of Islam is the religion of mercy. It is the religion of beauty. This day is the day of approaching to Allah ﷻ.
May we not miss this chance. May Allah ﷻ give us all from its Barakah. May the Barakah of Muharram be upon us insha’Allah.
Wa min Allah at-Tawfiq. Al-Fatiha.
Al-Fatiha.
• Mawlana Sheikh Muhammad Adil ar-Rabbaniق
16th August 2021/ 08 Muharram 1443 AH
Lefke Dergah, Cyprus
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It is one of the holiest months, Muharram, and tonight is the 10th night, one of the holiest nights in Islam. Tomorrow is the 10th of Muharram, the Day of Ashura. This day holds a special place in the Islamic calendar and also in the history of the world.
On this day, Allah Almighty granted victory to His beloved servants from His Endless Oceans of Mercy and Power.
On this day: ● The Ark of Prophet Nuh (a.s.) landed on the mountain and the flood ended ● Prophet Ibrahim (a.s.) was saved from the fire of Nimrod ● Prophet Musa (a.s.) crossed the Red Sea and was saved from Pharaoh ● Prophet Yunus (a.s.) was saved from the belly of the whale ● Prophet Suleiman (a.s.), King Solomon, was granted kingship over mankind and jinn ● Prophet Ayyub (a.s.) regained his health and became even wealthier than before ● Prophet Isa (a.s.), Jesus Christ, was raised to the heavens ● And Sayyidina Muhammad (s.a.w.) was granted great honour, the opening of the seven heavens for himself and his nation, and he was protected from his tribe, the Quraysh
Every time Muslims faced difficulties, Divine help would reach them in this holy month, especially the 10th of Muharram. This is a very important day.
So many heavenly blessings have reached the believers on the 10th of Muharram. It is a great blessing to witness Muharram. I hope it will be granted for Sayyidina Mahdi (a.s.) to appear. Tonight, more spiritual power may be granted. Perhaps the authority over the whole world is being prepared. His sword is now slightly unsheathed. It is beginning to appear.
As mentioned earlier, one month ago, on the night of Arafat during Dhul Hijjah, a change began. A new Divine manifestation has started. A new power is now unfolding, step by step. When technology fades away, another kind of power will be ready to take over.
Try to be with Allah, and you will be victorious. Try to step away from the hands of Shaytan and his devils. Reduce your use of instruments invented with the help of Shaytan, because everything powered by electricity will one day stop. A new source of power is starting to take effect.
All nations will face heavy burdens. When that period ends, there will be a new opening for the entire world. At that time, there will be no need for electricity, cars, ships, or factories. The light of your faith, Nur al-Iman, will surround you. Your body will shine with light, and even in the darkness of night, you will be able to walk.
I am happy and thankful to Allah that we have reached this night. We ask humbly for our names to be written among the followers of Mahdi (a.s.). We are not pleased with the current state of the world, East or West, as every system in place is against the Divine Laws.
We are proud and content that Allah has made us pleased with Him, with His saints, and with Sahibu Zaman, Sayyidina Mahdi (a.s.). We do not wish to chase this shaytanic and filthy way of life.
The shaytanic life is the dirtiest. Run away from it. If not, you may drown in its filth and not be able to save yourself. Ask for purity and strive to be clean, so that your last moment in life finds you in purity.
Al-Fatiha.
• Mawlana Shaykh Muhammad Nazim Adil al-Haqqaniق
01 April 1999/ 14 Dhuʻl-Hijjah 1419 AH
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Thumma salaamu `alaykum ayyuha ’l-mu’mineen wa ’l-mu’minaat wa ’l-muslimeena wa ’l-muslimaat. As- salaamu `alaykum to all attendees. Today is the first day of the new year, and we are asking for it to be a holy year for all of mankind.
O people, the most dangerous one for mankind is Shaytan, the most terrible enemy. That is why we begin by saying, “A`oodhu billahi min ash-Shaytani ‘r-rajeem. Bismillahi ‘r-Rahmani ‘r-Raheem,” asking for a new beginning for mankind on this Earth.
The first day of the first month is officially tomorrow. If you are able, fast the last day of the year and also the first day of the new year. The Seal of the Prophets (peace be upon him), Sayyid al-Awwaleen wa ‘l-Akhireen, gave glad tidings that whoever fasts the last day of the previous year and the first day of the new year will be like one who fasts the whole year.
O people, mubarak to us, mubarak for the new year. This is a fixed day, without doubt. The Western calendar and many other differences among people have caused confusion over other days, but this day is clear and fixed.
O people, we are reaching the last century of the dunya. As the Seal of the Prophets (peace be upon him) said, Allah Almighty gives to his nation. If they follow the straight and true way, many more days will be given to them. But if they leave the straight way, they will have far fewer days. One day in the Divine Presence equals one thousand years. That means his nation will last up to 1,500 years. When that time comes, dunya will end and Judgment Day will begin.
He (peace be upon him) also said that when people near the Last Day, Shaytan will come close to them and make them deny all heavenly matters. Because they are spiritually drunk, they begin to reject all that is holy. Sadly, some are even saying now, “There is no god.” When people reach that point, the Divine anger of the Lord of Heavens will draw near to this world.
Every nation now denies heavenly commands and the prophets sent by Heaven. They have lost belief. Instead of following the blessed ones sent with heavenly messages, people deny them and run after Shaytan. That brings curses upon them. Wherever we look now, we see cursed people. Even if you offer them treasures, they refuse, while humanity remains hungry and restless.
Troubles rise in every nation and among people everywhere. There are heavenly signs as well, like earthquakes, floods, and hurricanes. No one can stop them. These are terrible signs warning of terrible days to come. Even if all were given treasures, they would not find peace.
O people, take care. From the Heavens come either blessings or curses. People are running away from blessings and chasing curses, which now fall upon Earth. Great signs will appear, including eclipses of the sun and moon. Many will die, and wars will wipe out most of the population. It will not be only a few who perish, but millions. May Allah protect us.
O people, seek shelter under divine protection. Enough with spiritual drunkenness. Run toward heavenly blessings for safety in this life and the next. Signs are already appearing, and this new year brings great risks. We have been ordered to warn the people.
O people, look after yourselves. If divine punishment comes, there will be no escape. Many signs show that this month and beyond will be filled with hardship and disasters. This month, Muharram, has always been a time when Allah gives believers a chance to stand. Now most people are in denial, and they will go, while the minority will remain on Earth. Whoever wants to reach better days must turn to the divine commands of the Lord of Heavens. Obedience is a shelter. Disobedience brings divine punishment.
O people, try your best to stay in your homes. Do not go outside. Allah Almighty says in the Holy Qur’an:
“Qaalat namlatun yaa ayyuha ‘n-namlu ‘dkhuloo masaakinakum laa yahtimannakum Sulaymaanu wa junooduhoo wa hum la yash`uroon“
And when they came across a valley of ants, an ant warned, “O ants! Go quickly into your homes so Solomon and his armies do not crush you, unknowingly.” Sadaqa Llahu l-‘Azim.
One ant warned all the ants to enter their homes quickly. Today, even though it is not good for them, people still go outside. Get indoors. Muslims, stay inside. If you seek anything, do so in holy places, in mosques. Men may go to the mosque, women should stay at home. Muslims are disobeying heavenly commands, and this brings danger to both Muslims and non-Muslims.
The great war of Armageddon, will happen closer to the Day of Resurrection and will not take millions but billions of people.
O people, protect yourselves if you want to be saved. If not, you will be taken. Do not say, “The river is calm.” A sudden flood can sweep everyone away. Leave what is forbidden and keep to the divine commands of the Lord of Heavens. If not, this flood will carry billions to the next life.
May Allah forgive us. We are not joking. Time is up and divine revenge is near. May Allah forgive us.
O people, keep saying astaghfirullah again and again, hundreds or thousands of times. Send blessings and peace upon the Prophet. Keep provisions in your homes for your families. Allah provides for everyone, but you must take care. If trouble strikes, shops and markets may be empty. Do not store money. Store food and necessities for your family.
O people, come and listen. The Day of Resurrection is near, and unexpected events are approaching fast. May Allah forgive us. Try to live for Allah so He may protect you. May Allah forgive and shelter us. Keep praying. Leave forbidden acts. Hold firm to your faith. Guard your honour. Watch over your children. May Allah protect you and give you goodness in this life and the next. We are only making a heavenly declaration.
O people, do not go out at night. It is dangerous. Do not go out during the day without a real reason. Remain in your homes and mosques. Pray for one another. Watch over your children. Avoid forbidden acts, for they bring divine punishment. Guard your honour. Be obedient servants to Allah Almighty.
Recite “RabbunAllah, hasbunAllah” 100 times daily, and also recite Salaatu Tunjeena (also known as Salatu Munajiyyah) for your protection.
O listeners, those who do not accept this will fall into a valley of heedlessness from which they will not escape.
Astaghfirullah, Tawbah yaa Rabbi, tawbah astaghfirullah. O our Lord, send us heavenly armies to fight Shaytan and its followers. Ameen. Alhamdulillahi Rabbi ‘l-`Alameen.
Al-Fatiha.
• Mawlana Shaykh Muhammad Nazim Adil al-Haqqaniق
25 November 2011/ 29 Dhuʻl-Hijjah 1432 AH
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Originally taken from ‘2,000+ Sohbats of Maulana Sheikh Nazim’ by Sufimus Online.
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“Wa Al-Ladhīna ‘Āmanū Billāhi Wa Rusulihi~ ‘Ūlā’ika HumuAş-Şiddīqūna ۖ Wa Ash-Shuhadā’u `Inda Rabbihim Lahum ‘AjruhumWa Nūruhum”
“And those who have believed in Allah and His messengers – those are [in the ranks of] the supporters of truth and the martyrs, with their Lord. For them is their reward and their light.” Ṣadaqa Llāhu l-‘Aẓīm.
Allāh ‘Azza wa-Jalla is saying for those who believe. There is a reward for them. There is a reward and thawāb in the sight of Allāh ﷻ. There is also light. People who have īmān and are in Islām, Allāh ﷻ surely gives them light on their faces. The more orders they perform, the more their rewards increase and their light also increases.
The kāfir has no light. Therefore, he does many things and strives to look more beautifully. But when there is no light, there is no beauty. There is only darkness. To have the light of īmān, he must believe in Allāh ﷻ. He must believe in the existence of Allāh ﷻ. He must accept that since this light, this secret only comes like that. The kāfir, atheist and those who don’t believe in Allāh ﷻ have is no light.
There is a very easy way for this light to come, but shayṭān won’t let them. Two words with the tongue. If you say, “لا إله إلا الله محمد رسول الله”, [Lā ʾilāha ʾillā llāh Muḥammadun Rasūlu llāh], that light is coming to you. Our Prophet ṣallá Llāhu ‘alayhi wa-sallam says, “كَلِمَتَانِ خَفِيفَتَانِ عَلَى اللِّسَانِ، ثَقِيلَتَانِ فِي الْمِيزَانِ”, “There are two statements that are light for the tongue to remember, heavy in the Scales.”
Two words that are very light. They are very light to be said with the tongue. But on the “Mizān”, the scales on the Day of Judgment, they are heavy. They are heavy there. It weighs the scales and takes a person to paradise. If he doesn’t say that, no matter how much he chases after nonsense saying “I am this, I am that”, it will be of no use.
Shayṭān strives to deprive people of this blessing as much as he can. He strives for that all the time. Most people go after him. May Allāh ﷻ protect us. Who wants light: the more worship he does, the more his light increases. Without that, without īmān, there is no light. This is something that Allāh ﷻ has given only and especially to believers. The light is something that Allāh ﷻ has created. And it is especially for believers. It is not for kāfirs. They are deprived of it in dunyā and it is worse for them in akhirah.
May Allāh ﷻ protect us. May Allāh ﷻ strengthen our īmān, in shā’a Llāh. Wa min Allah at-Tawfiq.
“Ya Ayyuha l-Lladheena Aamanu Aṭiū’ Llāha wa aṭiū’ r-Rasūla wa Ūli l-‘Amri minkum“
“O you who have believed, obey Allah and obey the Messenger and those in authority among you.” Ṣadaqa Llāhu l-‘Aẓīm.
Obey Allāh ‘Azza wa-Jalla, obey our Prophet ﷺ and obey Ulī l-‘Amr, those in authority too. Ulī l-‘Amr are the government, those who govern the country. He ﷻ says, obey those who govern the Muslims. If not, you would be opposing the order of Allāh ‘Azza wa-Jalla. When an order is given, it is necessary to obey them. It is an order.
Sometimes Ulī l-‘Amr are good, and sometimes, may Allāh ﷻ protect us, they are not good. But obey them all so that you don’t go astray from the way. Sometimes it is a test, sometimes it is beneficence. Therefore, when it is beneficence, a person should know its value. A person who knows the value is always an accepted person.
For Whom is he accepted? For Allāh ‘Azza wa-Jalla. A person who is acceptable for Allāh ﷻ is good and his end is good. It is always good for him. If there is a person whom Allāh ﷻ does not love, then everything can be his, the whole world can be his, tenfold of this world can be his, nothing will benefit him. Because his end will not be good. We say, may Allāh ﷻ make our affairs’ end be good.
That’s why, we should thank Allāh ﷻ for giving us these blessings. In everything, Allāh ﷻ has given everyone a grant, a specialty. Everyone should mind their own business. They should judge what they know. When you know something right saying, “It’s like this and like that,” it’s often wrong. Not everything is as it seems. There is the unseen part. May Allāh ﷻ protect us.
We thank Allāh ﷻ, according to our intention, for He ﷻ granted us this favor. He ﷻ allowed us to worship Allāh ﷻ. He ﷻ hadn’t destined us to worship other things. Allāh ﷻ destined us to be in this way. Therefore, however that way is, we must look at it, keep on it and thank Allāh ﷻ. People of this time have shayṭān mounted on their heads. They do not like anything. They do not know any goodness.
Whatever you do, they consider you bad. They will say that whatever you do is not good. That is not good. Ingratitude is not good. It is something that Allāh ‘Azza wa-Jalla does not like. What Allāh ‘Azza wa-Jalla loves is to make shukr and praise Him ﷻ for the blessings of He ﷻ has given. May Allāh ﷻ make us from those who make shukr and praise Him ﷻ. Wa min Allah at-Tawfiq.
“Inna Ash-Shayţāna LakumAdūwun Fa AttakhidhūhuAdūwāan”
“Indeed, Satan is an enemy to you; so take him as an enemy.” Ṣadaqa Llāhu l-‘Aẓīm.
Allāh ‘Azza wa-Jalla says, shayṭān is your enemy, know him as an enemy. Do not take him as a friend. Never be friends with an enemy.
He who is a friend of shayṭān becomes in loss. He becomes with him. A friend leads his friend: either to hell or to paradise. Therefore, do not be with shayṭān. Stay away from the shayṭān. His friendship is useless. His friendship is a disaster, it is evil, it is every kind of mischief.
So, you must stay away from shayṭān. You shall not do what he says. How do we do so? How do we know what he’s saying? Shayṭān orders evil. He orders to do ḥarām things. If you do them, you will be his friend.
As we said, to be his friend is to be together, to be with him and to follow his way. That’s how you become shayṭān’s friend. But Allāh ‘Azza wa-Jalla says be his enemy. If you become enemies, you will be saved, your end will be good. And your abode will eventually be paradise.
May Allāh ﷻ protect us. May Allāh ﷻ protect us all from being the friend of shayṭān, in shā’a Llāh. Wa min Allah at-Tawfiq.
Praise and thanks be to Allāh ﷻ for everything. He ﷻ is showing us these beautiful days. Mawlānā Shaykh Nāẓim used to say, “يَوْمٌ جَديد، رِزْقٌ جَديد”, “Yawmun jadīd, Rizqun jadīd,” “A new day, a new provision.” We should make shukr for every breath we take. We should make shukr for being on the way of Allāh ‘Azza wa-Jalla. There is no greater blessing than this.
People are not aware of the blessing. They are not aware of the blessings that Allāh ﷻ has given them. They get sad about unnecessary things. They get devastated about useless things. All the favors given are the favors of Allāh ‘Azza wa-Jalla. Therefore, if there is this īmān, it is superior to everything. There is no need to worry about anything else.
Since the world’s creation, it was created as a test. The test is the pleasure of Allāh ‘Azza wa-Jalla. The test is to be pleased with Allāh ﷻ [‘s will]. People, may Allāh ﷻ protect us, say, “We are tired of life.” Some take their own lives, some do something else thinking they will be saved. No. Salvation is only by making shukr for the things given by Allāh ‘Azza wa-Jalla.
If you are pleased with what Allāh ﷻ has given you, Allāh ﷻ will be pleased with you. But no, if you are not pleased, then trouble will be upon you again, torment will be upon you again, evil will be upon you. Therefore, the most important thing is to be content with what Allāh ‘Azza wa-Jalla has given. May Allāh ﷻ make us from those who are content and make shukr, in shā’a Llāh. May He ﷻ not let us obey our egos.
“ تَفَكُّرَ سَاعَةٍ خَيْرٌ مِنْ عِبَادَةِ سَبْعِينَ سَنَةٍ”, “Tafakkur sā‘atin khayrun min ‘ibādati sab‘īn sanah,” says Prophet ṣallá Llāhu ‘alayhi wa-sallam. Contemplating for an hour is better than worshipping for seventy years. You worship for a hundred years, and you object all the time. But if you think for an hour and contemplate, what is this wisdom behind this and so, if you understand that wisdom, then you will have attained more beautiful worship than that of a lifetime, than seventy years worship. May Allāh ﷻ make us all among those who are pleased, insa’Allah, for the sake of the blessed Friday, in shā’a Llāh. Wa min Allah at-Tawfiq. Al-Fatiha.
There are recited Qur’an Khatms, Tasbīhat, Tahlilāt, Surahs. May whatever good goals those who recited have be reached. May we all be happy here and hereafter. If all the recitations are dedicated (gifted) to one – they can be dedicated to one, they can be dedicated to a million, they can be dedicated to everyone and they will attain the thawāb. May Allāh ﷻ accept it. We gift them firstly to our Holy Prophet ﷺ, his ﷺ Ahlu l-Bayt and ṣaḥābah, souls of all Anbiya, Awliya, Asfiya. To the souls of our Mashāyikh, Mawlānā Shaykh Nāẓim, Mawlana Sheikh ‘Abdu Llāh ad-Dāghestānī, Hajjah Anna, Hala Sultan. We gift it to the souls of all Mu’mins and Mu’minahs, Muslims and Muslimāt. May Allāh ﷻ accept it. Li-Llahi Ta’āla.
“Yā ‘Ayyuhā l-Ladhīna ‘Āmanū t-Taqū l-Llaha Wa Kūnū Ma’a s-Sādiqīn”
“O you who have believed, fear Allah and be with the truthful.” Ṣadaqa Llāhu l-‘Aẓīm.
Allāh ‘Azza wa-Jalla’s advice to us: be with the Sādiq (truthful). Who is the Sādiq? The one who follows the prophets and goes on their way. They are the truthful. Our Holy Prophet’s ﷺ closest friend and companion, Sayyidina Abū Bakr aṣ-Ṣiddīq. Why is he called Ṣiddīq? Because he is extremely truthful.
Therefore, the more truthful you are in this way, the more Allāh ﷻ opens your heart, you will be of nūr (enlightened). You will be valued and respected among people. You will rise in rank in the sight of Allāh ﷻ.
Rising in rank in the presence of Allāh ‘Azza wa-Jalla is the most important thing for a person. Worldly ranks remain in this world. One must rise in the ranks of ākhirah with the ranks of dunyā with Allāh’s ﷻ permission. This is what’s important.
What’s important is not dunyā, but of course in dunyā, ‘إِنَّمَا يَخْشَى اللَّهَ مِنْ عِبَادِهِ الْعُلَمَاءُ’, ‘Innamā Yakhshá Allāha Min Ibādihi Al-Ulamā’u’, ‘Only those fear Allah, from among His servants, who have knowledge.’ (Qur’ān 35:28). Ṣadaqa Llāhu l-‘Aẓīm. Scholars fear Allāh ‘Azza wa-Jalla the most. They do what Allāh ﷻ says. And that is not granted to everyone.
He ﷻ has given knowledge to everyone according to their ranks. Good scholars are the beloved servants of Allāh ﷻ. Their way is a beautiful way. There are bad scholars and good scholars. A good scholar is granted of rewards and beneficence from Allāh ‘Azza wa-Jalla twice what a normal person is granted.
Therefore, that way, the way of Allāh ‘Azza wa-Jalla is always the way of goodness, profit and happiness for all. May Allāh ﷻ grant us all to walk on that way. May He ﷻ make us steadfast to not go astray, in shā’a Llāh, with Allāh’s ﷻ permission, grace and protection in shā’a Llāh. Because when a person is left to his ego, he follows his ego and goes astray. The more he controls his ego, the more he remains steadfast.
May Allāh ﷻ help us. May Allāh ﷻ protect us, in shā’a Llāh. Wa min Allah at-Tawfiq.
“Indeed, Allah loves those who fight in His cause in a row as though they are a [single] structure joined firmly.” Ṣadaqa Llāhu l-‘Aẓīm.
Allāh ‘Azza wa-Jalla says, those who are on the right way should be straight. Uneven rows are something that Allāh ﷻ does not like. What Allāh ﷻ loves is for people, believers to be straight and upon order and discipline. When each is according to their own mind, then the order is out of alignment. There is disorder. Allāh ‘Azza wa-Jalla then sends people to put them in order and discipline, so that they can do it by force.
Now Muslims – Mawlānā Shaykh Nāẓim would say, when going to ḥajj, people down there push each other and shove others when making tawāf. Some are patient, some shout. Whereas if they did it with order and discipline it would have been great. Then, with the manifestation and revelations – He was with Mawlana Sheikh ‘Abdu Llāh ad-Dāghestānī at that time. He said, “Look up.”
He looked up, there are awliyā’, angels and so on. The same manifestation is always present above the Kaaba. How many are there of these blessed ones, rows and rows, making tawāf. But they are doing such a beautiful tawāf that it’s like water. They are making dhikr of Allāh ﷻ, silently, beautifully with tasbīhat. He said, “Then look down again.” He looked down and it was the same: shouting, calling, pushing.
Therefore, Allāh ‘Azza wa-Jalla sends them people so that they put them straight in the way. And they do not like those people. If you are straight, Allāh ‘Azza wa-Jalla wouldn’t have sent them. We were in ḥajj. We came back yesterday. A person should not be ungrateful there. An ungrateful person is not a good person, not a believer, not a beautiful Muslim. Allāh ﷻ has given them there, He ﷻ has put it in their hands: Hijaz, Kaaba, Makkah, Madinah. They are what’s suitable for us. We don’t understand with goodness.
That’s why they put so many soldiers, police, etc. so that they can do it properly. If Muslims had done it properly, there would be no need for them. Everyone would have been in order. Some people find it hard on their egos. Don’t feel it’s hard. Your ego deserves more. It’s good these men are showing you the way and helping you without beating you.
That’s why, people shouldn’t look for faults in anyone. Faults and incompleteness are in yourself, in us. Faults and shame are in us. Therefore, people should not be ungrateful there. Allāh ‘Azza wa-Jalla has placed them there. They serve you. They do this for you. If you had done it properly, and not been selfish yourself, if you would have been straight so that your Muslim brother would benefit like you, there wouldn’t be a need for them at all. But there’s a need because when one does just for himself, everything becomes chaotic.
That’s why, to shove (discipline) the ego, Allāh ﷻ subjects some things. He puts them in service. That service becomes according to the needs of the people. As we said, those blessed ones who make tawāf up there need neither the police nor the municipal police nor the soldiers. Whereas, everything is needed for those down there.
Therefore, may Allāh ﷻ help them. May Allāh ﷻ improve them. Because it is necessary to come back without losing the rewards earned there; at least without losing some of them. There are great rewards there. Everything has a hundred thousand times more thawāb. But the sins committed there are also the same. Even if a person comes back with half of the rewards or with a little, he would’ve come back with a great gain.
May Allāh ﷻ not take those gains from us, in shā’a Llāh. May Allāh ﷻ give us wisdom. May He ﷻ give us beauty, in shā’a Llāh. Wa min Allah at-Tawfiq.
“Wa li-Llāhi a’la n-nāsi hijju l-bayti man i-statā’a ‘ilayhi sabīlā”
“And [due] to Allah from the people is a pilgrimage to the House (Ka’bah) – those who can afford the journey.” Ṣadaqa Llāhu l-‘Aẓīm.
Allāh ‘Azza wa-Jalla ordered ḥajj for people. Those who can go, whomever Allāh ﷻ gives the opportunity, they go. It also happens that someone wants to go but is obstructed. But shukr to Allāh ﷻ, who is destined goes.
Therefore, thanks be to Allāh ﷻ, endless thanks be to Him ﷻ. Shukr to Allāh ﷻ, we were destined again to go this year. We went and arrived in the evening. May Allāh ﷻ accept it. May Allāh ﷻ be pleased with us all. May those who haven’t gone go, in shā’a Llāh.
Many went. Their intention was to fulfill the order of Allāh ﷻ. Their ḥajj is accepted, in shā’a Llāh. Because there were some who faced an obstacle on the way and weren’t able to go. Their reward is also great. They followed the way of our Prophet ṣallá Llāhu ‘alayhi wa-sallam.
Our Prophet ṣallá Llāhu ‘alayhi wa-sallam intended to perform ḥajj and then turned back when they could not enter. Then, Allāh ﷻ granted our Prophet ṣallá Llāhu ‘alayhi wa-sallam, and his ﷺ ḥajj was Ḥajj ul-Akbar. It is the Great Ḥajj when Arafat comes on a Friday.
Therefore, for those who cannot go, Allāh ﷻ will surely give them according to their intention. We were granted it. It is Allāh ‘Azza wa-Jalla’s will. We had no intention. But even though we had no intention, we were destined later on and we went, shukr to Allāh ﷻ. Ours is now considered a nāfilah ḥajj. When it is destined, you go. When it is not destined, you can strive and work as much as you want, you won’t go.
A year before our first ḥajj, we ran here and there trying to go to ḥajj, but it did not happen that year. We went the next year. In shā’a Llāh may those who intended be granted to go. May Allāh ﷻ make it destined. May Allāh ﷻ complete it, in shā’a Llāh.
Now many went but couldn’t perform ḥajj and were turned back. The ḥajjīs who were turned back were more than those who became ḥajjis. Allāh ﷻ is Al-Karīm. His ﷻ Generosity is endless. Their ḥajj was accepted, in shā’a Llāh.
May Allāh ﷻ perpetuate His ﷻ blessings. Shukr to Allāh ﷻ. We must make shukr. It is a great blessing, it is a great virtue to go to that place. Visiting the house of Allāh ‘Azza wa-Jalla and the surroundings of our Holy Prophet ﷺ, and returning is one of the greatest rewards in dunyā, one of the greatest blessings.We must know its value. And of course, going and returning without appreciating it is not good either.
May Allāh ﷻ make us among those who know their value. Shukr to Allāh ﷻ for with shukr blessings increase. Wa min Allah at-Tawfiq.
Bismillahi Ar-Rahman Ar-Rahim. Tariqatuna as-sohba wal khayru fil jam’iyya. Madad Ya Sayyidi Ya Rasul Allah, wa Mashayikhina Sheikh Nazim Adil Al-Haqqani, Sheikh Muhammad Ar-Rabbani. Assalamu alaikum wa rahmatuLlahi wa barakatuhu
As-Salamu alaykum wa Rahamat Allah. Welcome to all of you ladies and Eid Mubarak inshallah, Arafah Mubarak. Yawm Arafah is inshallah [the day] after tomorrow. Mubarak, may Allah accept the hajj from the hajjis inshallah, and write for all of us to go to hajj. It is very holy worship, and, inshallah, everybody can get the essence of this worshipping, the hajj worshipping. Mubarak for all of you.
Bismillahi ar-Rahman ar-Rahim. Tariqatuna as-sohba wal khayru fil jam’iyya. Madad ya Sayyidi, ya RasulAllah.
“Wa dhakkir fa inna adh-dhikra tanfa’ al-mumineen”
“And remind, for indeed, the reminder benefits the believers.” Sadaqallahul Azim.
Allah Azza wa Jalla is saying that – as much as a I can translate –“Remind my servants. Reminders are good for the believers”. It is good for you to be reminded so I remind you about the worshipping, the tasabih, the tahlil – for tomorrow and after tomorrow.
“Wal-Fajr. Wa layaalin ‘ashr” “وَٱلْفَجْرِ وَلَيَالٍ عَشْرٍ” (Quran 89:1–2) – These are from the most holy nights; the Quran al-Karim mentions the ten holy nights of Dhul Hijjah, the month of haram, the month of hajj. Also, it is liked, if possible, to fast the nine days from the beginning of Dhul Hijjah to Yawm Arafah. If not, at least the Day of Arafah.
Mawlana Sheikh used to fast Yawm Tarwiya, that means tomorrow 8th Dhul Hijjah and after tomorrow, 9th Dhul Hijjah, Yawm Arafah. Yawm Tarwiya is the day that hajjis are getting ready to go to Arafah and they go to Mina and some go directly in the evening to Arafah, staying there. It is the holiest day in the year.
When you stand on Arafah, being there, even for five minutes, it counts as hajj. Standing on Arafah is the obligatory action of hajj. By being on Arafah, on the Day of Arafah, even for five minutes, you are a Haji even if you cannot do anything else. Sometimes people are going with different intentions, also they count as hajj because they are on Arafah on the Day of Arafah — this is the holiest day, 9th Dhul Hijjah.
The takbir is wajib in our madhhab, we start from the Day of Arafah, from the morning prayer: “Allahu Akbar, Allahu Akbar, la ilaha illa Allah hu Allahu Akbar, Allahu Akbar wa lillahil hamd” — after each fard until the fourth day of Eid, Asr time. That means 23 prayer times we read this takbir.
The Prophet ﷺ was saying: “Zayyinu a’ayadakum bit takbir — beautify your Eids/feasts with takbir,” so you have to make takbir after each prayer. Even if you forget, when you remember you just say this: “Allahu Akbar, Allahu Akbar, la ilaha illa Allah hu Allahu Akbar, Allahu Akbar wa lillahil hamd.” This is the first thing to do.
To fast from the beginning of Dhul Hijjah until the 8th day is very highly rewarded. The reward of fasting each of these days counts like you are fasting 1000 days. The Day of Arafah, when you fast it, it counts like 10,000 days of fasting. In other sayings also, it counts like two years of fasting. This is a very big reward.
It is not recommended for hajjis to fast on Arafah but for whoever is in their own countries, in their own places, it is recommended to fast the Day of Arafah.
Whoever fasts the Day of Arafah, the reward given amounts to how many people were fasting on this day, and also to how many people that should fast and didn’t fast also — that much reward, that much thawab is coming to each person who is fasting on the Day of Arafah. And on Judgement Day, 70,000 angels are taking him/her to the place where he/she will stand. That is how valuable it is to fast the Day of Arafah.
Whoever fasts the Day of Tarwiya, Allah gives him/her the reward He gave to Hazrat Ayyub. And whoever fasts the Day of Arafah, Allah gives reward as much as He gave to Hazrat Isa. On Arafah Day, Allah Azza wa Jalla spreads all the mercy all over the world. The mercy of Allah Azza wa Jalla is increased by many, many folds on the Day of Arafah. Allah honoured and granted this Ummah of the Prophet ﷺ by fasting on the Day of Arafah.
On the Day of Arafah, Allah Azza wa Jalla granted four of His prophets certain things:
Adam عليه السلام with forgiveness
Musa عليه السلام with Divinely talking to him
Ibrahim عليه السلام with qurban instead of Sayyidina Ismail
Sayyidina Muhammad ﷺ with hajj and completing the religion
“Akmaltu lakum deenakum wa atmamtu ‘alaykum ni’matee wa radeetu lakumul Islaama deena” {Quran 5:3) This was granted to the Prophet ﷺ and his Ummah.
There are two rak’ats on the Day of Arafah between Duhr and Asr, between noon time and Asr time. You read:
3 times Sura al-Fatihah
3 times Sura al-Kafirun
11 times Sura al-Ikhlas
This is for the Day of Arafah, you make the intention for it, for the day. It is nafl. Whoever prayed this prayer, Allah Azza wa Jalla’s Divinely Address to His angels is: “You witness that I forgive my servants who did this prayer their sins.”
And on the Day of Arafah, you have to read:
“La ilaha illa Allah wahdahu la shareeka lah, lahul mulk wa lahul hamd, yuhyi wa yumit, wa huwa ‘ala kulli shay’in qadeer” 100–400 times, as much as you can is better
Istighfar: “Astaghfirullah, astaghfirullah, astaghfirullahul adheem wa atubu ilayh” 1000 times
1000 times Ikhlas Sharif
Salawat and salaam ala Rasulina: 100–1000 times
And also there is one special prayer for the hajjis, but it is easier for Arabs to understand and say: “Allahumma ighfir lil haaj wa liman istaghfara lahul haaj” (This means: may Allah forgive the hajjis on Arafah and whoever the hajjis are asking forgiveness for.)
