Thariqatuna Naqsybandiyyah

ASMÂ’ AHL BADR

2010-05-03T22:30:00.000-07:00

Allâhumma agithnâ yâ Giyâth al-mustaghîthîn bihaqqi (O Allâh! O The Succour of those who seek help, save us for the sake of)

1. Sayyidinâ wa Habîbinâ wa Nabiyyinâ wa Mawlânâ Muhammad ibn ‘Abdillâh Sallallâhu ‘alayhi wa sallam
2. Sayyidinâ Abû Bakr as-Siddîq, ‘AbdAllâh ibn ‘Uthmân al-Muhâjirî Rady Allâhu ‘Anhu
3. Sayyidinâ ‘Umar ibn al-Khattâb al-Muhâjirî, Rady Allâhu ‘Anhu
4. Sayyidinâ ‘Uthmân ibn ‘Affân al-Muhâjirî, Rady Allâhu ‘Anhu
5. Sayyidinâ ‘Alî ibn Abî Tâlib al-Muhâjirî, Rady Allâhu ‘Anhu
6. Sayyidinâ Talha ibn ‘Ubaydillâh al-Muhâjirî, Rady Allâhu ‘Anhu
7. Sayyidinâ az-Zubayr ibn al-‘Awwâm al-Muhâjirî, Rady Allâhu ‘Anhu
8. Sayyidinâ ‘Abdu’rRahmân ibn ‘Awf al-Muhâjirî, Rady Allâhu ‘Anhu
9. Sayyidinâ Sa’d ibn Abî Waqqâs, Mâlik ibn Uhayb al-Muhâjirî, Rady Allâhu ‘Anhu
10. Sayyidinâ Sa’îd ibn Zayd al-Muhâjirî, Rady Allâhu ‘Anhu
11. Sayyidinâ Abû ‘Ubayda ‘Âmir ibn ‘Abdillâh ibn al-Jarrâh al-Muhâjirî, Rady Allâhu ‘Anhu Alif

1. Ubayy ibn Ka’b al-Khazrajî, Rady Allâhu ‘Anhu
2. al-Akhnas ibn Khubayb al-Muhâjirî, Rady Allâhu ‘Anhu
3. al-Arqam ibn Abi’l Arqam al-Muhâjirî, Rady Allâhu ‘Anhu
4. As’ad ibn Yazîd al-Khazrajî, Rady Allâhu ‘Anhu
5. Anas ibn Mu’âdh al-Khazrajî, Rady Allâhu ‘Anhu
6. Anasah, mawlâ Rasulillâh al-Muhâjirî, Rady Allâhu ‘Anhu
7. Unays ibn Qatâdah al-Awsî, Rady Allâhu ‘Anhu
8. Aws ibn Thâbit al-Khazrajî, Rady Allâhu ‘Anhu
9. Aws ibn Khawlî al-Khazrajî, Rady Allâhu ‘Anhu
10. Aws ibn as-Sâmit al-Khazrajî, Rady Allâhu ‘Anhu
11. Iyâs ibn al-Aws al-Awsî, Rady Allâhu ‘Anhu
12. Iyâs ibn al-Bukayr al-Muhâjirî, Rady Allâhu ‘Anhu

Bâ’

1. Bujayr ibn Abî Bujayr al-Khazrajî, Rady Allâhu ‘Anhu
2. Bahhâth ibn Tha’laba al-Khazrajî, Rady Allâhu ‘Anhu
3. Basbas ibn ‘Amr al-Khazrajî, Rady Allâhu ‘Anhu
4. Bishr ibn Barâ’ ibn Ma’rûr al-Khazrajî, Rady Allâhu ‘Anhu
5. Bashîr ibn Sa’d al-Khazrajî, Rady Allâhu ‘Anhu
6. Bilâl ibn Rabâh al-Muhâjirî, Rady Allâhu ‘Anhu

Tâ’

1. Tamîm ibn Yu’âr al-Khazrajî, Rady Allâhu ‘Anhu
2. Tamîm mawlâ Banî Ghanam al-Awsî, Rady Allâhu ‘Anhu
3. Tamîm mawlâ Khirâsh ibn as-Simmah al-Khazrajî, Rady Allâhu ‘Anhu

Thâ’

1. Thâbit ibn Aqram al-Awsî, Rady Allâhu ‘Anhu
2. Thâbit ibn Tha’labah al-Khazrajî, Rady Allâhu ‘Anhu
3. Thâbit ibn Khâlid al-Khazrajî, Rady Allâhu ‘Anhu
4. Thâbit ibn Khansâ’ al-Khazrajî, Rady Allâhu ‘Anhu
5. Thâbit ibn ‘Amr al-Khazrajî, Rady Allâhu ‘Anhu

6. Thâbit ibn Hazzâl al-Khazrajî, Rady Allâhu ‘Anhu
7. Tha’labah ibn Hâtib ibn ‘Amr al-Awsî, Rady Allâhu ‘Anhu
8. Tha’labah ibn ‘Amr al-Khazrajî, Rady Allâhu ‘Anhu
9. Tha’labah ibn Ghanamah al-Khazrajî, Rady Allâhu ‘Anhu
10. Thaqf ibn ‘Amr al-Muhâjirî, Rady Allâhu ‘Anhu

Jîm

1. Jâbir ibn Khâlid ibn ‘Abd al-Ash-hal al-Khazrajî, Rady Allâhu ‘Anhu
2. Jâbir ibn ‘Abdillâh ibn Ri’âb al-Khazrajî, Rady Allâhu ‘Anhu
3. Jabbâr ibn Sakhr al-Khazrajî, Rady Allâhu ‘Anhu
4. Jabr ibn ‘Atîk al-Awsî, Rady Allâhu ‘Anhu
5. Jubayr ibn Iyâs al-Khazrajî, Rady Allâhu ‘Anhu

Hâ’

1. al-Hârith ibn Anas al-Awsî, Rady Allâhu ‘Anhu
2. al-Hârith ibn Aws ibn Râfi’ al-Awsî, Rady Allâhu ‘Anhu
3. al-Hârith ibn Aws ibn Mu’âdh al-Awsî, Rady Allâhu ‘Anhu
4. al-Hârith ibn Hâtib al-Awsî, Rady Allâhu ‘Anhu
5. al-Hârith ibn Khazamah ibn ‘Adî al-Awsî, Rady Allâhu ‘Anhu

6. al-Hârith ibn Khazamah al-Khazrajî, Rady Allâhu ‘Anhu
7. al-Hârith ibn Abî Khazamah al-Awsî, Rady Allâhu ‘Anhu
8. al-Hârith ibn as-Simmah al-Khazrajî, Rady Allâhu ‘Anhu
9. al-Hârith ibn ‘Arfajah al-Awsî, Rady Allâhu ‘Anhu
10. al-Hârith ibn Qays al-Awsî, Rady Allâhu ‘Anhu
11. al-Hârith ibn Qays al-Khazrajî, Rady Allâhu ‘Anhu
12. al-Hârith ibn an-Nu’mân ibn Umayya al-Awsî, Rady Allâhu ‘Anhu

13. Hârithah ibn Surâqa ash-Shahîd al-Khazrajî, Rady Allâhu ‘Anhu
14. Hârithah ibn an-Nu’mân ibn Zayd al-Khazrajî, Rady Allâhu ‘Anhu
15. Hâtib ibn Abî Balta’ah al-Muhâjirî, Rady Allâhu ‘Anhu
16. Hâtib ibn ‘Amr al-Muhâjirî, Rady Allâhu ‘Anhu
17. Hubâb ibn al-Mundhir al-Khazrajî, Rady Allâhu ‘Anhu

18. Habîb ibn al-Aswad al-Khazrajî, Rady Allâhu ‘Anhu
19. Harâm ibn Milhân al-Khazrajî, Rady Allâhu ‘Anhu
20. Hurayth ibn Zayd al-Khazrajî, Rady Allâhu ‘Anhu
21. Husayn ibn al-Hârith ibn al-Muttalib al-Muhâjirî, Rady Allâhu ‘Anhu
22. Hamza ibn al-Humayyir al-Khazrajî, Rady Allâhu ‘Anhu
23. Hamza ibn ‘Abd al-Muttalib al-Muhâjirî, Rady Allâhu ‘Anhu

Khâ’

1. Khârijah ibn al-Humayr al-Khazrajî, Rady Allâhu ‘Anhu
2. Khârijah ibn Zayd al-Khazrajî, Rady Allâhu ‘Anhu
3. Khâlid ibn al-Bukayr al-Muhâjirî, Rady Allâhu ‘Anhu
4. Khâlid ibn Qays al-Khazrajî, Rady Allâhu ‘Anhu
5. Khabbâb ibn al-Aratt al-Muhâjirî, Rady Allâhu ‘Anhu

6. Khabbâb mawlâ ‘Utba al-Muhâjirî, Rady Allâhu ‘Anhu
7. Khubayb ibn Isâf al-Khazrajî, Rady Allâhu ‘Anhu
8. Khubayb ibn ‘Adî al-Khazrajî, Rady Allâhu ‘Anhu
9. Khidâsh ibn Qatâdah al-Awsî, Rady Allâhu ‘Anhu
10. Khirâsh ibn as-Simmah al-Khazrajî, Rady Allâhu ‘Anhu

11. Khuraym ibn Fâtik al-Muhâjirî, Rady Allâhu ‘Anhu
12. Khallâd ibn Râfi’ al-Khazrajî, Rady Allâhu ‘Anhu
13. Khallâd ibn Suwayd al-Khazrajî, Rady Allâhu ‘Anhu
14. Khallâd ibn ‘Amr al-Khazrajî, Rady Allâhu ‘Anhu
15. Khallâd ibn Qays al-Khazrajî, Rady Allâhu ‘Anhu

16. Khulayd ibn Qays al-Khazrajî, Rady Allâhu ‘Anhu
17. Khalîfa ibn ‘Adî al-Khazrajî, Rady Allâhu ‘Anhu
18. Khunays ibn Hudhâfah al-Muhâjirî, Rady Allâhu ‘Anhu
19. Khawwât ibn Jubayr al-Awsî, Rady Allâhu ‘Anhu
20. Khawlî ibn Abî Khawlî al-Muhâjirî, Rady Allâhu ‘Anhu

Dhâl

1. Dhakwân ibn ‘Abdi Qays al-Khazrajî, Rady Allâhu ‘Anhu
2. Dhakwân ibn Sa’d al-Khazrajî, Rady Allâhu ‘Anhu
3. Dhu’sh-shimâlayn ibn ‘Abd ‘Amr ash-Shahîd al-Muhâjirî, Rady Allâhu ‘Anhu

Râ’

1. Râshid ibn al-Mu’allâ al-Khazrajî, Rady Allâhu ‘Anhu
2. Râfi’ ibn al-Hârith al-Khazrajî, Rady Allâhu ‘Anhu
3. Râfi’ ibn al-Mu’allâ ash-Shahîd al-Khazrajî, Rady Allâhu ‘Anhu
4. Râfi’ ibn ‘Unjudah al-Awsî, Rady Allâhu ‘Anhu
5. Râfi’ ibn Mâlik al-Khazrajî, Rady Allâhu ‘Anhu

6. Râfi’ ibn Yazîd al-Awsî, Rady Allâhu ‘Anhu
7. Rib’î ibn Râfi’ al-Awsî, Rady Allâhu ‘Anhu
8. Rabî’ ibn Iyâs al-Khazrajî, Rady Allâhu ‘Anhu
9. Rabî’ah ibn Aktham al-Muhâjirî, Rady Allâhu ‘Anhu
10. Rukhaylah ibn Tha’labah al-Khazrajî, Rady Allâhu ‘Anhu

11. Rifâ’ah ibn al-Hârith al-Khazrajî, Rady Allâhu ‘Anhu
12. Rifâ’ah ibn Râfi’ al-Khazrajî, Rady Allâhu ‘Anhu
13. Rifâ’ah ibn ‘Abd al-Mundhir al-Awsî, Rady Allâhu ‘Anhu
14. Rifâ’ah ibn ‘Amr al-Khazrajî, Rady Allâhu ‘Anhu

Zây

1. Ziyâd ibn as-Sakan al-Awsî, Rady Allâhu ‘Anhu
2. Ziyâd ibn ‘Amr al-Khazrajî, Rady Allâhu ‘Anhu
3. Ziyâd ibn Labîd al-Khazrajî, Rady Allâhu ‘Anhu
4. Zayd ibn Aslam al-Awsî, Rady Allâhu ‘Anhu
5. Zayd ibn Hârithah mawlâ Rasûlillâh al-Muhâjirî, Rady Allâhu ‘Anhu
6. Zayd ibn al-Khattâb al-Muhâjirî, Rady Allâhu ‘Anhu
7. Zayd ibn al-Muzayyin al-Khazrajî, Rady Allâhu ‘Anhu
8. Zayd ibn al-Mu’allâ al-Khazrajî,Rady Allâhu ‘Anhu
9. Zayd ibn Wadî’ah al-Khazrajî, Rady Allâhu ‘Anhu

Sîn

1. Sâlim ibn ‘Umayr al-Awsî, Rady Allâhu ‘Anhu
2. Sâlim mawlâ Abî Hudhayfa al-Muhâjirî, Rady Allâhu ‘Anhu
3. As-Sâ’ib ibn ‘Uthman ibn Maz’ûn al-Muhâjirî, Rady Allâhu ‘Anhu
4. Sabrah ibn Fâtik al-Muhâjirî, Rady Allâhu ‘Anhu
5. Subay’ ibn Qays al-Khazrajî, Rady Allâhu ‘Anhu
6. Surâqa ibn ‘Amr al-Khazrajî, Rady Allâhu ‘Anhu
7. Surâqa ibn Ka’b al-Khazrajî, Rady Allâhu ‘Anhu
8. Sa’d ibn Khawlah al-Muhâjirî, Rady Allâhu ‘Anhu
9. Sa’d ibn Khaythama ash-Shahîd al-Awsî, Rady Allâhu ‘Anhu
10. Sa’d ibn ar-Rabî’ al-Khazrajî, Rady Allâhu ‘Anhu
11. Sa’d ibn Zayd al-Awsî, Rady Allâhu ‘Anhu
12. Sa’d ibn Sa’d al-Khazrajî, Rady Allâhu ‘Anhu
13. Sa’d ibn Suhayl al-Khazrajî, Rady Allâhu ‘Anhu
14. Sa’d ibn ‘Ubâda al-Khazrajî, Rady Allâhu ‘Anhu
15. Sa’d ibn ‘Ubayd al-Awsî, Rady Allâhu ‘Anhu
16. Sa’d ibn ‘Uthmân al-Khazrajî, Rady Allâhu ‘Anhu
17. Sa’d ibn Mu’âdh al-Awsî, Rady Allâhu ‘Anhu
18. Sa’d mawlâ Hâtib Abû Balta’a al-Muhâjirî, Rady Allâhu ‘Anhu
19. Sufyân ibn Bishr al-Khazrajî, Rady Allâhu ‘Anhu
20. Salamah ibn Aslam al-Awsî, Rady Allâhu ‘Anhu
21. Salamah ibn Thâbit al-Awsî, Rady Allâhu ‘Anhu
22. Salamah ibn Salâmah al-Awsî, Rady Allâhu ‘Anhu
23. Salît ibn Qays al-Khazrajî, Rady Allâhu ‘Anhu
24. Sulaym ibn al-Hârith al-Khazrajî, Rady Allâhu ‘Anhu
25. Sulaym ibn ‘Amr al-Khazrajî, Rady Allâhu ‘Anhu
26. Sulaym ibn Qays al-Khazrajî, Rady Allâhu ‘Anhu
27. Sulaym ibn Milhân al-Khazrajî, Rady Allâhu ‘Anhu
28. Simâk ibn Sa’d al-Khazrajî, Rady Allâhu ‘Anhu
29. Sinân ibn Sayfî al-Khazrajî, Rady Allâhu ‘Anhu
30. Sinân ibn Abî Sinân ibn Mihsan al-Muhâjirî, Rady Allâhu ‘Anhu
31. Sahl ibn Hunayf al-Awsî, Rady Allâhu ‘Anhu
32. Sahl ibn Râfi’ al-Khazrajî, Rady Allâhu ‘Anhu
33. Sahl ibn ‘Atîk al-Khazrajî, Rady Allâhu ‘Anhu
34. Sahl ibn Qays al-Khazrajî, Rady Allâhu ‘Anhu
35. Suhayl ibn Râfi’ al-Khazrajî, Rady Allâhu ‘Anhu
36. Suhayl ibn Wahb al-Muhâjirî, Rady Allâhu ‘Anhu
37. Sawâd ibn Razâm al-Khazrajî, Rady Allâhu ‘Anhu
38. Sawâd ibn Ghaziyyah al-Khazrajî, Rady Allâhu ‘Anhu
39. Suwaybit ibn Sa’d ibn Harmalah al-Muhâjirî, Rady Allâhu ‘Anhu

Shîn

1. Shujâ’ ibn Wahb ibn Rabî’ah al-Muhâjirî, Rady Allâhu ‘Anhu
2. Sharîk ibn Anas al-Awsî, Rady Allâhu ‘Anhu
3. Shammâs ibn ‘Uthmân al-Muhâjirî, Rady Allâhu ‘Anhu

Sâd

1. Sabîh mawlâ Abi’l ‘Âs al-Muhâjirî, Rady Allâhu ‘Anhu
2. Safwân ibn Wahb ash-Shahîd al-Muhâjirî, Rady Allâhu ‘Anhu
3. Suhayb ibn Sinân ar-Rûmi al-Muhâjirî, Rady Allâhu ‘Anhu
4. Sayfiyy ibn Sawâd al-Khazrajî, Rady Allâhu ‘Anhu

Dâd

1. Dahhâk ibn al-Hârithah al-Khazrajî, Rady Allâhu ‘Anhu
2. Dahhâk ibn ‘Abdi ‘Amr al-Khazrajî, Rady Allâhu ‘Anhu
3. Damrah ibn ‘Amr al-Khazrajî, Rady Allâhu ‘Anhu

Tâ’ (wa) Zâ’

1. Tufayl ibn al-Hârith ibn al-Muttalib al-Muhâjirî, Rady Allâhu ‘Anhu
2. Tufayl ibn Mâlik al-Khazrajî, Rady Allâhu ‘Anhu
3. Tufayl ibn an-Nu’mân al-Khazrajî, Rady Allâhu ‘Anhu
4. Tulayb ibn ‘Umayr al-Muhâjirî, Rady Allâhu ‘Anhu
1. Zuhayr ibn Râfi’ al-Awsî, Rady Allâhu ‘Anhu

‘Ayn

1. ‘Âsim ibn Thâbit al-Awsî, Rady Allâhu ‘Anhu
2. ‘Âsim ibn ‘Adî al-Awsî, Rady Allâhu ‘Anhu
3. ‘Âsim ibn al-‘Ukayr al-Khazrajî, Rady Allâhu ‘Anhu
4. ‘Âsim ibn Qays al-Awsî, Rady Allâhu ‘Anhu
5. ‘Âqil ibn al-Bukayr ash-Shahîd al-Muhâjirî, Rady Allâhu ‘Anhu
6. ‘Âmir ibn Umayyah al-Khazrajî, Rady Allâhu ‘Anhu
7. ‘Âmir ibn al-Bukayr al-Muhâjirî, Rady Allâhu ‘Anhu
8. ‘Âmir ibn Rabî’ah al-Muhâjirî, Rady Allâhu ‘Anhu
9. ‘Âmir ibn Sa’d al-Khazrajî, Rady Allâhu ‘Anhu
10. ‘Âmir ibn Salamah al-Khazrajî, Rady Allâhu ‘Anhu
11. ‘Âmir ibn Fuhayrah al-Muhâjirî, Rady Allâhu ‘Anhu
12. ‘Âmir ibn Mukhallad al-Khazrajî, Rady Allâhu ‘Anhu
13. ‘Âidh ibn Mâ’is al-Khazrajî, Rady Allâhu ‘Anhu
14. ‘Abbâd ibn Bishr al-Awsî, Rady Allâhu ‘Anhu
15. ‘Ubbâd ibn al-Khashkhâsh al-Khazrajî, Rady Allâhu ‘Anhu
16. ‘Abbâd ibn Qays ibn ‘Âmir al-Khazrajî, Rady Allâhu ‘Anhu
17. ‘Abbâd ibn Qays ibn ‘Ayshah al-Khazrajî, Rady Allâhu ‘Anhu
18. ‘Ubâdah ibn as-Sâmit al-Khazrajî, Rady Allâhu ‘Anhu
19. ‘AbdAllâh ibn Tha’labah al-Khazrajî, Rady Allâhu ‘Anhu
20. ‘AbdAllâh ibn Jubayr al-Awsî, Rady Allâhu ‘Anhu
21. ‘AbdAllâh ibn Jahsh al-Muhâjirî, Rady Allâhu ‘Anhu
22. ‘AbdAllâh ibn Jadd ibn Qays al-Khazrajî, Rady Allâhu ‘Anhu
23. ‘AbdAllâh ibn al-Humayr al-Khazrajî, Rady Allâhu ‘Anhu
24. ‘AbdAllâh ibn ar-Rabî’ al-Khazrajî, Rady Allâhu ‘Anhu
25. ‘AbdAllâh ibn Rawâha al-Khazrajî, Rady Allâhu ‘Anhu
26. ‘AbdAllâh ibn Zayd ibn Tha’labah al-Khazrajî, Rady Allâhu ‘Anhu
27. ‘AbdAllâh ibn Surâqa al-Muhâjirî, Rady Allâhu ‘Anhu
28. ‘AbdAllâh ibn Salamah al-Awsî, Rady Allâhu ‘Anhu
29. ‘AbdAllâh ibn Sahl al-Awsî, Rady Allâhu ‘Anhu
30. ‘AbdAllâh ibn Suhayl ibn ‘Amr al-Muhâjirî, Rady Allâhu ‘Anhu
31. ‘AbdAllâh ibn Sharîk al-Awsî, Rady Allâhu ‘Anhu
32. ‘AbdAllâh ibn Târiq al-Awsî, Rady Allâhu ‘Anhu
33. ‘AbdAllâh ibn ‘Âmir al-Khazrajî, Rady Allâhu ‘Anhu
34. ‘AbdAllâh ibn ‘Abdillah ibn Ubay ibn Salûl al-Khazrajî, Rady Allâhu ‘Anhu
35. ‘AbdAllâh ibn ‘Abdi Manâf ibn an-Nu’mân al-Khazrajî, Rady Allâhu ‘Anhu
36. ‘AbdAllâh ibn ‘Abs al-Khazrajî, Rady Allâhu ‘Anhu
37. ‘AbdAllâh ibn ‘Urfutah al-Khazrajî, Rady Allâhu ‘Anhu
38. ‘AbdAllâh ibn ‘Amr al-Khazrajî, Rady Allâhu ‘Anhu
39. ‘AbdAllâh ibn ‘Umayr al-Khazrajî, Rady Allâhu ‘Anhu
40. ‘AbdAllâh ibn Qays ibn Khaldah ibn Khâlid al-Khazrajî, Rady Allâhu ‘Anhu
41. ‘AbdAllâh ibn Qays ibn Sakhr al-Khazrajî, Rady Allâhu ‘Anhu
42. ‘AbdAllâh ibn Ka’b al-Khazrajî, Rady Allâhu ‘Anhu
43. ‘AbdAllâh ibn Makhramah al-Muhâjirî, Rady Allâhu ‘Anhu
44. ‘AbdAllâh ibn Mas’ûd al-Muhâjirî, Rady Allâhu ‘Anhu
45. ‘AbdAllâh ibn Maz’ûn al-Muhâjirî, Rady Allâhu ‘Anhu
46. ‘AbdAllâh ibn an-Nu’mân al-Khazrajî, Rady Allâhu ‘Anhu
47. ‘Abdu’rRahmân ibn Jabr al-Awsî, Rady Allâhu ‘Anhu
48. ‘Abdu Rabbihi ibn Haqq al-Khazrajî, Rady Allâhu ‘Anhu
49. ‘Abs ibn ‘Âmir al-Khazrajî, Rady Allâhu ‘Anhu
50. ‘Ubayd ibn Aws al-Awsî, Rady Allâhu ‘Anhu
51. ‘Ubayd ibn at-Tayyihân al-Awsî, Rady Allâhu ‘Anhu
52. ‘Ubayd ibn Zayd al-Khazrajî, Rady Allâhu ‘Anhu
53. ‘Ubayd ibn Abî ‘Ubayd al-Awsî, Rady Allâhu ‘Anhu
54. ‘Ubaydah ibn al-Hârith ash-Shahîd al-Muhâjirî, Rady Allâhu ‘Anhu
55. ‘Itbân ibn Mâlik al-Muhâjirî, Rady Allâhu ‘Anhu
56. ‘Utbah ibn Rabî’ah al-Khazrajî, Rady Allâhu ‘Anhu
57. ‘Utbah ibn ‘Abdillâh al-Khazrajî, Rady Allâhu ‘Anhu
58. ‘Utbah ibn Ghazwân al-Muhâjirî, Rady Allâhu ‘Anhu
59. ‘Uthmân ibn Maz’ûn al-Muhâjirî, Rady Allâhu ‘Anhu
60. al-‘Ajlân ibn an-Nu’mân al-Khazrajî, Rady Allâhu ‘Anhu
61. ‘Adiyy ibn Abî az-Zaghbâ’ al-Khazrajî, Rady Allâhu ‘Anhu
62. ‘Ismah ibn al-Husayn al-Khazrajî, Rady Allâhu ‘Anhu
63. ‘Usaymah halîf min Ashja’ al-Khazrajî, Rady Allâhu ‘Anhu
64. ‘Atiyya ibn Nuwayrah al-Khazrajî, Rady Allâhu ‘Anhu
65. ‘Uqbah ibn ‘Âmir ibn Nâbî al-Khazrajî, Rady Allâhu ‘Anhu
66. ‘Uqbah ibn ‘Uthmân al-Khazrajî, Rady Allâhu ‘Anhu
67. ‘Uqbah ibn Wahb ibn Khaldah al-Khazrajî, Rady Allâhu ‘Anhu
68. ‘Uqbah ibn Wahb ibn Rabî’ah al-Muhâjirî, Rady Allâhu ‘Anhu
69. ‘Ukkâsha ibn Mihsan al-Muhâjirî, Rady Allâhu ‘Anhu
70. ‘Ammâr ibn Yâsir al-Muhâjirî, Rady Allâhu ‘Anhu
71. ‘Umârah ibn Hazm al-Khazrajî, Rady Allâhu ‘Anhu
72. ‘Umârah ibn Ziyâd al-Awsî, Rady Allâhu ‘Anhu
73. ‘Amr ibn Iyâs al-Khazrajî, Rady Allâhu ‘Anhu
74. ‘Amr ibn Tha’labah al-Khazrajî, Rady Allâhu ‘Anhu
75. ‘Amr ibn al-Jamûh al-Khazrajî, Rady Allâhu ‘Anhu
76. ‘Amr ibn al-Hârith ibn Zuhayr al-Muhâjirî, Rady Allâhu ‘Anhu
77. ‘Amr ibn al-Hârith ibn Tha’laba al-Khazrajî, Rady Allâhu ‘Anhu
78. ‘Amr ibn Surâqa al-Muhâjirî, Rady Allâhu ‘Anhu
79. ‘Amr ibn Abî Sarh al-Muhâjirî, Rady Allâhu ‘Anhu
80. ‘Amr ibn Talq al-Khazrajî, Rady Allâhu ‘Anhu
81. ‘Amr ibn ‘Awf al-Muhâjirî, Rady Allâhu ‘Anhu
82. ‘Amr ibn Qays ibn Zayd al-Khazrajî, Rady Allâhu ‘Anhu
83. ‘Amr ibn Mu’âdh al-Awsî, Rady Allâhu ‘Anhu
84. ‘Amr ibn Ma’bad al-Awsî, Rady Allâhu ‘Anhu
85. ‘Umayr ibn Harâm ibn al-Jamûh al-Khazrajî, Rady Allâhu ‘Anhu
86. ‘Umayr ibn al-Humâm ash-Shahîd al-Khazrajî, Rady Allâhu ‘Anhu
87. ‘Umayr ibn ‘Âmir al-Khazrajî, Rady Allâhu ‘Anhu
88. ‘Umayr ibn Abî Waqqâs ash-Shahîd al-Muhâjirî, Rady Allâhu ‘Anhu
89. ‘Antarah mawlâ Sulaym ibn ‘Amr al-Khazrajî, Rady Allâhu ‘Anhu
90. ‘Awf ibn al-Hârith ash-Shahîd al-Khazrajî, Rady Allâhu ‘Anhu
91. ‘Uwaym ibn Sâ’idah al-Awsî, Rady Allâhu ‘Anhu
92. ‘Iyâd ibn Zuhayr al-Muhâjirî, Rady Allâhu ‘Anhu