But this is a little bit difficult, so instead you can make istighfar and just read 100 times: “Astaghfirullahul adheem wa atubu ilayh”
These are the prayers and duas for Arafah Day.
And if you can, afterer Duhr prayer you can read also from Hizbul A’zam, the first chapter, the chapter from Saturday and the last chapter from Salawat Sharifa, for whoever can read. Or you can make big duas in between.
Or you can read the dua from the end of the Dalail al-Khayrat, there is the day from Monday until the end of the khatm of the Dalail al-Khayrat, you can read this dua also. After Duhr prayer and before Asr, you can read this dua with the intention that your prayers are with the people on Arafah in Wuquf, they stand and pray to Allah Azza wa Jalla there. So this is for the Day of Arafah.
For the day of Eid, in the morning, after morning prayer you read 300 times, “SubhanAllah wa bi hamdihi” with the intention of giving it to all the muslimeen wal muslimaat wal mu’mineen wal mu’minaat from Ummat Muhammah, from all the nation of Sayyidina Muhammad ﷺ who passed away, from all the Muslims [male and female], we gift it to them.
This is a very big gift for all those who passed away from our nation, from the Prophet’s ﷺ nation. That is the gift of Eid. Allah rewards each person with 1000 lights, 1000 nur in their grave and also for the person who read this, also 1000 nur, 1000 lights in their graves.
And also reading “Rabbana atina fid dunya hasanatan wa fil akhirati hasanatan waqina adhaban nar”, on the Day of Arafah and also on the day of Eid. It is recommended to read a lot of this Ayah Karimah, this dua.
Whoever can afford qurban should do it. The qurban is wajib. And for the qurban, there are rules to slaughter the qurban, with takbir, after Eid prayer. After the Eid prayer is counted qurban, before the Eid prayer is not counted qurban for Eid al-Adha. If you slaughter before the Eid prayer, it counts as normal, as sadaqa but if you slaughter after Eid prayer it counts as qurban for the Eid.
And regarding the qurban meat: one third is for the household, one third is for friends, neighbours and one third for needy people. You can do it like this or you can do it in a different way. You can keep all the qurban for yourself but better to make it into three parts and then you can distribute.
I will tell you abut Hajjah Anne, Hajjah Amina Sultan. I was small and Sheikh Nazim used to take people to hajj, so most of the time he was not at home at hajj time, at Eid time. Our neighbour would come after the Eid prayer and slaughter our qurban and Hajjah Anne used to take off the skin and cut it herself, make it small small and she gave me also to put in one sack many many parts of meat.
Subhanallah she had so much barakah, now I’m wondering with one small qurban, how we were distributing to 10-15 houses, or maybe more. Because she used to give to me in one sack and she gave to Hajji Bahauddin also in one sack. So I went to one place and he went to a different place and we distributed the qurban meat.
Lots of barakah from her hands, subhanallah. And she never gave up, Hajjah Anne. Every year she did the same thing. She didn’t say: “Oh, Sheikh is not here I cannot make qurban”, she was managing alhamdulillah and she was very good, mashallah, in this. So this is a small story about qurban.
Usually, they say when you have a qurban, you have to stand in front [of the qurban]. Now most of the time they make qurban not in your house, [but] in different places. But if you know that your qurban is done, you have to prayer two rak’ats shukr that you slaughtered qurban in Eid Eme. To stand in front of your qurban not feeling pity because they said the luckiest animal is the animal that is made qurban on Eid, on Eid al- Adha, it is the luckiest animal.
On Judgment Day, Allah Azza wa Jalla sends them in front of your grave and makes them like a big horse and you go on them and go under the Arsh of ar-Rahman, under the Throne of Allah Azza wa Jalla. Because [it is recommended] also to stand with your qurban if it’s possible.
The Prophet ﷺ was saying that the greatest day is the day of nahr – “A’zam al ayyam inda Allahi yawm an-nahr”. The greatest day in the presence of Allah Azza wa Jalla is the day of nahr, the first day of Eid or the day when you are slaughtering, making qurban.
The Prophet ﷺ ordered Hazrat Fatima to get up and look when they were having qurban because with the first drop of blood from this qurban Allah Azza wa Jalla is forgiving every sin from you, from whomever listens to this. That is an example from Hazrat Fatima for the whole nation. And you say: “Inna salati wa nusuki wa mahyaya wa mamati lillahi Rabbil ‘Alameen” this is the dua when you finish from qurban.
And inshallah that’s all. Eid Mubarak to all of you. Don’t forget the takbir. The qurban in the Hanafi madhhab can be slaughtered anytime after Eid prayer, in the first three days; it is possible until the third day of Eid. But in madhhab Shafi’i, it is valid in all four days of Eid. So take care of this inshallah.
One lady is asking now – I don’t know, maybe she is watching – that she is in Arafah and she got her period. The Prophet ﷺ, when he was going to Hajj al-Wada he took all his wives, Hazrat Aisha had her period. The Prophet ﷺ said to her: “You do everything except Tawaf and Sa’i. You wait until the period is finishing and then you do this.”
So with this, she can go into ihram, go to Arafah, Muzdalifah, Mina, throw stones to the Shaytan but she has to wait until her period is finished and then she makes Tawaf and Sa’i. This is the answer for the lady inshallah.
Lastly, there is a special prayer for the first ten nights of Dhul Hijjah. You can pray two rakaats on any night during these ten nights. It’s best to do it tonight or tomorrow. There is a lot of rewards even if you do it on just one night. In each rakaat, recite:
1 time Surah Al-Fatihah
1 time Ayatul Kursi
3 times Surah Al-Ikhlas
3 times Surah Al-Falaq
3 times Surah An-Nas
After finishing the prayer with salam, ask Allah for forgiveness, mercy, and anything else you need in this life and the next. Don’t forget to pray for your loved ones, those who asked for your prayers, and the whole Ummah.
And Eid Mubarak for all of you. May Allah write us with the Hajjis on Arafah. Ameen.
Tomorrow, Thursday 5th June 2025, is the 9th of Dhul Hijjah and one of the holiest days in the Islamic calendar. It is the Day of Arafah, following the Meccan calendar.
The Prophet ﷺ said: “There is no day on which Allah ﷻ frees more people from the Fire than the Day of Arafah.” (Sahih Muslim)
On this day, Allah ﷻ draws near, forgives His servants, and proudly mentions them to his angels, even those not physically present in Arafah.
It is a day overflowing with mercy, reward and forgiveness.
Recommended actions on this day:
1) Fasting (for those not performing Hajj)
Fasting on this day erases the sins of the previous year and the year to come. Remember fasting means that your tongue, eyes, and all organs, must fast too, especially your heart.
In her Sohbah yesterday, Hjh Rukiye spoke about the immense reward of this fast, which has been likened to fasting for 10,000 days or even two years. She shared that each person who fasts receives the reward of everyone who fasted, as well as those who should have fasted.
And on Judgement Day, 70,000 angels will accompany those who observed this fast.
2) Spending the day in Worship
In addition to our daily Adab, Awrad, devotions above, and Qur’an recitation and reflection, it is recommended to recite the full Hizbul Azam on this day. Both the complete and abridged versions are available in the Google Drive folder titled “Day of Arafah Devotions”, accessible via the following link:
Between Zuhur and Asar*, we are encouraged to pray Solatul Arafah — a four rakaat Sunnah prayer with the intention that Allah ﷻ forgives the pilgrims and includes us in their du‘as. Additionally, do complete Solatul al-Khusoma, as taught by Sheikh Abdul Qadir Jilaniق.
In her Sohbah, Hjh Rukiye reminded us of a special prayer to be done during the first ten nights of Dhul Hijjah. You can pray two rakaats on any night during these ten nights. It is best to do it tonight or tomorrow. There is a lot of rewards even if you do it on just one night. In each rakaat, recite:
1 time Surah Al-Fatihah
1 time Ayatul Kursi
3 times Surah Al-Ikhlas
3 times Surah Al-Falaq
3 times Surah An-Nas
After finishing the prayer with salam, ask Allah ﷻ for forgiveness, mercy, and anything else you need in this life and the next. Do include your loved ones, those who asked for your prayers, and the whole Ummah.
It is also the night preceding Eid al-Adha, a night the Prophet ﷺ would spend in worship and would not sleep. This blessed night is a time of divine mercy, when sincere prayers are accepted by Allah. It is one of the five sacred nights during which du‘as are not rejected.
The Prophet ﷺ is reported to have said: “Whoever stands in worship during the nights preceding the two Eids, seeking reward from his Lord, his heart will not die on the Day when hearts will die.” (Ibn Majah)
3) Making heartfelt du‘as
This is one of the best times for supplication, especially during Wuquf (standing at Arafah), which is from 12:19 pm to 7:01 pm Mecca time. In Singapore, that is 5:19 pm to 12:01 am.
Make du‘a for yourself, your family, and your loved ones.
One of the du’as to be recited abundantly on 9th and 10th Dhul Hijjah (as taught by Hjh Rukiye), “Rabbana atina fid dunya hasanatan wa fil akhirati hasanatan waqina adhaban nar.“
Ask Allah ﷻ to accept you as one of the Ḥujjāj (pilgrims).
Pray for those who have requested your du‘as.
Pray for the safety and peace of the Ummah of Sayyidina Muhammad ﷺ.
Pray for the appearance of Sayyidina al-Mahdī ʿalayhi’s-salām.
4) Engaging in Dhikr (remembrance of Allah ﷻ)
Takbir:Allahu Akbar (Allah is the Greatest)
Tahlil:La ilaha illallah (There is no god but Allah)
Tahmid:Alhamdulillah (All praise is due to Allah)
Tasbih:Subhanallah (Glory be to Allah)
Abdullah ibn ‘Umar (ra) reported that the Prophet ﷺ said: “There are no days greater in the sight of Allah ﷻ and in which righteous deeds are more beloved to Him ﷻ, so during this time recite a great deal of Tahlil (“La ilaaha ill-Allah”), Takbeer and Tahmeed.”
5) Turning to Allah ﷻ in sincere repentance
In his Sohbah, Mawlanaق reminded us that sins weigh heavily on both our bodies and our souls. Every time we do something wrong, knowingly or unknowingly, it adds to that burden.
The Prophet ﷺ taught us to keep asking for forgiveness, saying Astaghfirullah, again and again. Allah ﷻ, in His mercy, forgives — so we should ask as much as we can.
This is a precious opportunity to seek forgiveness for both the sins we are aware of and those we may not even realize.
6) Takbir of Tashreeq
From the Fajr prayer on the 9th of Dhul Hijjah until the Asar prayer on the 13th of Dhul Hijjah, it is obligatory for every Muslim to recite the Takbir of Tashreeq after each obligatory (Fard) prayer. The Takbir is recited as follows:
“Allahu Akbar, Allahu Akbar, La Ilaha Illallahu, Wallahu Akbar, Allahu Akbar wa lillahilhamd.”
“There is no God but Allah and Allah is the greatest, Allah is the greatest and to Allah belongs all praise.”
7) Keep Excellent Character
Engage wholeheartedly in worship and righteous deeds, such as increasing acts of charity, multiplying good actions, and maintaining family ties.
Avoid idle talk, arguments, and disputes, for these detract from the spirit of this blessed day.
Good character and sincere deeds are beloved to Allah ﷻ and carry immense reward, especially in this sacred time.
Let us strive to emerge from this day purified, renewed, and closer to Him.
May Allah ﷻ accept our fasts, prayers, and du’as, and grant us His infinite mercy and forgiveness. And may He grant us the honour and blessing of being spiritually at Hajj, insyaAllah.
* For prayers (namaz), continue to follow your local prayer times as usual. However, for making du‘as during Wuquf, it is best to align with the Wuquf time in ‘Arafah. Please calculate the corresponding time based on your country, as shown below:
We have these blessed days now. And tomorrow is the day of Tarwiyah. The day afterwards is ‘Arafah. Yawmu t-Tarwiyah is the 8th of Dhū l-Ḥijjah, a day before ‘Arafah. Both are holy days. Showing respect to them and making worship brings big profit. People in this world want to become rich immediately. So showing respect to these days and praying during them is so profitable that it remains permanently.
Even before they die they, many people they finish what they have. Some of them stay rich until they die. But when they die, they cannot take anything with them to the next life. But what Allāh جل جلاله rewards us and gives us this reward for these holy days, blessed days, it is forever. Especially, 8th of Dhū l-Ḥijjah and 9th of Dhū l- Ḥijjah – Yawmu t-Tarwiyah wa Yawmu ‘Arafāh.
Who fasts on the day of ‘Arafah, his sins are forgiven a year ahead and behind. For Yawmu t-Tarwiyah, your sins of the last year are forgiven.
Sins are a burden, trouble, and disaster. In order to get rid of the sins of this world, our Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم always used to say make tawbah so that Allāh جل جلاله forgives you. People sin throughout the day. We are sinning, knowing or not knowing. Therefore, this is the chance for those sins to be forgiven.
In shā’a Llāh, who can fast can do so tomorrow, on the 8th and the 9th. Both days are within the ten days of Dhū l-Ḥijjah fasting. Fasting before that is also virtuous, but the most virtuous are Yawmu t-Tarwiyah and ‘Arafah, tomorrow and the day after.
And especially on ‘Arafah, we should recite one thousand Ikhlāṣ Sharīf. People give ṣadaqah. Sometimes some people make qurbān. Before cutting on ‘Īdu l-Aḍḥá, ‘Arafah is also a holy day. If other qurbān animals are sacrificed on ‘Arafah, it is also lots of rewards. May Allāh جل جلاله bless it.
In sha’a Llāh, Allāh جل جلاله accept our ibādā and there is in yawm – after tomorrow we must read 1000 times Sūratu l-Ikhlāṣ, “Qul huwa Llāhu Aḥad.” And 1000 times lā ilāha illā Llāh Muḥammadur Rasūlu Llāh ṣallá Llāhu ‘alayhi wa-sallam and 1000 times ṣalawāt also, for sake of these days. And other what you can read – from Qur’ān, from Sūrah, from… you can do.
As much you can do, it is good. Allāh جل جلاله reward us, in shā’a Llāh. And, in shā’a Llāh, we hope to be also next year with these good days, but to be better for whole world with Prophet’s صلى الله عليه وسلم grandson, Sayyidunā l-Mahdī ‘alayhi s-salām to be with him and to see these good days.
Mawlānā he is saying for us every time, “You must make du‘ā’ praying for Mahdī ‘alayhi s-salām to come.” Therefore, don’t forget. We don’t forget, in shā’a Llāh. We hope every time that next year we will be with Mahdī ‘alayhi s-salām. We will always hope, in shā’a Llāh, because the condition of dunyā doesn’t look good.
As the days are passing, it is becoming worse. It is not getting better. And the result of its worsening, with Allāh’s جل جلاله permission, is that events will occur that are promised by Allāh جل جلاله and our Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم. Qiyāmah is near. In shā’a Llāh, it is close.
May Allāh جل جلاله let us reach those good days with Mahdī ‘alayhi s-salām and with ‘Īsá ‘alayhi s- salām, in shā’a Llāh.
In Loving Memory of Sheikh Muhammad Abdul Sattar Khan
Here is a transcription of a Sohbah given by Almarhum Sheikh Abdul Sattar Khan on 16th June 2023:
We are on the verge of entering into a very important month in the Muslim calendar, the blessed month of Zul Hijjah. This month is a month especially important for those performing Hajj, but for people like us who are not going for Hajj, the first 10 days are also extremely important. As many of you have heard the Hadith in which these 10 days, the days in which all good deeds are multiplied in their rewards, and they bring great blessings upon those who strive to get the best of these 10 days. We can fast for the first 9 days and the 10th day is Eid-ul-Adha where the Qurban is done, and then day 11, 12 and 13 are the days of Tashriq.
Those 4 days are haram to fast, as they are days of great celebration. So 10, 11, 12, 13, we are not allowed to fast, 14 and 15, you can continue the white days fasting. Each day of fasting is equivalent to 1 year of fasting in these 10 days. And each night of night vigil, waking up for your Tahajjud prayers, Solatul Najat, Tasabih, Solatul Syukur and making dua, reciting Quran, Dala’il al-Khayrat, doing your Adab & Awrad, those ibadah are equivalent to 1 Lailatul Qadr.
So imagine how momentous these 10 days are. Allah swears by them and Allah Almighty making it abundantly open for all of us to get many blessings in these 10 nights. Mawlana was saying in his Sohbah about these 10 nights, take as much as you can. He was saying that if we ask from a human being, they will help maybe once, twice or thrice but by the time you reach the 10th time asking for help, they will actually get irritated with us. But Allah Almighty created all these ranks and gifts and blessings and dressings for His creation. And the more you ask from Him, the more He is happy with you.
Mawlana was saying, when Allah opens the doors of his generosity and his blessings in these 10 days and nights, don’t let them pass like ordinary days. Just imagine, one night is equivalent to one Lailatul Qadr and we were searching the whole of Ramadan to get just one night, right? So we have 10 nights, confirmed 10 nights of Lailatul Qadr ahead of us and so Mawlana said, stay up if you can or at least wake up during morning time and ask as much as you can from Allah Almighty for the safety of yourself and your journey. You only have a limited number of Zul Hijjahs in your life. You must always be aware of the shortness of time as Allah also swears by time, not just by Fajr and also by these 10 nights. Allah also swears Wal-Asr (by the time). If only mankind knew how short their time was, how limited it was, they would be very careful with how the time passes.
When I was doing the Jenazah course, I followed the people who were washing the bodies of those who were hanged. The man said, “Do you know, every one of these people, of these so-called criminals, or these prison people, before they pass away, in the last few months of their life, once they know their date of execution, they transform so much because ahead of them, they see death.” So having death hanging over their heads, they start to really come close to Allah.
They pray, they fast, they read the Quran, they attend classes in the jail. On the day in which they hang, usually on a Friday morning, they are fasting on that day. They make the intention to fast. So they read, they pray their subuh prayers, they make intention to fast and they pass away in a state of fasting, in a state of ritual purity with wudhu, in such blessedness, because they have begun their preparation once they are aware that their time is coming.
In reality, we are all also on death row, just like them. We are only not aware of the time we are going to pass away and we still assume we have lots and lots of time.
Paraphrasing what Rasulullah SAW said once in the Hadith, there was a person who was building his house with his mother and was planning and adding another storey and things like that. Hence the Holy Prophet SAW said, so many people are busy preparing for their dunya and planning for their worldly life when their kafan cloth in which they will be buried is already being cut and placed in the marketplace.
For inmates who are on death row, they are very lucky in that sense because they are given an exact date to go back. As such, they begin to prepare. But for many of us, we always assume there’s a long time ahead and we may end up not being able to pass away in a good state as we are caught unaware by death.
Insha Allah, those who are asking Allah for signs of death, we will be shown. In fact, one of the Prophets was asking for the signs of death and Allah showed him via the weakening of the body, the whitening of the beard and the hair, the weakening of the eyesight, the tiredness signalling that his time is coming, that you must prepare for that. The young ones must also know that sometimes our time may also be very sudden. So never assume that there’s a lot of time ahead of us. You have a limited number of Ramadans and Zul Hijjahs in your life.
Everything is limited, even your prayers, or the number of tahajjud in your life. So don’t assume that, if I skip tonight’s tahajjud, it’s okay, tomorrow then I will wake up. You try your utmost to fill every day with your preparation for death. Because the Holy Prophet SAW once asked the Sahabah, who is the wisest one amongst you? As is the adab of the Companions, they always say Allah and His Rasul knows better. The Holy Prophet SAW then said, ”He is the one who is making his life as a preparation for death.”
In reality, your entire life in this dunya is a preparation to return to Allah. Your entire life, every moment and every breath is a gift. It is a priceless gift because even the number of breaths are counted. If you are given 10 billion breaths, although it looks like a very big number, but that number also will come to an end and eventually you will have to face your maker when you have reached that number itself. In fact, the first rule of the Naqshbandi way is to be aware of your every breath as once that gift is gone, you cannot get it back again. Hence one of the Saints ever said, “What is man or who is man? Man is just a person with a number of breaths” and every moment, the number of breaths gets less and less.
So may Allah bring us all to meet Zul Hijjah and to live the first 10 beautiful days of Zul Hijjah. Go all out as much as you can and do your Zikrullah, read the Quran, do a lot of “La ilaha illal-lah wahdahu la sharika lahu, lahu-l-mulk wa lahul- hamd yuhyi wa yumeetu wa huwa ‘ala kulli shai’in qadir.” Hadith mentioned that is the best amal that can be done, especially in these days and no one can surpass that, except somebody who did more. Instead of 100, he did 200 or 300 of that Zikrullah. Also do a lot of Istighfar during these months. These 10 days are the days of Forgiveness. So seek from Allah forgiveness, as the day you go back to Allah, there is no more Istighfar or Taubah.
There’s no more realization, there’s no more seeking help from people. On that day, you are on your own except those Allah granted Shafa’a and then they can Shafa’a people. If your name is written in the list of those who will receive Shafa’a, only then you will be given that Shafa’a. So do not let these 10 days pass except that you are making the utmost effort to draw close to Allah. Do the night vigil as much as you can and fast in the daytime. Insha Allah, it’s not as heavy as Ramadan because you don’t have tarawih and you can rest after your Isyak prayers. But don’t let these months pass without taking as much as possible.
Mawlana was saying that you must ask from Allah what is most valuable. And last Sohbah we mentioned that the most valuable gift that’s given to us is Iman, our faith. So you must always put that in perspective.Mawlana was saying, “The rich people will say, oh I own this building, I own this sports car, I own all these businesses and you have nothing but if you have Iman, you are in reality richer than him if that man doesn’t have faith. You are in reality richer than anyone who has this dunya.” As we mentioned repeatedly, this dunya, is but one wing of a mosquito. So you must always have in your perspective and understanding to know what is important.
What’s important is Iman, and with Iman, you will strive to do amal because you want to build your Iman. In these 10 days the amal is multiplied many many fold. So instead of just getting the reward one time or 70 times, maybe Allah will give you 7 million times or 700 million times. When you see that kind of reward and when you’re going back to Allah, you would only wish you had stayed up the whole night doing worshipping and fasted every single 1 of the 9 days.
The most important of these 9 days of fasting is the last day, the day of Arafah on the 9th of Zul Hijjah. On the 8th of Zul Hijjah, the pilgrims begin to move towards Arafah. They move from Makkah, and they will then stop in a place called Mina in the Masjid of Fear (Masjid al-Khaif) overnight. In the olden Prophets’ days, they used to water their horses. That means they brought their horses and their camels to drink water there and rest overnight. Then next morning on the 9th of Zul Hijjah the pilgrims will move slowly towards Arafah and reach there by Zuhur. Whoever steps foot in the plains of Arafah between the time of Zuhur until Maghrib, anytime, they are considered to have fulfilled Hajj.
Hajj, as the Holy Prophet said in the Hadith, Hajj is Arafah and Arafah is Hajj. So anybody who misses or couldn’t make it to Arafah, they are considered not completed Hajj. And whoever has reached Arafah, Alhamdulillah, is considered Hajj and this is an obligation. Allah says in the Holy Quran, mankind owes Allah this obligation to perform the Hajj at least once in his life. So for us, we will be fasting on the 9th of Zul Hijjah, the day of Arafah, as that is a very special day.
Shaykh Nazim used to tell us to read Hizbul Azam. It is quite a long book with 7 chapters. It’s actually meant to be read every day but as many of us are not able to do it you can just start practicing. It’s a beautiful collection by Imam Mulla Ali Qari. It is a collection of every single Rabbana duas extracted from the Quran and other duas as well that didn’t start with Rabbana like “Rabbi habli minas saliheen” or “Rabbi Anni Massaniyad Durru.”
So not every dua starts with Rabbana in the Quran but all these duas have been gathered by this Imam and all from the Sunnah of the Prophet and from all the Hadith and they are compiled into 7 chapters. So by reading this 1 book, you will cover almost every dua that is in the Quran and every dua that the Prophet has made, Insha Allah.
The prophet gave more than 30 million Hadith in his life so they extracted what can be put into this book. So every day, you’re supposed to read 1 chapter of duas. It’s a very beautiful collection and it takes about 15 minutes to read 1 chapter a day. On the day of Arafah, you are supposed to read the entire book if you can. You can sit down together with your family members or even come to Zawiyah and read together as a jemaah. Those who don’t know how to read can just sit down and say Amin. Altogether it will take you maybe about 1 to 2 hours to finish the entire book. So on that day where Allah accepts all the duas, you read all these duas, and may Allah accept and grant you goodness in the year to come.
On the 9th of Zul Hijjah, also do a lot of Sunnah prayers, Zikrullah of the “La ilaha illal-lah wahdahu la sharika…” to the end, and of course a lot of Istighfar, begging Allah for forgiveness, and beg Allah to be spiritually taken to Hajj. Even though you are here right, many people are not able to go because of the situation nowadays and they wish to be there, Allah Almighty grants them to be there spiritually.
Sometimes they follow the guide spiritually and things like that but these are all personal experiences that we cannot confirm or guarantee you will experience. You can ask that Allah Almighty includes you in the duas of the people performing Hajj. So when they are making the dua, “Allahumma Akhfir li-l mu’minina wa-l mu’minat wa-l muslimina wa-l muslimat” Allah writes your name amongst the Mu’minin, Muslimin and Muslimat, to be also in this prayer.
You also make dua for them that Allah accepts because it’s not easy for the Hajj to be accepted. In a book written by local Singapore Uztaz Tengku Fauzi based on the Holy Prophets Hadith and Nasiha, he wrote about how the reality is if the Hajj is accepted from a person. It is mentioned in the Hadith, after you do the lontar jamrah, for the ones whose Hajj is accepted, the stones are lifted up to the Heavens.
In the year that I went, the next morning, when we came back, the stones were all there, huge piles! They had to use a huge bulldozer to scoop up the stones and throw them back into the desert. In the olden days, it was a small pillar. Now they have extended it to the full length of a HDB block because there’s so many millions of people going to perform Hajj and when you have thousands of people per session rushing to go to 1 pillar, it can lead to stampede, bad injuries, and even death.
So if you look at it, it’s really not something that, “Oh! I went to Hajj and it’s accepted” Usually it is by the barakah of 1 or 2 people or the Awliya Allah who are there who make dua and for the sake of these people, Allah accepts the Hajj of all the other people. So always pray that we are included in the duas of these special people.
I remembered 1 story just to share with you. It’s not in Mawlana’s Sohbah but something I remembered hearing, this story. It’s about a very pious man, he saved up all his life to go to Hajj and a few days before going to the Hajj, his neighbor became very very ill. So people started to gather at the house and he also went to see as a sunnah, to visit the sick man. He was told that this man was very ill and he needed money for medicine and the medicines needed were very far away, very costly. So this man took his entire Hajj money, gave it to the family, and then they went to get the medicines and to treat this man. Hence, he didn’t go to Hajj for that year.
He was at home and when the Hujjaj came back, they said to him, “Masha Allah, we saw you at the Hajj!” He said, “I didn’t go this year, I didn’t have the means to” So many people saw him and many people dreamt also, when they looked at him they said, “We dreamt about you that Allah Almighty rejected the Hajj of everybody” In that story, it was mentioned 600,000 people went to Hajj that year.
This is like in the 400 or 500 years ago and even back then, it already was a very big crowd. We must remember, they went to Makkah and Medina without all the modern facilities and without the authorities extending the mosque and all that. And yes, MashaAllah, it was able to fit in everybody. Mawlana Shaykh Nazim was actually very upset when he saw them expanding Masjid al-Haram and Masjid al-Nabawi, as he was saying there’s no need for these things because Allah knows how to look after his guests. When He invites somebody, He will look after the guests.
Look at the woman’s womb, the uterus is the size of my fist, right? Yet have you seen a woman carrying triplets, how huge the womb has become? And in the Hadith it’s mentioned by the Prophet SAW that Mina, Muzdaliifah is like the womb of a woman. It will expand to accommodate the people who are coming. So in reality, it was not necessary for mankind to look after Allah’s guests. Allah knows how to look after His own guests. The more we expanded, the more it became unable to host. Until today, they are still having quotas. Because they say, oh, we cannot host more than 2,000,000 people. This is human beings trying to interfere in the work of Allah.
Anyway, back to our story, these people came back from Hajj and then they had a dream that in that year, the Hajj of the 600,000 people was rejected, all of them. So all the stones are still there. They were then told by somebody in white in the dream, an angel or an Awliya,that for the sake of this man who gave his money away to help his neighbor, Allah Almighty accepted the Hajj of the 600,000 people that year.And, he didn’t even go to Hajj. So it’s not always that you go to Hajj, come back, it’s going to be accepted on your own merit. Sometimes and most of the time what we perform during the Hajj is actually not how it’s supposed to be done.
Today, the Hajj is gone. People go for Hajj in great comfort, air conditioned tents, and all the delicious food. In the olden days, it was a true struggle. They took the ships from Singapore, they traveled by huge ships, 6 months to get to Hajj and there were no telephones and no way to know whether the person died along the way. It was a real struggle. They used to bring their own small cooking pots and all that and cook even in the fields, in the deserts.
Today, we fly in first class or business class and we travel in air-conditioned coaches, we sit in our air conditioned hotels and look down at the Kaaba from the high hotels. Some don’t even go into Masjid al-Haram to pray anymore, they just pray in their rooms or they pray in the lobby because it’s air-conditioned. Whereas Masjid al-Haram was just about 30 meters ahead but they missed out on the 100,000 times reward because they said it’s hot.
See what’s happening to this zaman of people, they don’t know the value. That’s why whenever you come for Sohbah, we always try to transmit to you the value of Iman, the value of Amal, the value of the special days, value of the special months, the value of the special people like Awliya Allah, the value of the special places like Makkah and Madinah, Masjid al-Aqsa and Maqams of Awliya Allah because once you know the value, then you can put it correctly in its Maqam. So anyway, for the sake of this one man, Allah Almighty accepted the Hajj of everybody else. So whenever we are going, when Allah invites us for Hajj, don’t be proud, don’t think that we are doing everything and MashaAllah this is a “fantastic” Hajj that we are doing.
The Hajj is not easy. If you read this book by Uztaz Tengku Fauzi from Singapore, a very respectable man, also a Tariqah teacher, the first few pages were about a student coming back from Hajj, and the teacher was asking him, “Did you take off your normal clothes?” And then the guy said, “Yes, Sayidi, I took off my normal clothes.” “When you took off your normal clothes, did you take off all your bad sifat? Did you take off all your bad characteristics? Do you take off all the badness that you have practiced all your life?” He said, “No, Sayidi” Then you haven’t taken off your clothes.
Did you put on your ihram?” He said, “Yes, I did, I put on my ihram” Then he said, “When you put on your ihram, do you put on all the beautiful characteristics of the Prophet? Do you put on all the sifat Mahmudah of Rasulullah SAW, all the dressings of the heart, all the beauty of his character? And he said, “No, Sayidi, I didn’t make that intention and I didn’t do that” Then you haven’t put on your ihram.
“Have you done your Tawaf? He said, “Yes Sayidi” and then he will explain to him the meaning of Tawaf and he’ll say, “Oh Sayidi, I haven’t done Tawaf” He said, “Did you go to Mina?” He said, “Yes I went to Mina” “Did you enter the mosque of fear?” He said, “Yes Sayidi I went in” “Did you feel the fear, the overwhelming fear of being a servant of Allah with so much to answer to Allah on Judgment Day and to face Him with all that you have done?” He said, “No, I didn’t feel anything” Then you haven’t entered the mosque of Mina, mosque of Khawf.
Like that the teacher went through until he completed the entire Hajj with him. Verbally like, did you do this, did you do that, you go to Arafah and all that and then finally the teacher said to the student, “My dear son, you have to go back and do your Hajj again, you haven’t done anything actually because the whole of what I asked you, you haven’t done even one thing.”
So imagine, many people don’t realize the secrets of Hajj, the dressings of Hajj, the meaning of Hajj. For them, it’s all a physical thing. Even when I went in my year, when I was 25, 30 years ago, people didn’t understand the meaning of throwing the stones at the pillars. They thought that if that is shaitan, we are going to hurt him with our stones. So we have pilgrims picking up their slippers, throwing their slippers full of venom, some even carrying their entire cooking pot.
With the whole pot, they shout, “Allahu Akbar” and they run and throw the pot, which is very dangerous because if you miss the pillar then the pot will hit somebody behind the pillar, right? It was actually extremely chaotic and violent but that is not the purpose of this throwing of the stones. You’re throwing away your bad sifat, you’re throwing away from yourself the Munafiq-ness and all the dirtiness and all the bad behavior from yourself. So these things people no longer understand. So before you go to Hajj, study the meaning of Hajj.