Ghayn (wa) Fâ’

1. Ghannâm ibn Aws al-Khazrajî, Rady Allâhu ‘Anhu.
1. Fâkih ibn Bishr al-Khazrajî, Rady Allâhu ‘Anhu
2. Farwah ibn ‘Amr al-Khazrajî, Rady Allâhu ‘Anhu

Qâf

1. Qatâdah ibn an-Nu’mân al-Awsî, Rady Allâhu ‘Anhu
2. Qudâmah ibn Maz’ûn al-Muhâjirî, Rady Allâhu ‘Anhu
3. Qutbah ibn ‘Âmir al-Khazrajî, Rady Allâhu ‘Anhu
4. Qays ibn as-Sakan al-Khazrajî, Rady Allâhu ‘Anhu
5. Qays ibn ‘Amr ibn Zayd al-Khazrajî, Rady Allâhu ‘Anhu
6. Qays ibn Mihsan al-Khazrajî, Rady Allâhu ‘Anhu
7. Qays ibn Mukhallad al-Khazrajî, Rady Allâhu ‘Anhu

Kâf (wa) Lâm

1. Ka’b ibn Jammâz al-Khazrajî, Rady Allâhu ‘Anhu
2. Ka’b ibn Zayd al-Khazrajî, Rady Allâhu ‘Anhu
1. Libdah ibn Qays al-Khazrajî, Rady Allâhu ‘Anhu

Mîm

1. Mâlik ibn ad-Dukhshum al-Khazrajî, Rady Allâhu ‘Anhu
2. Mâlik ibn Rabî’ah al-Khazrajî, Rady Allâhu ‘Anhu
3. Mâlik ibn Rifâ’ah al-Khazrajî, Rady Allâhu ‘Anhu
4. Mâlik ibn ‘Amr al-Muhâjirî, Rady Allâhu ‘Anhu
5. Mâlik ibn Qudâma ibn ‘Arfajah al-Awsî, Rady Allâhu ‘Anhu
6. Mâlik ibn Mas’ûd al-Khazrajî, Rady Allâhu ‘Anhu
7. Mâlik ibn Numaylah al-Awsî, Rady Allâhu ‘Anhu
8. Mâlik ibn Abî Khawlî al-Muhâjirî, Rady Allâhu ‘Anhu
9. Mubash-shir ibn ‘Abdi’l Mundhir ash-Shahîd al-Awsî, Rady Allâhu ‘Anhu
10. al-Mujadhdhar ibn Ziyâd al-Khazrajî, Rady Allâhu ‘Anhu
11. Muhriz ibn ‘Âmir al-Khazrajî, Rady Allâhu ‘Anhu
12. Muhriz ibn Nadlah al-Muhâjirî, Rady Allâhu ‘Anhu
13. Muhammad ibn Maslamah al-Awsî, Rady Allâhu ‘Anhu
14. Midlâj ibn ‘Amr al-Muhâjirî, Rady Allâhu ‘Anhu
15. Murârah ibn ar-Rabî’ al-Awsî, Rady Allâhu ‘Anhu
16. Marthad ibn Abî Marthad al-Muhâjirî, Rady Allâhu ‘Anhu
17. Mistah ibn Uthâtha al-Muhâjirî, Rady Allâhu ‘Anhu
18. Mas’ûd ibn Aws al-Khazrajî, Rady Allâhu ‘Anhu
19. Mas’ûd ibn Khaldah al-Khazrajî, Rady Allâhu ‘Anhu
20. Mas’ûd ibn Rabî’ah al-Muhâjirî, Rady Allâhu ‘Anhu
21. Mas’ûd ibn Zayd al-Khazrajî, Rady Allâhu ‘Anhu
22. Mas’ûd ibn Sa’d ibn Qays al-Khazrajî, Rady Allâhu ‘Anhu
23. Mas’ûd ibn ‘Abdi Sa’d ibn ‘Âmir al-Awsî, Rady Allâhu ‘Anhu
24. Mus’ab ibn ‘Umayr al-Muhâjirî, Rady Allâhu ‘Anhu
25. Muzahhir ibn Râfi’ al-Awsî, Rady Allâhu ‘Anhu
26. Mu’âdh ibn Jabal al-Khazrajî, Rady Allâhu ‘Anhu
27. Mu’âdh ibn al-Hârith al-Khazrajî, Rady Allâhu ‘Anhu
28. Mu’âdh ibn as-Simmah al-Khazrajî, Rady Allâhu ‘Anhu
29. Mu’âdh ibn ‘Amr bin al-Jamûh al-Khazrajî, Rady Allâhu ‘Anhu
30. Mu’âdh ibn Mâ’is al-Khazrajî, Rady Allâhu ‘Anhu
31. Ma’bad ibn ‘Abbâd al-Khazrajî, Rady Allâhu ‘Anhu
32. Ma’bad ibn Qays al-Khazrajî, Rady Allâhu ‘Anhu
33. Mu’attib ibn ‘Ubayd al-Awsî, Rady Allâhu ‘Anhu
34. Mu’attib ibn ‘Awf al-Muhâjirî, Rady Allâhu ‘Anhu
35. Mu’attib ibn Qushayr al-Awsî, Rady Allâhu ‘Anhu
36. Ma’qil ibn al-Mundhir al-Khazrajî, Rady Allâhu ‘Anhu
37. Ma’mar ibn al-Hârith al-Muhâjirî, Rady Allâhu ‘Anhu
38. Ma’n ibn ‘Adiyy al-Awsî, Rady Allâhu ‘Anhu
39. Ma’n ibn Yazîd al-Muhâjirî, Rady Allâhu ‘Anhu
40. Mu’awwidh ibn al-Hârith ash-Shahîd al-Khazrajî, Rady Allâhu ‘Anhu
41. Mu’awwidh ibn ‘Amr ibn al-Jamûh al-Khazrajî, Rady Allâhu ‘Anhu
42. al-Miqdâd ibn ‘Amr al-Muhâjirî, Rady Allâhu ‘Anhu
43. Mulayl ibn Wabrah al-Khazrajî, Rady Allâhu ‘Anhu
44. al-Mundhir ibn ‘Amr al-Khazrajî, Rady Allâhu ‘Anhu
45. al-Mundhir ibn Qudâma ibn ‘Arfajah al-Awsî, Rady Allâhu ‘Anhu
46. al-Mundhir ibn Muhammad al-Awsî, Rady Allâhu ‘Anhu
47. Mihja’ ibn Sâlih ash-Shahîd al-Muhâjirî, Rady Allâhu ‘Anhu

Nûn

1. an-Nasr ibn al-Hârith al-Awsî, Rady Allâhu ‘Anhu
2. Nu’mân ibn al-A’raj ibn Mâlik al-Khazrajî, Rady Allâhu ‘Anhu
3. Nu’mân ibn Sinân al-Khazrajî, Rady Allâhu ‘Anhu
4. Nu’mân ibn ‘Asr al-Awsî, Rady Allâhu ‘Anhu
5. Nu’mân ibn ‘Amr ibn Rifâ’ah al-Khazrajî, Rady Allâhu ‘Anhu
6. Nu’mân ibn ‘Abdi ‘Amr al-Khazrajî, Rady Allâhu ‘Anhu
7. Nu’mân ibn Mâlik al-Khazrajî, Rady Allâhu ‘Anhu
8. Nu’mân ibn Abî Khazamah al-Awsî, Rady Allâhu ‘Anhu
9. Nu’aymân ibn ‘Amr al-Khazrajî, Rady Allâhu ‘Anhu
10. Nawfal ibn ‘Abdillâh al-Khazrajî, Rady Allâhu ‘Anhu

Hâ’

1. Hânî’ ibn Niyâr al-Awsî, Rady Allâhu ‘Anhu
2. Hubayl ibn Wabrah al-Khazrajî, Rady Allâhu ‘Anhu
3. Hilâl ibn ‘Umayya al-Wâqifî al-Khazrajî, Rady Allâhu ‘Anhu
4. Hilâl ibn al-Mu’allâ al-Khazrajî, Rady Allâhu ‘Anhu

Wâw

1. Wâqid ibn ‘Abdillâh al-Muhâjirî, Rady Allâhu ‘Anhu
2. Wadî’ah ibn ‘Amr al-Khazrajî, Rady Allâhu ‘Anhu
3. Waraqa ibn Iyâs al-Khazrajî, Rady Allâhu ‘Anhu
4. Wahb ibn Sa’d ibn Abî Sarh al-Muhâjirî, Rady Allâhu ‘Anhu

Yâ’

1. Yazîd ibn al-Akhnas al-Muhâjirî, Rady Allâhu ‘Anhu
2. Yazîd ibn al-Hârith ibn Fushum ash-Shahîd al-Khazrajî, Rady Allâhu ‘Anhu
3. Yazîd ibn Hirâm al-Khazrajî, Rady Allâhu ‘Anhu
4. Yazîd ibn Ruqaysh al-Muhâjirî, Rady Allâhu ‘Anhu
5. Yazîd ibn as-Sakan al-Awsî, Rady Allâhu ‘Anhu
6. Yazîd ibn al-Mundhir al-Khazrajî, Rady Allâhu ‘Anhu

Al-Kunâ

1. Abu’l A’war, ibn al-Hârith al-Khazrajî, Rady Allâhu ‘Anhu
2. Abû Ayyûb al-Ansârî, Khâlid ibn Zayd al-Khazrajî, Rady Allâhu ‘Anhu
3. Abû Habbah, ibn ‘Amr ibn Thâbit al-Awsî, Rady Allâhu ‘Anhu
4. Abû Habîb, ibn Zayd al-Khazrajî, Rady Allâhu ‘Anhu
5. Abû Hudhayfa, Mihsham ibn ‘Utba al-Muhâjirî, Rady Allâhu ‘Anhu
6. Abû Hasan, ibn ‘Amr al-Khazrajî, Rady Allâhu ‘Anhu
7. Abu’l Hamrâ’ mawlâ al-Hârith al-Khazrajî, Rady Allâhu ‘Anhu
8. Abû Hannah, ibn Mâlik al-Awsî, Rady Allâhu ‘Anhu
9. Abû Khârijah, ‘Amr ibn Qays ibn Mâlik al-Khazrajî, Rady Allâhu ‘Anhu
10. Abû Khuzaymah, ibn Aws al-Khazrajî, Rady Allâhu ‘Anhu
11. Abû Khallâd, ibn Qays al-Khazrajî, Rady Allâhu ‘Anhu
12. Abû Dâwûd, ‘Umayr ibn ‘Âmir al-Khazrajî, Rady Allâhu ‘Anhu
13. Abû Dujânah, Simâk ibn Kharashah al-Khazrajî, Rady Allâhu ‘Anhu
14. Abû Sabrah mawlâ Abî Ruhm al-Muhâjirî, Rady Allâhu ‘Anhu
15. Abû Salamah, ‘AbdAllâh ibn ‘Abd al-Asad al-Muhâjirî, Rady Allâhu ‘Anhu
16. Abû Salît, Usayra ibn ‘Amr al-Khazrajî, Rady Allâhu ‘Anhu
17. Abû Sinân, ibn Mihsan al-Muhâjirî, Rady Allâhu ‘Anhu
18. Abû Shaykh, Ubayy ibn Thâbit al-Khazrajî, Rady Allâhu ‘Anhu
19. Abû Sirmah, ibn Qays al-Khazrajî, Rady Allâhu ‘Anhu
20. Abû Dayyâh, ibn Thâbit al-Awsî, Rady Allâhu ‘Anhu
21. Abû Talha, Zayd ibn Sahl al-Khazrajî, Rady Allâhu ‘Anhu
22. Abû ‘Abs, ibn Jabr ibn ‘Amr al-Awsî, Rady Allâhu ‘Anhu
23. Abû ‘Aqîl, ‘Abdu’rRahmân ibn ‘Abdillâh al-Awsî, Rady Allâhu ‘Anhu
24. Abû Qatâdah, ibn Rib’iyy al-Khazrajî, Rady Allâhu ‘Anhu
25. Abû Qays, ibn al-Mu’allâ al-Khazrajî, Rady Allâhu ‘Anhu
26. Abû Kabshah mawlâ Rasûlillâh al-Muhâjirî, Rady Allâhu ‘Anhu
27. Abû Lubâbah, Bashîr ibn ‘Abd al-Mundhir al-Awsî, Rady Allâhu ‘Anhu
28. Abû Makhshiyy, Suwayd ibn Makhshiyy al-Muhâjirî, Rady Allâhu ‘Anhu
29. Abû Marthad, Kannâz ibn Hisn al-Muhâjirî, Rady Allâhu ‘Anhu
30. Abû Mas’ûd al-Badrî, ‘Uqbah ibn ‘Amr al-Khazrajî, Rady Allâhu ‘Anhu
31. Abû Mulayl, ibn al-Az’ar al-Awsî, Rady Allâhu ‘Anhu
32. Abu’l Mundhir, ibn ‘Âmir al-Khazrajî, Rady Allâhu ‘Anhu
33. Abu’l Haytham, Mâlik at-Tayyihân al-Awsî, Rady Allâhu ‘Anhu
34. Abu’l Yasar, Ka’b ibn ‘Amr al-Khazrajî, Rady Allâhu ‘Anhu.

Al-Fâtiha.

2009-03-15T18:55:00.000-07:00

Who is Muhammad Sallallahu Alayhi Wasallam?

Mawlana Shaykh Hisham Kabbani | Saturday, Mar 08, 2008 | London UK

Minhaj ul-Quran, London

Moderator: The Holy Prophet commanded the Ansaari, “Qoomoo li-sayyidikum - O people of Ansaari go and stand up and receive your leader.”

Now I am going to call on the Sign of Allah ayatun min ayatollah he is a sing of Allah. He is a symbol of Allah. And it is said in hadith when you see the friends of Allah you remember? [Allah!], you remember? [Allah] Please stand up of respect of shaykh and remember him in remembrance of Allah. Allah, Allah...

[Allah, Allah….]

Naray takbir [Allahu Akbar!!!]

Naray Risalah [Ya Rasulullah!!!]

Naray Haydari [Ya Ali!!!]

I am sorry, I am not that person. Please forgive me and please pray our shuyukh for Allah to give them long life. I like to thank Minhaj ul-Quran and especially send my best regards on my behalf and on behalf of my shaykh Mawlana Shaykh Nazim al-Haqqani to Mawlana Shaykh Tahir ul-Qadri Shaykh al-Islam for this beautiful event not only here but everywhere around the world. And I would also like to mention that we have very important guests in the meeting, that we send all our best and regards to them from the speakers and from the audience. And everyone, may Allah bless him and bless her and bless her and her family.

It is enough to say “be happy.” [Mawlana is crying] Be happy that Allah made us from the nation of Sayyidina Muhammad Sallallahu Alayhi Wasallam. Be happy that Allah has created us and He called us His servants, where His messenger, His beloved one said, “the only time that I am happy is when Allah called me ‘My servant.’ If Sayyidina Muhammad Sallallahu Alayhi Wasallam is happy to be called

‘servant’ what about us? O Allah, we call You from this place, for the sake of Sayyidina Muhammad whom you sent rahmatan lil-`alameen, forgive us. Forgive the poor ones before us and after. Send everyone to Paradise because they are all Your servants.

You created us and we know O Allah, I know we are responsible for our mistakes but we helpless and weakless servants, we cannot do that. …we ask Your forgiveness.

Alhamdulillah it is the first day of Rabi`ul-Awwal and we are celebrating that event. What is the meaning of that event? I am looking and thinking and wondering why are we meeting? What is the reason? Is it to call on Sayyidina Muhammad sall-Allahu `alayhi wa sallam and celebrate his birthday? Is that our message or is that our love? As Shaykh Abu Bakr just said, "It is easy to say it by tongue." It is easy to say that Allah put his name with the name of Sayyidina Muhammad Sallallahu Alayhi Wasallam.

When you go to an event, say in the palace, you are invited to the palace or you are invited to meet a president. You cannot sit anywhere. There is a protocol you have a set and your name there. If your name is not there you have no right to sit. It means that chair doesn’t belong to you. If your name is there that means this is where you sit.

So if we think a little bit deep and we see that the name of Sayyidina Muhammad Sallallahu Alayhi Wasallam is besides the name of Allah swt, where he says la ilaha ila-Allah Muhammadun Rasulullah, that place belongs to Sayyidina Muhammad. We didn’t see any other name found there except the name of Sayyidina Muhammad Sallallahu Alayhi Wasallam. So we know that Allah swt is giving that reality to His beloved one whom He created before creation. Whom He created from His light and whom He made him a prophet before Adam and gave him what? Called him in Holy Qur’an what? And all of us we know that. He called him rahmatan lil-`alameen. What is the meaning of rahmatan lil-`alameen?

When you go to generous person: a lord or congressman or a king, or a queen, when you ask them something they are generous they give you everything they can. So generosity, Allah Huwa al-Kareem, generosity is when Allah wants to give He will not give in limits. When He gave Sayyidina Muhammad to be rahmat, one of His Beautiful Names ar-Rahman ar-Raheem, He dressed him from that mercy that Allah gave to him thru the manifestation to him as His servant. He made him rahmat, that Beautiful Names, gave him rahmat. That means He made him everything possible according to Allah's swt Greatness. Not according to human greatness. A king might give, a queen might give; a lord might give; they give according to the level of their generosity. But they don’t give what Allah gives.

So Allah gave to Sayyidina Muhammad Sallallahu Alayhi Wasallam according to His level of generosity. Without restriction. And that means that whatever the Prophet Sallallahu Alayhi Wasallam asks he will get. And the Prophet Sallallahu Alayhi Wasallam said, “I am the master of the children of Adam and I say it with no pride.” What doe he means to say? It means, “O Allah give them to me...” Do you think if the Prophet Sallallahu Alayhi Wasallam says in Day of Judgment "give them to me?" What? Allah will say to him “no”? Why then is he rahmatan lil-`alameen. Will He not give him what he asks? Then if not He isn’t giving with full generosity.

That chair belongs to the Prophet Sallallahu Alayhi Wasallam. And every chair in Paradise belongs to the Prophet.

When Adam made the sin and he ate from the tree and then he asked forgiveness for the sake of Sayyidina Muhammad Allah asked him, "what do you know about Muhammad?” He said, “O Allah wherever I turn my face, even in the whole Paradise that you gave to me, I am seeing the name of Muhammad on every leaf of a tree; I am seeing on every wall of paradise the name Muhammad; I am seeing in every smallest atom that is possible I am seeing the name of Muhammad. That name is written on the walls, on every leaf of every tree, on every atom even. For that reason I know Ya Rabbee he is someone of importance to You; not for us.” Allah said, "O Adam, if not for Muhammad I would not have created creation. I gave that creation to Muhammad; he is My messenger to them.”

What does that mean? This universe we are living in; that great universe that we are living in. [It means:] “O Adam, I created creation for him.”

Allah said and I mentioned that before that wa in min shayin illa yusabihoo bi-hamdihi wa lakin... Every atom is praising Allah in a different way, not in the same way, every atom that Allah created, every creation that Allah created living and non-living, every cell in a human being there are three trillion cells in the human body, they regenerate completely every six months. Every cell is saying tasbih. Every non-living thing, every drop of water, is praising Allah… We are not understanding them. Who is understanding their praise?

The one who heard them when he was walking by Jabal Uhud, when the trees and the pebbles were praising Allah and everything was praising Sayyidina Muhammad. Allah ordered: inna Allah wa mala’ikatahu yusalloon `ala an-Nabi Ya ayyuhalladheena aamanoo salloo `alayhi wa sallimoo tasleema.

Allah ordered every angel to praise Sayyidina Muhammad Sallallahu Alayhi Wasallam. Allah swt ordered every human being to praise the Prophet Sallallahu Alayhi Wasallam. Allah.

So this universe live in is it big or small. Scientists say there are six billion galaxies and in every galaxy is 80 billion stars. And every star is bigger than this solar system that we are living in. And every atom in every star in every galaxy is praising Sayyidina Muhammad Sallallahu Alayhi Wasallam. Allah gave them to Sayyidina Muhammad Sallallahu Alayhi Wasallam.

O human beings enjoy. Be happy, don’t be said, be happy. Whatever comes, comes, only be good and praise the Prophet Sallallahu Alayhi Wasallam. You will be saved. You think anyone will enter fire. Allah will give him shafa`a for everyone to enter Paradise You thank Allah created creation to burn them to punish them to crush them. For what? Allah is just, Allah is merciful. When He sees His servants crying and asking for His forgiveness He will not forgiven them? I am not saying only Muslims. Anyone who wants to object, they may object! We want everyone to enter Paradise. From Adam to the Day of Judgment. That is Islam. That is the message of Islam.

I am feeling bad because we are not doing enough. We are feeling bad, Muslims around the world and non-Muslims. They feel bad why? Because there is something in us and something reminding us of our mistakes.

We feel guilty. O Muslims enjoy this life by obeying Sayyidina Muhammad Sallallahu Alayhi Wasallam and all other prophets.

Before I finish I would like to say one thing. That when Adam as looked and saw all these names of Sayyidina Muhammad Sallallahu Alayhi Wasallam on every leaf of a tree or every atom in of the universe in heavens he knew that this belongs to Sayyidina Muhammad Sallallahu Alayhi Wasallam. He was crying and crying and went into sajda. And He was crying and his tears were coming like a flood and Allah left him for forty years. And Allah said to him, "O Adam it is enough, raise your head. He said, "O Allah do you forgive me?" Allah said, "O Adam, of course I forgive you, but I let you to cry for forty years. Why? Because my beloved Prophet asked Me to intercede for every human being inside you. Adam at that time and I left you to give tears on the number of the grandchildren of Adam. And until that happened I told you to raise your head."