Hajj is the culmination of everything. In Rukun Islam, you do your 5 tenets of faith, you have your Shahadah, you have your fasting, praying, zakat and when you go to Hajj, it is the culmination of everything. That’s why when people ask me, what should I prepare when going to Hajj? Actually, Hajj is the pinnacle. Everything that you have practiced from Zikr, Quran, good behavior, Tawakkal, Zuhud, patience, everything that you have practiced in Islam, comes to test in that 1 testing round.
That’s why Allah says, “Fusuq wa la jidal” don’t quarrel, don’t fight when you go to Hajj and it’s very difficult to maintain your temper when you’re walking around with 3,000,000 people. People doing Tawaf, stepping on your toes, banging their wheelchairs into the back of your heels until it bleeds. It’s not easy. You’ll find that eventually everything goes out the window. You get angry, you show your temper, you shout at people and there are even fistfights, even people bleeding, broken glasses which we saw during Hajj because of anger and people banging each other during Tawaf.
So to go to Hajj, if you ask me that question, how do I prepare? Your whole lifetime you’re preparing for this Hajj because every sifat of badness that you throw will make your Hajj easier. Every goodness that you make into your sifat, part of your attributes, part of your behavior will help you when you are there because it is a journey of much patience.
Insha Allah, prepare for Hajj and Mawlana was saying make a firm intention meaning register. In Singapore we register with Muis, pay the $200 plus and then wait for your turn. Even if say 30 years, nevermind. At least you paid, you’re making an intention, and you start to put some money aside. If by the time at the end of your life, you have not been called for Hajj, Mawlana was saying don’t worry, you have made the intention. Allah will not punish you, Allah will accept as if you have done the Hajj because it was your intention.
So do that, prepare for Hajj from now, even though you say I’m young, MashaAllah, better to go young. I’m thankful to Allah that I went 30 years ago because today I have difficulty even walking up the stairs. I would have great difficulty if I have to do Hajj at this age by myself. It was very difficult. In my younger days I went when I was 33.
I went with a group of young guys like myself and we were “macho muchacho” we walked from Makkah, we walked to Mina, from Mina to Muzalifah, Muzalifah to Arafah, we were young strong men and we could do such things. But today, MashaAllah, I just walked to the bus, I sat on the bus and I’ll take the bus to my destination. So it’s not easy. I would suggest if you are young, you can go young. I thank Allah I went in my young days because Masha Allah today I don’t think I can do it.
So these 10 days, as if you’re at Hajj, those of you who are doing the Qurban, Qurban is the greatest Amal you can do in these 10 days besides Hajj. So if you can afford, don’t stinge on it. Don’t say, “I did last year already what, how come I must do again?” Every year you should do for your family and yourself and the one paying for the Qurban in your family, this person cannot cut the fingernails and hair or shave the body as if you are like a pilgrim in Ihram. The rest of the family are not affected.
I get this question all the time, so I’m trying to be very clear because throughout the past 10 years, everyday people messaged me, my son cut his hair, he got school, my wife cut her hair, etc. Only the person paying, the one who is responsible for the payment, that person cannot cut nails and hair. The rest of the family is not under any restriction. So try to do Qurban as much as you can.
So Insha Allah these 10 days coming, be happy. The sign of a Muslim is he’s always happy. A Mu’min, a believer is very happy when Allah is sending him these special days, days in which he can draw close to Allah, seek forgiveness and book your place in Jannah, that Allah will grant you eternal forgiveness, Allah will grant you eternal blessings and favors, Allah save your ancestors, Allah protect your descendants in this dunya so that they don’t fall into the hands of iblis and shaitan. Do the Qurban for the sake of Allah and Insha Allah, Allah says in the holy Quran it’s not the blood or the hair or the meat that will reach to me, it is your Intention.
There’s a very beautiful deep lesson for all of us in everything that you do. Mawlana was saying, in everything that you do, check your intention, it must be sincere for Allah, it must be for the sake of the pleasure of Allah, that you must always say to yourself, “I’m seeking that Allah is happy with me in everything that I do.”
May Allah grant us to be people who are always seeking Allah’s pleasure. May Allah grant us to meet and fulfill these 10 days to the best of our ability. May Allah grant us all the worshipping that we can squeeze in into these 10 full days, Insha Allah. So until the 10th day, that means the day of Eid itself also, be in Zikrullah, in all sorts of praising of Allah Almighty, because for this period, we can recite the Takbir all the way to the end of the Tashreeq.
That means in Hari Raya night is so short, we only do the Takbir Raya only from Isyak until the next morning when we go for the prayers. But for this period, you can start from the day of Arafah, you can begin reciting the takbir Raya all the way until Asar on the last day of Tashreeq. Tashreeq is 3 days, when you go to Hajj you will learn you can do 2 days if you like or you can do 3 days. You can choose if you are not feeling well, you’re not able to, you can just take 2 days of Lontar Jamrah, you can do the throwing of the stones for 2 days. Those able-bodied people can do up to 3 days Insha Allah. May Allah grant us to go to Hajj one day, Insha Allah with our loved ones.
Save up, may Allah grant us the means to go to, health, wealth, knowledge to have a Hajj that is Mabrur Insha Allah.
Bi hurmatil Habib, bi hurmatil Fatiha.
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Wassalam.
Our beloved Sheikh Muhammad Abdul Sattar Khan reunited with his true love, Allah Almighty, on 11 November 2023.
May Allah forgive his shortcomings, bestow upon him endless blessings, mercy, and light, and elevate his rank for the sincerity of his efforts and contribution during his lifetime.
May he be placed amongst those closest and dearest to Allah Almighty.
A pure heart (qalbun salim) is the perfection that Allah Almighty desires for His servants.
In the Name of God, the Most Merciful, the Most Compassionate, who created all universes and all things. The Lord of the Heavens, the Lord of the Worlds, the Lord of the sons of Adam. We are His weak servants. Every time we gather in such an assembly, we are asking for our Lord’s Divine Help for ourselves.
We are in need of His Divine Help at every moment. You cannot imagine a unit of time so small that it cannot be counted. You might say one millionth of a second, if a single second could be divided into a million parts. Even in such a tiny unit of time, the universe cannot be without the need of Divine Help.
If Divine Help is cut off, the support for all the universes in existence disappears. No one can bring it back except its Creator, its Lord, Allah Almighty. Therefore, you must ask for Divine Help for everything, at all times, and on every occasion.
As much as you are with Him, He will be with you. But people forget themselves and lose awareness. Then that Divine Help leaves them, and they are left in the hands of their egos. For this reason, we must always seek support from the Divine.
O my Lord, do not leave us in the hands of our egos. Our ego is proud, so proud, saying, “I am not in need of anyone,” when in truth it is always in need, never free of the need for support. That is why we say, “There is no might and no power except with God, the Most High, the Almighty.” (Lā ḥawla wa-lā quwwata illā billāh al-ʿaliyy al-ʿaẓīm)
Religion, especially Islam, brings belief to people. It asks you, first of all, to believe in your Creator who brings you into existence, because no one is able to do it by themselves. We appear, and then we disappear. That is the central point of Islamic belief, to believe in The One who brings them into existence, keeps them in existence, and then takes them away from existence.
Then He brings them to His Divine Presence. The most essential foundation of every religion, and especially Islam, is to believe that there is a God who created all things, including the children of Adam, and that He has the power to bring them back to life after death, to give them life again, and to bring them into His Divine Presence. That must be the core belief in every religion.
Every religion teaches people to perform certain actions and to avoid others. Without such commands, it is not a religion. We act, we work, we do things as we please. The Lord Almighty gives us commands, and every command we have been ordered to fulfill is for our honor (karamah).
Each command given to us is to make us more honored in the Divine Presence. We have also been instructed to avoid certain things for our own protection and safety. Anything from which our Lord tells us to abstain is for our safety in this life and for our protection in the Hereafter.
No one has the right to object to what Islam prohibits, claiming that something was useful but Islam prevented it. Whoever does so is either foolish, mad, or ignorant. Who knows humanity better than its Creator? Therefore, He alone knows what is truly harmful and dishonorable in this life and the next.
Every deed you perform in this world takes on a shape, a form, and it will come back to you after death. You must face everything you did in this life. Nothing is lost. All your deeds are preserved for you.
You will first meet them when the door of your grave opens. Then you will see everything you did, presented before you. No one else sees it except the owner of that grave. Allah Almighty will look at all your deeds and question His servant about them.
Imam al-Ghazali is one of the “King-sized” scholars and great Imams in Islam, known throughout the world. He wrote many books, perhaps one lifetime is not enough to read, understand, and act upon all of them. Among them is a collection called Ihya Ulum al-Din (Revival of the Religious Sciences). If all other Islamic books were destroyed and only this remained, it would be enough to explain Islam entirely.
Imam al-Ghazali, may God bless him, said that when a person dies and is placed in a coffin, and people are bringing the body for burial, Allah Almighty will ask the deceased forty questions. He said these are forty different questions asked before the burial, known only to the Lord and the soul of the deceased.
The first question Allah Almighty will ask is,
“O My servant, you always adorned yourself for people. You were careful with your appearance, your dress, your hair, and many things. You wanted to look handsome, beautiful, and elegant for others, because they looked at you.
But did you ever adorn your heart for Me? You knew that I looked only at your heart, not at your outward appearance, not at your eye color or skin color, whether you were tall or short, black or white. No, I only looked at your heart.
Did you ever say to yourself, ‘My Lord is looking at my heart, I must keep it pure and adorned with excellent qualities’?
Did you ever think of that? That I was watching, and you should have said, ‘My Lord is looking at my heart, I must keep it excellent for Him?'”
That is the first question. And it contains everything.
Is it enough for believers to try their best to purify and illuminate their hearts? Yes, that is enough for them in this world and in the Hereafter. On the Day of Resurrection, Allah Almighty will not ask about your wealth, children, property, or titles. No.
He will ask, “Where is your heart? With what kind of heart have you come to Me? The purified heart, the golden heart (Qur’an 26:89) – Where is it? Give it to Me. That is what I was asking from you during your life.”
That is the main thing that will be asked of everyone. Keep your heart pure and excellent and bring it to your Lord.
Then, according to your heart and its purity, everything will appear to you in Eternal Life. You will see your Lord’s Endless Lights and Infinite Beauties through the mirror of your own heart. Through your heart, you will witness Divine Beauty. There are various degrees in the Divine Presence, first, second, third, and so on.
The first rank is for Prophets (anbiya) and Saints (awliya), and those who attained true faith in their lifetime. According to the level of their faith, they enter the Divine Presence. Whoever wants to be in that first rank must begin by taking care of their heart.
Now we are fasting. We are keeping our stomachs from eating and drinking, but we are mostly allowing our other organs to do as they please. We fast only from food and drink, yet we often neglect to restrain our eyes, tongues, and thoughts. We do not say, “You must stop. You must guard yourself.” We are not telling them this.
There is another kind of fasting, the most important one, which is to free the heart from everything except the Lord. To be with your Lord in your heart. If anything wrong enters such a heart, it is said that one must purify oneself, just as a person in a state of impurity must wash themselves.
If thoughts of this world, or even paradise, enter the heart, it must be purified. This means the Lord is saying, “O My servant, you are occupying your heart with something other than Me. Your heart is for Me alone. I must always be there, and you must be there with Me. You may live in the world physically, but you must be with Me always in your heart.”
If you say this is impossible, your Lord does not speak anything but the truth. If it were impossible, He would not have said it or commanded it. It is possible. So He says to His servants, “O My servants, you may live in the world with your bodies, going about your work. But you must be with Me in your hearts. Because I do not leave you. If I leave you, you are nothing. If I am with you, you are everything. So do not leave Me.“
For this reason, when people of the first rank think of anything other than their Lord, they have been ordered to wash themselves – their bodies and their hearts – from every thought other than their Lord.
That is the perfection Allah Almighty desires for His servants. He wants to elevate them to that rank. Islam brings the complete way and guidance towards attaining it. Islam is perfection in every aspect. Whoever desires that perfection must follow the religion and its teachings. According to how much you are able to follow, you will benefit.
But you must make that perfection your goal. You must not settle for less. It is not honorable for a servant to remain beneath that rank when the Lord has given them the chance to rise. This is the honor Islam gives to people, and this is what it calls them to.
We ask forgiveness from Allah Almighty because we are always content to remain below, not striving upward. We say, “I seek forgiveness from God” (Astaghfirullāh al-ʿAẓīm) for everything we do that goes against the commands of our Lord.
We praise Him with the highest praises because He made us candidates for that perfection. And we ask for His Divine Help in striving for that goal by saying, “Praise belongs to God and thanks be to God.” (Al-ḥamdu lillāh wa shukru lillāh)
May Allah Almighty grant us hearts that are pure and illuminated, hearts that are always with Him, and may He accept us among His beloved servants. Ameen.
Al-Fatiha.
• Mawlana Shaykh Muhammad Nazim Adil al-Haqqaniق
01 June 1985/ 12 Ramadhan 1405 AH
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“Wa li-Llāhi a’la n-nāsi hijju l-bayti man i-statā’a ‘ilayhi sabīlā”
“And [due] to Allah from the people is a pilgrimage to the House (Ka’bah) – those who can afford the journey.” Ṣadaqa Llāhu l-‘Aẓīm.
The pillar of ḥajj is one of the pillars of Islām. It has been made obligatory for those who are able to go.
Shukr to Allāh ﷻ, it is stated in that Ayah, “وَأَذِّن فِي النَّاسِ بِالْحَجِّ يَأْتُوكَ رِجَالًا وَعَلَىٰ كُلِّ ضَامِرٍ يَأْتِينَ مِن كُلِّ فَجٍّ عَمِيقٍ”, “Wa ‘Adhdhin Fī An-Nāsi Bil-Ĥajji Ya’tūka Rijālāan Wa Alá Kulli Đāmirin Ya’tīna Min Kulli FajjinAmīqin”, “And proclaim to the people the Hajj [pilgrimage]; they will come to you on foot and on every lean camel; they will come from every distant pass.” (Qur’an 22:27). Ṣadaqa Llāhu l-‘Aẓīm.
When Sayyidina Ibrahim ‘alayhi s-salām built the Kaaba by the order of Allāh ‘Azza wa-Jalla in Makkah, Allāh ‘Azza wa-Jalla then ordered him, “Call the adhan.” Sayyidina Ibrahim ‘alayhi s-salām called the adhan from above the Kaaba. That adhan is for people to come to Kaaba. Of course, there was no one there; only Sayyidina Ibrahim ‘alayhi s-salām and Sayyidina Ismaīl ‘alayhi s-salām.
When Sayyidina Ibrahim ‘alayhi s-salām did not see anyone, he asked for the wisdom. It was revealed to him that the wisdom is that whoever hears this adhan until the Day of Judgment will be destined to go to ḥajj. That’s why, sometimes people who are not destined can’t go. And those who are destined, Allāh ﷻ opens the way for them and they go at a time they didn’t expect.
Shukr to Allāh ﷻ, we didn’t have any intention to go this year either. May Allāh ﷻ be pleased with our brothers. When they offered, we did not reject the offer. It was a gift from Allāh ‘Azza wa-Jalla. In shā’a Llāh, we will embark on that journey of ḥajj today. May Allāh ﷻ enable us to complete it. The journey of ḥajj is the most beautiful journey. We will visit our Prophet ﷺ, perform ḥajj and in shā’a Llāh we will return safely.
There are many people now who are on their way to ḥajj. May Allāh ﷻ open the way for them to complete their ḥajj and return too. They will have been destined and heard the adhan of Sayyidina Ibrahim. They also come loaded with these Fards, great worship and thawāb, without losing anything. Because there is much thawāb gained. Most of the ḥajjīs leave that thawāb there, while they are still there, and come back normally. They will have completed their ḥajj, but the thawāb will have remained there.
Therefore, you have to be careful. That place is sacred. It is the most sacred place in the world. Don’t let your ego prevail over you there. You must be patient. You must be patient with everything. In shā’a Llāh [you return] with those rewards. There is such a reward that you earn thawāb in ten days, in twenty days, in a month, or forty days more than the thawāb you earn in a lifetime.
May Allāh ﷻ help us. Shukr to Allāh ﷻ for the blessings He ﷻ has given. May Allāh ﷻ grant those who haven’t yet gone to ḥajj to go. Wa min Allah at-Tawfiq.
Al-Fatiha.
• Mawlana Sheikh Muhammad Adil ar-Rabbaniق
31 May 2025/ 04 Dhu l-Hijjah 1446
Fajr Prayer – Akbaba Dergah, Istanbul
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“And spend [in the way of Allah ] from what We have provided you.” Ṣadaqa Llāhu l-‘Aẓīm.
Allāh ‘Azza wa-Jalla says, give from the rizq we have given you, do good. Allāh ‘Azza wa-Jalla orders and recommends so.
A believer does not work for dunyā. What he works for in dunyā is for ākhirah; not for dunyā. Everything he does is for the pleasure of Allāh ﷻ. His intention must be like that. Even if the whole world is his, there’s no problem in that. But if he works for dunyā, even a penny will not be of benefit for him.
That’s why, this is important for the believer, for the Muslim. It is necessary to do that. It is necessary to think of that. Are we running for dunyā or ākhirah? A person who runs for dunyā is a fool, says our Prophet ṣallá Llāhu ‘alayhi wa-sallam. It is useless. We are not running for dunyā, but for ākhirah. That’s how it should be. It may be yours. Spend it on your children, spend it on your family, spend it on Muslims. You may have from wealth as much as you want, don’t be afraid. But if it’s for dunyā, then be afraid. If you earn even a penny while running for dunyā, then be afraid.
Your intention must be for the pleasure of Allāh ﷻ. “I will not strive, I will not run, I will not get tired for dunyā. I will sell the dunyā for ākhirah. I will not sell the ākhirah for dunyā.“ Then, you will have won. This is what Muslims do not realize. They think they are happy only when they win dunyā. Then, even if he seems happy, he is not comfortable inside, he becomes restless. Because if there isn’t the pleasure of Allāh ﷻ, there is no satisfaction or peace. That happens only with the pleasure of Allāh ﷻ.
Therefore, as we said, a person must work in dunyā for ākhirah. A lazy Muslim is not an acceptable person. A working Muslim is an acceptable person. Our Prophet ṣallá Llāhu ‘alayhi wa-sallam says, “المؤمنُ القويُّ خيرٌ وأحبُّ إلى اللهِ من المؤمنِ الضعيفِ”, “A believer who is strong is better and dearer to Allah than the weak believer.” A strong Muslim is better than a weak Muslim. Power is with money, gold, silver, wealth. A Muslim who has those is stronger. That is good because it is for the pleasure of Allāh ﷻ. May Allāh ﷻ grant us all that understanding. To distinguish that is important. A person who distinguishes that will find goodness. Goodness is in the pleasure Allāh ﷻ. May Allāh ﷻ make this goodness perpetual for us. May He ﷻ not make us conform to our egos. Wa min Allah at-Tawfiq. Al-Fatiha.
There are recited Qur’an Khatms, Tasbīhat, Tahlilāt, Salawāt, Surahs, Ayāt. Whatever good goals they have, may Allāh ﷻ accept them. May Allāh ﷻ bless them. These days are blessed days. Their rewards are greater. All of these recitations are for the pleasure of Allāh ﷻ. We gift them firstly to the great soul of our Holy Prophet ﷺ, his ﷺ Ahlu l-Bayt and ṣaḥābah, souls of all Anbiya, Awliya, Mursalīn. To the souls of our Mashāyikh. To the souls of all Mu’mins and Mu’minahs, Muslims and Muslimāt. May whatever goals those who recited have be reached. For happiness here and hereafter. For strength of īmān insha’Allah. Li-Llahi Ta’āla.
Al-Fatiha.
• Mawlana Sheikh Muhammad Adil ar-Rabbaniق
30 May 2025/ 03 Dhu l-Hijjah 1446
Fajr Prayer – Akbaba Dergah, Istanbul
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The miracles of our Prophet ṣallá Llāhu ‘alayhi wa-sallam are many. Those who believe win. His ﷺ miracles are forever. His ﷺ miracles in this world remain until qiyāmah.
One of them is the Conquest of Istanbul. When our Prophet ﷺ said his ﷺ blessed words, “Constantinople will be conquered,” it was considered the greatest state in the world. Nobody could approach it. People tried to figure out how. Finally, it was destined for Sultan Mehmet Han. He conquered Istanbul. He was praised by our Prophet ṣallá Llāhu ‘alayhi wa-sallam. And his Islamic soldiers were also praised by him ﷺ. They did not give way to the infidels after that. They prevented them from entering the land of Islām, the Islamic countries.
These miracles are many. Our Prophet ṣallá Llāhu ‘alayhi wa-sallam also informed us about the things that are yet to happen. Most of the things that will happen before the qiyāmah have happened. Most of them have occurred and appeared. The great signs are left. When they happen, qiyāmah would be near. There is no such thing as eternity of dunyā, of the material world. Eternity is in the ākhirah. The person who has earned the ākhirah is the one who has won.
That’s why, every Muslim wanted to attain the honor of this matter, this beautiful word of our Prophet ṣallá Llāhu ‘alayhi wa-sallam, ever since the time our Prophet ṣallá Llāhu ‘alayhi wa-sallam. There were many martyrs, there were Ghazis. They still attained that honor. Allāh ‘Azza wa-Jalla gave them according to their intentions. Allāh ‘Azza wa-Jalla’s wisdoms are infinite.
By this means, the blessed ṣaḥābah came to this city. They were also buried in this city. They have blessed shrines, so that they might be barakah and beacons for the Muslims. Shukr to Allāh ﷻ. That was their duty. These places they stayed in and the surrounding places became the fortresses of Islām, shukr to Allāh ﷻ. This blessed land is the head of Islām, with Allāh’s ﷻ permission. It is the land of the Caliphate.
Therefore, no matter how much disbelief increases, they will not win. Those who win, Allāh ﷻ willing, are those who are with Allāh ‘Azza wa-Jalla, those who are on the way of our Prophet ﷺ. They are the ones who always win. Always victorious, they say. Those who are always victorious are those with Allāh ﷻ. At loss are those who are with shayṭān. They are always at loss. May Allāh ﷻ protect us. May Allāh ﷻ bless these days of ours. These are blessed days. Wa min Allah at-Tawfiq.
No matter how much we thank Allāh ‘Azza wa-Jalla, it is not enough. Because Allāh ‘Azza wa-Jalla increases His ﷻ blessings as we thank Him ﷻ. So we will be both thanking and attaining material benefit.
Allah Azza wa Jalla loves the generous ones. And the Most Generous is Allāh ‘Azza wa-Jalla. He ﷻ has no fear like the creatures, “It will end.” Everything is infinite. His ﷻ Kingdom is infinite and great. Mankind’s mind and imagination cannot reach it. They are doing research and striving, “The kingdom is that big. It is that much.”
But what they are working on is not even a dot. If it were a dot then it would have a limit. Our Prophet ṣallá Llāhu ‘alayhi wa-sallam says, do not think about the Essence of Allāh ‘Azza wa-Jalla, think about the Kingdom of Allāh ﷻ. How magnificent it is. The human mind cannot grasp this materially. Spiritually is even greater.
People think they are something, and misbehave acting without adab in front of Allāh ‘Azza wa-Jalla. They say things that can never be, “It is like this and like that.” Who are you? Mind your own business so that Allāh ‘Azza wa-Jalla helps you. Make shukr for your situation so that everything multiplies, and becomes of more barakah. ‘وَبِالشُّكْرِ تَدُوم النَّعَم’, ‘Wa bi sh-shukri tadūmu n-ni’am’, ‘By thankfulness do blessings perpetuate.’ Blessings both perpetuate and increase, says Prophet ṣallá Llāhu ‘alayhi wa-sallam.
Therefore, people have been deceived by shayṭān. They go on his way. They say words, they think they’re smart. May Allāh ﷻ protect us, from ‘Adam alayhi s-salām until now, billions like you have come and gone, millions have come and gone. All of them had thought just like you. But they all died, turned into earth and were gone.
In ākhirah, the winner is who is with Allāh ‘Azza wa-Jalla, who makes shukr. Therefore, we make shukr to Allāh ﷻ. We make shukr for the favor of īmān so that it may be permanent and it may it increase, in shā’a Llāh. May Allāh ﷻ also give people guidance, mind and understanding.
So if the majority is saying something, that is not true. What’s true is what Allāh ‘Azza wa-Jalla is saying, what our Prophet ṣallá Llāhu ‘alayhi wa-sallam is saying. “Ṣadaqa Llāhu l-‘Aẓīm.” Every time the recitation of Qur’ān ‘Aẓīmu sh-Sha’n is finished, it must be said, “Allāh ﷻ is the one who speaks the truth.” Anything anyone else says is wrong; it’s false. No matter how many people think they’re right, they’re all wrong. May Allāh ﷻ protect us from falling into the wrong way. Wa min Allah at-Tawfiq.
“Everything related to Hajj is very holy and special. Some ‘ulama (scholars) say that these days are better than Ramadhan because in Ramadhan, we don’t know which night is Laylatul Qadr. But during these nights, it is clearly known. Allah Almighty made it known to people so they could gain multiple folds of reward and blessings from these days.” — Mawlana Shaykh Muhammad Adil ar-Rabbaniق
Insha’Allah, those following Mawlanaق’s calendar and the Meccan Hijri calendar will welcome the first ten days of Dhul Hijjah on Wednesday, 28 May 2025.
Singapore’s Hijri calendar starts a day later, on Thursday, 29 May 2025.
These are the holiest days in Islam. The Prophet ﷺ said:
“There are no days in which good deeds are more beloved to Allah than these ten days.” [Bukhari]
Virtues of These Days [Hadith from Mawlanaق’s past Suhbahs]
Each day of fasting (from the 1st to the 9th) is equal in reward to fasting for a full year.
Each night of vigil (tahajjud) is as if one has revived the night in worship for an entire year.
Fasting on the 9th of Dhul Hijjah (the Day of ‘Arafah) wipes away the sins of the previous year and the year to come.
Important Reminders [Taken from Sahih Muslim]
Qurban / Sacrifice: For those intending to offer a qurban, be sure to trim your hair and nails before Maghrib on Tuesday, 27 May 2025 (Meccan calendar).
Once Dhul Hijjah begins, refrain from cutting hair or nails until the sacrifice is completed.
The Day of ‘Arafah: The 9th of Dhul Hijjah is the most virtuous day to fast, coinciding with the gathering of pilgrims on the plains of ‘Arafah in the state of Wuquf.
This year, the Day of ‘Arafah falls on Thursday, 5 June 2025 (Mecca date).
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“By the dawn (1) By the ten nights” Ṣadaqa Llāhu l-‘Aẓīm.
Allāh ‘Azza wa-Jalla swears by these blessed days. They most probably start tonight or tomorrow night. Of course, according to the calendar, it starts tonight, but still, we need to look at the moon.
Ten nights, He ﷻ says. These ten nights are from the great nights. Our Prophet ṣallá Llāhu ‘alayhi wa-sallam says, fasting them is a great virtue. It is better than fasting on normal days. Of course, the obligatory fasting is ramaḍān. Apart from ramaḍān, all of them are sunnah and voluntary fastings. Those who want can fast. Those who don’t want to can not.
But fasting those virtuous days is a gain. It is a great blessing for those who can. If you can’t, may Allāh ﷻ forgive you. Fast the 8th and 9th, or at least the Day of ‘Arafah, the 9th of Dhul Ḥijjah. It is good to fast it. It should not be missed. Of course, the charity and good deeds done on these days are also more valuable.
In these blessed days, if the Day of ‘Arafah is on Friday, that year would be the year of Ḥajj ul-Akbar. I don’t know how they’ll do it this year. Those who go to ḥajj follow what they decide. And Allāh ﷻ accepts it, Allāh ﷻ willing. If it is Ḥajj ul-Akbar, it has the reward of 70 ḥajj.
But of course now, especially in these years, even if a person does one ḥajj, they say “Kiss it and put it on your head.” Indeed, it is so. Because it is very difficult to go. If Allāh ﷻ gives the person life, he will reach it. If He ﷻ doesn’t give him, he will have already passed away until his turn comes. But if he has the intention, then Allāh ﷻ will accept his ḥajj according to his intention.
Because as we said, it’s not an easy matter. It gets harder every day. That is, of course, the wisdom of Allāh ‘Azza wa-Jalla. In the past, it took them six months to go. People would come from all over the world in a year. It would take them six months, a year or at least forty days or two months to arrive. The matter of ḥajj used to take this much time. The journey was difficult, but they would feel comfortable when they arrived.
But now it’s the other way around. As we said, ḥajj is hardship. It is a worship that has hardship. It’s not an easy worship. No matter how much you do, if you do the most luxurious things, there will still be hardship. That hardship is also a benefit for the believer. It is a reward and thawāb for the believer.
Therefore, who goes to ḥajj should be patient. How happy is he who perform his ḥajj minding his own business without causing any harm to others and goes back! It would be very beautiful. Because Allāh ‘Azza wa-Jalla says, do not fight, do not argue during ḥajj. There are many of such things. Especially some of our mindless Turkish ḥajjis. They go there and talk politics, talk this and talk that.
You already went there with difficulty. Remove politics and political issues from your mind. Beg to to Allāh ‘Azza wa-Jalla and do something there for those three or five days. Disconnect from dunyā. Don’t even look at what they’re doing. Dunyā has been going on the same way ever since anyways. Dunyā has never been a paradise. Paradise is for who is on the way of Allāh ‘Azza wa-Jalla; paradise here and hereafter.
When you are in ḥajj and not in dunyā don’t keep saying, “This political party, this man did this. This one did that.” Leave them! That is not your duty. You are the one in ḥajj. Stand firm. Forget dunyā. Forget dunyā and look at where you are. Perform your prayers. No need to go shopping in markets. All markets everywhere are the same anyways. No need to wander here and there. As much as you can, perform your worship around the Masjid al-Ḥarām and the Kaaba or in Masjid al-Nabawī, the Masjid of our Prophet ṣallá Llāhu ‘alayhi wa-sallam.
Don’t sit in the hotel room saying, “We paid a lot for this hotel. The hotel is right there with the Kaaba. We follow with the imām from the hotel room.” If you did so, may Allāh ﷻ accept it. However, it is better for you to go near the Kaaba. Of course, now they don’t leave you near the Kaaba. Wherever you are, up or down, stand in one place and perform your prayers and worship.
In shā’a Llāh, may Allāh ﷻ accept it. May Allāh ﷻ grant it to people. And may He ﷻ give those who intend according to their intention, in shā’a Llāh. Wa min Allah at-Tawfiq.
Al-Fatiha.
• Mawlana Sheikh Muhammad Adil ar-Rabbaniق
27 May 2025/ 29 Dhul Qa’dah 1446
Fajr Prayer – Akbaba Dergah, Istanbul
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✅ Solatul Sunnat Khusoma – 4 rakaʿāt Make the intention that the reward of this prayer be granted to those who may have claims against us on the Day of Judgment.
✅ Perform Solatul Sunnat ‘Arafah – 4 rakaʿāt with one salām
In each rakaʿah, recite:
Surah Fatihah × 1
Surah Ikhlas × 11
After completing the prayer: ➡️ Supplicate for yourself, your family, and loved ones — asking Allah to include you among those accepted as Ḥujjāj (the people of Haj). ➡️ Pray for those who have requested your du’a. ➡️ Pray for the peace and safety of the Ummah. ➡️ Pray for the appearance of Sayyidinā al-Mahdī ʿalayhi’s-salām.
✅ Recite 100 times: Astaghfirullāhal ʿAẓīm wa atūbu ilayh
With the intention that Allah forgives the pilgrims and includes us in their supplications.
✅ Recite abundantly: Rabbana atina fid dunya hasanatan wa fil akhirati hasanatan waqina adhaban nar
“Our Lord, grant us good in this world and good in the hereafter, and protect us from the punishment of the fire.” (2:201)
✅ Rest or sleep until Asar, as there will be little rest from that point until Fajr or Ḍhuha the following day.
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S. Ibrahim (as) was ordered to rebuild the Ka’aba, which had been hidden in the earth after the flood of Nuh (as). At the time of the flood, Mount Qubays (a mountain outside of Mecca) asked Allah ﷻ, “Let me hide your amanat. ”
So Allah ﷻ placed the black stone safely inside the mountain. Then Allah ﷻ put a little hill over the spot on which the Ka’aba had stood to mark it.
Ibrahim (as) asked his Lord, “Where and how should I build it?” Jibrail (as) came and removed the hill with his wing. Then a cloud appeared and shaded the area of the sanctuary so that its boundaries were made clear.
Then Mount Qubays asked Allah ﷻ that the Ka’aba be built from its stones. This Ibrahim (as) and Ismail (as) did and mixed the mortar with zamzam water.
The order came from Allah ﷻ. Jibrail (as) was the architect. Ibrahim (as) was the mason and Ismail (as) was the labourer.
Ibrahim (as) built the walls as high as he could reach. Then he took one large stone to stand on so that he could build higher. As the building grew the stone increased in height and it moved around the Ka’aba on its own with Ibrahim (as) standing on top of it. After the Ka’aba was completed this stone stayed nearby and became what we now know as Maqam Ibrahim (as).