We are ummatan marhooma. Allah has blessed us and sent His mercy on us for the sake of Sayyidina Muhammad Sallallahu Alayhi Wasallam.

What is the description of tasawwuf about the Prophet Sallallahu Alayhi Wasallam? We heard too much about Sufis, Sufis, Sufis and today are too many institutes around the world asking what is that Sufism.

And our shuyukh may Allah give them long life, and all our shuyukh and I cannot name all their names and all our shuyukh Shaykh Tahir ul-Qadri, they were… teaching their students tasawwuf.

That is a culture that is coming form the time of the Prophet Sallallahu Alayhi Wasallam up to today. Today they opened their eyes on that because of what the others are doing today.

So they said, "there is a problem." And already shaykh Abu Bakr mentioned many about that. But I would like to mention one thing. Who is prophet? Do we know?? We know the picture of his grave. Did we see Sayyidina Muhammad? Yes or no??! [no] Why? You think he is not present here in this hall. You think if you call him “Ya Rasulullah Ya rahmatan lil-`alameen” will he not be present in this hall? The problem is we are blind, We cannot see. He is present here of course. He is here or course. He is looking at us of course. Why? Because as these great awliyaullah explained, as these Sufis teachers explained, that Sayyidina Muhammad is the mirror for creation. You cannot see yourself except thru the mirror. Sayyidina Muhammad is the mirror in the Divine Presence reflecting everything Allah created in this world in to existence. [naray takbir… naray risalah… naray…Ahmadi Mustafa marhaba, marhaba. Jaana-e Mustafa noore Mustafa…]

O Muslims, P human beings! We are the reflection from the Divine Presence thru the mirror of Muhammadun Rasulullah. We are still there. This here is our images. This isn’t our realties. The realities are still in the Divine Presence . Allah swt did not release them. He released them thru the mirror of Sayyidina Muhammad to be reflected them on earth. That is why Sayyidina Muhyideen Ibn `Arabi and many Sufi teachers, and Imam Ghazali, said, the real time when I am not blind is when I die. there I open my eyes and there I see the truth.

Muhyideen Ibn `Arabi said that the mirror that everything been reflects from the Divine Presence to existence is reflected is Muhammadun Rasulullah. If that mirror disappears you cannot see anything here, it will be a completely hidden treasure in the Divine Presence . What He wanted to appear, He made to reflect in this life thru the mirror of Muhammad. Since we are reflections in the mirror who then is responsible? The mirror or the reflection? The mirror is the one that is responsible. We are doing cracks on this mirror only.

You think Allah swt, when stones are coming on a car, you don’t see the glass break? No you see only the cracks. . It doesn’t break but it gets cracks. Sayyidina Muhammad does not accept even cracks on his mirror. That is why we are still in the divine presence pure. That is why awliyaullah say you didn’t see anything yet. What you are seeing yet is only images. Wait. Wait until you leave this dunya. We are asking, "O Allah show us his reality. Don’t leave us to akhira. In akhira everyone will see him. We want to see here. But we are asking “Ya Rasulullah, let us see you. appear to us! We are weak servants. Appear to us, appear in our hearts. You appeared to awliyaullah. Be with us in every moment of our lives.”

That is what we are asking, O Allah, for the sake of Your awliya and for Sayyidina Muhammad’s sake, let us be in the presence of Sayyidina Muhammad in every moment of our life. Let our hearts say Muhammad, Muhammad, Muhammad. May Allah forgive us.

Love from our Shaykh Muhammad Nazim al-Haqqani and greetings to all of you and to Shaykh Tahir al-Qadiri and to all those who participated in this blessed gathering.

[naray takbir…]

2009-03-03T23:47:00.000-08:00

Mawlana Shaykh Nazim's Declaration for UK, Europe and everyone

Mawlana Shaykh Nazim Adil Al-Haqqani Sultanul Awliya | Saturday, Jan 03, 2009 | Lefke CY

Es-selamu aleykum.

Nuhiy al-majlis an aqool Bismillahi-r-Rahmani-r-Raheem Tarikatuna Sohbah wal khayri fi-l-jamiyah.

Sheik Hisham Effendi [n`am Sayyidee] Khalifat mawlana tarteeb jawami' hali `ala ismuna. Jami' Peckham, wa jami' ewalu Shacklewell Lanes, ba'dayn Green Lanes ewal masjid tab'ana. Muhim hadha.

[to make our association alive I say “In the name of Allah the Beneficent the Meriful.” Our Tarikat is association and the goodness is in the gathering.

Sheik Hisham Effendi (yes Sayyidee) is calipha of Mawlana.

Arrangement of the Mosques that are under our names. Masjid Peckham, and Masjid, the first one, Shacklewell Lanes, after Green Lanes, the first mosque belonging to us. This is what is important.]

I am making you on behalf of me to look in London: Peckham Mosque and Shacklewell Lanes and Green Lanes, three of them, to look what is there our situation in front of laws. We must take them under our control because we are owners.

As I am a chief trustee and owner in Peckham and Shacklewell Lanes and in Green Lanes dergah I am giving to you my authority also what is the difficulties there to arrange to make these three places for Islamic foundations to make for Islam - not for some groups but must be for everyone. And I like that you can try to call British Muslims to use these three mosques also under our trust how they may do, if they are asking to pray Jum'ah, to make khutbe, to make zikr, under our permission they may do.

Anything they may be in need, we are supporting them also. Because we are not buying these three big places for dunya. No, never. But we tried to reach some big centers in London, therefore I tried so many years, perhaps thirty years I was there, and the Lord of Heavens making me successful to make so many mosques.

St. Anne's is now under our control, fully, but these three ones that no trust working on it or chief trustee, we must look, we must arrange how we may use for the sake of Allah and Rasuluhu Sallallahu Alayhi Wasallam and making to change how many trustees there, as I like to be a trustworthy person and a mukhlis, sincere one, and young ones, to be, to take care through these three places. If anyone getting against my declaration, then it is not going to be good for them. If coming some heavenly punishment I don't know.

My maqsad, my intention, to work as I like, that I was intending. I would never intend to buy something and to take some benefit on behalf of mosques, estaghfirullah. I am, I have enough, Allah Almighty giving to me, in our country, enough.

After this age I am not asking dunya, I am ashaming. But I am asking that these three places also to be put for the benefit of young people or calling people to come and to learn Islam. I like to take over the whole trust and bring new ones. New ones.

There should be chief trustee: Shaykh Hisham. And also to be chief trustee Shacklewell Lanes and owner and chief trust on Green Lanes dergah. What is necessary to be done on trusts through these three buildings I am making you on behalf of me, to look Shaykh Hisham.

Yanee Angleterre importance for you because I can't move from Cyprus to reach to London, like before. We have now in London, in important points of London, we have a jami` wa masjid wa dergah [Jumu`ah mosque, and mosque and Sufi center]. Wa haythu… dergah … now I am not able as before to go to London, to look after our people as well as you are also the… you have permission from our Grandshaykh calipha, yumkin tatasil bin-naas `ayesheen bi UK [you are able to connect with people living in UK], that it is easy for you to go and to look after our followers and also you may try to keep our huqooq, rights, there and to call people to Tarikat an-Naqshbandiyyati-l-`aliyye. And therefore I am, as my… as I am servant of our Grandshaykh, I am giving to you a ijazet, permission, to come to London, to England, UK and to look after our followers what they may be in need, if anything going to be difficult, you may consult with me and you should be my calipha there.

Wa idha, and therefore I like not to be our brothers and sisters without a shaykh and UK big country [and] London a biggest city on Europe without a shaykh. Therefore just I am giving you ijazet to look after people in London, in Ireland, in UK, and also you may look after people in France, and you may look also in Spain, and also in Italy, maybe time by time you may go. You can call people in Europe, to come to Naqshbandi tarikat and you may go to African continent. Because they are in need also a shaykh calling them to our tarikatun `aliyye [most distinguished Sufi way]. And you may go also to shay, Africa shimalinda [North Africa] – Morocco - wa and also inside of African continent you may do - you may have a big area and you are not a fadi, empty [one], to be only in America, no. In Africa, it is big area for you. Everywhere.

I am Shaykh Nazim the servant of our Grandshaykh. Biwasi' - advising Shaykh Hisham that he may go anywhere invited for tarikatun `aliyye [most distinguished Sufi way]. That is my ijazet, permission, as our Grandshaykh permitting me.

After my age I never reaching east and west. Only if Allah Almighty giving a permission to move without plane that is another point.

Allahuma edrikna fee yawmina jadeed an nakoona fi-l-amna wa-l-amaan was-selamat wa-l-islam. Wa-Allahu khayru-l-hafidhan wa Huwa arhamur-rahimeen. Fatiha.

[O Allah reach us in this new day to be in safety and security and good health and Islam. And the Allah is the Best of Protectors and He is the Most Merciful of those who are merciful. Fatiha]

2009-02-23T06:15:00.000-08:00

Nuh's son

Mawlana Shaykh Hisham Kabbani | Tuesday, Feb 14, 2006 | Oakland, CA US

A`udhu billahi min ash-shaytaan ir-rajeem

Bismillahi 'r-Rahmani 'r-Raheem

Nawaytu Arbain…

Ati` Allah wa ati` ar-Rasula wa uli 'l-amri minkum

Alhamdulillah, that all of us are students and mureeds of Mawlana Shaykh Nazim. There is no one higher or lower in the eyes of the shaykh, everyone is equal. Everyone is equal in the love Shaykh has for us, but they may not be equal in knowledge. The shaykh opens to some and not to others. It depends on how much you listened and learned, or whether you have been chosen to represent the shaykh in certain areas.

Look at Sahaaba. The Prophet did not differentiate in the way he treated all of the Sahaaba, but he gave some different knowledge and ranks than what he gave others. He made some senior to others but his love was the same for all. What he gave Sayyidina Abu Bakr (r) he didn’t give Sayyidina `Umar (r) and what he gave Sayyidina `Ali (r) he didn’t give to Sayyidina `Uthman (r). He gave each one according to his capacity but all are Sahaaba.

So awliya are always looking at their exemplar, the Prophet, and that is how they behave with everyone. They love everyone the same but in certain seniority you might say, they give one to say something that they don’t give the others. What he gave me he didn’t give you and what he gave you he didn’t give me.

Although there are many things we have in common and share together, still there are things you know that I don’t and things I know that you don’t know. We don’t know the wisdom of everything because Allah is Huwa al-Mudabbir. He is the one that plans everything. From His attribute al-`Alim or al-`Aleem, the absolute knower, everything has been planned. Through that knowledge that describes His essence, the attribute of knowledge knows everything. Through that attribute, when Allah's iraada, His will, manifests, the attribute of knowledge puts forward the plan. Whatever has to appear is already there, it has already appeared in the heavenly time zone which is timeless. In the heavenly zone, the heavenly description appears and there is its image, a reflection of its reality that has appeared from Allah’s beautiful attribute al-`Aleem – the Knower. Allah wants us to know through that reflection what happened there in that heavenly zone. That is why Allah, His plan has to be executed, nothing else. Once Allah’s plan is manifest in the heavenly zone, we cannot change it. What we see is merely a reflection of what has already transpired.

Allah said to the angels “Make sajda to Adam!” Allah said He created angels and they have no sin. Paradise cannot accept sin, nor can it accept something wrong. So when Paradise cannot accept something wrong, angels should not be able to commit sins there. So when Allah said, make sajda, their duty was what? To make sajda. However, Iblees did not. Allah cursed him because through His beautiful name al-Aleem, that plan has been there that Iblees will not make sajda, and Allah would curse him for it. If Iblees would have made sajda, he would not be cursed, and Adam would not have been sent to earth.

Allah with his ilm al-mutlaq, “absolute knowledge”, ordered Iblees to do sajda, but His Will is that Iblees will not do sajda, in order for Allah to curse him.

If Allah wanted He could have taken the soul of Iblees, like he takes the soul of a human being or a jinn, and Iblees would die. Allah could have done that but he left that soul there.

Allah ordered Sayyidina Nuh Alayhissalam to make the ship on a mountain in the jungle where there was no ocean nearby. People were coming to him and saying "are you crazy, why are you doing a ship here?" But he didn’t listen because he knew he was executing Allah’s plan. If he put his iraada, his will, he knew that would change everything. That is why submission is always recommended to believers and that is why awliya always submit to Allah’s will. They don’t put their will over Allah’s Will.

There is a general will and a partial will. Allah gave that partial will to check how much we rebel. With that small will that is like an atom compared to the general will, still we are rebellious.

So what happened to Sayyidina Nuh Alayhissalam? There was a slight possibility that if Allah told him to build a ship in the jungle, then water might come there and make a flood. Although it is a rare possibility for water to come up to a mountain that is so high, Allah made that to happen. It would be a greater tsunami than the one we saw last year. Allah wants people to know, that tsunami and this is secret from the heart of Sayyidina al-Mahdi, from Mawlana. The tsunami was to give us a taste of the tsunami in the time of Sayyidina Nuh Alayhissalam. The tsunami of 2004 is like an ant compared to an elephant when you compare its strength with the one that happened in time of Sayyidina Nuh Alayhissalam. That tsunami in which a half million people died, is to show us what it is like and that if people are not going to be straightforward, a bigger one is coming. It will be a huge flood like the one that came in the time of Sayyidina Nuh Alayhissalam and will show everyone that it is not difficult for Allah to send a big tsunami, which takes everyone except the believers.

Mawlana is explaining that this recent tsunami was a living description of the flood of Sayyidina Nuh Alayhissalam, which we never gave any importance to it, making it only like a story. Awliya every moment are seeing that flood coming from Allah’s revenge on people who are deviating and going astray; on people who are harming others; on people who are giving suffering and pain to others; and, on people who are breaking the peace on earth, killing innocents. Allah showed us something that depicts a situation we never could have pictured in our mind. If you don’t live and experience a problem, you never worry about it or feel it. Sayyidina Nuh Alayhissalam felt it. Those who died in 2004 felt it, but no one else felt it except those people.

As the Prophet (s) said in the Last Days, there will be too many earthquakes on earth. Look what happened in the subcontinent, millions and million are now suffering without shelter from that earthquake. We brought that example to show the difference between the obedience of Sayyidina Nuh (s) and Iblees who disobeyed.

Allah ordered Sayyidina Nuh Alayhissalam to build the ship and to put in the ship all those who believe. And what happened?

وَهِيَ تَجْرِي بِهِمْ فِي مَوْجٍ كَالْجِبَالِ وَنَادَى نُوحٌ ابْنَهُ وَكَانَ فِي مَعْزِلٍ يَا بُنَيَّ ارْكَب مَّعَنَا وَلاَ تَكُن مَّعَ الْكَافِرِينَ قَالَ سَآوِي إِلَى جَبَلٍ يَعْصِمُنِي مِنَ الْمَاء يَا بُنَيَّ ارْكَب مَّعَنَا وَلاَ تَكُن مَّعَ الْكَافِرِينَ قَالَ سَآوِي إِلَى جَبَلٍ يَعْصِمُنِي مِنَ الْمَاء قَالَ لاَ عَاصِمَ الْيَوْمَ مِنْ أَمْرِ اللّهِ إِلاَّ مَن رَّحِمَ وَحَالَ بَيْنَهُمَا الْمَوْجُ فَكَانَ مِنَ الْمُغْرَقِينَ

Wa hiya tajree bihim fee mawjin ka’l-jibaali wa naada noohunu ’bnahu wa kaana fee ma`zilin ya bunayya ta`al arqub ma`na wa takun m`a al-kafireen.

Qaala sa-aawee ila jabalin ya`simunee mina ’l-maa. Qaala la `asima laka al-yawma min amrilllah illa man rahim. wa haala baynahuma’l-mawju fa-kaana mina’l-mughraqeen.

Waqeela ya ardu ibla`ee maa’ake wa yaa samau aqli`ee wa gheeda’l-maa’u wa qudiya ’l-amru wa ’stawat `ala al-joodiyyi wa qeela bu`dan li 'l-qawmi 'dh-dhaalimeen.

So the Ark floated with them on the waves (towering) like mountains, and Noah called out to his son, who had separated himself (from the rest): "O my son! embark with us, and be not with the unbelievers!"

The son replied: "I will betake myself to some mountain: it will save me from the water." Noah said: "This day nothing can save, from the command of Allah, any but those on whom He hath mercy! "And the waves came between them, and the son was among those overwhelmed in the Flood. Then the word went forth: "O earth! swallow up thy water, and O sky! Withhold (thy rain)!" and the water abated, and the matter was ended. The Ark rested on Mount Judi, and the word went forth: "Away with those who do wrong!" Hud, 11:42-44

Nuh said to his son when he saw the flood coming, “come and get aboard the ship with us”, but one of children refused. He said, “No, I am going to go on a very high mountain to protect me from the water.” Nuh told him “there is no one protected from Allah’s order except those on whom He bestows mercy” Wa haala baynahum al-mawja. At that moment, he was up on the highest point of the mountain but the tsunami waves reached and swallowed him, so he was one of those who drowned.

What happened to the water? Similar to what happened recently in 2004. Gheeth al-mai. The earth came with a huge flood and suddenly it sucked all the whole water back into the ocean. Everything became normal. Those huge waves of the tsunami were coming back and forth but after some time, I don’t know how many hours or days, the earth swallowed the water back completely, and everything appeared normal as before.

Look at the Surah Sayyidina Nuh Alayhissalam and read their translation. Gheeth al-mai is “swallow the water”. That is giving us an example, be careful, that is going to come. They gave a taste of it, like a spoonful. Like a spoonful of sugar, or better we say like salt. But in the Last Days, the tsunami is not going to be just a spoonful. What they showed us was a very small jarrah, portion, but the real dose has not come yet. The real dose that is coming will be more than the flood of Sayyidina Nuh Alayhissalam.

So the son of Sayyidina Nuh Alayhissalam, the son of a prophet disobeyed. What happened to him? He drowned. Why Iblees did not drown? Or why Allah did not take Iblees’ soul and finish him? Why Iblees stayed in Paradise if it cannot accept a sinner? In Paradise, on the Day of Judgment, we will ask Allah to have mercy us and to keep us under his mercy and to send us to Paradise with the shafa`a of Sayyidina Muhammad (s). Our belief is not 100% but 10 to the infinity percent that the Prophet (s) is going to take us with his shafa`a and his mercy to Paradise. We know we could never get there with our `amal, our deeds, because we are all sinners. If it was based on our deeds, we would end up like Sayyidina Nuh’s Alayhissalam son.

وَنَادَى نُوحٌ رَّبَّهُ فَقَالَ رَبِّ إِنَّ ابُنِي مِنْ أَهْلِي وَإِنَّ وَعْدَكَ الْحَقُّ وَأَنتَ أَحْكَمُ الْحَاكِمِينَ قَالَ يَا نُوحُ إِنَّهُ لَيْسَ مِنْ أَهْلِكَ إِنَّهُ عَمَلٌ غَيْرُ صَالِحٍ فَلاَ تَسْأَلْنِ مَا لَيْسَ لَكَ بِهِ عِلْمٌ إِنِّي أَعِظُكَ أَن تَكُونَ مِنَ الْجَاهِلِينَ قَالَ رَبِّ إِنِّي أَعُوذُ بِكَ أَنْ أَسْأَلَكَ مَا لَيْسَ لِي بِهِ عِلْمٌ وَإِلاَّ تَغْفِرْ لِي وَتَرْحَمْنِي أَكُن مِّنَ الْخَاسِرِينَ

Wa naadaa noohun rabbahu faqaala rabbi inna ibnee min ahlee wa inna wa`daka al-haqqu wa anta ahkamu ’l-haakimeen. Qaala ya noohu innahu laysa min ahlika innahu AAamalun ghayru saalihin falaa tasalni ma laysa laka bihi `ilmun innee a`idhuka an takoona mina ’l-jaahileen. Qaala rabbi innee a`oodhu bika an asalaka maa laysa lee bihi `ilmun wa illa taghfir lee wa tarhamnee akun mina ’l-khaasireen.

And Noah called upon his Lord, and said: "O my Lord! surely my son is of my family! and Thy promise is true, and Thou art the justest of Judges!"

He said: "O Noah! He is not of thy family: For his conduct is unrighteous. So ask not of Me that of which thou hast no knowledge! I give thee counsel, lest thou act like the ignorant!"

Noah said: "O my Lord! I do seek refuge with Thee, lest I ask Thee for that of which I have no knowledge. And unless thou forgive me and have Mercy on me, I should indeed be lost!" Hud, 11:45-47.

He said, "This is my son, he is from my blood; he is from my family." Allah said, "No he is not from your family. The one who is from your family is the one with good amal. I am taking him and if you ask me again, then I warn you that you will also be among the ignorant.” Allah was frightening Sayyidina Nuh Alayhissalam and Sayyidina Nuh Alayhissalam replied, “Ya Rabbee, forgive me.”

That is what happened to the son of a prophet. Iblees, an angel disobeyed Allah, but He left him in Paradise. For human beings on Judgment Day, only those who under the shafa`a, intercession of Prophet, will be in Paradise. If someone did not come under prophet’s mercy and shafa`a, then he will repent and be asked of what he has done, then he can go to Paradise, because Paradise does not accept sinner.

He was not thrown from Paradise to earth because Allah’s will is that he go and tempt Adam Alayhissalam. Allah wanted Adam Alayhissalam and his wife to go to earth. That is His iraada; it is His Will they fall to earth and build this generation for the entire human race to come.

So Allah gave Iblees permission to whisper to Sayyidina Adam Alayhissalam and Sayyida Hawwa to eat from the tree. Adam listened to his whispering and ate from the forbidden tree, but what can he say to Allah for his disobedience?

You have to have adab, manners, and say “Oh, Allah all my good actions are from you and the bad ones are from me. Ya Rabbee, it is my fault, forgive me.” Allah forgave Adam because he repented. Iblees did not; he said to Allah, “You made me do it.” Allah then ordered Iblees to earth and he asked, “Ok, but give me life to the end of time.” He is speaking to his lord, sending messages and receiving answers through angels. Iblees, the one who is cursed in the Holy Qur’an, is speaking to Allah and getting a response. He believes in Allah, but Allah’s Will is to bring the human race to earth and introduce his beloved Prophet to humanity. If the human race were to have stayed in Paradise, there would be no reason for Allah to send His Prophet to humanity, because they would all be worshipping like angels. Allah wanted to demonstrate the excellent character of Prophet Muhammad (s) and the importance of his role as master of creation in all these universes. That could not be seen in Paradise. Allah wants everyone to know it is because of Prophet Muhammad (s), you enter Paradise. Not that you enter Paradise because of Paradise.

Sayyidina Adam Alayhissalam knew that secret so he said, “Ya Rabbee, for the sake of Muhammad (s) forgive me.” Allah wondered how he knew of Muhammad (s) and Adam said, “Anywhere in Paradises you look, you see the name of Muhammad. Even on your throne, his name is written.” Allah wanted everyone on earth to know the importance of Sayyidina Muhammad (s) that because of him, He created creation and because of him, He is going to send us to our last station and status because of the intercession of the Prophet (s).

He wants to present the Beloved One to be like a shining diamond that has no resemblance on earth or in Paradise--not anywhere. Allah wants to present Sayyidina Muhammad (s) to human, jinn, angels—and to all other creation that we don’t know about—that is why He sent them all to earth to continue the life and to know about Prophet Muhammad (s).

He told all of creation, “If Prophet Muhammad comes in your lifetime, you must follow him.”

That taste of love for Prophet Muhammad is not in us. That is the problem. If we were to taste it, we would feel his presence, his light, his holy smell, and his appearances. We would feel him watching us and how near he is to us, but nowadays only awliya are inheriting that from Sahaaba. We are not. If Sayyidina Nuh Alayhissalam cared so much for his son, can you imagine how much the Prophet cares for his Ummah? Allah wanted us to know that La ilaha ill-Allah Muhammadun Rasulullah, “There is no God but Allah and Muhammad is his Messenger.” The secret of that tawheed, Oneness, did not open yet and its reality will not open until Judgment Day. Its meaning will open now in the Last Days, when Mahdi Alayhissalam comes and Sayyidina `Isa Alayhissalam comes, so people can taste of it, but its reality will only come in Paradise. Now it is only a phrase that comes on the tongues of people but Allah said, “The best of words is La ilaha ill-Allah Muhammadun Rasulullah.”

May He keep these meetings always and keep the love of Prophet in our hearts, love of Mawlana shaykh in our hearts, of Grandshaykh Abdullah ad-Daghestani in our hearts and love of each other in our hearts.

Bi hurmatil Fatiha.

The one who knows all the prophets is Sayyidina Muhammad (s).