Then Hajjar (ra), Sara (ra), Ismail (as), and Ishaq (as) came to make tawwaf. S. Ibrahim (as) was tired and he sat down. He was exhausted but he wanted to clean the area before making tawwaf. Just then a big wind blew through and carried all the debris and dust and dirt away. Those small bits of rock were distributed by the wind all over the world. Wherever a stone fell a mosque was or will be built until the end of time.
The Ka’aba is called Bayt Allah, the House of God, because all people are welcome there.
S. Ibrahim (as) made du’a that out of his love for the community of the coming Prophet Muhammad (sas) he could make shafa’a, intercession, for all the old people who would journey to the House. S. Ismail (as) asked for shafa’a for all the middle-aged people. S. Ishaq (as) asked for shafa’a for all the young people. S. Sara (ra) asked for shafa’a for all the women, and S. Hajjar (ra) for all the slaves and servants, both men and woman.
Then Ibrahim (as) put up his hand and said, “We love the community of the Prophet Muhammad (sas) and the pilgrims who will come will love him. They will only pray for their Prophet (sas) and they will forget all about us. ”
Allah ﷻ answered that He ﷻ would make it obligatory in the five prayers to remember Ibrahim (as) and his family. Ibrahim (as) was very satisfied with this promise.
After making Hajj, Ibrahim (as) left Hajjar (ra) and Ismail (as) and returned to the mountains on the border of Arabia and Palestine. One side of the mountains is green and one side brown and dry. There he prayed, “O my Lord, I left some of my family in a distant desert valley (Mecca) so You make people come to them. ” And today whatever you might want you will be able to find in Mecca..
Then Allah ﷻ ordered Ibrahim (as) to call the people to come for pilgrimage, Hajj. S. Ibrahim (as) asked, “But my Lord who will hear me?” Allah ﷻ ordered him, “Call and they will hear. ” So Ibrahim (as) raised his voice and began calling the people. When he finished he started to hear voices from far away like the buzzing of bees. “Labbayk Allahuma Labbayk” cried the voices.
“O Allah, ” Ibrahim (as) cried, “All those people are coming. How will I host them?” S. Jibrail (as) came down with a glass of water. He told Ibrahim (as) to throw this water into the wind. The wind took the drops of water all over the world. Wherever they landed they became salt. On the mountains they became rock salt. On the sea they became sea salt. Whoever uses this salt is enjoying the hospitality of S. Ibrahim (as) until the end of time.
The souls who answered Labbayk once will make Hajj one time. The souls who answered twice will make Hajj two times and so on.
The first Ka’aba was actually the Bayt al Ma’mur which, at the time of the flood, was raised to the fourth heaven. It is there today and the angels make Tawwaf around it. It is exactly the same as the Ka’aba in Mecca and directly above it. If it should fall it would occupy exactly the same space. But it will not fall or come to this earth again.
Al Fatiha.
HAJJAH AMINA ADIL (RA)
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In Loving Memory of Sheikh Muhammad Abdul Sattar Khan
Here is a short summary of a Sohbah given by Almarhum Sheikh Abdul Sattar Khan on 30 June 2022:
1) In these First Ten Nights/Days of Zulhijjah, believers are exhorted to increase their acts of Ibadah. This year is a rare Hajjul Akbar which Saints say is valued 7 times more than a regular Hajj.
2) Those not performing Hajj physically must not forget the importance of this holy month.
3) Believers in this Way must be in a constant state of Thankfulness to be invited and written to partake in the divine honour of Zikrullah, Iman and Islam.
4) Be in Shukur that the Divine Wrath has not touched us.
5) In these times, just like in the time of Sayyidina Nuhع, the ‘Rain of Anger’ has descended upon people.
6) Safety are only for those who hold on to, read and ponder over the Guidance of the Holy Quran and are choosen to be with Allah ﷻ and Prophet صلي الله عليه وسلم .
7) How does one attain this Safety, like in the Ark of Nuhع?
8) How did ‘the cursed one’ enter into the Ark of Safety and what can one do to prevent evil from entering into one’s physical and spiritual matters?
9) It is not easy to keep dirtiness away as it is rampant everywhere today. What must we do to be kept in the Ark/Train of Safety?
Do watch the full Sohbah below for answers to these questions:
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Wassalam.
Our beloved Sheikh Muhammad Abdul Sattar Khan reunited with his true love, Allah Almighty, on 11 November 2023.
May Allah forgive his shortcomings, bestow upon him endless blessings, mercy, and light, and elevate his rank for the sincerity of his efforts and contribution during his lifetime.
May he be placed amongst those closest and dearest to Allah Almighty.
‘Fabidhālika falyafraḥū huwa khayrun mimmā yajma‘ūn’
‘In that let them rejoice; that is better than what they accumulate.’
Allāh ﷻ tells us to be happy for what He ﷻ gives. What He ﷻ gives are things to be happy for. They are better than the goods of this world. What people collect is the goods of this world. Things given by Allāh ‘Azza wa Jalla are much better. If you are happy, be happy with them. Not for earning money and wealth, but be happy if you have ’īmān, says Allāh ‘Azza wa Jalla. That is better than everything. Things given by Allāh ‘Azza wa Jalla are things to be happy with.
So today, we are given this Eid. To be happy and joyful on Eid is a type of worship. It is to carry out Allāh’s ﷻ order. Allāh ‘Azza wa Jalla loves people who make Shukr and rejoice for what He ﷻ gives. If they don’t make Shukr and are not happy, Allāh ﷻ won’t be pleased. Because it is His ﷻ gift. When someone gives you a present but you don’t look at him pushing it away, he gets upset. Allāh ‘Azza wa Jalla gave everything to us. And above all, He ﷻ gave these Eids to us. These are beautiful things. These are the things we should be happy for, not anything else.
In old times, people used to value Eids more. Because there was not much idleness then. Better things were made during the Eid. They used to put on new clothes. And food was with more meat and sweets. The taste of Eid was more sensible in the poverty back then. Even if it is not much sensible now, people should be happy as it is something given by Allāh ‘Azza wa Jalla.
And when asked how you are, you should say, “AlḥamduliLlāh. I am happy, shukr to Allāh ﷻ.” People got used to saying “I’m unhappy.” Now people have a habit of saying, “I am not happy at all.” They think that it is cool to say so. Shukr to Allāh ﷻ, we are eating and drinking. Allāh ﷻ gave us rizq. And if Muslims perform their worship, there is nothing better than that. They should make shukr to Allāh ﷻ.
The Īmān of people of present time is not just on zero, it is below zero. In old times, even people with sins used to remember Allāh ‘Azza wa Jalla during such occasions, and they used to pray even if once or twice a year.
There is a famous story. Mawlānā Shaykh Nāẓimق and Ḥajjah Anneق used to always tell it. People had asked someone who never prayed, “Do you ever pray?” He said, “I do.” “When do you pray?” He said, “From Eid to Eid.“ He said it as if he prayed every day. They asked, “Do you drink alcohol?” He said, “From evening to evening” as if he very rarely does it.
Even though it is a joke and a funny story – It means that even in a drunken state, people used to come for prayers on Eid. There isn’t such a thing now. As I said, these people are on zero, and have gone below zero. It is the condition of the world. The ’īmān of people in this world has gone below zero. Therefore, may Allāh ‘Azza wa Jalla help us.
People with ’īmān should be happy now for not going below zero. We are near zero, around zero. They should make Shukr even for that. May Allāh ﷻ give strength of our ’īmān. May Allāh ﷻ make Eids a real Eid for us inshā’Allāh.
These Eids will turn into real Eids because of the thawāb written for us in the presence of Allāh ﷻ and our shukr inshā’Allāh. May Allāh ﷻ also give guidance to people. May Allāh ﷻ increase people’s ’īmān inshā’Allāh.
Wa min Allah at-Tawfiq. Al-Fatiha.
Al-Fatiha.
• Mawlana Sheikh Muhammad Adil ar-Rabbaniق
10 July 2022/ 11 Dhu’l Hijjah 1443
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Sohbah on 29th June 2022 by Mawlana Sheikh Muhammad Adil Ar Rabbaniق
The Prophet salla Llāhu ‘alayhi wa-sallam says to say: “SubhanaLlah, wa l-HamduliLlah, wa la Ilaha illa Llah”. It has is a big value insha’Allah in these days. There are many [Tasbih] that we wrote in our Awrad/Duties of Dhu l-Hijjah until the end of Dhu l-Hijjah.
Especially on the Day of Arafah: 1,000 times Surat al-Ikhlas insha’Allah. Those who can, fast the 8th and 9th of Dhu l-Hijjah. Who cannot fast two days, he can fast Yawmu Arafah, the 9th of Dhu l-Hijjah. This is a very blessed day.
Insha’Allah we shouldn’t miss this. Because when you miss something like this, it is difficult to find. You don’t know what you miss because you don’t see it, but it is a big gift from Allah جل جلاله.
Even in Dunya, you feel it and get benefit from it; in Dunya and for Akhirah also. Taqabbala Llah.
Wa Lhamdu li-Llahi Rabbi l-‘Alameen.
Al-Fatiha.
• Mawlana Sheikh Muhammad Adil ar-Rabbaniق
02 July 2022/ 03 Dhu’l Hijjah 1443
Osmanische Herberge, Germany
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Sohbah on 29th June 2022 by Mawlana Sheikh Muhammad Adil Ar Rabbaniق
وَالْفَجْرِ ﴿01﴾ وَلَيَالٍ عَشْرٍ
(Qur’ān 89:01-02)
‘Wa l-Fajr (01) Wa Layālin ‘Ashr’
‘By the dawn (01) And [by] ten nights.’ Ṣadaqa Llāhu l-‘Aẓīm.
Allah ‘Azza wa Jalla makes an Oath in this Surah, specially for these ten nights.
From the 1st of Dhu l-Hijjah until the 10th of Dhu l-Hijjah. He ﷻ is praising these days and making an Oath on these very holy ten nights. These blessed days begin tonight, until the first day of Eid ul Adha.
AlhamduliLlah, Allah ﷻ made every time as a reason to give us more from His ﷻ Favours; for us to get more rewards and to get more blessings. Some ‘Ulama/scholars say that these days are better than Ramadan because in Ramadan we don’t know which [night] is Laylatu l-Qadr, but for these nights, it is clearly known. And Allah ﷻ made it known to people in order for them to get multiple folds of rewards and blessings from these days.
Everything related to Hajj is very holy and special. It is once a year and there are many things to do in these days for Hajjis and for non-Hajjis. For this, we should do as much as we can from charity, Sadaqah, praying and Salawat. From what we can do, we should perform it more than other days, insha’Allah. There are too many things that the Prophet ﷺ was doing. We see here and there that they are saying to do these things. Maybe you cannot do all of them; but as much as we can do, we should at least do it more than normal days.
Insha’Allah may Allah ﷻ make it Mubarak, blessed for the Ummah and for all human beings also; for them to get rewards from Allah ﷻ, and to be safe from bad intentions and from shaytan and his followers insha’Allah. Insha’Allah Mubarak.
Wa l-hamdu li-Llahi Rabbi l-‘Alamin.
Al-Fatiha.
• Mawlana Sheikh Muhammad Adil ar-Rabbaniق
29 June 2022/ 30 Dhu’l Hijjah 1443
Ludwigshafen, Germany
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‘Wa li-Llāhi a’la n-nāsi hijju l-bayti man i-statā’a ‘ilayhi sabīlā’
‘And [due] to Allah from the people is a pilgrimage to the House (Ka’bah) – those who can afford the journey.’ Sadaqa Llahu l-‘Azim.
Allah ‘Azza wa Jalla says that Hajj is Fard for those who can afford to go there. Who have enough money and whose way is open, it is Fard for them. Who don’t have enough money, who don’t have good health and when there are obstacles, it is outside their will. Therefore, Allah ‘Azza wa Jalla says, “مَنِ اسْتَطَاعَ إِلَيْهِ سَبِيلًا”, “man i-statā’a ‘ilayhi sabīlā” – those who can go there.
In old times, it was difficult to go to Hajj. It was not for everyone, because there were long distances, big burdens, they had to leave enough money and enough provision for people at home. Those old times are over. Now it seems like everything is easy, but it is not. Hajj is difficult. And only those who have been destined by Allah ﷻ are able to go.
It was closed for two years. No one except a couple of people could go to Hajj. In spite of having everything, they couldn’t become Hajji. That is the Will of Allah ‘Azza wa Jalla that He ﷻ makes some people or things a means for others not to be able to make Hajj, to make hardship. And it is the wisdom of Allah ﷻ. But what’s important is the Order and the Will of Allah ‘Azza wa Jalla. No matter how easy they claim to make it, there is certainly some difficulty in it. And there is reward according to that.
Shukr to Allah ﷻ, today, someone from the people of the mosque is going with the first group for the first time this year since the last two years. We bid him farewell with Du’a. It is a beautiful old-time arrangement; they used to honour and bid farewell to those who were going to Hajj.
Our Shaykh Mawlana Shaykh Nazimق had taken people to Hajj from Cyprus for years. And while going, people would go out in the streets. They would bid farewell with a beautiful ceremony, with Takbir and Tahlil. It was as nice last night as well. Insha’Allah may those who want have it in their destiny. As we said, it is a matter of destiny.
Huge buildings are constructed in order to accept millions of people in Ka’bah and Madinah. But by the wisdom of Allah ﷻ, instead of increasing, they have decreased. So as many people as Allah ‘Azza wa Jalla wants are destined to go. There are people who have been waiting for years. And some of them pass away from this world without going there. Therefore, Allah ‘Azza wa Jalla says everything with His ﷻ wisdom. Nothing happens by my or your will. Everything happens by the Will of Allah ‘Azza wa Jalla.
May Allah ﷻ grant it to those who want. If Allah ﷻ wants, He ﷻ can let millions of people easily make Hajj. Allah ﷻ is Qadir – The All Powerful. These are the things that are not according to people’s calculations. These happen by the Will of Allah ‘Azza wa Jalla. May Allah ﷻ make it blessed for those who are going to Hajj insha’Allah.
Wa min Allah at-Tawfiq.
Al-Fatiha.
• Mawlana Sheikh Muhammad Adil ar-Rabbaniق
06 June 2022/ 07 Dhu’l Hijjah 1443
Akbaba Dergah, Istanbul
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Sohbah on 20th July 2021 by Mawlana Sheikh Muhammad Adil Ar Rabbaniق
Today is ’Īd. ‘Īdu l-Aḍḥá Mubarak to everyone. May Allāh ﷻ make these virtues last for us. This ’Īd is a favor of Allāh ‘Azza wa-Jalla to us. Certainly, He ﷻ gives barakah to those who accept this favor.
Allāh ‘Azza wa-Jalla is Al-Karīm, The Most Generous. May He ﷻ give relief to Muslims insha’Allah. May there be salvation. There are more troubles for people and Muslims from day to day. Troubles are being caused. As it is the end of times nowadays, the world is messed up, says our Holy Prophet ﷺ.
It is the time when people oppress and kill each other; they don’t show mercy to each other. But to seek refuge at the door of Allāh ﷻ is the best thing. Allāh ﷻ won’t leave anyone who seeks refuge in Him ﷻ. He ﷻ will help him.
Whoever seeks refuge in Allāh ﷻ becomes a winner eventually. Because there is hardship in the beginning. And then easiness comes. A chance is given to oppressors in the beginning. Then that chance is taken away from them, and they get the punishment they deserve.
Therefore, these feasts are always a means to mercy for people, for Muslims.
May your ’Īd be blessed!
People couldn’t go to ḥajj this year. It is a feast of qurbān and ḥajj as well. Many people made qurbān, shukr to Allāh ﷻ. Our Holy Prophet’s ṣallá Llāhu ‘alayhi wa-sallam order says that whoever can make qurbān but doesn’t make it shouldn’t say he prays. Because when a person can afford it but doesn’t make it, this means that he is not carrying out the order of our Holy Prophet ṣallá Llāhu ‘alayhi wa-sallam. He upsets our Holy Prophet ﷺ.
Shukr to Allāh ﷻ, many people who could afford it made it or had it done for them. Because it is not like before anymore.
In older times, everyone would slaughter their qurbān with their own hands as Sunnah. And it would be a nice thing on that day. But nowadays, even though they do it, it has become more difficult. Many people are sending to needy people from here so that qurbān is slaughtered wherever there are more poor people. It is acceptable too.
May Allāh ﷻ accept it. May Allāh ﷻ let us celebrate it in a better and nicer condition next year. May He ﷻ send the Ṣāḥib so that he saves people insha’Allah. Wa min Allah at-Tawfiq.
Al-Fatiha.
• Mawlana Sheikh Muhammad Adil ar-Rabbaniق
20 July 2021/ 10 Dhu’l Hijjah 1442
Lefke Dergah, Cyprus
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“There are no days in this world more beloved to Allah ﷻ, and more beloved to me ﷺ, than the first ten days of Dhu al-Hijjah.”
This Prophetic ḥadīth has been narrated with various wordings by seven Companions: ʿAbd Allāh ibn ʿAmr, Ibn ʿAbbās, ʿAbd Allāh ibn ʿUmar, Abū Hurayrah, Ibn Masʿūd, Jābir, and ʿUmar, as found in the early sources.
Some narrations include:
“So increase your recitation of takbīr (Allāhu akbar), tahlīl (Lā ilāha illa Allāh), and taḥmīd (Al-ḥamdu lillāh) during them.”
“The fast of a single day among them is equal to fasting an entire year, and one night among them is equal in reward to Laylat al-Qadr.”
Anas ibn Mālik said:
“It used to be said regarding the Ten Days: ‘Each day is worth 1,000 [in merit], and the Day of ʿArafah [9 Dhu al-Ḥijjah] is worth 10,000.’”
Narrated by al-Bayhaqī in Faḍāʾil al-Awqāt.
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“Labbayka Llāhumma labbayk. Labbayka lā sharīka laka labbayk. Inna l-ḥamda, wa n-niʻmata, laka wa l-mulk, lā sharīka lak.”
This is Yawmu ‘Arafah. It is a holy day. Today millions of ḥajjis make this takbīr and say labbayk on the mount ‘Arafāt. They are overwhelmed with the manifestation of Allāh ﷻ in that beautiful place, staying until the evening in worship and obedience.
Allāh ‘Azza wa-Jalla made a [specific] day. Whoever is destined to be there on that day will be present there. Whoever is not, just like this year no one can be there. Whatever Allāh ﷻ wishes happens.
It is the first house of Allāh ‘Azza wa-Jalla for people. Kaʿbah is the first house of Allāh ‘Azza wa-Jalla. The house of Kaʿbah was in heavens. Then it was descended to Makkah for people. Al-Ḥajaru al-Aswad was shining like a jewel in paradise as well. It was shining like the sun. However, when unbelievers touched it, that light disappeared. But it has something.
Whoever goes there, his record is inside it. Without the present recorders, Allāh ‘Azza wa-Jalla records wherever He likes. With the wisdom of Allāh ﷻ, that holy stone records everyone who makes tawāf, whether he comes close to it or can’t, everyone who gives salām. On the Day of Judgment, Allāh ‘Azza wa-Jalla will show them to people.
It is a holy day, Yawmu ‘Arafah. It is a very holy day both for those who are on ḥajj and those who are not. May Allāh ﷻ give us from its barakah. May we be with ’īmān, with true ’īmān insha’Allah.
There are many shayṭāns who try to steal ’īmān.
’Īmān is the most valuable thing people have.
Thieves are always trying to steal what is precious. And it is the most precious thing. But Allāh ‘Azza wa-Jalla certainly helps those who obey Him and don’t go against Him ﷻ.
We ask that our ’īmān strengthens from day to day in this world as well, until our last breath insha’Allah. ’Īmān is the greatest favor.
One can be Muslim, but there are many Muslims who don’t have ’īmān. Whoever calls himself Muslim and doesn’t believe in the miracles and rank of our Holy Prophet ṣallá Llāhu ‘alayhi wa-sallam doesn’t have ’īmān.
To be a Muslim is one thing and ’īmān is another thing. ’Īmān is to believe and to accept everything our Holy Prophet ṣallá Llāhu ‘alayhi wa-sallam brought to us. Those who don’t accept it are not believers. They can be Muslims but they are not considered as ones who have ’īmān.
Therefore, ’īmān is the biggest gift.
Insha’Allah with today’s barakah our ’īmān will become much stronger.
May we have more ’īmān insha’Allah. May it be good and blessed. May Allāh ﷻ give better years for Muslims because there are many shayṭāns who want to cheat Muslims. But the truth will be victorious in the end.
May Allāh ﷻ bless our ’Īd. May Allāh ﷻ make our day blessed insha’Allah.
Wa min Allah at-Tawfiq.
Al-Fatiha.
• Mawlana Sheikh Muhammad Adil ar-Rabbaniق
18 July 2021/ 08 Dhu’l Hijjah 1442
Lefke Dergah, Cyprus
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Mabrook on completing the Devotions of Arafah and the fasting of the first nine days of Zulhijjah.
Such a beautiful gift from Allah Almighty for the believers.
Summary of Practices & Devotions
1) On 10th Dhul Hijjah, pray Solatul Ishraq before proceeding to Eid prayers. Recite ‘Subhanallah wa bihamdihi….” 300 times along the way.
2) Do your Eid prayers at home with your family if you did not get to book a place at the mosque, best to do in jama’ah. It must be done before azan of Zuhur.
3) Do remember to bathe with intention, Sunnah of Eid, on this day.
4) Eat only after Eid prayers.
5) Do not fast for the next 4 days till 13th Zulhijjah. You may fast on the 14th and 15th Zulhijjah, as part of the monthly fasting of the White Days.
6) Do charity and continue the takbir of Eid from today all the way till the 13th Zulhijjah. Decorate your Eid with abundant remembrance.
7) Do not cut your hair or nails, till after your animal has been sacrificed. Du’a to be read once qurban is completed (as taught by Hjh Rukiye), “Inna salati wa nusuki wa mahyaya wa mamati lillahi Rabbil ‘Alameen.”
8) Do Solatul Khusoma (as taught by Sheikh Abdul Qadir Jilaniق) between Zuhur and Asar.
9) Remember, we are still in the Holiest first ten days of Zulhijjah till maghrib, so all good deeds are still multiplied up to 700 times, so do not let the time pass frivolously. (E.g. Don’t miss Solat Dhuha later after Eid prayers.)
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The Day of Arafah, 9th Dhul Hijjah, is the holiest day in our Muslim Calendar.
Pilgrims must gather at the plains of Arafah, between Zuhur and Maghrib, to be considered as having performed the Hajj.
As the Holy Prophet ﷺ said:
Hajj is Arafah.
Summary of Devotions
✅ Do fast on 9th Dhul Hijjah, insyaAllah it removes the sins of last year, and the next.
✅ Do also make intention to fast the Sunnat of Thursday at the same time.
✅ Do be in fervent du’as during the Wuquf period in Arafah. And since it is also the Night of Eid, you may and should continue to keep the night vigil till Fajr, followed by performing the Eid prayer after sunrise.
✅ Do pray Solat Khusoma on both the Day of Arafah and Eid, between Zuhur and Asar is the best time. Those who do not know how to perform this prayer, do refer to this link.
✅ Do read the entire kitab of du’as, HizbulA’zham tomorrow too. If you need a PDF copy do download here. This kitab takes about 5 hours to finish, so you may want to start on it earlier.
✅ You may and should begin to recite the takbir of Eid, and this recitation should continue till the final day of Tashriq, ending at the Azan of Maghrib on 13th Dhul Hijjah.
✅ This takbir Eid is a syiar (symbol) of Islam, so do perform it singly or in jemaah, loudly or privately, as you please. The usual practice is to recite it after every solat fardhu, but of course you may recite it anytime throughout the entire 5 days, as you please.
You may play the takbir Eid on your mobile devices or laptops (in the background) as you conduct your daily activities, so that you may subconsciously hum along and memorize it too in the process. Encourage the children to sing along too.
✅ On the morning of Eid, remember to bathe the Sunnat bath of Eid, but those who are doing Qurban still should not cut hair & nails, till the Qurban has been completed.
✅ Do not eat before the Eid prayers, eat only once you have returned home.
✅ Go to Eid prayers and return by different routes, whilst reciting the takbir of Eid along the way.
✅ Ladies (even those menstruating) are encouraged to attend the Eid prayer to listen to the Khutbah. Since this is now not possible due to Covid restrictions, make the intention of attending, in order to share in its rewards.
✅ Remember, the Khutbah of Eid is after the solat, so if you come late, you would miss the prayer itself, unlike for Jumaah prayers where latecomers miss the Khutbah but still get to solat Jummah. So don’t be late!
✅ Do not leave after the Eid solat, skipping the Khutbah!
And the same restrictions of Jummah Khutbah apply to the Eid Khutbah – no talking!
That includes “talking” on your phone i.e chatting on Whatsapp. Keep your phone aside and on silent mode, and give full attention to the Khatib, in order to receive the full blessings of the Eid prayer.
Indeed, Angels stand at the intersection of every road you pass on the way home, sending you salaams and congratulating you for your good fortune of being amongst the practising believers.
✅ Recite on Eid Day:
Subhanallahi wabihamdihi
Subhanallahil azheem
300 times
and send it as a gift to all Ahlul Qubur. Allah will send the lights of those readings to your own grave too.
✅ If you miss the Eid prayer or did not get a slot at the mosque, perform it at home. You may do it singly or in jemaah with your family. (No need to give Khutbah).
Jazakumullahu Khairan & Eid-ul Adha Mubarak.
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Sohbah on 15th July 2021 by Mawlana Sheikh Muhammad Adil Ar Rabbaniق
This month of Dhū al-Ḥijjah is a holy month. There is a lot of goodness and worship to be performed.
One of them is the prayer of ‘Īd.
‘Īd prayer is wājib to us. It is wājib to Ḥanafī madhhab. As it is not wājib to other madhhabs, it is Sunnah Mu’akkadah (confirmed) for them.
Also there is the matter of qurbān.
It is sunnah of our Holy Prophet ṣallá Llāhu ‘alayhi wa-sallam. Among all four madhhabs, only in Ḥanafī madhhab there is wājib. For others, it is Sunnah Mu’akkadah. It is sunnah of our Holy Prophet ﷺ. The worship called wājib is between Farḍ and Sunnah Mu’akkadah.
It is something greater than sunnah and is very virtuous.
Those who follow the Ḥanafī madhhab shouldn’t avoid it. As it is sunnah for other madhhabs, they may do it or not. It is not obligatory but better to perform.
According to Ḥanafī madhhab, whoever has got money equivalent to 100 grams of gold, whoever has got this amount in a year, it is wājib for him to make qurbān that year.
Making qurbān brings blessings and he performs a wājib worship.
Our Holy Prophet ṣallá Llāhu ‘alayhi wa-sallam says that Allāh ‘Azza wa-Jalla gives a palace in paradise for each of its hair.
It is too precious.
And it is same for every drop of its blood. Its reward is uncountable. As much as you can count, there is that much thawāb. Apart from this, when a person makes qurbān, normally he can divide it into three parts and keep one third of it to himself, then give one third to friends and one third to poor people. If he is poor himself, he can keep it all. If he is in too much need, he can keep it all.
In old times, they used to dry it and make Sujuk or Pastirma from it, or use it directly as dry meat. They would use it for a year. It can be done so by poor ones. They can keep it in a fridge and consume later. They will earn as many virtues. And their earnings remain with themselves. If they distribute to other poor people, their thawāb increases. They will receive their du‘ā’ too.
Also about qurbāns, shayṭan is interfering in everything now. He wants to prevent everything. He says it is a pity for animals. They are killed and slaughtered. What a pity. Especially non-Muslim people interfere a lot in it. Whereas in the first place, those animals want to be slaughtered in such holy days for the pleasure of Allāh (ﷻ).
Certainly, they don’t understand it. People without faith, kāfirs don’t understand this. Hypocrites don’t understand at all. Hypocrites say, “Don’t torture them. Don’t kill the animals”.
O kāfir, O hypocrites, O faithless ones, you eat meat every day.
Where does it come from?
Do you crop it from the tree?
The amount of animals slaughtered on ’Īd in all Muslim countries between the Muslims, kāfirs kill double of it in two days or in a week. They eat double of it.
Muslims distribute it to poor ones everywhere, in Africa, India or Pakistan. Some of the poor people who receive it, eat meat once a year. Not even once a year, we’ve heard that in some places people ate meat for the first time at the age of 30 or 40.
People who believe in whatever shayṭān says absolutely rebel against Allāh ﷻ.
People have started a war against Allāh ﷻ.
Never ever does anyone or anything under the order of Allāh get harmed. It is a benefit.
Therefore, whoever affords the qurbān, as we said, it is wājib for Ḥanafī madhhab. For the rest, it is Sunnah Mu’akkadah.
Our Holy Prophet ṣallá Llāhu ‘alayhi wa-sallam used to always slaughter two big rams with his own holy hands. The name of this ’Īd is ‘Īd al-‘Aḍḥā, Feast of Sacrifice. Qurban in Turkish and ‘Aḍḥā in Arabic. ’Aḍḥā means sacrifice.
From the beginning till the end, with barakah of this day, all of these animals wait to become sacrificed in such places. May a knife not touch their throats by kāfirs without BismiLlāh. These holy animals wish so.
Therefore, it is a blessing. These animals never decrease. They lamb once a year and deliver one lamb, and they feed millions of people.
It is a sign of barakah, barakah of Ḥalīl ʾIbrāhīm ‘alayhi s-salām. He is their shepherd. Their blessings came with him.
Wa min Allah at-Tawfiq.
Al-Fatiha.
• Mawlana Sheikh Muhammad Adil ar-Rabbaniق
15 July 2021/ 05 Dhu’l Hijjah 1442
Lefke Dergah, Cyprus
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In Loving Memory of Sheikh Muhammad Abdul Sattar Khan
Here is a short summary of a Sohbah given by Almarhum Sheikh Abdul Sattar Khan on 15 July 2021:
The first ten days of Zulhijjah are the holiest of the year, which is why this Khatam is the most valuable one all year, blessed are the ones chosen to attend tonight. And the pinnacle of these ten days is the Hajj, occurring in the holiest of earthly lands.
In these sacred days, occured many events of ongoing importance to the life of a believer. The most profound, being the magnificent story of the sacrifice, the Qurban of Sayyidina Ibrahim (as) of Sayyidina Ismail (as).
This historical event is of symbolic importance, a perfection of Divine Devotion for every believer and mureed in this Way.
يَا حَيُّ يَا قَـيُّومُ
بِرَحْمَتِكَ أَسْتَغِيثُ
أَصْلِحْ لِي شَأْنِي كُلَّهُ
وَلَا تَكِلْنِي إِلَى نَفْسِي طَرْفَةَ عَيْنٍ
“O Ever Living, O Ever Sustaining,
in Your mercy I seek relief,
rectify for me all of my affairs,
and do not leave me to my egoistic-self even for the blink of an eye.”
Rasulullah ﷺ taught this beautiful du’a to his ﷺ daughter. It serves as a daily protection and a reminder for us to never fall for the cunning whispers of our internal enemy.
And our life in this dunya, is indeed only a blink of an eye, compared to the eternity of life in akhirat.
This abandoning of the treacherous ego was beautifully exemplified in Sayyidina Ibrahim (as) when he was put through a pressing test to crush his will and to allow only Allah’s ﷻ Will to manifest.
He obeyed the heavy heavenly order to sacrifice his son, a person most dear to his heart, while rejecting the dissuasion of syaitan and his ego, symbolised by the stoning of the Jamrahs.
Sayyidina Ibrahim (as) is seen in this historical event, disobeying his ego, and obeying Allah ﷻ, hence earning Allah’s ﷻ eternal Pleasure, and the Lofty Rank of the Friend of ArRahman.
Every King or Sultan has his private space, a forbidden sanctuary where only his will is manifested.
Allah ﷻ too has a Sacred Sanctuary, and that is one in which no pride or arrogance is allowed, for only Allah ﷻ has the right to those attributes. (Hadeeth)
Sayyidina Ibrahim (as) entered humbly into the sacred sanctuary of The Most Mighty, Sultan of all Sultans to sacrifice his son. There, only Allah’s ﷻ Will manifests.
Believers, for centuries commemorate this symbolic egoistic-self sacrifice on the most important day of the entire year, the Day of Arafah, where millions gather in the Lord’s Sacred Sanctuary to be cleansed of the treacherous, animalistic ego.
Every Muslim, not just those performing Hajj, is to be in repentance during this most mujarab (prayer accepted) period of Wukuf, as every du’a is granted on this afternoon.
Seek sincere forgiveness for all the times one has been in obedience to the ego, and hence, in disobedience to Allah ﷻ.
Seek forgiveness for all the complaining, grumbling, unhappiness with His ﷻ Will, doubt in the Perfection of His ﷻ Will – all these are symptoms of an ailing, sickly heart, and Allah ﷻ commands us to return to Him ﷻ, with Qalbun Saleem, the cleansed heart of perfected faith.
The Reality of Qurban is to sacrifice the sinful, lowly ego and allow only Allah’s ﷻ Perfect Will to manifest. Such an act requires years of training at the hand of a Sheikh, to gain the power to reign in the rebellious ego, allowing only the Lord’s Will to reign.
On the day of Wukuf, make intention to be at Arafah, Allah’s ﷻ Sacred Santuary, spiritually, with the pilgrims who are physically there.
May we always be spiritually with the living Ka’aba, the heart of our Guide, and be chosen to gather on the blessed Day of Arafah with the AwliyaAllah, and be granted Forgiveness for the past and Hidayah (Guidance) for the future and may Allah ﷻ accept all our prayers (du’as) and Qurban (sacrifices).
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Wassalam.
Our beloved Sheikh Muhammad Abdul Sattar Khan reunited with his true love, Allah Almighty, on 11 November 2023.
May Allah forgive his shortcomings, bestow upon him endless blessings, mercy, and light, and elevate his rank for the sincerity of his efforts and contribution during his lifetime.
May he be placed amongst those closest and dearest to Allah Almighty.
Sohbah on 9th July 2021 by Mawlana Sheikh Muhammad Adil Ar Rabbaniق
Allāh ‘Azza wa-Jalla swears on precious things. We are entering the month of Dhū al-Ḥijjah in two days insha’Allah. Starting from tomorrow evening there are these ten nights.
‘وَالْفَجْرِ’
(Qur’ān 89:01)
‘By the dawn.’
Fajr means dawn. It is a holy time. Whoever gets up and prays at that time receives blessings and great virtues. He attains worldly virtues and those of the hereafter.
And then there are ten nights.
These nights start from tomorrow evening. The tenth day is the first day of ‘Īdu l-‘Aḍḥā. These holy nights last until then. Allāh ‘Azza wa-Jalla swears on them in Qur’ān ‘Aẓīmu sh-Shān.
The things He ﷻ swears on are precious things. There are many things He ﷻ swears on in Qur’ān. And among them, there are these ten nights, ten days of Dhū al-Ḥijjah which are very blessed; as well as the worship performed during them.
It is the second of the sacred months. First one, Dhū al-Qa‘dah is ending. Then come Dhū al-Ḥijjah and Muḥarram. They were forbidden because of ḥajj in order not to make war and attack unnecessary people. When they [others] attack, it is a different matter. But it was forbidden to start a war.
These are holy sacred months, honored months. And there are many holy days within them. There are many holy nights. First ten nights of Dhū al-Ḥijjah are from them.
Whoever fasts for a day of them is as if he fasts for a whole year, says our Holy Prophet ﷺ in the Hadith Sharif.
Whoever revives a night is as if he stays revived every night for a whole year.
To stay awake for a night means to take ablution and pray two rakāt before going to bed and to wake up for tahajjud.
Whoever does it revives the night.
Some people think that to revive the night you have to stay awake all night. If you want to do so, you can make it once a year or once in 3-5 years.
However, our Holy Prophet ﷺ is accepting the easy and beautiful way as revival.
When you pray two rakāt and get up for tahajjud, you revive that night. You can do so every night. Those who cannot do it, should at least do it during these ten nights. If you start from tomorrow, you will reach a great virtue. It will be counted as if you revived every night for a year.
It wasn’t destined for people to go to ḥajj this year.
Whoever is allowed to go, these are the closest days to ḥajj. Usually it starts earlier, but now people are coming much closer to it. Some people have never seen Ka’bah, BaytuLlāh and maqām of our Holy Prophet ﷺ. They were waiting in excitement but couldn’t go this year. It is by the will of Allāh ﷻ. Everything is by fate. When it’s not in your fate, it doesn’t come.
Allāh ‘Azza wa-Jalla told ’Ibrāhīm ‘alayhi s-salām to call adhān when he built Ka’bah, BaytuLlāh in Makkah.
He said, “There is no one”.
Allāh ﷻ said “Call the adhān. Whoever hears it will be destined to perform ḥajj. So they will come and make ḥajj”.
Therefore, whoever hears the adhān of ’Ibrāhīm ‘alayhi s-salām certainly goes to ḥajj. Whoever doesn’t hear it can try to go as much as he can, it’s not destined for him. Either it is just not destined for him, or the way is closed or something else happens; there will be an obstacle.
May Allāh ﷻ bless these days.
May we know their value insha’Allah.
May Allāh ﷻ bless them for many years insha’Allah.
May we all reach them in health and with ’īmān insha’Allah.
Wa min Allah at-Tawfiq.
Al-Fatiha.
• Mawlana Sheikh Muhammad Adil ar-Rabbaniق
09 July 2021/ 29 Dhul Qa’dah 1442
Lefke Dergah, Cyprus
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The Prophet ﷺ said: “There are no days in which righteous deeds are more beloved to Allah, than these ten days. One fast during these ten days is equal to the fasting of one complete year, and the worship of one night during this period is equal to the worship in the Laylatul Qadr.” (Tirmizi)
Days of Virtue and Righteous Deeds
[Notes from Shaykh Abdul Qadir Jilaniق’s ‘Sufficient Provision for Seekers of the Path of Truth’ as well as from Maulana Shaykh Nazimق’s Suhbahs]
Praise be to Allah ﷻ who has created time and made some times better than others. Some months and days and nights are better than others, when rewards are multiplied many times, as a mercy towards His ﷻ servants.
This encourages them to do more righteous deeds and makes them more eager to worship Him ﷻ, so that the Muslim renews his efforts to gain a greater share of reward, and to prepare himself for death in readiness for the Day of Judgement.
This season of worship brings many benefits, such as,
• the opportunity to correct one’s faults and
• make up for any shortcomings or anything that one might have missed.
Every one of these special occasions involves some kind of worship through which the servants may draw closer to Allah ﷻ, and some kind of blessing through which Allah ﷻ bestows His ﷻ favour and mercy upon whomsoever He ﷻ Wills.
The happy person is the one who makes the most of these special months, days and hours.
He draws nearer to his Lord during these times through acts of worship. He will be touched by the blessing of Allah ﷻ and will feel the joy of knowing that he is safe from the flames of Hell.
The virtue of these ten days of Zulhijjah is based on:
(1)Allah ﷻ has preferred these 10 days over all the other days of the year. Ibn ‘Abbas (ra) reported that the Prophet ﷺ said: “There are no days in which righteous deeds are more beloved to Allah than these ten days.”
The people asked, “Not even jihad for the sake of Allah?” He said, “Not even jihad for the sake of Allah, except in the case of a man who went out to fight giving himself and his wealth up for the cause, and came back with nothing.”
(2)Allah ﷻ swears an oath by them, and swearing an oath by something is indicative of its importance and great benefit. Allah says in the Qur’an, “…by the dawn; by the ten nights” (Surah Al-Fajr 89: 1-2). This refers to the first ten days of Zulhijjah.
(3) The Prophet ﷺ commanded us to recite a lot of Tasbih (“Subhan-Allaah”), Tahmeed (“Al-hamdu Lillaah”) and Takbeer (“Allahu Akbar”) during this time.
‘Abdullah ibn ‘Umar (ra) reported that the Prophet ﷺ said: “There are no days greater in the sight of Allah ﷻ and in which righteous deeds are more beloved to Him ﷻ than these ten days, so during this time recite a great deal of Tahlil (“La ilaaha ill-Allah”), Takbeer and Tahmeed.”
Among the good deeds, which the Muslim should strive to do during the first ten days of Zulhijjah, are:
(1)Fasting the first nine days
Especially on the 9th of Zulhijjah (Day of ‘Arafah).
(2)Zikir
It is Sunnah to say Takbeer (“Allahu Akbar”), Tahmeed (“Alhamdu Lillaah”), Tahlil (“La ilaha ill-Allah”) and Tasbeeh (“Subhan Allah”) during the first ten days of Zulhijjah, and to say it loudly in the mosque, the home, the street and every place where it is permitted to remember Allah ﷻ and mention His ﷻ name out loud, as an act of worship and as a proclamation of the greatness of Allah ﷻ, may He ﷻ be exalted.
Rasulullah ﷺ said: “The best form of ibadah (acts of devotion) is to recite the Qur’an.”
(3)Performing Hajj and ‘Umrah One of the best deeds that one can do during these ten days is to perform Hajj to the Sacred House of Allah ﷻ. The one whom Allah ﷻ helps to go on Hajj to His ﷻ House and to Perform all the rituals properly is included in the words of the Prophet ﷺ: “An accepted Hajj brings no less a reward than Paradise.”
(4)Doing more good deeds in general, because good deeds are beloved by Allah ﷻ and will bring a great reward from Him ﷻ. Whoever is not able to go to Hajj should occupy himself at this blessed time by worshipping Allah ﷻ, praying (salat), reading Qur’an, remembering Allah ﷻ, making supplications (du’a), giving charity, honouring his parents, upholding the ties of kinship, enjoining what is good and forbidding what is evil, and other good deeds and acts of worship.
Prophet ﷺ said: “There are no days in which righteous deeds are more beloved to Allah ﷻ than these ten days.”
(5)Sacrifice(Qurban)
Those who have enough wealth to pay Zakaat must offer the sacrifice for Allah ﷻ, it is compulsory (wajib) in Mazhab Maliki, Hambali and Hanafi, and a very strong Sunnat in Mazhab Shafi’e. The Prophet ﷺ said, “Whoever has the means to perform a sacrifice, but did not, let him not approach my mosque.”
A lamb, sheep, goat , cow, buffalo, or camel can be offered as the sacrifice.
There are seven shares in a cow, buffalo and camel.
The sacrifice should be accomplished by slaughtering the animal after Salaat-al-Eid.
The sacrifice also called Udhiyah or Qurbani lasts for four days from 10th Zulhijjah until the sunset of 13th Zulhijjah.
The meat should be divided into three shares:
• one for the family,
• the second for relatives and friend and
• the third share is for the poor and the needy. Or all of the meat can be given to the needy, if that is needed in the area you are doing the sacrifice.
Prophet Muhammad ﷺ said: “On the 10th of Zulhijjah, there is no better act in the view of Allah than shedding the blood (of slaughtered animals). And verily sacrifice earns the approbation of Allah even before the drop of blood (of the slaughtered animal) falls on the ground. Hence you should offer it in good spirit (sincerely). For every hair of the sacrificial animal, there is a blessing.”
What must the Muslim avoid during these ten days if he wants to offer a sacrifice?
The Sunnah indicates that the one who wants to offer a sacrifice must stop cutting his hair and nails and removing anything from his skin, from the beginning of the ten days until after he has offered his sacrifice, because the Prophet ﷺ said: “ When you see the new moon of Zulhijjah, if any one of you wants to offer a sacrifice, then he should stop cutting his hair and nails until he has offered his sacrifice.”
Whoever needs to remove some hair, nails, etc. because it is harming him, such as having a broken nail or a wound in a site where there is hair, should do so, and there is nothing wrong with that. There is nothing wrong with men or women washing their heads during the first ten days of Zulhijjah, because the Prophet ﷺ only forbade cutting the hair, not washing it.
The wisdom behind this prohibition of the one who wants to offer a sacrifice from cutting his hair etc, is so that he may resemble those in ihram in some aspect of the rituals performed, and so that he may draw closer to Allah ﷻ by offering the sacrifice.
If a person has cut his hair or nails during the first ten days of Zulhijjah because he was not planning to offer a sacrifice, then he decides later, during the ten days, to offer a sacrifice, then he must refrain from cutting his hair and nails from the moment he makes this decision.
This prohibition appears to apply only to the one who is offering the sacrifice, not to his wife and children, unless any of them is offering a sacrifice in his or her own right, because the Prophet ﷺ used to sacrifice “on behalf of the family of Muhammad,” but there are no reports that said he forbade them to cut their hair or nails at that time.
(6)Sincere repentance
One of the most important things to do during these ten days is to repent sincerely to Allah ﷻ and to give up all kinds of disobedience and sin. Repentance means coming back to Allah ﷻ and foregoing all the deeds, open and secret, that He ﷻ dislikes, out of regret for what has passed, giving it up immediately and being determined never to return to it, but to adhere firmly to the Truth by doing what Allah ﷻ Loves.
If a Muslim commits a sin, he must hasten to repent at once, without delay, firstly because he does not know when he will die, and secondly because one evil deed leads to another.
Repentance at special times is very important because in most cases people’s thought turn towards worship at these times, and they are keen to do good, which leads to them recognizing their sins and feeling regret for the past.
Allah ﷻ says: “But as for him who repented, believed and did righteous deeds, then he will be among those who are successful.” (Surah Al-Qasas 28:67)
The Day of ‘Arafah (9th Zulhijjah)
The 9th day of Zulhijjah is called ‘Yawmul Arafah’ (The Day of ‘Arafah). This is the date when the Hujjaj (pilgrims) assemble on the plain of ‘Arafat, six miles away from Makkah al-Mukarramah, where they perform the most essential part of the prescribed duties of hajj, namely, the ‘Wuquf of Arafat (the stay in ‘Arafat)’.
Beginning from the Fajr of the 9th Zulhijjah up to the ‘Asr prayer of the 13th, it is obligatory on each Muslim to recite the Takbir of Tashreeq after every fard prayer in the following words:
“Allahu Akbar, Allahu Akbar, La Ilaha Illallahu, Wallahu Akbar, Allahu Akbar wa lillahilhamd.”
(There is no God but Allah and Allah is the greatest, Allah is the greatest and to Allah belongs all praise.)
Whether one is performing salah with Jama’ah (collectively) or on one’s own (individually) makes no difference, one should recite the Takbir.
However, male Muslims should recite it in a loud voice, while females should recite it in a low voice.
Practices of the Day of ‘Arafah for those at ‘Arafah
For those going to Haj, they needn’t fast on that day as they have many obligations to fulfill.
They must complete the reading of the Kitab, al-Hizbul ‘Azam, also known as the Supreme Daily Dhikir, a collection of prayers from Qur’an and Hadeeth, by Mullah Ali Qari. They are to read it from beginning to end.
They must not smoke cigarettes and sheesha.
They must not engage in frivolous talk, haggling, quarreling, arguing or wrangling.
They are to make fervent prayer (du’as/supplication), whilst pleading and weeping, seeking His ﷻ Favours and Bounties.
If they do all these, they will emerge clean. If not, they will emerge (as dirty) as they entered ‘Arafah.
Practices of the Day of ‘Arafah for Those Not Performing Haj
(1)Fast
Remember fasting means that your tongue, eyes, and all organs, must fast too, especially your heart. fasting on this day removes the sin of the previous year, and of the year to come.
(2)Recite:
Suratul Ikhlas, starting from morning and completing the reading before sunset, GrandSheikh Abdullahق used to say this 1,000 times.
La Ilaha illa Allahu Wah’dahu La Shariqa Lah Lahul Mulk wa Lahul Hamd Yuhyi wa Yumit wa Huwa ala Kulli Shay’in Qadir 100 times.
SubhanAllah, wal Hamdulilah, wa La Ilaha illallahu, wa Allahu Akbar, wa la Hawla wa la Quwwata illa Billah Al Aliyal Azim, 100 times.
Istighfar 100 times.
Selawat (salutations) upon the Prophet 100 to 1,000 times.
You may increase all the above recitations to more than the stated numbers, and weep whilst you supplicate, beseeching Allah ﷻ to grant you His ﷻ Favours.
(3)Make du’a for Ummah of Rasulullah ﷺ and for our beloved Shaykh.
Mawlana Shaykh Nazimق‘s used to supplicate, “Pray for me that I am not placed in a position to be in need of anyone, pray that I am not confined to my bed, pray that I am not humiliated amongst people, pray that the love of Islam is always in our hearts, and that we are under the banner of Islam, here and hereafter.”
(4)Perform Solat al-Khusama, preferably, between Zuhur and Asar (explanation below)
Celebration of Eidil Adha
The Night Preceding ‘Eid-ul-Adha’ (10th Zulhijjah)
It had been the practice of the Prophet ﷺ, that he would not sleep in the night preceding the day of Eid-ul-Adha. Almighty grants all du’as (prayers) in this night. Therefore, it is desirable to perform much du’as/prayers and worship in this night.
The Prophet ﷺ, is reported to have said: “Whoever stands up (in worship) in the nights preceding the two Eids expecting rewards from his Lord, his heart will not die when the other hearts will die.” (Ibn Majah)
Hence one should not be busy shopping, cooking, decorating or partying on this night, it is a Night Allah ﷻ looks at His ﷻ Servants and grants their needs.
On Eidul Adha / Hari Raya Haji itself
(1) Before going to Eid prayer, it is Sunnah to bathe, brush teeth, wear your best clothes and for men to put on perfume.
(2) It is forbidden to fast on this day, but you are not to eat before performing the Eid prayers. Eat only after Eid prayers or after the sacrifice, if you are doing a sacrifice.
(3) Given the choice of praying at the mosque or at a Multi Purpose Hall, stadium or open space, choose the latter. The Prophet ﷺ did not perform Solat Eidul Adha at the Mosque, he held it at the open ground, so it is a Sunnah to do that.
(4) Go early for Eid prayers.
(5) Women and children are also encouraged to join in the festivities by going to that gathering. Even menstruating women may go, and although they cannot pray, they can listen to the Eid Khutbah.
(6) In the Eid prayer, the Khutbah is after the prayer (unlike Friday prayers when the Khutbah is before the prayer). Do not talk during the Khutbah – listen respectfully, as if it were the Prophet ﷺ speaking to you from the mimbar.
(7) The Eid prayer is a two raka’at prayer. It is identical to any other 2 raka’at prayer except that there are some extra takbirs(Allahu akbar) inserted in each raka’at. In the first ra’ka’at, between the Takbiratul ihram and Suratul Fatihah, there are 7 additional takbirs. In the second raka’at, before reading Suratul Fatiha, there are 5 additional takbirs. (This is for followers of Mazhab Shafi’e)
Intention: I am performing my Solat Sunnat Eidul Adha prayer, 2 raka’at, for the sake of Allah.
(8) Return home by a different route from which you came. This is also a Sunnah of the Holy Prophet Muhammad ﷺ.
(9) If you missed the prayer at the mosque because you woke up late, you may pray this Solat Eid at home, on your own. Just make the intention, and pray a two raka’at prayer, remembering to add the 7 extra takbirs in the first raka’at, and the 5 extra takbirs in the second raka’at.
The prayer can be done anytime from 15 minutes after sunrise to just before the azan of Zuhur. Once past the azan of Zuhur, the time for the Eid Solat has lapsed.
(10) Spend the day in good acts, like zikir, charity, the best good deed of which is to perform Qurban. It is an important Sunnah to perform Qurban every year.
(11) The Prophet ﷺ summarised how we should spend Eid (Hari Raya) in a beautiful hadeeth:
“Decorate your Eid (Hari Raya) with Takbir (Allahu akbar), Tahmid (Alhamdulillah), Tahlil (Lailahaillallah) and Tasbih (Subhanallah).”
(12) Solat al-Khusama can also be done on this day (and also on the day before), preferably between Zuhur and Asar prayer. Taught by Shaykh Abdul Qadir Jilaniق, it is a 4 raka’at prayer, done at one go with one salam at the end.
It is done, so that the reward of it is donated to all people whom you have harmed and sinned against, so that Allah ﷻ will use the reward to satisfy their claims on the Day of Resurrection, if He so wills.
It is done as follows:
1st raka’at: Surah al-Fatihah, followed by Surah al-Ikhlas (Qul hu Allau ahad) 11 times.
2nd raka’at: Surah al-Fatihah, followed by Surah al-Ikhlas (Qul hu Allau ahad) 10 times, and Surah al-Kafiroon, 3 times.
3rd raka’at: Surah al-Fatihah, followed by Surah al-Ikhlas (Qul hu Allau ahad) 10 times, and Surah al-Takathur (Alha kumu takathur), 1 time. Surah al-Takathur is Surah number 102.
4th raka’at: Surah al-Fatihah, followed by Surah al-Ikhlas (Qul hu Allau ahad) 15 times, and Ayatul Kusi 1 time.
Then donate the spiritual reward of the performance of this prayer, to all those enemies who will have a claim against you on Judgement Day.
We are encouraged to do this prayer on 7 specific occasions:
on the first night of Rajab
on the night of the middle of Sha’ban (15th Sha’ban)
on the last Friday of Ramadhan
on Idul Fitri (Hari Raya Puasa, 1st Syawal))
on Idul Adha (Hari Raya Haji, 10th Zulhijjah)
on the Day of ‘Arafah (9th Zulhijjah)
on the Day of Ashura (10th Muharram)
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Alhamdulillah and Ameen.
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Mawlānā Rumī has beautiful poems masha’Allah. Allāh ‘Azza wa-Jalla has given to his heart every condition of mankind. And he had said it, masha’Allah. Every line, every word is full of great wisdom. He says that what you say will not happen will happen. He says that the time that does not pass will pass. That is beautiful.
People think that something will last forever. Whereas it is not clear what will happen a minute later or a second later. Dunyā is based on possibilities. You can’t say it won’t happen about anything. Anything can happen. There is no guarantee for anything. Everything can change. The Unchanging, the One who is not affected by anything is Allāh ‘Azza wa-Jalla. Apart from Him ﷻ, everything can change, everything can become something else.
People think that based on their own experiences and actions, they are making guarantees for themselves, that nothing happens to them. This is foolishness and stupidity. To be guaranteed, be with Allāh ‘Azza wa-Jalla. If you do what Allāh ‘Azza wa-Jalla commands, you’ll be under insurance. Keep and preserve the love of our Prophet ṣallá Llāhu ‘alayhi wa-sallam in your heart. If you respect him ﷺ, you will be guaranteed.
There is a poem that says, everything, every du’ā’ you make is between two things: it will be either accepted or not. Only if you make salawāt upon our Prophet ṣallá Llāhu ‘alayhi wa-sallam. It applies to all worships. “كُلُّ الْأَعْمَالِ بَيْنَ الْقَبُولِ وَالرَّدِّ إلَّا الصَّلَاة عَلَى الرَّسُولِ فَإِنَّهَا لا تُرَد”, “All deeds are between acceptance and rejection, except for sending salutations upon our Prophet ﷺ; it is not rejected.”
It will be either accepted or rejected. Except salawāt, sending salāt and salām to our Prophet ﷺ. Allāh ‘Azza wa-Jalla will surely accept it. No matter how you say it, He ﷻ will accept it. Therefore, this is our secret for our deeds to be guaranteed. But shayṭān doesn’t want that either. People who appear to be Muslim say, “You made Shirk. You committed Bid’ah.” They lead people astray.
Therefore, as we said, there is no guarantee for anything in dunyā, but there is one guarantee and that is loving and honoring our Prophet ṣallá Llāhu ‘alayhi wa-sallam. Allāh ‘Azza wa-Jalla will not reject the deeds [of who has that]. He ﷻ can reject everything else; it is a possibility. But one thing which is not rejected is our Prophet ṣallá Llāhu ‘alayhi wa-sallam.
Therefore, honoring our Prophet ṣallá Llāhu ‘alayhi wa-sallam all the time is our guarantee, Allāh ﷻ willing. May Allāh ﷻ increase his ﷺ love. And may He ﷻ guide people. Because there are some very stupid people out there. And children with strange ideas, “We accept this, we don’t accept that.” And they are wandering around. This is the fitnah of shayṭān.
“Your wealth and your children are but a trial.” Ṣadaqa Llāhu l-‘Aẓīm.
Allāh ‘Azza wa-Jalla is saying, your wealth and children are a test for you. They are a trust. Strive for them to be in the way of Allāh ﷻ. Raise them on the way of Allāh ﷻ. Strive for them to be from the beloved servants of Allāh ﷻ. This requires sacrifice for your children and family. Sometimes you have to overcome your ego and do what Allāh ﷻ says. You should do things that Allāh ﷻ loves.
The most beloved people to Allāh ‘Azza wa-Jalla are the youngsters on the way of Allāh ﷻ. Allāh ‘Azza wa-Jalla loves them. And when He ﷻ loves them, He ﷻ honors them, their families and those who raised them. And it is perpetual. Their deeds that come from them later on [when parents pass away] will benefit them too.
When mankind’s book of deeds is closed after he dies, nothing reaches him except three things. A person does not receive reward except who: firstly, raised a righteous child and is on that way, the way of Allāh ﷻ. He earns the reward for that. Secondly, who teaches knowledge, and that knowledge is ongoing. He also takes rewards for everyone it reaches. Finally, who does good deeds, charity, builds mosques, builds fountains, builds a house or so.
These are the things done that are rewarded. Most important of all is raising a righteous child. It will both benefit himself and you. A righteous child will be of benefit both while living in this world, and he will continue to be of benefit for you after.
That’s why, we need to pay attention. Since we live in the end of times, shayṭān and the people who are with shayṭān are attacking the child. They don’t leave him alone. The child already has an ego and has wants. They help him do them. They help him to stay away from the way of Allāh ﷻ.
So, parents leave the children free and then say, “My son is like this, my daughter is like that.” Or they put too much pressure on them, and that’s something else. They do otherwise. Our Prophet ṣallá Llāhu ‘alayhi wa-sallam says, “خَيْرُ الْأُمُورِ الْوَسَط”, “Khayru l-‘Umoori l-Wasat”, “The middle of everything is best.”
You must keep the middle state. You mustn’t be giving too much pressure or too much freedom with goodness. His ego also attacks him. You must get rid of the ego. You should raise them according to principles and ethics just as Islām taught, and as our Prophet ṣallá Llāhu ‘alayhi wa-sallam showed. So that it is balanced, and he knows himself.
The one who knows himself knows Allāh ‘Azza wa-Jalla. Muhyiddin Ibn al-Arabī says, “مَنْ عَرفَ نَفْسَهُ عَرفَ رَبَّهُ”, “Man ‘a’rifa nafsah fa-qad ‘a’rifa Rabbah”, “Who knows himself knows his Lord.” He who knows himself knows Allāh ‘Azza wa-Jalla. He who does not know himself, doesn’t know anything.
All the diplomas have no benefit and are useless. “I reached that much of high education. I reached low education,” they say. If a person has not known Allāh ‘Azza wa-Jalla, he has not known anything. He will have wasted his life in vain. He will have suffered.
May Allāh ﷻ protect us. May Allāh ﷻ protect our children and all of us from the evil of the ego and shayṭān. Wa min Allah at-Tawfiq.
“Whoever Allah guides, no one can lead astray; and whoever Allah leads astray, no one can guide him.” [Ḥadīth]. If Allāh ‘Azza wa-Jalla wants guidance for a person, no one can corrupt this person, no one can lead him astray. And may Allāh ﷻ protect us, if He ﷻ wants to lead him astray, no one can bring him to the right way.
The greatest [means] to go on the right way is to love our Prophet ṣallá Llāhu ‘alayhi wa-sallam. Respecting and honoring him ﷺ will make you steadfast in the sight of Allāh ‘Azza wa-Jalla. You will be with the good people. Otherwise, if you say out of your ego, “I will learn knowledge,” then may Allāh ﷻ protect you, you will not have īmān; you will have nothing.
Therefore, this way, the way of our Prophet ṣallá Llāhu alayhi wa sallam makes a person steadfast with the permission of Allāh ﷻ. If one was destined to follow and continue on it, there is no fear and no sorrow for him. Fear and sorrow are in straying from the way. Nothing benefits a person who strays from the way. Even if the whole world was his, it would be worthless. It would not be worth a single atom.
Therefore, to go on the way of our Prophet ṣallá Llāhu ‘alayhi wa-sallam whom Allāh ‘Azza wa-Jalla loves, we must respect and honor him ﷺ as much as we can. To honor him ﷺ, remember him ﷺ, make salawāt upon him ﷺ strengthens our īmān. Otherwise, we are seeing. They twaddle, “What is ṭarīqah for!” Ṭarīqah means going on the way of our Prophet ṣallá Llāhu ‘alayhi wa-sallam. Deviating from this way means misfortune and eternal loss. This way is a luminous way, the way of our Prophet ṣallá Llāhu ‘alayhi wa-sallam.
Many people are scared saying, “We don’t want to go out of the way!” In order not to go out of the way, you should follow the way of our Prophet ṣallá Llāhu ‘alayhi wa-sallam, and do a lesson every day, even if a little bit, to remember that way. Even if you can’t do it all, a little bit is important.
“أَجَلُّ الْكَرَامَاتِ دَوَامُ التَّوْفِيقِ”, “Ajallu l-karāmāt dawāmu t-tawfīq”, “The biggest karāmāh of all is to be consistent.” Even if it’s a little bit, following without interruption, without leaving the way, will not lead you astray. Otherwise, if you deviate from the way, may Allāh ﷻ protect you, your return becomes difficult. May Allāh ﷻ help you.
May Allāh ﷻ guide people. Because as we said, Allāh ‘Azza wa-Jalla gives guidance to whom He ﷻ wills, and He ﷻ does not give guidance to whom He ﷻ wills. In shā’a Llāh, those who are given guidance must follow this way to be steadfast on this way. May Allāh ﷻ protect us. May Allāh ﷻ make us all steadfast, in shā’a Llāh. Wa min Allah at-Tawfiq.
“Wa Jaalnā Nawmakum Subātāan (9) Wa Jaalnā Al-Layla Libāsāan”
“And made your sleep [a means for] rest (9) And made the night as clothing.” Ṣadaqa Llāhu l-‘Aẓīm.
Allāh ‘Azza wa-Jalla says, We made sleep for you so that you can rest. Sleep was made for you so that your body can rest. Allāh ‘Azza wa-Jalla has created everything beautifully.Whatever is needed by humans or other creatures, He ﷻ gave them. There are people living in dunyā, and there are animals too. Some sleep at night, some don’t. They walk around at night. They call it nightlife.
There are two types of nightlife. There is a nightlife in which one sleeps and wakes up, rests and wakes up, prays tahajjud for the pleasure of Allāh ‘Azza wa-Jalla, performs other prayers, prays Fajr prayer, and then if he needs rest, he rests. This is the acceptable night life. Hadrat Ahmad Badawī says, one rak’ah [of tahajjud] is better and of more thawāb than a prayer during the day. This is a great opportunity for believers. Even if he wakes up 5-10 minutes before Fajr prayer, it will still be considered as tahajjud. Whether it’s 10 minutes, 1 hour or 2 hours before Fajr – if they can get up.
Of course, most people can’t get up. Why can’t they get up? Because they don’t go to bed on time. They come and ask, “Why can’t we get up? We can’t get up for tahajjud.” You don’t go to bed on time. If you sleep on time, you’ll wake up. It’s not that hard. What you’re saying isn’t that strange.
If you go to bed at twelve or at one, of course, it would be hard to wake up at three. Whereas, if a person goes to bed at around eleven, at the latest, he can wake up comfortably. As we said, the prayer performed at night is much more virtuous than the prayer done during the day. It is a much more acceptable worship to Allāh ‘Azza wa-Jalla.
The second nightlife, as we said – May Allāh ﷻ protect us. May Allāh ﷻ save those afflicted with it. They don’t sleep. They never sleep until the adhan is called. He drinks and I don’t know what. Then, before the adhan is called, he goes to bed. May Allāh ﷻ protect us. That night life is a life that is not good for the person’s body and soul. It is a life that also harms your spirituality. Because there is beneficial time for sleep.
And there is also a useless time. The useless is when one goes without sleeping, spending the most precious time in bad conditions. It’s not good for the body, and much worse for the spirituality. He earns so many sins instead of so much thawāb. May Allāh ﷻ protect us.
A person should be careful with his body. As much as he can do – Allāh ‘Azza wa-Jalla gave mankind that thing. Allāh ‘Azza wa-Jalla created the human body telling him what to do accordingly. Those who say they can’t do it – when it is on the way of shayṭān, they do it. When it is on the way of Allāh ﷻ, shayṭān forbids them. That’s why, it would be difficult for them to get up at night or get up for Fajr prayer. It would be not a little but very difficult for people.
May Allāh ﷻ protect us. May Allāh ﷻ grant it to those who do not do it. May it not pass in vain. May it be health for the body, and acceptable for the spirituality, in shā’a Llāh. Wa min Allah at-Tawfiq.
Ṭarīqah, shukr to Allāh ﷻ is for the ākhirah. It is to make the ākhirah prosperous, to stay away from dunyā. It is to remove dunyā from the heart, not to put it in the heart. These pieces of advice are for the believers to only work for their ākhirah in dunyā. He whose ākhirah is prosperous, will pass through dunyā comfortably. Even if it doesn’t pass comfortably, it doesn’t matter. What matters is for the ākhirah to be prosperous.
There are many pieces of advice in the ṭarīqah. Our Holy Prophet ṣallá Llāhu ‘alayhi wa-sallam says, “الدِّين النَّصِيحَة”, “Ad-Dīnu n-Naṣīḥah”, “Religion is advice”. Religion is based on advice. What is advice? To show good things. Those who do them, do them. Those who don’t do them, know for themselves.