That Sayyidina `Isa Alayhissalam is His Word, alqaaha ila Maryam, He gave to Maryam. And then for Sayyidina Adam Alayhissalam he said, two, wa nafakhtu feehi min ruhee, I blow into him from my ruh. Ruh no one can explain what is that. His ruh is light? It is the light that Allah has thrown into him, “I blow into him from My soul”; we cannot say ruh is soul here, but [its meaning is] His light, His order, His word. There is another that says amruhum, for Sayyidina Adam Alayhissalam, that Allah has sent his amr to Sayyidina Adam Alayhissalam. That is where uli 'l-amr, the authority, the energy, that is correct; that is that energy

2009-01-26T23:36:00.000-08:00

Hurting the Feelings of Others

Mawlana Shaykh Hisham Kabbani | Saturday, Dec 13, 2008 | Washington, DC US

A`udhu billah min ash-shaytan ir-rajeem

Bismillahi 'r-Rahmani 'r-Raheem

Nawaytu'l-arba`een, nawaytu'l-`itikaaf, nawaytu'l-khalwah, nawaytu'l-riyaada, nawaytu's-salook, nawaytu'l-`uzlah lillahi ta`ala fee hadha'l-masjid

They say that if speaking is from silver, if you like to talk, it is equal to silver, then to be silent is equal to gold because we cannot as a human being control our tongues. And the biggest problem in this world is that people are not able to control their tongues from talking. And the Prophet Sayyidina Muhammad (s) he said, in the meaning of his hadith, tradition, part of the hadith is that “anyone who can guarantee for me,” he is saying, “can guarantee for me his tongue,” he didn’t say “his tongue” but he said, "what is between his jaws, I will guarantee for him Paradise.” Because you don’t know how you might address people and you hurt their feelings.

I heard my master in his teachings to many Muslim and non-Muslim. …As I said, "the place is small but the hearts are big.”

So… the Prophet (s), I heard my teacher many times was saying that “people might commit sins, too many and they might do things that are not allowed.” It means they might lie or they might cheat or they might because of their greediness, they might raise prices more than it should be, or they might do other things, not listening to the mother or the father or the elders, or not following what they need to follow in their beliefs, all that if you ask repentance, Allah will forgive you. God will forgive you. Anything that is between you and God, Allah swt, you do something wrong and you might take something to your advantage from the rights of your Lord, you repent, Allah is merciful He will forgive you.

As it is said in the Holy Qur'an, “Say [O Muhammad] to the people, ‘If they were oppressors to themselves, let them not lose hope of My forgiveness. I will forgive them, just let them repent.”

God is always merciful. But the problem is that when we hurt the feeling of someone else or we backbite someone else or we spread a bad rumor about someone else, the problem is not that you repent and god will forgive. The problem is that the person you hurt you must ask forgiveness. So there is a problem there. Might be the person you ask will not forgive you. So what happens? You are falling into a valley that has not bottom.

When the Prophet (s) asked his companions about the meaning of bankruptcy, and we have lot of bankruptcy going around today. He asked them, “who is the bankrupt one?” They said, "whoever loses his wealth.” He said, "No, this is not the real meaning of bankrupt." Although that is what we understand, bankruptcy is whoever lost all his wealth. He said, "No, the bankrupt one is the one who has no good deeds to present to God on Judgment Day.” And the companions said, "even if he is praying and fasting?” and he said, "even if he is praying and fasting, he might not have any good deeds.” They were surprised.

So it means on the Day of Judgment, and it is called judgment like you are judged here in a court, one person accuses the other. So on the Day of Judgment whoever has been harmed he will give from his good deeds to give to you. If he hurt you a lot then all the good deeds he did in his life will be transferred to you. Then he will be left with nothing, bankrupted.

So we said at the beginning that the Prophet (s) Muhammad (s) and Jesus Alayhissalam and Moses Alayhissalam and Abraham Alayhissalam and Noah Alayhissalam, all these heavenly religions came to discipline us and to teach how to behave with each other and to be relate with each other. That is the message that we have to carry with us.

Unfortunately many of us they try to hurt the others… in different ways. Look. Some Muslims hurt the majority of Muslims. Why? Because they thought this is their way, so even though they prayed and fasted, as the prophet said, because they hurted the other they are bankrupted in the presence of Allah they have nothing, they deserve punishment. Those who blended or branded or labeled the name of Islam and Muslim as terrorists because of their actions that they killed innocent people, they hurt the whole Muslim community. And not only the Muslim community, but they hurt the whole human race. What do you think the punishment will be on them. It is not going to be an easy punishment.

Antichrist, and we know in the Holy Bible and in the Torah of Moses Alayhissalam and in the Holy Qur'an and the holy hadith of the prophet, about the last days we know that Antichrist is coming. Antichrist means the one who does not accept Jesus Alayhissalam coming back on earth .it means he does not accept except his own belief. How many Antichrist we now have around this world?

Prophet Muhammad (s) came 1400 years ago and delivered his message and he said, "Tis message will go to the Day of Judgment and in the Last Days Jesus Alayhissalam will come back, and him and one of my grandchildren, Mahdi Alayhissalam, will come to eliminate injustice." But before that a lot of confusion that Antichrist will bring on earth before Jesus Alayhissalam comes. So Jesus Alayhissalam will come to eliminate what the Antichrist is doing.

So how many nowadays can be called “Antichrist on earth” that they are damaging the reputation of Islam and Muslims and against all heavenly messages? And they are coming against all messages and they are coming against every one who doesn’t accept them and the Antichrist will come against the whole world because they don’t accept him, and he will come and conquer one land after another. You found this in Bible in and in the hadith of the Holy Prophet (s). So he will establish himself in one place and then use that place to take over other places. That is the point of departure, intilaq in Arabic, to take over different places in order to take over the whole world.

And the Prophet (s) said, "His evil power will move from one place to another.” Look today you see these circles of evilness, they are forming circles of evilness and they are doing all kinds of miseries around the world, problems around the world; terrorism around the world; fighting around the world; hijacking now, vessels and boats around the world. All kinds of evil work they are doing and this is because they are inheritors of what the Antichrist is coming with, they are paving the road for Antichrist. That means they are his supporters and we are looking and we are surprised how many of them coming around the world, destroying all kinds of beliefs.

“Antichrist,” the Prophet (s) said, "he will not accept except his own beliefs.” He will say to you “if you accept me ok, if you don’t accept me…” he will eliminate them. And he will eliminate anyone who does not accept his belief and he will use massive elimination. And are we not seeing massive eliminations? Yes, look in Iraq, with suicide bombings. In other countries. And 911, after 911, before 911. Look in Africa how they are fighting. All of that is like a collection of different places around the world, with the same behavior and same ideology. Even if their belief is not Muslim but they are from different religions, but their focus, their belief, is to create confusion on earth either by their speeches or by their actions. Listen to what they say in their speeches. They are fiery speeches. And the Prophet (s) said, "Anyone who can guarantee what is between his jaws … I will guarantee for him Paradise.”

These people we don’t hear from them except threatenings and Antichrist comes with threatenings, he cannot come with other than that. He comes before Jesus Alayhissalam, before `Isa Alayhissalam. And as I said, he has supporters. These supporters are coming out of their caves now and are spreading this earth with all these kinds of confusion. Unfortunately there is no end for it. The end will come with arrival of Antichrist. Because the evil power always going to be from century to century And in this century it is increasing a lot.

So what we have to do then is, as the Prophet (s) said, "There will coming a time that there will be huge confusions around the world. Like chunks,… You know how you look at the sky at night and you don’t see any stars, there are huge chunks of dark night. He said, "Confusions will be so dark and so huge,” as if someone looking in the sky and seeing huge darkness there, no light. So at that time he said, "there will be lot of confusions around the world.” He said, "the one sitting, the one who is sitting, means sitting at home or sitting looking after his work, and sitting looking after his children and his family is better than the one standing and looking from the window.” He might receives something that might hurt him. The one looking is exposed. The one who is sitting on his chair, he is not looking outside there is no exposure for anything. He is not going to be exposed. He said, "the one who is sitting, is better than the one who is standing the one who is standing better than one walking the one walking on the street is better…?

And he said, "If you get angry at that time, then hit on a stone.” Hit your hand or your stick, it means get your anger out on that stone, until you break your stick. At that time “take your bow and arrow and hit it on the rock.” Don’t involve with anyone as something might hurt you. We are in such days.

That is why one of the companions of the Prophet (s), Sayyidina `Ali (r), karam-Allahu wajha, wa Alayhissalam, he said, "you have to be careful what you are saying and what you want to say.” Today what makes people falling into problems is they have to know what they have to speak and what they have to say. He said, "before you speak judge yourself before you talk anything."

Does anyone judge himself before he speaks? Look today these talk shows. Did you see any show they didn’t criticize each other? This one criticize this one and that one criticize that one. They say two opinions. What is the benefit? You are making more confusion with two opinions that one says something and that one says another: Who is right and who is wrong? Both consider they are right.

So the best is to keep silent. Study, learn, raise a family. Look at your work and don’t involve yourself too much with issues that don’t concern you. I don’t want to be long, but as he said, Sayyidina `Ali (r):

اعمل لدنياك كأنك تعيش أبداً ، و اعمل لآخرتك كأنك تموت غدا

A`amal li-dunyaka ka-annaka ta`ayshu abadan wa a`amal li akhiratika ka-annaka tamootu ghaddan - do for you lifetime that you are living on this earth as if you are living forever.”

It means be ambitious do what you want to do, but check what you want to say, but try to do the maximum, No problem. But make sure you do for your other life, the afterlife, as if you are dying tomorrow.

So look at the both sides. He said, "look at this world as if you are living forever. But keep in mind you might die tomorrow. You have to keep both sides, as any time you might be called and asked.

So the best in this time is to raise good children and a good family and to as soon as possible to get them married. You cannot leave your children without marriage. Too much temptations. Too much unacceptable acts that might make your children to fall down, as we are seeing outside in the streets, too much between girls and boys with drugs that are ruining their lives. Why? Because we are delaying their studies and we are delaying, we are not encouraging them to finish as quick as possible and then get married. Everyone is saying to wait and wait and wait, until they become 60 years old. Like Sayyid `Ali (r). Are you married.

I want to as to all of you that I am very, very sorry that I am not able to make it for the wedding of Dr. Tasneem’s son and although I promised but she said, " I can break my promised because my shaykh, my teacher, my father in law, Mawlana Shaykh Nazim he has called me to come to Cyprus as an emergency, so I am not able to stay and be there. And there is nice wedding going there in ny and Shaykh Ahsan if he accepts, will go there and perform the wedding on Mawlana Shaykh’s behalf - not on my behalf. As he is going to perform the wedding here today on Shaykh Nazim’s behalf.

He knows about it by name and he said I will pray for her son and for the wedding.

Since I am here and I think Shaykh Ahsan will give permission to conduct the wedding it is not an issue.

Raihan, I am sorry really and tell your father, I am really sorry, but it came like emergency so I have to go there. But insh-Allah we come back and congratulate you personally, insha-Allah.

So now we will do small dhikr and for the blessings of the dhikr and with permission of Shaykh Ahsan we do the wedding, or he will do the wedding.

2009-01-04T19:26:00.000-08:00

Awliya are the hackers of your heart's software
Mawlana Shaykh Hisham Kabbani | Sunday, Nov 16, 2008 | Colombo LK

Ati` Allah wa ati` ar-rasula wa uli 'l-amri minkum

First of all I would like to say that it is an honor for us to be hosted here in Colombo with brother Haneef, and with you and your brother Dr. Hosni and your family and Shaykh Izzat, and may Allah swt give you honor dunya and akhira.

May Allah keep us together with Mawlana Shaykh Nazim and Allah give him long life.

Alhamdulillah that everywhere you go in this country you look you see a tea plantation, everywhere. And who planted these trees? Someone. And who is benefiting from these trees are us, the people. So Allah swt wants us to benefit. He doesn’t want us to be like animals, although animals are benefiting, but Allah said he honored human being.

وَلَقَدْكَرَّمْنَا بَنِي آدَمَ وَحَمَلْنَاهُمْ فِي الْبَرِّ وَالْبَحْرِ وَرَزَقْنَاهُممِّنَ الطَّيِّبَاتِ وَفَضَّلْنَاهُمْ عَلَى كَثِيرٍ مِّمَّنْ خَلَقْنَا تَفْضِيلاً

Wa laqad karramna banee adama wa hamalnaahum fi ’l-barri wa ’l-bahri wa razaqnaahum mina alttayyibati wa faddalnahum `ala katheerin mimman khalaqnaa tafdeela

We have honored the sons of Adam; provided them with transport on land and sea; given them for sustenance things good and pure; and conferred on them special favours, above a great part of our creation. Al-Isra [17:70]

Allah didn’t say I honored animals but Allah said he honored us he honored us with what? There are many explanations on that. Honored us to make us human beings. He made human beings calipha on earth. He honored us because he sent as a messenger Sayyidina Muhammad (s) and he made Sayyidina Muhammad (s) to intercede for everyone of us. There are a lot of honors that Allah gave to humanity.

As everyone thinks that “why we are on earth? Why we are here, for what reason? Why did we not stay in paradise?”

Allah’s swt wisdom Allah’s Will, is to make this earth to be a house for humanity. This earth is a house for people. But Allah makes every people and every person, in his heart he gave him a house, a heavenly house. People don’t think. They think this heart is this big and is always pumping. What is bigger? Which is more intelligent, which is more clever? The mind or the heart? Do you think with your heart or you think with your mind? Hug? Confusing question. We think with mind or we think with heart. Everyone will say no, “we think with the mind.” The Mind has limitation or no limitation? People say “no limitation” because the mind can think too much. The heart has limitations or no? The heart has limitation. But in reality the heart has no limitation, but the mind has limitation.