One of them is politics. They call it “Siyāsah”. We must stay away from politics. We have nothing to do with it. There are politicians to do politics. Their work and knowledge is another knowledge. It is not necessary for us, the people of ṭarīqah. Because the people of the ṭarīqah know that whatever Allāh ﷻ says will happen. Therefore, they don’t interfere much in dunyā. Because politics is an affair of dunyā.
Allāh ﷻ created special people for it; they work in it. It’s not for everyone. But people of today, everyone knows the best, everyone does the best thing. Even the shepherd on the mountain top strives to interfere in politics. But people like us who strive to interfere are working in vain. As we said, there are special people who work in it. Allāh ﷻ created us like that: everyone works according to his ability. You must know that.
The most dangerous thing for the murīd if he enters politics, most people forget ākhirah, they forget Allāh ‘Azza wa-Jalla, they forget the orders of Allāh ﷻ. He becomes busy with politics. His mind and thought is in it, his heart is in it. That’s why, he must stay away from it.
Most mashāyikh even forbade their murīds from interfering in it. Because when it enters a person’s heart, they will then have, “حُبُّ الرياسة”, “Hubbu r-Ri’asah”, “Love of Leadership/Headship.” This is the disease of the ego that leaves the heart last. A person deals with this disease until his last breath.
According to people, they think it is not a disease but a great work to do. Whereas the work you do is clear, and what will happen is clear. People of ṭarīqah must know that. What Allāh ‘Azza wa-Jalla wants happens. Nothing else happens.
Therefore, you should not say, “I will do this and that.” Mind your own business. Mind your strength. Mind your worship. Mind your ākhirah. Mind your children in dunyā and make du’ā’ that He ﷻ improves them; that’s enough for you.
May Allāh ﷻ help you. May Allāh ﷻ give people mind understanding so that everyone does what they know. May they not interfere with what they don’t know, in shā’a Llāh. Wa min Allah at-Tawfiq.
“Oh, woe to me! I wish I had not taken that one as a friend (28) He indeed led me astray from the remembrance.” Ṣadaqa Llāhu l-‘Aẓīm.
In hell – we are talking again about hell. People have given their egos freedom to do what they want. But along with that freedom, they don’t use their own will but use the will of others. They follow them. And that way they follow is eventually the reason of them going to hell.
Qur’ān ‘Aẓīmu sh-Sha’n describes this state of theirs. He laments to himself, “I wish I had not followed this one. I wish I had not followed this one’s way. He led me astray while I was on the right way. He led me astray while I was on the good way. Woe to me!” There cannot be any state worse than this. “Because I followed that way, after being on the straight way, they led me astray.”
This is the state of the people now. They do not accept those who go on the right way, on the way of Allāh ﷻ. There’s nothing else according to their own minds, “There isn’t this or that.” Not when still small but when he becomes a little bit more of mind and bāligh (responsible), shayṭān attacks him more. And what’s worse than shayṭān, the men of shayṭān, his friends, this and that. “No, don’t listen to this.” Okay, if you don’t listen, what will you get in return? Nothing. If you don’t listen to them, then everything is yours.
This thought of following someone else’s ideas saying, “He did it. I’ll do it too, it would be good”, destroys the person. In the end, he will have gone to a place where there is no compensation. May Allāh ﷻ protect us. While in this world, a person can make up for everything. He asks forgiveness from Allāh ‘Azza wa-Jalla for every badness. He continues on the way. And that way will lead him to Paradise. No, if he doesn’t like it and says, “Their minds are old minds. Those have new minds”, he suddenly sees his own mind is gone.
Therefore, you must be careful. Is the way you are going on, the way shown right or wrong? You have to look carefully. Look well. Especially children and youth. They are the ones in this state the most, “I believe. No, I don’t believe.” When you become of mind and responsible, if you go out of the way, there is a responsibility upon you. Not like now; there is no such thing as responsibility at the age of 18. When you are bāligh and your mind is mature, then you have responsibility.
That responsibility is not based on whether you are young or old. There is when you are bāligh and mature, and there’s before that when you are a child. The child’s account is different. Their account is with Allāh ‘Azza wa-Jalla. The main account is after he is bāligh and of sane mind: at the age of 13, 14, 15. The account is when he becomes bāligh.
Today it’s said, “A 17 and a half year old man shot someone. He’s a child, nothing can be done.” There is no such thing. In the sight of Allāh ﷻ – of course even if he’s a child, he will still be punished. But when he is actually bāligh, the account is just as the adults. There’s no difference. So there’s nothing as “I’m a child, I’m small,” no. After you become bāligh, you are treated as a man. If you’re a girl, you are treated as a woman then. They also bear the punishment.
That’s why, you must be careful. A person must use his mind. Allāh ‘Azza wa-Jalla did not give him mind in vain. Those who use their mind will be saved in here and hereafter. May Allāh ﷻ grant us all the ability to use our minds. May He ﷻ not deprive us of our minds. Wa min Allah at-Tawfiq.
“Rijālun Lā Tulhīhim Tijāratun Wa Lā BayunAn Dhikri Allāhi Wa ‘Iqāmi Aş-Şalāati”
“[Are] men whom neither commerce nor sale distracts from the remembrance of Allah and performance of prayer.” Ṣadaqa Llāhu l-‘Aẓīm.
Allāh ‘Azza wa-Jalla has shown us the way and ordered us in this dunyā. He ﷻ says, “You must not get entangled in other games and entertainments on that way.” They are ones who only perform worship, and do not obey orders other than Allāh ‘Azza wa-Jalla’s orders. He calls them Rijāl.
Rijāl means the most superior of people. Those who control their egos. No trade, no games, entertainment or anything can separate them from the way of Allāh ‘Azza wa-Jalla. They are steadfast on this way. No matter what anyone does, no matter how much wealth and property, game and entertainment of dunyā there is, their hearts don’t incline towards it at all. They remain steadfast on the way of Allāh ﷻ.
People who remain steadfast are men in the sight of Allāh ﷻ. They are truly strong people. They are people who have not followed their ego. They have controlled their ego. Even if the whole world is on one side and they have left the way, they do not care. They do not look at that at all.
They continue, keeping on their own way, the way of Allāh ﷻ. They are the beloved servants of Allāh ﷻ. They are the awliyā’ of Allāh ﷻ. When we say awliyā’, everyone can be awliyā’ if they stay steadfast. It is not necessarily by doing karāmah. Being steadfast on the way is the greatest karāmah.
The one who remains steadfast on the way and does not stray from the way is a beloved servant of Allāh ﷻ. He is an awliyā’ of Allāh ﷻ. Awliyā’ means a beloved servant of Allāh ﷻ. If you want to be that beloved servant, don’t look at dunyā, don’t look at this or that. Follow the way of Allāh ‘Azza wa-Jalla, follow the way of our Prophet ṣallá Llāhu ‘alayhi wa-sallam so that you can reach Allāh ‘Azza wa-Jalla.
Otherwise, everything in dunyā is temporary. Nothing in this world is forever. Some strange people say forever. Forever, eternity is only in ākhirah. There is no eternity in dunyā. Not even the dunyā will remain; where will eternity be! May Allāh ﷻ protect us. May He ﷻ not stray us from the right way. May we know the right way, in shā’a Llāh. May Allāh ﷻ guide us all. May we not separate from the way, in shā’a Llāh. Wa min Allah at-Tawfiq.
Allāh ‘Azza wa-Jalla describes in Qur’ān ‘Aẓīmu sh-Sha’n the state of the people of Hell. Those who follow bad people in dunyā will eventually meet in hell. That is their destination. Bad people who oppose Allāh ‘Azza wa-Jalla will surely end up in hell. When they go to hell, those who follow them, those who oppose Allāh ‘Azza wa-Jalla, those who are enemies of Allāh ﷻ, will be together with them in hell. Then, they will see them there.
“They led us astray. They showed us the way. As much as they’ve done to us, let them have double the punishment. They showed us evil and showed us the way as good. And we followed them. In the end, our last stop was hell,” they say. Hell is not easy, and regret is useless. They have double the punishment.
“They led us astray.” “هَٰؤُلَاءِ أَضَلُّونَا”, “Ha’ulāi adallūna”, “These had misled us.” (Qur’ān 07:38). “They are the ones who lead us to misguidance. Let their punishment be double”, they say. And they tell them, “You have followed us. It’s your fault not ours.”
In dunyā, you run after people and tell them to show you the way. They say, “We understand. We are advanced. We know everything. Don’t follow the way of Allāh ﷻ. There is no such thing. How does your mind work!” They cheat them by telling them so and eventually their last stop will be in hell. That’s when they get angry with each other and swear at each other. But whether they swear at each other or not, it doesn’t matter.
You must go on the way of Allāh ‘Azza wa-Jalla in dunyā. You must follow the way that Allāh ﷻ has said. Even if your mother and father tell you not to go on this way, you mustn’t tell them bad words. You must treat them with goodness, but you mustn’t leave the way of Allāh ﷻ.
Whomever it is, whatever it is, you mustn’t leave the way of Allāh ﷻ. Allāh ‘Azza wa-Jalla is the owner of everything. Those who are with Him ﷻ will be saved. Those who are not with Him ﷻ, those who are enemies to Him ﷻ will perish. Whose end is desolation will be useless.
Therefore, you must be careful. It’s dangerous when you’re following the herd. The herd may lead you to a bad place. That’s why, be careful. Don’t be fooled by everything or every person. Especially in this end of times, there are many liars and fraudsters. He shows you black as white. He can show you white as black. He shows you good as bad, and bad as good.
Therefore, the Haqq (truth) is with Allāh ‘Azza wa-Jalla. Those outside of it, those who are against it will never benefit. They are useless. May Allāh ﷻ protect us. May He ﷻ not separate our ummah and people from the right way, in shā’a Llāh. Wa min Allah at-Tawfiq.
“When the shackles are around their necks and the chains; they will be dragged.” Ṣadaqa Llāhu l-‘Aẓīm.
Allāh ﷻ says that they will be dragged into the fire with iron chains around their necks. Who are those? Those who will go to hell. They are the ones with shackles around their necks and halters made of iron chains. These are the sins. Sins are wrapped around a person’s neck. It holds his neck. It holds him all around little by little.
If he does not repent, may Allāh ﷻ protect him, it eventually becomes a big chain and it becomes real and apparent on the Day of Judgment. You will see on the Day of Judgment, just as some people tie up their animals or dogs with a leash. It is the same, but this time with an iron chain.
Why? It is easy to get rid of it. If he repents and asks forgiveness while alive, Allāh ﷻ removes those little things around his neck. If he does something else again, it’s the same. If he begs Allāh ﷻ and asks forgiveness, He ﷻ removes it. It is in your hands. To be saved from those collars is in your hands. Allāh ‘Azza wa-Jalla loves forgiveness. He ﷻ forgives those who ask for forgiveness.
Therefore, do not say that it’s nothing because it is small. We repent and ask forgiveness for all our sins, and Allāh ‘Azza wa-Jalla forgives the sins of that day with His ﷻ forgiveness. If you persist and deny knowing or doing something according to your own mind, then may Allāh ﷻ protect you, you will suffer the punishment forever in ākhirah. It’s not easy.
People get confused on what to do for a small problem in dunyā. But why? Because they have forgotten Allāh ‘Azza wa-Jalla. So that they can get rid of that problem, they put a collar around their necks in another, worse way. There are collars in dunyā too. Some of them are hard to get rid of. For example, it becomes a habit. That habit harms your body. It also harms you financially and harms your family and life. It’s hard to get rid of it.
That’s why, you must stay away from the leash before you put it around your neck. While you say, “Let’s try it once. It’s okay. Once more, once more,” the leash becomes wrapped tightly around your neck then. You can’t get rid of it. All kinds of sins and continuous habits. There are some bad habits for the body that many people can’t get rid of. There are light ones, and there are heavy ones. There aren’t good ones, of course. A leash is a leash.
Therefore, you must stay as far away from sin as possible. Sins are not a good thing. They are a bad thing. So Allāh ‘Azza wa-Jalla forgives. But we should not put the collar around our necks so that we don’t suffer, in shā’a Llāh. May Allāh ﷻ protect us. Wa min Allah at-Tawfiq.
“Yā ‘Ayyuhā n-Nāsu ‘Innā Khalaqnākum Min Dhakarin Wa ‘Untha Wa Ja’alnākum Shu’ūbāan Wa Qabā’ila Lita’ārafū Inna ‘Akramakum Inda Allāhi ‘Atqākum”
“O mankind, indeed We have created you from male and female and made you peoples and tribes that you may know one another. Indeed, the most noble of you in the sight of Allah is the most righteous of you.” Ṣadaqa Llāhu l-‘Aẓīm.
Allāh ‘Azza wa-Jalla created people in different varieties; some black, some white, some yellow and some red. Their temperaments are also different, says Allāh ‘Azza wa-Jalla. It is by Allāh’s ﷻ wisdom. He ﷻ does what He ﷻ wants. He ﷻ knows His ﷻ own wisdom.
People ask themselves who is the best among them. The best one is the best in the sight of Allāh ﷻ. The one people consider good among them is whom they want interest and benefit from. But in the sight of Allāh ﷻ it is the pious. Piety means to avoid evil, to do good, to be a good person. That is the best person in the sight of Allāh ﷻ. A person who is good in the sight of Allāh ﷻ is also good among people.
But when he is bad in the sight of Allāh ﷻ, he can have as many people around him as he wants, or people who claim to love him, there is no benefit. Because that love is love for benefit. Love for the sake of Allāh ﷻ is different, and love for benefit is different. Eventually in the love for benefit, when the interest is gone, no love remains, no respect remains, no loyalty remains, nothing remains. Those who are on the way of Allāh ﷻ, those whom Allāh ﷻ loves, those goodnesses are in them, surely. No evil comes from them.
Those who are evil are those who are not on the way of Allāh ‘Azza wa-Jalla. They work and strive for their ego. They do everything to satisfy their ego. They are useless people. The scale here is the fear of Allāh ‘Azza wa-Jalla, being mindful of Allāh ﷻ. That cautious person does not do any evil. A person who’s not fearful of Allāh ﷻ can do all kinds of evil.
Therefore, may Allāh ﷻ protect us. We must be loved ones in the sight of Allāh ﷻ. A person who is loved among of others is useless. He will leave you in a minute, abandon you or harm you; he can do that whenever it benefits him. A person who is on the way of Allāh ﷻ never wants any badness and never does badness. Because he has īmān. Allāh ﷻ is with me. Allāh ﷻ sees me. Allāh ﷻ knows what we do. This is īmān.
When there’s no īmān, may Allāh ﷻ protect you. May Allāh ﷻ protect you from their evil, in shā’a Llāh. The world is filled with such people. Worldly interests have encompassed everywhere. May Allāh ﷻ improve them. May Allāh ﷻ protect us. Wa min Allah at-Tawfiq. Al-Fatiha.
There are recited Qur’an Khatms, Surahs, Tasbīhat from all over the world. We gift them firstly to our Holy Prophet ﷺ, his ﷺ Ahlu l-Bayt and ṣaḥābah, souls of all Anbiya, Awliya, Asfiya. To the souls of all Mu’mins and Mu’minahs, Muslims and Muslimāt. To the souls of all our past ones. May whatever goals those who recited have be reached. For happiness here and hereafter. For strength of īmān. Li-Llahi Ta’āla.
What is the best and most beloved attribute of a servant to his Lord, Allah Almighty? What is it that Allah Almighty loves to see in His servants?
Recently, a Swami (Hindu priest) came to visit us. He came very humbly, asking for nothing and never expecting any respect from our community. His Holiness, the Swami, was behaving as if he were a guilty person, as though he had done something wrong. Such was his humility.
I was watching him. He entered in a very simple and modest manner, just looking for a place to sit. He was so humble, not like some of us. Our egos are not like that of His Holiness. We are always asking to be respected. Our egos always try to take the first place, never the second.
The Swami had spent thirty years striving to be humble and had now reached that point. He did not seek respect from anyone and was content even if he was not accepted as the first one. This is a very good attribute, which Allah Almighty loves. It is also an attribute of the Awliyas (Saints).
When the call to prayer (Azan) was made, this person was far away. He waited until all the people had entered the mosque before coming in. He joined the prayer at the very end of the line and quietly left after the prayer was over. Yet he was so happy that Allah Almighty had opened the doors of the mosque to him and had accepted him.
Many people think and claim that they are very important people, perhaps even famous in the East and West. But in front of Allah Almighty, they have no value, not even as much as a mosquito’s wing. As I said, this person was so grateful to enter the mosque. He knew there were others who were unable to do so. He was also thanking Allah Almighty for covering his faults from His servants, who, had they known the truth of his ego, might have thrown him out.
He was thinking that if people knew of his bad actions, they would not have allowed him to stay. So he was thankful to be accepted, even if it meant praying in the last row of the Jamaah (congregation). He was not expecting to pray in the first row, nor was he expecting to be acknowledged or respected. That is one of the best characteristics of a servant of Allah Almighty.
Everyone should think, “Oh my Lord, please conceal my bad actions from Your servants.”
There was a Grandsheikh named Abu Ahmad as-Sughuriق, who was the Grandsheikh of our Grandsheikh’s Grandsheikh, Sheikh Sharafuddin ad-Daghestaniق. He was a Qutb (leader) for thirty-seven years. No ordinary person could carry such a heavy responsibility for so long. Allah Almighty gave him the power to look at every creature throughout every continent and ocean, and he was given the power to look after them. Yet he remained such a humble person.
He used to say, “If people knew about my ego as I know it, they would throw me out of their houses and pelt me with stones and rubbish.” It was through this humility that he reached the Divine Presence. He was humble because he was a Qutb, and this is one of the attributes of a Qutb.
The biggest and thickest veil between the Lord and His servant is when the servant gives value to himself. Our Grandsheikh once spoke about a saint named Abdul Qadir Omar ibn Safarق. He was an Aashiq, one who loved the Prophet deeply. He refused to give himself any value, not even the worth of a single penny. He used to say that if he placed even that much value on himself, he might have to bear very great burdens. So he gave himself no value at all.
There is another story about a Grandsheikh who lived in Bukhara, Samarqand, near present-day Uzbekistan. When the Mongols invaded, they took all the people as prisoners, and this Grandsheikh was captured by a soldier. As they traveled, many people came to offer their respects to the Sheikh. The soldier began to think, “This Sheikh must be a great man. I could sell him for a large sum of money.”
One man came and offered ten thousand rupees for the Sheikh, but the Sheikh said, “That is not my price.” The soldier then assumed that the Sheikh’s value must be even greater. More people came offering larger and larger sums of money, and the Sheikh continued to say, “That is not my price.” This went on from morning till evening.
At the end of the day, the Sheikh was walking while the soldier rode beside him. A man came carrying a bag of straw on his shoulder and said, “I will give this bag of straw in exchange for the Sheikh.” The Sheikh immediately accepted and said, “That is my price.” The man took the Sheikh and handed the bag of straw to the soldier.
Since the soldier had promised to accept whatever price the Sheikh named, he had to keep his word. Though he was furious at losing the Sheikh for a bag of straw, his horse was very happy!
When a person comes closer to Allah Almighty, the greatness of Allah Almighty makes him disappear. For example, when you look at the Sun, you are not able to see anything else.
The Awliyas are at this level, this level of humility. They vanish before the greatness of Allah Almighty, and never place value on themselves.
In the same way, the Swami was a very humble person. He acted as though he were on trial, as if he were a guilty man. Meanwhile, other people behaved as if they were very important. They were asking, “Who is this man? He is dirty. He is a kafir, a Hindu. We are Muslims, are we not more important?”
This is not good adab (manners). He came with humility, lowering himself through his humbleness. That is true good manners.
You must keep adab, good manners, with other people. Do not place yourself on a high level or look down on anyone. There are many different kinds of people in this world, and humility is a virtue for everyone. You must be humble.
May Allah grant us the gift of good adab, for we are truly in great need of it.
Al-Fatiha.
• Mawlana Shaykh Muhammad Nazim Adil al-Haqqaniق
Originally taken from ‘Mercy Oceans – Emeralds of Eden’.
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Our Prophet ṣallá Llāhu ‘alayhi wa-sallam is saying, there can be treatment without illness. And there is treatment when illness comes as well. But the most important thing is people should be careful about what they eat and drink, how they live to be cured.
There are two ways of treatment. One of them is very rarely used now. “Al-ḥijāmah wa l-kay”, making ḥijāmah and cauterization. It is when you heat something like iron and cauterize some parts of your body. There must be competent people in that field. Everyone can make ḥijāmah. And they do so. There is no problem with that.
But the other one, unfortunately, apart from not being used often, it had a lot of benefit for patients who needed surgery and hopeless patients. Many people may claim to know it and then burn everyone. So there’s no need for that now.
What’s important is ḥijāmah. It is both sunnah and cure.And it is its time now. When the pomegranate tree starts blossoming, the time for ḥijāmah starts. That is the most beneficial time. Certainly, ḥijāmah can be made in other times as well, when there is a need. But the beneficial time is now: the time of pomegranate blossoming.
With the permission of Allāh ﷻ, it has lots of benefit. And the greatest benefit is for blood pressure. Our Prophet ṣallá Llāhu ‘alayhi wa-sallam had mentioned it since that time. People didn’t know about it. They say, “Blood rush.” Blood rush means blood pressure. It is very beneficial for that, and it is beneficial for many things.
However, people have now turned it into business. In order to earn money, there are some people who advise to have ḥijāmah every day. Blood is not an easy matter to do that to. Therefore, it has its time. You cannot take blood every day and every month. Actually, it is enough to take blood once a year. But when there is a need, it can be taken twice. You may take in spring the first time, and in fall for the second time.
They go and take it out with pumps. Pumping is wrong. Pumping pumps normal blood. But when it is by heating the cup, that takes out the dirty blood. Therefore, we must pay attention to that as well. We must pay attention to days. The most important thing also is hygiene and cleanliness. That is very important.
May Allāh ﷻprotect us, instead of cure, illness may come through blood. When there are people who are not competent in their work and don’t know anything about it, it happens like that. And now they have found the easy way. They put pumps and start pumping the blood. As we said, it takes out normal blood. It has no benefit. On the contrary, it can weaken the body.
By the wisdom of Allāh ﷻ, He ﷻ has given everything method, days and hours. You must know what to do, when and how. And we must have it done by such people. May Allāh ﷻ give cure. And may He ﷻ accept it as Sunnah and cure for the people who need it. Therefore, this is important.
This time now is good for it. It is even more beneficial to do it after the 15th of the Hijrī Calendar. Nevertheless, it can be done in the beginning of the month if there is a need. But in terms of days, it can be done any day except Wednesday and Saturday.
May Allāh ﷻ be pleased with you. May you have cure, in shā’a Llāh. Wa min Allah at-Tawfiq.
“Wa li-Llāhi a’la n-nāsi hijju l-bayti man i-statā’a ‘ilayhi sabīlā”
“And [due] to Allah from the people is a pilgrimage to the House (Ka’bah) – those who can afford the journey.” Ṣadaqa Llāhu l-‘Aẓīm.
Trips to ḥajj have started. It happens to whomever Allāh ﷻ grants it. Because it is always difficult to go to ḥajj. And it is difficult in this time too; going there, being able to enter, reaching there. They used to go with camels or on foot in old times. That was difficult. Even now, when everything is much easier, it is difficult to enter there. That is the wisdom of Allāh ﷻ.
Everyone should intend for ḥajj.Who can should make intention so that the liability of this farḍ is lifted from them. Those who go should keep the adab of that place, adab of ḥajj and perform sunnah, mustaḥabb, wājib and farḍ as much as they can. Because that has become another problem. People go to ḥajj, but they cannot do anything from sunnah. And wājib is either done, or not done.
Therefore, when people have the chance to go to ḥajj, they must pay attention to this. What is wājib must be done. When they can’t do it, if it is their fault, they will be punished. But when it happens because others don’t allow it, they must ask for forgiveness from Allāh ﷻ. They must repent by saying “I wanted to do it, but they didn’t let me.” In shā’a Llāh they won’t be liable then.
Then, they perform ḥajj. They make tawāf. The most important thing when ḥajj is over is to not stand in vain. They should pray all of the five prayers in Ka‘bah. Because it is Masjid al-Ḥarām. Masjid al-Ḥarām means the surroundings of Ka‘bah, its territory and the mosque. People there are even questioning that. They say Masjid al-Ḥarām is all of Makkah. That is not right. Makkah is different. And Masjid al-Ḥarām is different.
There are many mosques in Makkah. But Allāh ‘Azza wa-Jalla says “Masjidi hādhā”. “This is My mosque” about it. He ﷻ doesn’t say “Baladi hādhā”. He ﷻ doesn’t say “This is My city.” He ﷻ says this mosque. Therefore, a prayer made in that mosque is equivalent to 100,000 prayers. If you pray five times a day; 100,000 each, it is as if you pray 500,000 times. If you pray for ten days, it is like 5 million prayers. You can’t pray 5 millions times in your life.
Therefore, we must pay attention to that. We must not miss it. Because there is not such a chance. It is difficult to go there. It is not easy. Therefore, we must be careful. And second, there is the mosque of our Holy Prophet ṣallá Llāhu ‘alayhi wa-sallam there. It is easier there. Going there and praying the five prayers is easy. It is built wide and large. They can pray there. And that’s equivalent to 1,000 prayers.
It is as if you make 5,000 prayers in a day and 50,000 prayers in ten days. The worship performed in ten days is as much as it would take you in many years. They won’t let you stay for ten days there. But the more you can do from nāfilah, ṣadaqah and everything, all of them are 1,000 times more virtuous than in other places. They are both virtuous and have 1,000 times more thawāb.
Rather than having worldly conversation, making more tasbihat, reading Qur’ān, or helping others, or asking questions will make you gain more knowledge there. Sitting in the presence of our Holy Prophet ṣallá Llāhu ‘alayhi wa-sallam, every minute of it you are washed in that mercy and barakah of this holy place.
Sitting close to the most beloved of Allāh ‘Azza wa-Jalla, to our Holy Prophet ﷺ is the never-ending mercy and the means to mercy. May Allāh ﷻ give it to everyone. And may He ﷻ help those who can’t go so that they go in shā’a Llāh. May the door open so you enter, in shā’a Llāh. Wa min Allah at-Tawfiq.
“Your wealth and your children are but a trial.” Ṣadaqa Llāhu l-‘Aẓīm.
Allāh ‘Azza wa-Jalla says, your wealth, your family and your children are a test for you in dunyā. Beg Allāh ﷻ to make them steadfast in the way of Allāh ﷻ, to be on the way of Allāh ﷻ. You must raise them to be a means of goodness. A righteous child is the most valuable treasure for mankind. If the child is not righteous, you may have the whole world, eventually no one will read a Fatiha for you, nor do charity nor good deeds. They will spend all your savings in bad places. It will finish and you will have nothing.
Therefore, raising good children is the best thing for a Muslim to do. How do you raise a righteous child? With ḥalāl money. You should instill in them good religion, īmān, the love of Allāh ﷻ and our Prophet ﷺ. From the very beginning, when still a child. Our Prophet ṣallá Llāhu ʿalayhi wa sallam says, when he starts speaking, teach him first to say, “Allāh Allāh Allāh.”
Let the first word that comes out of his mouth be “Allāh”, so that his last word that he reaches the presence of Allāh ﷻ with be this word. They would be from Allāh’s ﷻ beloved servants. If they are from Allāh’s ﷻ beloved servants, you would have already won. It will be good for you in dunyā and good for you in ākhirah.
People don’t know what to do when disciplining their children. They think disciplining a child is giving him everything he wants, sending them to good schools, putting in front of them all the goods of dunyā so that they can be good children. Most of them don’t become good children. That is very rare. They become not good. Because the ego is never satisfied; no matter what you give it, it wants more.
That’s why, when disciplining a child, as we said, giving everything is not good. You must give him what’s necessary. You must teach them saving (be frugal). You must teach them generosity. They must also know which is generosity and which is saving.
There are many things that Islām shows, that our Prophet ṣallá Llāhu ‘alayhi wa-sallam shows. You should not be harsh. And you shouldn’t be too soft or completely soft. There’s a limit. From here to here, you’re allowed. From here to here, you should stop for your own good. You will get it later.
So you should give the child the thing he wants not in the same day but a week later, a month later. “Make something nice so that you can get it.” When they directly get it, there won’t be any good or value. What is valuable is with waiting a little, with patience. What is given without asking has no value. That will neither benefit him nor you.
That is why, Islamic discipline is important. People today are far from Islamic upbringing. And then they ask, “Why did our children become like this?” And sometimes they are very strict, very very strict. That’s not good at all for people of this time. If you treat people of this time strictly, they get broken that you can’t find them anymore. May Allāh ﷻ give you goodness.
“My daughter removed her hijab. She was hafiz, she was covered, she was wearing a chador and so on.” When she found the opportunity, she did it right away because you forced her to do it. Therefore, don’t be extreme. Be in the middle. Our Prophet ṣallá Llāhu ‘alayhi wa-sallam says, “كونوا أمة وسطى”, “Kūnu ummatan wasatā.” When you’re in the middle state, the child will manage.He will know the good. He will know the bad. He will also appreciate everything.
Therefore, may Allāh ﷻ protect us. The era we live in is truly one of the worst eras of dunyā; the end of times. Children must be raised well and they must know why they were created. Some people say it’s their mothers and fathers’ fault. “Why did you bring me to this world?” It isn’t your mother, father or dunyā. Even if the whole world came together against that, you would still come. Because the will of Allāh ‘Azza wa-Jalla is that your soul comes to your body. That matter has come from pre-eternity.
We also address the youth and children that they should not mistreat their parents. They are not at fault. No one is at fault. You have come to this world by the will of Allāh ﷻ. You must thank them so that Allāh ﷻ gives you what you want, so that you become a good Muslim and you become a beloved servant of Allāh ﷻ. May Allāh ﷻ protect us all. Shayṭān attacks them the most everywhere: in east and west. All over the world, the youth have become like a toy of shayṭān.
May Allāh ﷻ help them, in shā’a Llāh. May Allāh ﷻ protect and preserve them all. Wa min Allah at-Tawfiq.
“But the clothing of righteousness – that is best.” Ṣadaqa Llāhu l-‘Aẓīm.
Now people dress just for showing off, looking at what you wore, what you didn’t wear. It was like that in the old days too, but now there are more fashion trends. “Which one suits me, which one doesn’t suit me. I don’t want cheap. Let it be expensive so people can see that on me.”
These are the thoughts and interests of people of this time. “My dress should be nice. From my shoes, to my hat, my shirt, everything will definitely have a brand.” They used to want nice and good clothes. But now no. It must be good and a brand. Why are you doing this? Are you doing it for the pleasure of Allāh ﷻ? If so, Allāh ﷻ doesn’t want any of this.
What Allāh ‘Azza wa-Jalla wants is your wearing the garment of piety. The garment of piety is fearing Allāh ﷻ. The person who fears Allāh ﷻ has the best garment. It conceals a person. It makes a person look beautiful in the sight of Allāh ﷻ. Your maqām doesn’t increase with in the sight of Allāh ﷻ with the useless cloth they deceive you with. You will not be beautiful.
What you should do is what Allāh ‘Azza wa-Jalla has ordered and fear what He ﷻ has forbidden. That is what piety means. Taqwā means to fear Allāh ﷻ, to be ashamed of Allāh ﷻ, to be shy of Allāh ﷻ. If you see me in such bad situations, if you do things that are not good, wear the most expensive dress, it is of no benefit. What is beneficial is, as we said, piety. Even if you wear torn clothes, if you are pious, you are the most beautiful person in the sight of Allāh ﷻ.
Now they say a dress costs a thousand dollars, or thousand euros. Allāh ﷻ, Allāh ﷻ! What thousand dollars? Is that possible for a dress? They say, “What’s a thousand dollars! There are dresses for ten thousand and one hundred thousand dollars.” What is this? Do they have a motor? Does a person fly in it?
They say, “You don’t understand. It’s a beautiful dress. Everyone wants to wear it.” You can want it, but Allāh ﷻ won’t be happy. Especially those who do not recognize Allāh ﷻ. They may wear dresses that cost not a hundred thousand, but a hundred million worth of clothes. There is no value in the sight of Allāh ﷻ. Value is what is inside you. Value is what you have inside.
Nasreddin Hojja, may Allāh ﷻ raise his rank. His neighbors said one day, “Nasreddin Hojja, there was so much noise in your house last night. Something came out of nowhere. What happened? What was it?” He said, “My Jubbah fell.” “If the Jubbah fell, there wouldn’t be that much noise.” “I was inside it”, he said.
What’s inside is important. What’s outside is not important. Even if the outside falls or doesn’t fall. What’s inside is what’s important. That’s why, you must look inside you. Your outside doesn’t matter. They are trash and of no use.
May we be pious ones, in shā’a Llāh. May Allāh ﷻ help us, in shā’a Llāh. Wa min Allah at-Tawfiq.
Allāh ﷻ is Aḥsanu l-Khaliqīn. Allāh ‘Azza wa-Jalla is the Most Perfect Creator. He ﷻ created everything in the most perfect way. Therefore, the believer must not object. What Allāh ‘Azza wa-Jalla has given you, what He ﷻ has destined for you – since everything is by His ﷻ will, you should not worry. A true believer is like that.
Of course, Muslims have weak īmān. Most people are anxious because their īmān is weak. When something happens, it is because of that lack of īmān. Allāh ‘Azza wa-Jalla created this world. And before mankind, there were other insects, animals and various creatures. There are endless and countless creatures. Allāh ‘Azza wa-Jalla knows.
Everything has its time. When the time comes, it’s gone. Dunyā also has its lifetime. Everything ephemeral disappears at one point. Dunyā is the same. Therefore, what Allāh ﷻ promised is not dunyā but ākhirah. Allāh ‘Azza wa-Jalla did not say that you will come to dunyā, be comfortable, and you will stay there forever.
Allāh ‘Azza wa-Jalla said that dunyā is a temporary place. But mankind thinks he will never die. He will remain like this forever, and everywhere will flourish, everyone will do everything they want. And it will remain like this after that. There is no such thing. Grand Shaykh Mawlānā Shaykh ‘Abdu Llāh ad-Dāghestānī said in jest, “وَخُلِقَ الْإِنسَانُ مَجنُونًا”, ‘Wa Khuliqa l-Insānu Majnūna’, ‘And mankind was created mad.’ Man was created mindless, crazy, he said. Because when a person doesn’t use his mind, when he doesn’t accept what he sees, that means he’s not smart, that means he’s crazy.
That’s why in dunyā, there’s war here, and whatever there. There is good here, there is evil there. There is no water left in this world. There is no clean drinkable water. There is no place anymore. Mankind have multiplied. Everyone is running here and there. That is because of their lack of īmān. If everyone was satisfied and pleased with what Allāh ‘Azza wa-Jalla has given them, everyone would live comfortably. There would be no troubles, there would be no fights and problems. But people don’t accept their fate. They harm themselves.
May Allāh ﷻ protect us. May we not object to what Allāh ‘Azza wa-Jalla has given us, in shā’a Llāh. This is happening here, that is happening there. May Allāh ﷻ help them. May Allāh ﷻ protect those who are suffering. Everyone, people of īmān have reward and thawāb. Otherwise, they will have suffered in vain and they will perish. May Allāh ﷻ give people mind and understanding, in shā’a Llāh. Wa min Allah at-Tawfiq.
Ṭarīqah is the beautiful way that is based upon adab. It teaches adab. Adab also raises people in ranks. If one has adab his value increases in everything. Allāh ‘Azza wa-Jalla created man in the most perfect state. Mawlānā Shaykh Nāẓim says, it is ḥadīth sharīf, when one looks in the mirror let him say, “اللهمَّ كما حسَّنتَ خَلقي فحسِّنْ خُلُقي”. When you look in the mirror say, just as you created me beautiful on the outside, beautify my manners. It is probably a Sunnah. It is necessary to say this.
Every word of Mawlānā Shaykh Nāẓim, including this, has wisdom and beauty. It shows man the way. So Allāh ﷻ created man in the most beautiful, most perfect way. According to that creation, his manners, discipline and adab should also be beautiful. And he must do that himself. Of course, ask for help from Allāh ﷻ, seek aid from Allāh ﷻ and go on His ﷻ way. Whoever follows that way, his adab will be good. Everyone appreciates him. He doesn’t say anything bad.
But a person doing all kinds of evil and then claiming he’s a human being, that person must learn, he must follow the way. A person who is a Muslim needs to be more careful. Other people, “لَيْسَ بَعْدَ الْكُفْرِ ذَنْب”, “Laysa baa’da l-kufri dhanb”, “There is no sin after kufr.” After becoming a kāfir, the biggest sin he has done is this. Whatever he’d done after that, drank, shot, broke, did this and that, nothing matters after doing this.
So others don’t matter, but a Muslim who does not have adab is a very deficient, imperfect person. Adab is important. Everywhere now, Muslims are imitating others in everything. They are doing what others are doing. He shouts, they shout. He jumps, they jump. He runs, they run. So they copy everything exactly the same. They’re putting them in Islām. Whereas Islām is staidness. It is reverence. Of course, there is beauty, you make jokes, you laugh, you have fun but not like what those people do. You can do it within adab. It would be very nice. People of old times did that.
The greatest example is our Shaykh Mawlānā Shaykh Nāẓim. His jokes were nice, his smile was nice and his humor was nice too. May Allāh ﷻ be pleased with him. We’ve heard many things and we know what he’d done for 92 years, his entire life, since he was little, shukr to Allāh ﷻ. We know his way. We must go on that way, the way of our Prophet ﷺ. Just as our Prophet ṣallá Llāhu alayhi wa sallam walked on this way, the caliphs, the ṣaḥābah who followed him, the ahlu l-bayt, the mashāyikh all go on the same way. The one who goes out of that way, his way is already separated from the way. The way of our Holy Prophet ﷺ is clear. His ﷺ way is the ḥadīth sharīf and ayati karīmah.
Allāh ﷻ is always watching you. Our Prophet ṣallá Llāhu ‘alayhi wa-sallam says this in ḥadīth sharīf. Worship Allāh ‘Azza wa-Jalla as if you see Him ﷻ. If you don’t see him – you can’t see him anyways. Prophet ṣallá Llāhu ‘alayhi wa-sallam says, worship Allāh ﷻ as if you can see Him ﷻ, you don’t see Him ﷻ but He ﷻ sees you. That is certain. You cannot see Allāh ‘Azza wa-Jalla, but Allāh ‘Azza wa-Jalla is with you every minute and every second.
Therefore, within the bounds of ḥalāl, within the bounds of adab, there is all kinds of beauty. With filth, evil and ugliness there is no such thing as beauty. Therefore, adab is very beautiful. It is important for mankind. One must pay attention to it. He must not harm others. He must not infringe on others’ rights. He must pay attention to that.
Those who follow the way will reach the highest ranks with the permission of Allāh ﷻ. It is the Insān Kāmil, the perfect man. There is man, and there is the perfect man. There are insects in the form of humans. May Allāh ﷻ protect us from the evil of our egos. May Allah ﷻ preserve us. May we be on the right way, in shā’a Llāh. Wa min Allah at-Tawfiq.
Shukr to Allāh ﷻ, we gathered here again for the sake of Allāh ﷻ. We gathered here to continue on that way with the beloved servants of Allāh ﷻ. We always gather, but our gathering today is for the anniversary of the passing of the awliyā’uLlah Mawlānā Shaykh Nāẓim. He passed away, but shukr to Allāh ﷻ, he didn’t leave us. He even didn’t leave us outwardly. He gives his madad to all his murīds. He gives them strength, spiritual power.
Sometimes many murīds ask how to make Rābita, how to hear a voice in Rābita. Rābita is your love for our Holy Prophet ﷺ and to mashāyikh. To love them is our Rābita. Rābita isn’t “Should I do this? Should I not do that?” That’s fine too, but there’s no need to give instructions for Rābita, “My son/my daughter, do this, do that.” Whoever wants such things doesn’t know the principles and ethics.
When you enter ṭarīqah, you surrender. You surrender to your murshid. If you’ve found a real murshid, you should thank Allāh ﷻ not a thousand times, but a million times. When you surrender, you have reached salvation. But may Allāh ﷻ protect us, if you get stuck with those who claim they’re murshid for another purposes, may Allāh ﷻ help you. Because they follow their ego. And since the way is for their ego, it is of no benefit. But if you go on the way of the murshid, shukr to Allāh ﷻ. Life is passing by anyway. Then, it won’t be wasted in vain. It will be filled with thawāb, barakh and beauty.
If you’re going to wander around striving in vain, “What should we do today? Where should we have fun today? How should we make money? How can we get intoxicated? How can we impress others to like us?” This is empty work. There’s a nice saying of the Turks, “empty work.” That’s empty work. Living for dunyā, for your own interests, for your ego, is empty work.
If your life is going to be full, you must go on the way of Allāh ‘Azza wa-Jalla, the way of mashāyikh, and surrender. Don’t think that it is empty. It is filled with Allāh’s ﷻ permission. May Allāh ﷻ protect us. As we said, what’s empty is those who think, “How much will I earn from dunyā?” Their life passes in vain and meaninglessly. May Allāh ﷻ protect us, apart from it being in vain, it is full of evil, full of sins. May Allāh ﷻ protect us.
Therefore, asking himmah and help from the mashāyikh is beneficial. Being on that way with them is a protection for you. It gives value to your life. Your life becomes beneficial. “This guy lives like grass. He goes from his house to his job, and from his job to his house. He doesn’t borrow money. He doesn’t complain about the government. He doesn’t get angry at this or that.” He doesn’t live like grass. Those living like grass, living like a poisonous grass are the others. Those who think they are something and get angry at everyone. Those who expect benefit from everyone. Those who do all kinds of filth and all kinds of ḥarām to satisfy their own egos are the ones who live in vain.
We must be like grass. Grass is good. There is harmful grass, and harmless grass. Everyone knows the meaning of grass. Ours is, in shā’a Llāh, of light and īmān. May we be of the servants whom Allāh ﷻ loves. May we not be like the grass they consume, but be as the beneficial grass, in shā’a Llāh. May Allāh ﷻ protect us.
Shayṭān has already taken over the world with his hand. He doesn’t want to leave anyone. Those who are saved cling to the rope of this way. Those who cling to Allāh ﷻ are the ones who are saved. Others think they are saved or have won but there is no such thing. Therefore, being with mashāyikh, following them is the greatest gain for a person. Not to be on their way is a great danger. May Allāh ﷻ protect us. Every second, every moment shayṭān may slip your feet and you will have fallen into his trap. May Allah ﷻ protect you.
May our Shaykh’s himmah be with us. Shukr to Allāh ﷻ, as we said, it has been eleven years since our Shaykh has passed away. But every minute we are under his gaze, we are under his himmah. Those who ask for his himmah, he will definitely come to his aid. He doesn’t leave him.
There are people who don’t believe and those group who don’t believe in awliyā’, karamāt and miracles. And they claim they are Muslim. But the condition of being a Muslim is believing in the miracles of our Holy Prophet ﷺ, believing in the karamāt of the awliyā’, that is also one of the fundamental conditions of the creed of Muslims.
Therefore, shukr to Allāh ﷻ, you are here. To those who came, may Allāh ﷻ be pleased with you. There are many who haven’t come. Their hearts are together with us. Mawlānā Shaykh Nāẓim reaches them all with the permission of Allāh ﷻ. May Allāh ﷻ be pleased with you.
May Allāh ﷻ change the state of this world, and send the Sāhib. As Mawlānā Shaykh Nāẓim said that Mahdi ‘alayhi s-salam will appear, in shā’a Llāh. Wherever you look, dunyā is in the hand of shayṭān. One hundred percent in the hand of shayṭān. To get rid of shayṭān is only through Mahdi ‘alayhi s-salam. It can’t be any other way; no matter what they say. Wa min Allah at-Tawfiq.
“Yurīdu Allāhu ‘An Yukhaffifa Ankum ۚ Wa Khuliqa Al-‘Insānu Đaīfāan”
“And Allah wants to lighten for you [your difficulties]; and mankind was created weak.” Ṣadaqa Llāhu l-‘Aẓīm.
Allāh ‘Azza wa-Jalla created man weak, He ﷻ says. He ﷻ wants to lighten man’s burden. His burden is lightened by the commands given by Allāh ﷻ. Therefore, mankind’s weakness is strengthened. When he is with Allāh ‘Azza wa-Jalla, his weakness turns into strength. If he opposes Allāh ‘Azza wa-Jalla, his strength will become weakness; it will be of no use.
Human being is the weakest of all creatures in terms of body. Any animal, insect or so can do many times more what a human can do. For example, even if you think of the simplest, the ant: it can carry things that are ten times heavier. If mankind carried half of it, he can’t go half a kilometer, not five kilometers. The ant, with its body, would have gone a hundred kilometers. Allāh ﷻ has given it that much strength. But He ﷻ created man weak.
If you think of other animals, they are the same. Also in terms of running, jumping; Allāh ‘Azza wa-Jalla has given animals strength in all kinds of things. He ﷻ created man weak. He ﷻ created him weak, yet mankind is causing so much destruction. His ﷻ wisdom cannot be questioned. If He ﷻ had created him like this thing, if He ﷻ had given him strength, no one would be left. Neither Jinn nor animals would remain on this earth.
Therefore, Allāh ‘Azza wa-Jalla created man weak but also gave him mind with this weakness. If he uses it, it will be beneficial for him. Most people use the human mind not for good things but for evil, for harm. That’s why, dunyā has reached its end. If there isn’t the one who will save it, they would eat each other up.
But shukr to Allāh ﷻ, Allāh ‘Azza wa-Jalla says the Muslim, “لَا تَقْنَطُوا مِن رَّحْمَةِ اللَّهِ”, “Lā Taqnatū Min Raĥmati Allāhi”, “Do not despair of the mercy of Allah.” (Qur’ān 39:53). He ﷻ says, don’t fall into hopelessness. Our hope, shukr Allāh ﷻ, is our Prophet ṣallá Llāhu alayhi wa sallam’s blessed, truthful, true saying, “In the end of times, a man will arise from my generation who will cleanse the whole world.”
It will be upon justice. All this filth and dirt will be cleansed. There will be no more problems. There will be no more wars, there will be no more fights. There will be no more evil. There will be no more perversion. This is surely near in shā’a Llāh. It is our Prophet ṣallá Llāhu ‘alayhi wa-sallam’s prophecy.
Prophecy means seeing the future and telling it. All of it appeared, only a little remains, in shā’a Llāh. In shā’a Llāh we will reach him. It won’t be long. Because we are in a time when oppression has reached its peak, but it’s rising even more, it’s rising even more.
But no matter how high it goes, eventually every high has a low. That too will happen in shā’a Llāh. May Allāh ﷻ grant us those days, beautiful days soon, in shā’a Llāh. Wa min Allah at-Tawfiq.
“Verily on the friends of Allah there is no fear, nor shall they grieve (62). Those who believed and have been pious (63).” Ṣadaqa Llāhu l-‘Aẓīm.
The beloved servants of Allāh ‘Azza wa-Jalla have no fear and no sorrow. Because they fear Allāh ﷻ and they obey Allāh ﷻ. When that happens, there becomes no fear or anxiety for them. Because we came from Allāh ﷻ and to Allāh ﷻ we return. The place we came from is clear, the place we will go to is clear. Awliyā’uLlah’s hearts are truly satisfied. Therefore, they have no fear, and no sadness. They speak the truth, they enjoin what is good and avoid what is bad, they strive to make the people avoid badness.
Shukr to Allāh ﷻ, this is how our Pir, our Shaykh, our father Mawlānā Shaykh Nāẓim was. He walked on this way for more than ninety years. He reached the Presence of Allāh ﷻ with that clean way. It was like yesterday. Years pass by in an instant. If a person thinks about that, he should think that the things he does in dunyā should not be in vain, and he should act accordingly.
“لَّقَدْ كَانَ لَكُمْ فِي رَسُولِ اللَّهِ أُسْوَةٌ حَسَنَةٌ”, “Laqad Kāna Lakum Fī Rasūli Llāhi ‘Uswatun Hasana”, “There has certainly been for you in the Messenger of Allah an excellent example.” (Qur’ān 33:21). There is an excellent example for you from the life of our Holy Prophet ﷺ and from himself ﷺ, says Allāh ‘Azza wa-Jalla. The ṣaḥābah, mashāyikh and awliyā’ who followed his ﷺ way, are also the same on this way and are examples.
To become a good person, you have to resemble them. The more we resemble them, the better, more beautiful we become. The more we don’t want to resemble them, the more weird a person becomes. Not a little, but very weird. Because he would be harming himself and doing badness.
May Allāh ﷻ raise Mawlānā’s maqāms in shā’a Llāh. “A person will be summoned with the one whom he loves,” says our Prophet ṣallá Llāhu ‘alayhi wa-sallam. We love them. In shā’a Llāh, there is a short interval in dunyā, then we will be together eternally, in shā’a Llāh. Wa min Allah at-Tawfiq.
“Fa’ammā Man ‘Ūtiya Kitābahu Biyamīnihi (7) Fasawfa Yuĥāsabu ĤisābāanYasīrāan (8) Wa Yanqalibu ‘Ilá ‘Ahlihi Masrūrāan (9) Wa ‘Ammā Man ‘Ūtiya Kitābahu Warā’a Žahrihi (10) Fasawfa Yadū Thubūrāan (11) Wa Yaşlá Saīrāan”
“Then as for he who is given his record in his right hand (7) He will be judged with an easy account (8) And return to his people in happiness (9) But as for he who is given his record behind his back (10) He will cry out for destruction (11) And [enter to] burn in a Blaze.” Ṣadaqa Llāhu l-‘Aẓīm.
This Ayah Karīmah says that on the Day of Judgement, if the person takes the book of deeds with his right hand, he will be happy and satisfied. And he will return to his family in happiness and relief. This is what Muslims should strive for.
How can that be attained? One should live his appointed life given by Allāh ‘Azza wa-Jalla in dunyā like this: living in obedience to Allāh ﷻ, without harming anyone minding their own lives. There are many such people among Muslims.
Yesterday, our uncle’s son passed away. Nureddin Efendi, may Allāh ﷻ have mercy on him. This poor man since he was little, studied then – What we mean by studied is that he finished primary school and then stayed with his father and mother. He started working. He would go to his job then come back to his family, his father, his mother and his children in the evening. He was a craftsman, may Allāh ﷻ bless him.
The things he did were done with his sweat. He worked and lived off his money. He neither defrauded others, nor did he perform guile, nor did he pursue anything more than what he had. So he lived a life like that until 60-62 years old. May Allāh ﷻ have mercy on him. He became ill and passed away.
This is the life of a Muslim. There’s no need to do something else, defrauding this, cheating that, going against the government, going out shouting and screaming. There’s no need at all. Even if you shout, even if you yell, even if you do something shameful, you’re still going to pass away in the same age. What’s important is in which hand you will be given your book in ākhirah. Will your book of deeds be given to you in your right hand, or will it be given to you in your left hand? If it is given in your right hand, it is great.
But, “وَأَمَّا مَنْ أُوتِيَ كِتَابَهُ وَرَاءَ ظَهْرِهِ (10) فَسَوْفَ يَدْعُو ثُبُورًا (11) وَيَصْلَىٰ سَعِيرًا”, “Wa ‘Ammā Man ‘Ūtiya Kitābahu Warā’a Žahrihi (10) Fasawfa Yadū Thubūrāan (11) Wa Yaşlá Saīrāan”, “But as for he who is given his record behind his back (10) He will cry out for destruction (11) And [enter to] burn in a Blaze.” (Qur’an 84: 7-12).
But if his book of deeds is given in his left hand, then this man will be burned. Woe to his state. He will burn away. Both of them are the same in dunyā. Their lifespan is the same. Even if he lives longer, even if he lives a hundred years or a thousand years, he will do the same, he will not change. If the deeds of a person come to his left hand, then what he did in his life – no matter how much he trusted himself in life, acted arrogantly or cheated people, there will be no benefit from it. He will go to hell.
Therefore, mankind should not be too greedy. Allāh ‘Azza wa-Jalla made the Muslim’s life beautiful. He ﷻ did not make it difficult. If he’s poor, he should accept his poverty. If he’s rich, he should make shukr to Allāh ﷻ. He should live like that and go. Allāh ‘Azza wa-Jalla made the life of dunyā for ākhirah. Still, mankind is happy in dunyā. Because of the deeds he does for ākhirah, his heart will be at peace and then he will go. He doesn’t fear death. He doesn’t fear the reckoning. Death is not difficult.
What’s after death is difficult. People don’t know that. That’s why, they think what they do is a gain. It’s not a gain. What’s profitable is doing good, living well without harming anyone, without oppressing anyone, without tyrannizing anyone, without deceiving anyone. This is the life of the believer. So his death will be easy, and his reckoning in ākhirah will be easy. His end will be beautiful. May Allāh ﷻ protect us. May He ﷻ guide people. May they not go astray from this way, in shā’a Llāh. Wa min Allah at-Tawfiq.
“The Halal (lawful) is clear and the Haram (unlawful) is clear, and between them are matters that are doubtful (not clear).”
Allāh ‘Azza wa-Jalla has declared and made clear what is ḥalāl, and also the ḥarām. Allāh ‘Azza wa-Jalla has made clear what is ḥarām also, our Prophet ṣallá Llāhu ‘alayhi wa-sallam says. We must know them. We must stay away from the ḥarām, and we must do what is ḥalāl and what is of thawāb. But there are some things among them that are doubtful, says our Prophet ṣallá Llāhu ‘alayhi wa-sallam. Some things may be doubtful for people depending on the time, place and situation. We should stay away from them. We should not do them.
Therefore, some states of this time is that there are some things done that you think are ḥalāl but they are ḥarām. And things you think are ḥarām but are ḥalāl in a way. That’s why, you must be careful. If you have any doubts, you either stay away from it or you ask a scholar, a Hoca, a Muftī. If you do things according to your own mind without asking, you will commit a sin without knowing. If you consider what’s ḥarām as ḥalāl, it will be a sin for you and you will be held accountable. Sometimes there are those who consider what’s ḥalāl as ḥarām, they will have committed a sin also.
That’s why, we must be careful. Our creed and our Madhhab are clear. Ahlu s-Sunnah wa Jamā’ah, one of the four Madhhabs: Ḥanafī, Shāfiʿī, Mālikī and Ḥanbalī. In creed, either Māturīdi or Ashʿari. You should not be out of that. You should continue according to their principles. It is not a difficult thing. What we all do is the same but sometimes there are doubtful things. You should ask about them. In order not to forbid oneself from what is ḥalāl in vain, not to commit a sin and also not to continue committing ḥarām thinking it is ḥalāl.
Therefore, ask about the doubtful things. If you have doubt about something, definitely ask about it. “Asking is half of knowledge”, they say. That’s why, you must ask. “Is this good, is it bad, how is it,” etc. You must ask about everything. Don’t do doubtful things without asking. Otherwise, everything we do, the things we do all the time, shukr to Allāh ﷻ are correct. Because where we live is Ahlu s-Sunnah wal Jamā’ah.
But there are many people who are not Ahlu s-Sunnah wal Jamā’ah. Many consider the ḥalāl as ḥarām, and the ḥarām as ḥalāl. They do things that have nothing to do with them to harm people, whether knowingly or unknowingly. May Allāh ﷻ protect us. May Allāh ﷻ protect us for this evil. May He ﷻ not separate us from the right way, in shā’a Llāh. Wa min Allah at-Tawfiq.
O our Lord! We are saying, A`udhubillahi mina ‘sh-Shaytani ‘r-Rajeem, Bismillahi ‘r-Rahmani ‘r-Raheem. We are running from the worst of creatures, Shaytan. We are fleeing to You, for all light, all eternal illumination, belongs to You, and Your grants know no limit. Shaytan is the most ignorant, the most proud, because pride brings ignorance, and ignorance brings pride. We are running to our Lord to save us from pride, from the claim of being proud, and from Shaytan’s ignorance.
The worst attribute, the most harmful trait in a person, is to be proud. Pride, absolute pride, belongs only to Allah Almighty, not to anyone else. Only to the One. Shaytan fought with his Creator, saying, “You gave me such high qualities, I have the right to be proud.” But that ignorant one never understood that what Allah Almighty granted him from Heavenly Knowledge was not to make him proud. He failed to understand that pride belongs only to the Creator.
Now we are living in a time when pride is sought by all. They are inheriting the darkest tarbiyah, the most corruptive attribute, from Shaytan. They are teaching one another that being something or somebody gives them the right to be proud. This is a very wrong idea, falsely taught to people. They compete to see who can outdo the other in pride, while inheriting that same dark quality from Shaytan.
O people! Hear and listen and obey! Hear and learn, and keep what you learn. What are you learning? Don’t think that your dress or title gives you the right to be proud, whether you are kings or queens or so-called first-class people. They imagine their clothing gives them pride, or that their imitated titles give them the right to be proud. No!
Everything on this planet is an imitation, no true reality. Only a reflection from the Heavens reaches this world, and people think that what they see is real. But it is not. Every appearance on earth is just a vision, not reality. If you seek reality, you must seek it in the Heavens. The existence of the Heavens is not like the existence of this world.
The Heavens contain countless planets, countless systems, countless galaxies without end. No one can count them. That is the level of the Heavens. The creation of the Heavens is something else entirely. They are created from light. And light does not tolerate the darkness of our egoistic desires.
Someone once asked, “O Shaykh! Why is the color of the sky blue in the day, and black at night?” I say, “Go and ask those who were granted Holy Books. What do they say? The Holy Qur’an says, for everything, there is an answer.” During the day, light gives the sky its blue color. Yet that blue holds billions of stars and worlds like our own, swimming within it.
At night, the appearance changes. Night has its own color, a color of light also. It is a dark black, but it too is a form of light, suitable for our level of creation. The color of night carries prestige, haybah. It reflects the awe and might of the One who created it. That blackness holds countless dominions of creation. No one can grasp or comprehend what lies within it.
Now scientists speak of ‘black holes’, but no one truly knows what they are. They only speculate through mathematics and astronomy. They sense powerful realms that can swallow all creation and leave nothing behind. Black holes, no one knows what they are or what they do. So the majestic greatness of the Divine, ‘Azhamah, is far beyond comprehension. What we speak of is not even equal to the size of an atom in comparison to the Oceans of Divine Might.
O people! Come and listen! Come and reflect. We know nothing, yet we spend our lives learning only how to become proud. But it is not for you to be proud. Pride belongs only to the One with Endless Power, Endless Might, Endless Oceans of Strength.
Come to understand to Whom pride truly belongs. Not to you. Only to Allah Almighty. There is no second. And be thankful that He granted you to appear into existence. Look at your place in all existence. How can you say, “I am this” or “I am that”? What is your title, really? Why are you making such claims of greatness or pride? No! It is not for you.
The worst illness, the worst characteristic of man is to think he is something, and then to be proud because of it. Pride eats away the real personality dressed on a person from the Heavens. What appears is merely a body, a garment draped over a skeleton. When that outer form disappears, what remains is something most people would run away from.
One day, that outer garment will be taken from you, and only your skeleton will remain. Anyone who sees it will want to flee.Don’t be proud because of your clothes or your titles. Death is chasing you, ready to strip away your outer dressing and place you in your grave. Only your inner dressing will remain with you in the graveyard.
O people! Absolute Greatness, Absolute Might, and all Absolute attributes belong to the Lord of Creation, only to Him. You are nothing.
Try to learn something about yourself, about your mission in this world. For what were you created? And what is the Lord of Mankind ordering or advising His servants to do? Pride is the veil that blocks a servant from every goodness!
One day, angels will take that proud one to the grave. And they will show him and say, “Look who is there?” And he will say, “A skeleton.” The angels reply, “That is your skeleton, your inner self. On it was flesh, and with that flesh you were proud during this short time in Dunya.”
Reflect on this, and strive to be a good one, a good servant to your Lord, so that you may be granted garments from the Oceans of Light, from the Heavens. A Heavenly Dress that will be placed upon you. Ask for that.
Don’t run to tailors for a good suit. That is nothing. Ask the angels to clothe you in majesty and light, something honored, radiant, and everlasting. That is what matters.
O people! Time is over, it is almost finished. Come to understand, before you are left as only a skeleton in your grave.
May Allah ﷻ forgive us.
Al-Fatiha.
• Mawlana Shaykh Muhammad Nazim Adil al-Haqqaniق
03 September 2009/ 13 Ramadhan 1430 AH
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“Ya Allah, You are Forgiving and Generous, and You love forgiveness, so forgive us.”
Allāh ‘Azza wa-Jalla is Generous and Forgiving. This is a du’ā’ of Holy Prophet ﷺ asking Allāh ﷻ to forgive us. He ﷺ advises people to say it. Allāh ﷻ loves those who forgive. Because He ﷻ Himself is Forgiving. Therefore, if people forgive each other on what they do knowingly or unknowingly, their reward is with Allāh ﷻ. Their reward is great.
Why are we saying this? Because there are people who pass away, those after them of course ask for forgiveness at the funeral, and they forgive them there. Sometimes with those who are far away, even if a harmful thing happens, even if small or big, if one forgives them Allāh ﷻ will reward him too. He ﷻ gives him his reward. But small things happen knowingly or unknowingly. One does what is human. Allāh ﷻ is forgiving. We also forgive.
If we have a right, we forgive this right for people. Those who are near forgive. If those who are far away hear it too, them forgiving will be a great goodness in the sight of Allāh ﷻ. Allāh ‘Azza wa-Jalla will be happy. Allāh ﷻ wants His ﷻ servant to be sinless. He also gives great rewards to those who forgive.
We were saying this because – of course, may Allāh ﷻ have mercy on them. There are nice people who are not very smart. While in this world, they are tactless. They may have done something knowingly or unknowingly, and offended people. It is good to forgive them. Yesterday – may Allāh ﷻ have mercy on him. Mustafa Pala passed away two or three months ago. May Allāh ﷻ have mercy on him.
So his son came and told us he saw his father in his dream. He was in a good state, but he still wants forgiveness from the brothers. He was a good person, may Allāh ﷻ bless him, but sometimes he was very tactless. So he asked for forgiveness for that. And we said that we forgive on our side.
After I forgave him, all the brothers asked us to forgive him on their behalf. May Allāh ﷻ forgive him, and may He ﷻ forgive us all. And for us too, as we forgive, may others forgive us too, in shā’a Llāh. May we all be forgiven. A believer does not hold grudges. A believer loves what Allāh ﷻ loves, and does not love what He ﷻ does not love. Allāh ﷻ loves forgiveness, and we forgive. May Allāh ﷻ forgive us all, in shā’a Llāh. Wa min Allah at-Tawfiq.
Allāh ‘Azza wa-Jalla has granted mankind specialties. And he has responsibilities. He must do these things. When he does them, it will benefit him. It will be a great benefit to him. If he doesn’t do them, the harm will be upon him. Allāh ‘Azza wa-Jalla doesn’t need them. Allāh ‘Azza wa-Jalla doesn’t need anything from anyone; neither his worship, nor his Ṣadaqah, nor his Zakāt, nor anything. We are the ones in need. We are the needy. Allāh ‘Azza wa-Jalla is the One Who provides for our needs.
He ﷻ also shows you the goodness. “Do this, it is good for you. This is what you need. This is what is beneficial.” As your spirituality increases, you will be at ease on the inside, and your ākhirah will be good and prosperous. Allāh ‘Azza wa-Jalla has not made it difficult. He has ordered many things that mankind can do. Those who obey those orders win. Those who don’t obey them lose; they actually lose completely. Some lose forever. May Allāh ﷻ protect us. And some, after suffering, find themselves at ease. But there’s no need for those things. While in dunyā, you have to win. Losing is for the fools.
Allāh ‘Azza wa-Jalla has given the loser everything. He ﷻ has opened His ﷻ treasures. Allāh ‘Azza wa-Jalla says, “Come and take.” “No, I don’t want. I don’t want this treasure. What I need is dung and the filth that comes out of the sewage. That’s what I need,” says the human being. Allāh ‘Azza wa-Jalla is saying, “Leave this and come to the clean beautiful things, come to jewelry, come to treasures.”
Mankind says, “No, no, I don’t want this. Look at all my friends, most people love dung. We love dung and the filth that comes out of the sewage. We are happy with that.” You say you are happy but a person cannot be happy with that. A person is happy when his spirituality is happy.Otherwise, nothing can make him happy or satisfy him. No matter how much salty water he drinks, salt cannot quench his thirst. It is sweet things that will quench his thirst, it is the good, beautiful and clean things.
Therefore, Allāh ‘Azza wa-Jalla has ordered it to us. Allāh ‘Azza wa-Jalla says, “Leave the bad, and come to the good.” He ﷻ says, “Come to paradise, and leave hell.” What is more beautiful than this? If mankind runs after his ego and shayṭān, he will find none other than them. So you must train your ego and stay away from shayṭān. May Allāh ﷻ help us all, in shā’a Llāh. Wa min Allah at-Tawfiq. Al-Fatiha.
There are recited Qur’an Khatms that they have entrusted us with. May Allāh ﷻ accept them. We gift them firstly to our Holy Prophet ﷺ, his ﷺ Ahlu l-Bayt and ṣaḥābah, souls of all Anbiya, Awliya, Asfiya and our Mashayikh. To the souls of all our late ones. To the souls of all Muslims and Muslimahs, Mu’mins and Mu’minahs. For goodness to come and evil to be gone. May whatever good goals those who recited have be reached. For the strength of all of our īmān, in shā’a Llāh. For happiness here and hereafter. Li-Llahi Ta’āla.
“Wa Laqad Karramna Bani Adam wa Hamalnahum fi l-Barri wal Bahri”
“And We have certainly honored the children of Adam and carried them on the land and sea.” Ṣadaqa Llāhu l-‘Aẓīm.
Allāh ‘Azza wa-Jalla honored mankind. Mankind is honorable in the sight of Allāh ﷻ. Mankind is a precious being, but he does not know his value. So when you do worthless things, you have no worth left yourself. It is of no use. When one goes to other ways, when he leaves the way of Allāh ‘Azza wa-Jalla and goes to other places thinking he will receive favors, he finds nothing there. Mankind finds nothing but deception and cheating. If he is on the true way, the way of Allāh ‘Azza wa-Jalla, he attains every favor and beautiful thing. If he leaves that way and goes to other ways thinking he will be favored. That all happens as personal interest. It’s nothing but personal interest.
The religion of Islām has honored mankind. It has given him value. It has appreciated his efforts. Our Prophet ṣallá Llāhu ‘alayhi wa-sallam says, give the worker his money and wage before his sweat dries. At that time, one thousand four hundred years ago, nothing had any value. They were forced to work or taken as slaves. Then, they would hardly get any compensation for their work. Even then, since the law of Allāh ‘Azza wa-Jalla is for mankind, that law is has been the same from pre-existence, since mankind was created. It has been to honor mankind.
Mankind is an honorable being. He must know his value. He should be make shukr to the Creator. He should make shukr for everything He ﷻ has given him. Not one day a year, he should make shukr every day. What they say is once a year is only to deceive people; nothing else. Allāh ‘Azza wa-Jalla has honored us all the time. Mankind must know its value. They must not leave the way and rebel following other people’s words. Those on the way find their way. Those who stray from the way are in danger. May Allāh ﷻ protect us.
People always follow worldly people for dunyā and interests. When something happens somewhere, just for worldly interests, they claim that this will harm them and become jealous. They strive to destroy the others and eliminate them. They eat each other. Islām is not like that. Islām is brotherhood. It is sharing everything and giving the rights. Rights are very important in Islām. The right of the servant is the greatest right. It is greater than the right of Allāh ﷻ.
Allāh ‘Azza wa-Jalla says, “I forgive.” But the right of the servant must be forgiven by the servant himself. He must seek forgiveness from him. Allāh ‘Azza wa-Jalla is Forgiving and Merciful. Mankind is not like that. It might be that mankind doesn’t forgive you. Then, it will be difficult for you. If you repent, ask Allāh ‘Azza wa-Jalla for forgiveness, and not violate anyone’s right, you will be saved. But if you violate people’s rights, it is dangerous.
May Allāh ﷻ protect us. May we not violate anyone’s rights. May we not waste anyone’s efforts, in shā’a Llāh. May Allāh ﷻ preserve our efforts. May He ﷻ make it valuable, in shā’a Llāh. Wa min Allah at-Tawfiq.
“The believer is friendly and can be befriended.” [Hadith]
A believer gets along well. He gets along well with everyone. People are pleased with him. He tolerates people and gets by.
This worldly life passes in peace for the believer. He tolerates. If it’s good, he thanks Allāh ﷻ. If it’s difficult, he praises Allāh ﷻ. He gets by with people according to their situation. He is pleased with everything, and Allāh ﷻ is pleased with him.
The believer has this more than the Muslim. Those who believe in Allāh ‘Azza wa-Jalla and have strong īmān do this. The normal Muslim needs discipline. He must train his ego. It is also difficult to train the ego alone. That’s why, in the presence of the ṭarīqah Sheikh, he slowly disciplines the ego. He does as much as he can. They never say, “You are good.” Even if it’s a little, Allāh ‘Azza wa-Jalla will still be pleased with him.
Of course, a person cannot do it one hundred percent. But normally, normal people, especially people of this time, object to everything. They don’t like anything. They complain about everything, while they can’t do anything. They only make themselves restless and disturbed; nothing else.
The beautiful words of our Prophet ṣallá Llāhu ‘alayhi wa-sallam show us the way. It shows what we must do and what we mustn’t do. Those who follow it will be at ease.Even when Sayyidina Ibrahīm ‘alayhi s-salām was in the fire, Allāh ‘Azza wa-Jalla made a garden of paradise for him.
Therefore, if the believer resembles them and does what they say, the whole world’s [states] won’t affect him. Because who has īmān knows that these are from Allāh ‘Azza wa-Jalla, he tolerates them, they pass by and are gone.
May Allāh ﷻ protect us from the evil of our egos. May Allāh ﷻ help us. It’s easy to say, but it’s a little bit difficult to do. In shā’a Llāh, Allāh ﷻ will help us, that we do it, in shā’a Llāh. Wa min Allah at-Tawfiq.
“Fa’ammā Man Ţaghá (37) Wa ‘Āthara Al-Ĥayāata Ad-Dunyā (38) Fa’inna Al-Jaĥīma Hiya Al-Ma’wá (39)”
“So as for he who transgressed (37) And preferred the life of the world (38) Verily, his abode will be Hell-fire (39).” Ṣadaqa Llāhu l-‘Aẓīm.
Allāh ‘Azza wa-Jalla says. The person who prefers dunyā, the person who works for dunyā, the person who is in disobedience and rebellion, his end is bad, his end is hell. But the person who is for the pleasure of Allāh ﷻ, even if all dunyā was his, his end is paradise. When one has the pleasure of Allāh ﷻ, everything becomes good. A person who does not seek the pleasure of Allāh ﷻ will have everything become bad.
A person who prefers not the whole dunyā but as much as an atom of dunyā loses his ākhirah. Ākhirah is the eternal. The eternal life, the real life is the life of ākhirah. Dunyā is gone in the blink of an eye. Therefore, the clever person prefers ākhirah. Allāh ‘Azza wa-Jalla says, when you obey Me and perform your worship, everything is ḥalāl for you, within the bounds of the ḥalāl. When it is outside the bounds of the ḥalāl, when it enters the ḥarām, then he will be working for dunyā. He will have a burden upon him. He will have punishment.
Therefore, while living, walking, sleeping, waking up and doing everything, we should remember Allāh ‘Azza wa-Jalla. We should act as He ﷻ wants. When the intention is like that, the end will be good then. But if a person does everything for dunyā, then he does not care to distinguish between ḥalāl and ḥarām. A person who strives saying, “I will take everything. I want everything to be mine,” it will be of no use then. They are not good for him. They will be affliction for him. His earnings and deeds will not be of any benefit to him.
Because everything is current. Human being’s life in dunyā is current. It means in the existing moment. The past is over, and the future is uncertain. Therefore, always work for the pleasure of Allāh ﷻ, and remember Him ﷻ. May Allāh ﷻ make us steadfast. May we be as He ﷻ wants, in shā’a Llāh. May our aim not be dunyā but our Lord, in shā’a Llāh. Wa min Allah at-Tawfiq.
“Indeed, the number of months with Allah is twelve [lunar] months in the register of Allah [from] the day He created the heavens and the earth; of these, four are Sacred.” Ṣadaqa Llāhu l-‘Aẓīm.
The sacred months are four months. Three of these sacred months are reserved by Allāh ‘Azza wa-Jalla for people for ḥajj. And one was made separate by Allah Azza wa Jalla.
Allāh ‘Azza wa-Jalla is the Creator. He ﷻ created the moon, the stars, the days, years and so. Among them are these four months, the sacred months. They should be respected. There are things to be done and badness is forbidden, He ﷻ says. There is no war. If they were attacked, it is permissible to defend. When necessary, there is another principle. There is a principle for everything.
Tomorrow, in shā’a Llāh, starting tonight at Maghrib enters the month of Dhul Qa’dah; the months of ḥajj.After that, Dhul Ḥijjah then Muḥarram. In these three months, people used to go and return from ḥajj. In order to go and return safely, Allāh ‘Azza wa-Jalla had ordered this. And it used to be done in old times too, before Islām. These things remained from the time of Ibrāhim ‘alayhi s-salām. The polytheists knew about them too. They respect and followed them.
Nevertheless, they would change these months to other months according to their own minds as it would fit their business. They would put a month in place of another month, and do what they are going to do. That is not permissible either. Allāh ‘Azza wa-Jalla says it is not possible in the Qur’an. Everything has its place and its time. You can’t change it according to your own mind.
For us, the partial seclusion starts from tonight at Maghrib until the tenth of Dhul Ḥijjah. The partial seclusion only. There is no permission for the 40-day seclusion; no one is allowed to do it. If one will do the partial seclusion, he can do it now. If he wants between Maghrib and Isha. If he wants between Asr and Maghrib. If he wants before Fajr until Ishrāq. He makes the intention for seclusion for the sake of Allāh ﷻ. He can do his awrād, his dhikr, his tasbihāt, read Qur’an and so. That would be a great virtue for a person.
People of ṭarīqah should enter seclusion anyway. In the meantime, in this time, there is no need for seclusion for people. Because the worldly situation is terrible. People’s egos can’t handle that seclusion. In this time, it would be more virtuous to do without seclusion. But with the intention for seclusion, the partial seclusion replaces the official seclusion for the murīd. Therefore, it is until the tenth of Dhul Ḥijjah, 40 days straight. And for those who cannot do it now, they can from Rajab until the tenth of Sha’ban. So our seclusion time is twice a year. Other than that, one is free.
May Allāh ﷻ accept it. May our days and months be blessed, in shā’a Llāh. May our lives, years and months be beneficial and of goodness. That is what’s important. Your life is passing. It doesn’t wait for you. It doesn’t stop. That’s why, we must benefit. As much as we can do, in shā’a Llāh, may Allāh ﷻ accept it. May Allāh ﷻ be pleased. Wa min Allah at-Tawfiq.
During this life, people will either reach goodness or badness. If a person wants goodness, the Lord of the Heavens will open the path to it. If a person wants the wrong way, the bad way, the satanic way, that path will also open. It is like a railway station; different tracks open depending on what you seek.
Allah Almighty looks to see which way the servant is asking for — the good or the bad, the right or the wrong. It is up to you. You may choose, but then you cannot blame anyone. Whatever comes upon a person, they have no one to blame but themselves.
Everyone with common sense can know which is right and which is wrong. The main problem of mankind today is that they are choosing the wrong way. And because of their choice, they will inevitably face many disliked things.
On the wrong way, everything can hurt, disturb, and cause great suffering and hardship. The wrong way is full of bad and harmful things. If you choose it, you must see for yourself what comes to you. Then you can only blame yourself. But if you take even one step back from the wrong way, you will immediately find yourself in a better atmosphere.
When a person follows the wrong path, the atmosphere around him becomes dirty and harmful. The atmosphere of the right way brings peace and pleasure. Joy will enter your heart. Blessings will reach you from Allah Almighty. He ﷻ will make you happy. He ﷻ will make your future like an open rose. He ﷻ will show you a bright future. That is the atmosphere of the right way.
One thousand four hundred years ago, Prophet Muhammad ﷺ said that days like these would come. Because the Last Day is drawing nearer, it is approaching, approaching… And people are changing their ways from good to bad, from right to wrong. This has covered the whole world with darkness.
Those who breathe through their hearts can feel the heaviness. You may breathe, but you do not find relief, because something in the air makes you feel suffocated. You feel that you cannot breathe fully. That is the time we are living in.
This time is described as a smoke, and it will literally be a smoke covering the world. But it also has another meaning. People will become like those who are sick. It weighs heavily in the air. You cannot breathe. Today, most people are on the wrong way. They have abandoned the teachings of the Heavens and are following the teachings of the devil. As a punishment, they are creating this heavy atmosphere through their own actions.
But in every nation, there will be a few people who will be like stars in the sky. Darkness cannot change their brightness. It cannot take away their light. The darker it gets, the more light they will carry. They will live among others, but they will not change their direction from good to bad. These people stay on the right path, and the Lord Almighty gives them light.
Their atmosphere is different from that of most people. It is up to you to choose which atmosphere you want. The Lord Almighty opens whichever one you ask for. That is why the Prophet ﷺ said that there will be some servants of Allah Almighty who will be beyond this heavy atmosphere.
A rocket reaches beyond the atmosphere with great difficulty. Once it breaks through, it enters another atmosphere that is light and free. But to reach that light atmosphere, it needs great power. Mighty engines push it forward. When it finally succeeds, it moves so smoothly. The bad, dangerous, and tiring atmosphere is left behind; it becomes a different kind of air. O people, as long as you follow the wrong direction, your atmosphere will never change!
There is no benefit for me in telling you this. You are not giving me money or anything from this world. But in the Hereafter, I will receive my reward. I will be rewarded for everyone who listens to the truth. And the only reward that has any real value is the one from the Lord Almighty.
The Prophet ﷺ said that if you guide a person from the wrong way to the right one, from the bad way to the good one, the reward from Allah Almighty will be far greater than all the treasures of this world.
But I am fighting against Shaytan. You must help me. When I come to get you, Shaytan becomes very angry and says, “They are my servants. How can you take them?” And at the same time, you are running after Shaytan, saying, “Oh Sheikh, do not catch me!” But I am catching you. May Allah ﷻ keep us on the right way. That is our goal. If you have a mind, it is very clear — unless your mind has already been stolen by Shaytan.
If that happens, you become Shaytan’s donkey. He will ride you and steer you wherever he wishes. Do not be a donkey! Who told you to be a donkey? Shaytan? Do not listen to him. Be free. Be the servant of Allah, the Lord Almighty. He will dress you with the honour of being His ﷻ servant. He ﷻ will place the crown of servanthood upon your head. Why are you refusing? Why are you hesitating? Do you want to be Shaytan’s donkey?
This Suḥbah is enough for everyone living from East to West, because the Seal of the Prophets ﷺ was sent to all nations. This is part of his ﷺ oceans of wisdom. Whatever he ﷺ said, your common sense will confirm. Everyone with a sound mind must accept it. Jews must accept it. Christians must accept it. Muslims must accept it. Buddhists must accept it. Sikhs must accept it. Hindus must accept it. Everyone must accept it.
Everyone knows the devil, Shaytan. Everyone knows what is wrong and which is the wrong direction. If they do not change their way, they will stay under Shaytan’s control. He will make them his donkeys and enjoy it, because he finds pleasure when people fall into suffering. Every trouble that reaches mankind makes Shaytan happy.
Do not think Allah ﷻ or His Beloved Prophet ﷺ are happy with your pain. No! Just like no father or mother is happy when their children face difficulties or suffer, how could Allah Almighty be happy seeing His ﷻ servants in misery? No. Suffering only brings joy to Shaytan, and he laughs with delight.
His laughter reaches the ears of holy people. With each laugh, the holy ones know that a new suffering has come to a person, or to a group of people. Just like when you hear a crash on the street and you know instantly that an accident has happened. When Shaytan laughs, the holy ones know that a new disaster has struck mankind.
It means someone listened to Shaytan and went the wrong way. Just like if you are on a highway and suddenly you make a U-turn. How many cars do you think will crash into you? If you go the wrong way, a big accident will happen very quickly.When Shaytan laughs, the holy ones understand that a major crash has happened, and many people are caught up in it.
O people, do not go in the wrong direction. That was the last advice of all the prophets. Their final words to their nations were, “Stay firm upon the right way. If you leave it, great harm may reach you at any moment and destroy you.”
May Allah ﷻ protect and bless us all.
Al-Fatiha.
• Mawlana Shaykh Muhammad Nazim Adil al-Haqqaniق
07 May 1992/ 4 Dhul Qa’dah 1412 AH
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Shukr to Allāh ﷻ, we are in the month of Shawwāl. It was a heavy month. This month falls between holy Ramaḍān and ḥajj. Now, in shā’a Llāh, after tomorrow is the start of the month of Dhul Qa’dah. The ḥajjīs begin their journey to ḥajj. For these people, it is a blessing from Allāh ‘Azza wa-Jalla, as a miracle.
Of course, there’s a difference between what Allāh ‘Azza wa-Jalla says and what people do according to their own minds. It cannot be compared. There is no such thing as comparison for that. What Allāh ‘Azza wa-Jalla has appointed for people is for their benefit and for their good. Ḥajj is one of them. If a person has wealth and is healthy, it is obligatory for him to do it. It is one of the conditions of Islām. Those who do not do it will have incompleted the conditions of Islām: The first is Kalimat Shahādah. The second is prayer. The third is fasting. Then zakāt and ḥajj.
People do all the others; they can do them. But as for the matter of ḥajj, most people don’t give it much importance. Even if one gave it such an importance, there are a lot of obstacles right now. If he said “Let’s go to ḥajj right away” and he had the money, there are still a lot of other obstacles that he cannot do it. If he cannot do it, after he makes the intention, Allāh ‘Azza wa-Jalla accepts his intention. But those who never think about it will regret it in ākhirah, “If only we had done it.”
Of course, it could be done as ḥajj badal (by proxy). Its reward compared to ḥajj is one in a thousand, one in a ten thousand or one in a hundred thousand. That much reward and virtues are attained by a person. That’s another matter. But, of course, at least he will be saved from this sin. That applies for those who have wealth and are healthy, but do not go. But for others who are poor or sick and could not go, the ḥajj performed in their place will be accepted. Then, it will be like going.
When one has no wealth and cannot go, then the obligation is waived. And when it’s not an obligation, he will not be held accountable. So there is no sin upon this person. Allāh ‘Azza wa-Jalla, “إِذَا أَخَذَ مَا أَوْهَبَ أَسْقَطَ مَا أَوْجَبَ”, “If He ﷻ took what He ﷻ has granted, He ﷻ drops what He ﷻ has obligated.” This is a rule of Fiqh. There is no accountability for what He ﷻ has not given. That thing is waived. The order is waived.
For example, this may be upon the madmen. The man is crazy. He has no mind. So neither prayer is obligatory for him, nor fasting is obligatory. He is not mukallaf (responsible). And according the matter of ḥajj, who has no money or has no good health, the obligation is waived for him. If he cannot do it, he is not held accountable for it. But if there isn’t any obstacle, a person should do it. As we said, there are many obstacles now. When they say, “It is forbidden. This and that. We will take that much people. We will accept only this much,” that obligation is waived for the person. Otherwise, he must go.
May Allāh ﷻ grant it to everyone. Because such a journey is necessary for everyone’s spirituality, to gain virtue, barakah and reward. Performing one prayer in Masjid al-Harām is like performing a hundred thousand prayers. A prayer has as much virtue as all the prayers you perform in a lifetime. Visiting our Holy Prophet ﷺ, standing in his ﷺ presence is another beauty and another benefit. And every prayer performed there is worth a thousand prayers; its reward, virtue and everything.
May Allāh ﷻ grant it to all of us. May those who could not go be granted it, in shā’a Llāh. Wa min Allah at-Tawfiq.
“And mankind was created weak.” Ṣadaqa Llāhu l-‘Aẓīm.
Allāh ﷻ created human being weak. No one should boast saying, “I am like this. I am like that.” If Allāh ﷻ wants, He ﷻ makes the weak strong and the strong weak. Therefore, we are under the command of Allāh ‘Azza wa-Jalla.
SubhanAllah, today this matter happened. It shows how weak mankind are. May Allāh ﷻ be pleased with you. I guess we fell asleep till now. Shukr to Allāh ﷻ, we didn’t miss Fajr prayer at least. We missed all the night prayers. They knocked on our door and woke us up for Fajr prayer.
Mankind may fall into heedlessness if Allāh ‘Azza wa-Jalla wants. Human is weak. We perform all acts of worship and all acts of obedience with Allāh’s ﷻ grace and kindness. We must make shukr to Him ﷻ. Mankind’s heedlessness is through the will of Allāh ﷻ. It is His ﷻ will. Everything we do is by the grace and kindness of Allāh ﷻ. It is not right to boast, “I did this. I did that. Others did not do it.”
One of the great ‘awliyā’; I don’t remember exactly who it was. In Baghdad, he got up early in the morning with his father before Fajr for Tahajjud. He said, “Shukr to Allāh ﷻ, we woke up. Look, all the people are sleeping in heedlessness. Thanks be to Allāh ﷻ, we got up for Tahajjud. They are sleeping.” His father said, “If only you were sleeping too and you hadn’t said this.” This boasting is wrong. Everything happens by Allāh’s ﷻ grace and kindness. Whether you get up or go to sleep or fall into heedlessness, it is from Allāh ‘Azza wa-Jalla.
Therefore, ṭarīqah is adab (good manners). And adab is to be thankful to Allāh ﷻ. You must not consider anything as important. You must not value anything. Our worship and obedience are all of no value. If Allāh ‘Azza wa-Jalla doesn’t want that, your ego will first make you compare with others, “He is like this, he is like that.” That is wrong.
Comparing yourself is a trick of shayṭān too. In order for shayṭān to make your ego bigger, he tells you, “You get up for Tahajjud prayers. You do Qiyāmu l-Layl. You don’t sleep at night. You do this and that.” He set a trap for you to lose what you have gained.
Some people who enter ṭarīqah ask, “How much has my rank become?” That is also not from the principles or manners. You who entered ṭarīqah, you already entered ṭarīqah because it is the way of Allāh ‘Azza wa-Jalla, to discipline your ego more. Don’t ask that. It is not from the principles or manners. What will you do? You will continue on your way. The greatest karāmah: is: “أَجَلُّ الْكَرَامَاتِ دَوَامُ التَّوْفِيقِ”, “Ajallu l-karāmāt dawāmu t-tawfīq”. Being consistent on the way is the greatest karāmah.
You should praise Allāh ﷻ. You should make shukr to Allāh ﷻ. You mustn’t compare yourself to others. Allāh ﷻ knows what our end will be. What’s important is for us to be steadfast. If you’re not steadfast, you can do all the worship, and be like shayṭān. May Allāh ﷻ protect us. There is no place left on earth or heavens where he has not prayed, and in the end he became the most despicable and the worst of creation. Therefore, to avoid being like him, you must continue on the way of Allāh ﷻ. You must be consistent on this way, without looking at this or that, without asking, “How much have I done? What rank have I reached?” May Allāh ﷻ protect us.
Sometimes, when you stay consistent, some state occurs unwillingly. You will be rewarded for your worship in the same way with the grace and kindness of Allāh ‘Azza wa-Jalla. There is another story. Sayyidina Bāyazīd al-Basṭāmī – just like what happened with us today – fell asleep during the night prayers and couldn’t get up. He probably prayed Fajr prayer or did not prayed it on time. Shayṭān was very happy.
Sayyidina Bāyazīd al-Basṭāmī was very sad, he cried. He was profoundly sad and cried a lot. Allāh ‘Azza wa-Jalla wrote a thousand times more reward for what he couldn’t do than what he did. It was seen in ghayb and shayṭān also saw that. After a while, he also fell asleep for the second time.
He saw someone waking him up, pushing him. He looked and shayṭān was waking him up. “Get up and pray! You’re going to miss Fajr prayer”, he said. Sayyidina Bāyazīd al-Basṭāmī said, “How can you do this? You should be making me sleep more.” Shayṭān said, “Last time, I made you fall asleep. You gained a thousand times more reward. So wake up now. We managed that one time only and cannot anymore.”
So if a person fell into heedlessness, got sick or so and missed a prayer, Allāh ﷻ writes him the same reward and thawāb. May Allāh ﷻ forgive us all. May Allāh ﷻ be pleased with you too, you waited here so much. Wa min Allah at-Tawfiq.
“Faman ‘Āmana Wa ‘Aşlaĥa Falā Khawfun `Alayhim Wa Lā HumYaĥzanūn”
“So whoever believes and reforms – there will be no fear concerning them, nor will they grieve.” Sadaqa Llāhu l-‘Aẓīm.
Those who believe will have no fear and no sadness, with Allāh’s ﷻ permission. Taking refuge in Allāh ﷻ is the greatest goodness for the believer. It is a gift from Allāh ‘Azza wa-Jalla. That gift is what’s important.
Mankind’s life is not for dunyā but for ākhirah. Dunyā is temporary. Ākhirah is eternal. Therefore, those who are with Allāh ﷻ, those who are on the way of Allāh ﷻ have no sadness, grief, or sorrow; people who truly rely on Allāh ﷻ. Muslims, of course, are better than non-Muslims. Benefit has been given by Allāh ‘Azza wa-Jalla to those who believe. Allāh ﷻ invites everyone to safety and paradise. No one is deprived from that. Anyone who wants can come. They can come to that place. Everyone is invited.
But of course, the person’s stubbornness, ego and kufr keep him away from that. He runs to the opposite direction. Most people are upon Istiqāmah (going straight) on the bad side. People follow their egos, desires, and shayṭān. They stray from the right way, they flee. Whereas, peace is in it. Goodness is in it. Winning is in it.
A person who wins his life is who’s on the way of Allāh ﷻ. Those who are not on the way of Allāh ﷻ have lost their lives. They say, “He lost his life.” They are the ones who have lost their lives. Those who have no īmān will have lost their lives when they die. They have lost. They have lost their opportunities. Those who believe have won. They have earned their lives. Now they keep saying he lost his life.
A few days ago, they said the head of kufr lost his life. He has already lost. And those who follow his way lose. Because they have strayed from the way of Allāh ﷻ. They have followed a way according to their own minds. Yet, they know the truth. Whoever goes on that way following their egos, despite knowing, will lose their life. It will be of no benefit. None of them will see anything good in ākhirah.
Therefore, those on the way of Allāh ﷻ have won. They must stay steadfast on that way. Now, some nonsense things have come out. “I believe in this, I don’t believe in this. I like this, I don’t like this.” Religion is not according to your own mind. Whatever the religion says, you must follow. Religion came through the way of our Prophet ṣallá Llāhu ‘alayhi wa-sallam. You must follow that way.
Now they say, “We don’t want Ḥadīth. The Qur’an is enough for us.” They have also gone astray. And they are leading people astray. He who accepts that is deficient in mind. He has no mind. He is a fool. He is crazy. Because by whose means did the Qur’an come? Our Prophet ṣallá Llāhu ‘alayhi wa-sallam. You don’t accept Ḥadīth, you accept Qur’an. As they say, “Bu ne perhiz, bu ne lahana turşusu!” It means “What a contrast!” It’s exactly the same.
Man has mind. Allāh ﷻ has given him logic and mind. Shayṭān, desires and ego have destroyed their minds. And they are subject to them mindlessly. May Allāh ﷻ preserve our minds. May Allāh ﷻ not deviate us from the right way. May Allāh ﷻ bless this Friday of ours, in shā’a Llāh. Wa min Allah at-Tawfiq. Al-Fatiha.
There are recited Qur’an Khatms, Tahlilāt, Salawat, Dalā’il al-Khayrāt, Ayāt, Surahs. May Allāh ﷻ accept all Qur’an Khatms and Tasbīhāt. We gift them firstly to our Holy Prophet ﷺ, his ﷺ Ahlu l-Bayt and ṣaḥābah, souls of all Anbiya, Awliya, Asfiya and Prophets. To the souls of our Mashayikh and all our passed ones. May whatever goals those who recited have be reached. For happiness here and hereafter. For strength of īmān, in shā’a Llāh. May there be safety for Muslims, in shā’a Llāh. May Allāh ﷻ protect our Muslims brothers in distress. May Allāh ﷻ bring them to safety. Li-Llahi Ta’āla.
“Inna Allāha Yumsiku s-Samāwāti Wa Al-‘Arda ‘An Tazūlā ۚ Wa La’in Zālatā ‘In ‘Amsakahumā Min ‘Aĥadin Min Ba’dih”
“Indeed, Allah holds the heavens and the earth, lest they cease. And if they should cease, no one could hold them [in place] after Him.” Sadaqa Llāhu l-‘Aẓīm.
Allāh ‘Azza wa-Jalla is the one who created the earth and heavens in such an order and alignment. Allāh ‘Azza wa-Jalla holds them [in place]. Everything happens by His ﷻ command, by His ﷻ permission. Nothing happens by itself. No movement happens by itself. Indeed, it is by the order of Allāh ‘Azza wa-Jalla.
This Ayah Karīmah says, the heavens and the earths are held by Allāh ‘Azza wa-Jalla. If He ﷻ does not hold them, they will be blown away; nothing will remain. Allāh ‘Azza wa-Jalla is the one who creates with His ﷻ will. Nothing happens without His ﷻ command.
People try to do things without realizing their own worth. And then, they think they are something. But Allāh ﷻ reminds people with a little thing. Everyone says Allāh ﷻ then. They have to say Allāh ﷻ.
That’s why, we shouldn’t forget. This earth and heavens are standing by His ﷻ command and His ﷻ permission. Everything in the place we live in, in dunyā is standing on the edge, as we said. But nothing happens unless it’s by Allāh’s ﷻ permission. It happens when the time comes.
This earth is full of things. We went to Italy years ago. There is one city that’s under a volcano. That sea there has such a big thing in it that if it explodes nothing would remain from this world. This is one of Allāh ‘Azza wa-Jalla’s creations. There are many and many more.
That’s why, we should to turn to Allāh ﷻ. We must repent and ask for forgiveness. They say, “What should we do?” People are scared now. Ask Allāh ﷻ for forgiveness, “Forgive us.” Repent and ask forgiveness. “Forgive our sins. We are weak servants. We repent for what we’ve done, for not remembering Allāh ‘Azza wa-Jalla.” That’s what must be done. Return to Him ﷻ, and ask for His ﷻ mercy.
Some people don’t say anything at first, then after this [earthquake] happens, they ask forgiveness. “What kind of foolish people are these. There’s no one controlling earth, there’s nothing like that.” But when such a thing happens, they don’t remember those things. Everyone says Allāh ﷻ then. They must say so. You must say Allāh ﷻ before these things happen and beg Allāh ﷻ. May Allāh ﷻ forgive us. May He ﷻ protect us, in shā’a Llāh.
The beautiful side of the Muslim is that he always remembers Allāh ‘Azza wa-Jalla, he always asks for help from Him ﷻ. No one else can help him if he asks from.No one can stand in front of these things. Allāh ‘Azza wa-Jalla can. Beg to Allāh ﷻ to protect us. May Allāh ﷻ protect us, in shā’a Llāh. We came from Him ﷻ and we will return to Him ﷻ. Allāh’s ﷻ will has been fulfilled, in shā’a Llāh. May those afraid get well soon.
As we said, ask Allāh ﷻ for mercy. Repent and ask for forgiveness for Allāh ﷻ to forgive us. Strive to complete the shortcomings. Ṣadaqah is very important. What’s most important is Ṣadaqah. It protects and keeps one safe. It cures illness, and it also wards off accidents and afflictions, in shā’a Llāh.
May Allāh ﷻ help us. May Allāh ﷻ protect us, in shā’a Llāh. May Allāh ﷻ grant people īmān. May those who repent keep their repentance, in shā’a Llāh. Wa min Allah at-Tawfiq.
Allāh ‘Azza wa-Jalla says in many places in Qur’ān ‘Aẓīmu sh-Sha’n, do not be with the ignorant, do not follow the ignorant. In many places, He ﷻ warns people, He ﷻ warns the believers. Because ignorance is a bad thing. The worst thing to give to a person is ignorance.
In old times, they used to call someone who could not read or write, ignorant. After that, in the time our Prophet ṣallá Llāhu ‘alayhi wa-sallam came, ignorance was everywhere in the world. It was called ‘Jāhiliyyah al-ū’la’, ‘The First Age of Ignorance’ said our Prophet ṣallá Llāhu ‘alayhi wa-sallam. The second one is now. The time we live in now is the time of the second Jāhiliyyah. The second is much worse than the first.
In the first one, they were still accepting some things. People now are not accepting anything. They don’t accept the truth. They think of things according to their own minds considering them right. And they run after them. That’s what is not true, that’s what is useless. It keeps them away from the truth. That is what ignorance is. Ignorance is reading and not understanding. Reading and not benefiting from it.They know all knowledge but they do not know the truth. They are all outside of what the truth is.
Therefore, the one who does not accept and does not know the truth is ignorant. And what he studies is of no benefit. The person who studies for years and thinks he is something, his ignorance increases day by day. Until he finds the truth, then he will be saved from this ignorance, and he will have saved himself. Otherwise, his ignorance will cause him to remain in the worst place forever.
On the contrary, thought is important. Our Prophet ṣallá Llāhu ‘alayhi wa-sallam says, thinking for an hour is better than worshipping for seventy years. Because when a person sees the truth, believes and follows the right way, he will be happy in dunyā and ākhirah then. Otherwise, it is of no use in dunyā. And in ākhirah, it’s even worse. May Allāh ﷻ protect us.
Indeed, we live in the age of ignorance. It is also like a dirty disease. It spreads from one to another, from one to another. It is a contagious disease. May Allāh ﷻ protect us. May He ﷻ protect our īmān, in shā’a Llāh. May we not be among the ignorant, in shā’a Llāh. “فَلَا تَكُونَنَّ مِنَ الْجَاهِلِينَ”, “Falā Takūnanna Mina Al-Jāhilīn”, “So never be of the ignorant.” (Qur’an 06:35). Neither be from the ignorant ones nor be with them. May Allāh ﷻ protect us. Wa min Allah at-Tawfiq.
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