All scholars, not Muslim scholars but scientists, the say the mind is the main focus for the whole body to give commands and orders; to make everything work. And that is why it says that as much as you have high IQ, as much as your intellectuality grows up. And that is why you see people have no limitation of money, they are greedy. People are running after what? They are running after money. If they are running after something else they would be like Sayyida Maryam.

كُلَّمَا دَخَلَ عَلَيْهَا زَكَرِيَّا الْمِحْرَابَ وَجَدَ عِندَهَا رِزْقاً

kullama dakhala `alayha zakariyya al-mihraba wajada `indaha rizqa

Whenever he entered her niche he (Zakariyya) found provision there. Al-Imran [3:37]

Awliyaullah they left dunya and Allah made dunya to come after them. He made dunya slave to them. Now we are slave to dunya. But dunya is servant to awliyaullah. That is why you see awliyaullah they are sitting in their chair or lying in their beds, Allah sends provisions to their hands, either money or food or what. But people, human being, running after what? Running after money, because they are what? Greedy. So mind takes you so far in greediness in order to get more, to get more. If Allah gave you this much you want this much. If He gave you this much, you want thiiiiis much you cannot stop.

Then when He makes you sick, you begin to say, “Ya Rabbee! Cure me!” Before that no. So the mind, they say, scientists, has no limits, it goes so far. But what Allah says? We want scientists or we want Allah swt. Allah said:

ما وسعني أرضي ولا سمائي ولكن وسعني قلب عبدي المؤمن

That is why Allah, the Exalted, said, “Neither heavens nor earth contained Me, but the heart of My believing servant contained Me.”

It is holy hadith, hadith qudsee, that is revealed to the Prophet (s) and it is a hadith that is revealed by Jibreel. Neither my heavens nor my earth contained me…

Can mind contain… Allah didn’t say the mind will contain Me. But he said the heart. The heavens and earth cannot contain me. Because He is the creator. Nothing can contain the Creator. Everything is contained by Him. Allah said the heavens and earth are folded in His Hands. How you fold a book, heavens and earth, everything is in His Hands. When Allah wants to resurrect people, He will change this earth to another earth:

يَوْمَتُبَدَّلُ الأَرْضُ غَيْرَ الأَرْضِ وَالسَّمَاوَاتُ وَبَرَزُواْ للّهِ الْوَاحِدِالْقَهَّارِ

Yawma tubaddalu’l-ardu ghayra ’l-ardi wa’s-samaawaatu wa barazoo lillahi ’l-wahidi ’l-qahhaar

One day the earth will be changed to a different earth, and so will be the heavens, and (men) will be marshalled forth, before Allah, the One, the Irresistible; Ibrahim [14:48]

Then He says by Himself to Himself? "To whom is the kingdom today?" Telling to these tyrants… because we are tyrants. We might not be tyrants to others but we are tyrants to ourselves. We are not obeying Allah’s orders. We are not obeying the Prophet’s orders. We are not obeying those who are in authority on us, awliyaullah. So we are tyrants to ourselves. So Allah will say "to whom is the kingdom this day?" And the answer is lillahi’l-wahid al-qahaar.

Nothing can contain Allah but the heart of the believer. That means the one who gave his heart to Allah, Allah will fill it with the manifestation of Allah’s lights. All these manifestations are coming from heavens. Wherever there is a group like that, remembering Allah and remembering the Prophet, Allah will send His sakinah on those people, the tranquility on those people. You might not feel it but the heart will feel it.

You have computer, when you want to download information, huh? The computer doesn’t feel it. It is a box made of metal. But what is inside is the chips that work together. The outside body that is full of bad manners and bad behavior will not feel the information that Allah is downloading to the heart.

Awliyaullah, Allah gave them the code to upload and download. They can take and see what they have inside. Us no. So the information went there but you don’t have the code to bring it up. So that is why people are sitting. You think they are sitting for free. No Allah is rewarding. But it goes to the chip which is recording.

يقول الله : ما وسعني أرضي ولا سمائي ولكن وسعني قلب عبدي المؤمن

That is why Allah, the Exalted, said, “Neither heavens nor earth contained Me, but the heart of My believing servant contained Me.”

How big is the heart. How big is the brain, doctor? The size of the skull. In reality the intelligence comes from a small part of the brain. So small, I was reading about it, they say, the scientists they say is smaller than the seed of a lentil, where all this intelligence. Comes from. This is a small planted seed inside the brain where all the intelligence goes and from brain goes to the body.

Small chip. Now in the computer you have small chip carrying all that information. What do you think about the heavenly chip that Allah planted in your brain.

For computer these chips, how many software they make in order to understand these chips and take info out. How many software is there in dunya. How many engineers is needed. How many engineers are needed to get only one software. Might be 5-6 eng. Work together to make one software in one or 2 years. Let us say there are 1 million software. Are there more. No way. And how many engineers are going to work for 1 million software.

Allah swt kun fayakoon. Today there are 6 billion software. How many human beings. Every human being has a software by himself. Do you think the software in one person is the same as the software in another? No, everyone is different, but all of them relate to each other.

How many languages are there in [human] software. 50, 60, 100 that they can speak with each other. For one software to talk to another they must have a language.

But all of us relate to each other. So look every human being can relate to every other human being. How many software do they have the?

So even as big as the mind is, the heart is bigger. If the brain with that small chip has all this intelligence and all this... and this power it has and look with all the laboratories they have and all this technology, all is through the brain, not the heart. But Allah said if you use the heart you can contain the Nur. My light. That means if we are giving the code to open the heart then we see miracles. That is why awliyaullah they do miracles. That is why they bring you knowledge you never heard before. That is what you see with Bayazid al-Bistami, that is what you see with Sirr as-Saqati, with Shah Naqshband with Shaykh Nazim with Grandshaykh, with Abdul Qadir Jilani, how many there are. How? Because they have the code.

You go to his office, you want to take information out of his computer - can you do it? No, you cannot because why? He has a password. He has so strong a password. But there are hackers who can get it. The world is not nice, but awliyaullah are hackers. They can open up any password. That is why you have to be very careful in front of them. That is why as much as you can to be away, as much as it is better. People say, "why don’t you stay there?” No, awliyaullah are like fire. Any mistake in their presence… Make a mistake outside… But in his presence, you cannot - it is difficult. You cannot - it is not easy.

The first time we traveled, one time we traveled with Mawlana Shaykh both of us, we were visiting Southeast Asia, I will not say where, you know where. And it was first time to go to that country. They put both of us in one room, me and Mawlana Shaykh Nazim and one bed. A big bed, one bed. And Mawlana said, “Sleep on the bed,” but I felt shy so I was sleeping on the floor. He said, “No sleep on the bed with me.” He is on one side and I am one side. All night you cannot sleep. You cannot as you will lose your wudu. You cannot lose your wudu in the presence of the Sultanu ’l-Awliya of this time. When he is sleeping he is in the presence of the Prophet (s) and when he is awake he is in presence of the Prophet (s). How are you going to be in that presence and you lose wudu. And I am afraid to make any movement you might disturb him.

That is why it is not easy to be all the time near. Though we love to be there all the time, but hey are spies of the heart. So any mistake, it will be considered a big mistake in their presence. You cannot. That is why when the Prophet (s) was describing Maqaam al-Ihsan, he said, "You can pray your prayer, but when you reach Maqaam al-Ihsan, you cannot any more have any bad thoughts come to your mind when you are praying.” Then you aren’t in Maqaam al-Ihsan. In that maqaam you cannot see and you cannot hear except the Presence of Allah swt. You cannot say “Allahu Akbar” and as soon as you say it you begin to think about the car you are going to drive and the white car and black car and the motorcade in front of you and you are sleeping. When you enter in prayer doesn’t it come, these thoughts? That is not Maqaam al-Ihsan - you are still in the normal level. .

So awliyaullah when you are sitting there any gossip comes to your heart they get it out, they see it quickly. When you are far they don’t look. But when you are in their presence, they see. That is why it is not simple. Many times they tell me, “come and sit,” but I run away. But the other side will say, "O no, no leave it.” Especially when he has guests. When he has guests you run. I used to see him when he was with Grandshaykh, he used to run. He never stays.

Then after 10,15 minutes he says, “Mawlana do you need anything? I am going to market.” He knows, when Shaykh needs me, he will call me. Leave him, with his own work.

So in any case Allah said, “Neither heavens nor earth contained Me, but the heart of My believing servant contained Me.”

That means the believer the mu’min the one who reached the highest level of sainthood is able to get all these manifestation and all these secrets. What we know about secrets. We speak about secrets but did we enter. Like someone taking a book and reading and reading and reading. So that Dr. Abdul Wahid prescribed me an antibiotic. If you take the antibiotic you will get well. Ok, so I go to pharmacy and buy the antibiotic. And open it and read the pamphlet and it says, "it does this and it is good and it is good and also at the end it has side effects." But I am not taking it. When you take it, it clears it up, opens it up. When you have flu or cough if you are not taking the medicine it does nothing. But if you are reading, reading to eliminate the side-effects if you are no taking the medicine… Take away all these veils from the presence of the Prophet (s) and presence of Allah.

So today what do we do? We read. Do we do anything else. All of us. What differ us from awliyaullah is that they live these experiences. They live the instructions. The instructions say take this, they take this. If Mawlana said, "Don’t do this!” they don’t to this. If Mawlana says, “Do that,” they do that.

Mawlana Grandshaykh used to say, in every suhbat, he said that we are under two orders that the Prophet (s) showed to us. You are under these two: eliminate forbiddens and encourage yourself to orders. There are 500 commands to do that we will be rewarded and there 800 forbiddens. With two zeros. 800 forbiddens that you must not do in your life. Like cheating, conspiring, backbiting, lying, jealousy. All these bad chars, you have to eliminate.

Awliyaullah they eliminate one after one, one after one.

And Mawlana Shaykh said one time to me, in a suhbat, that when Grandshaykh ordered him for seclusion in Sayyidina Abdul Qadir Jilani Mosque in Baghdad, he was thinking about, Mawlana said, “that there are 800 forbiddens. And Mawlana Grandshaykh was telling him, “try your best to eliminate these forbiddens.” Because what do you do in seclusion? You teach yourself to eliminate bad thoughts and to do dhikr and salawat, which will become very difficult especially in last ten days of seclusion.

So I was thinking, when he was telling me, how many can you count of bad manners? You can think of 20, 30 but how to get to 800. And when awliyaullah say 800 it is 800. So we go back to that word “hacking”.

So Mawlana Shaykh said, “I took a notebook like this, that every time comes to my heart ‘do this forbidden,’ I wrote it.” It was a 6-month seclusion. He said, “at the end I was able to count 187 bad manners.” It took how long? Six months to count them; to write it and then try to eliminate it. The Shaykh will inspire to your heart either through a dream or through a vision, .. like a puzzle or a maze you go to this door, this door, this door, any door you are led too, there is this puzzle to open it. For example for this, “Ya Haleem.” At end of seclusion you end with huge list of awraad. You have to be doing awraad in every moment.

So he said, "I counted 187 bad manners.” “Counted them” means he eliminated them. He counted 187 of them means he hacked them. Go into them and tear them apart. It means that a secret appeared, because every time you eliminate one a veil is taken from you and the Prophet (s).

Awliyaullah are not easy in their ways of understanding what is necessary for them, because from their early life they begin to go thru these experiences that take them to reach highest level of sainthood. Else to eliminate 800 forbiddens is not so simple.

Mawlana Grandshaykh, may Allah bless his soul, he said in one of his suhbat, and that is why I have some of his notes, we have a lot of these, like this one, I have 200, 300 of these books. I used to write every word he used to say.

He said, that “to avoid one forbidden, you will be rewarded more than if you have done the 500 commands.” To avoid one forbidden you will be rewarded as if you did the 500 commands, orders that the Prophet (s) ordered you to do. If you leave one forbidden for the sake of Allah it is to Him more rewardable than to do the 500 maamooraat. now some people will take it as “O, I will leave one of the forbidden and then I don’t need to pray.” There are some people who say and do like that, they say “I don’t need to pray.” Then they accuse us of that, of not praying and not fasting, the Sufis, and that is not true. Because there are some people who are crazy.

So one forbidden to leave it to eliminate it from your life, because they come back and repeat itself, it comes back to you each time. So to leave it one time you will be rewarded more than the 500 orders. Imagine how much is Allah generous and generous and wants to give. What is the meaning of al-Kareem. It means He gives without limits. If you limit His giving then you took the value of His generosity. Then you are not giving the honor and the right to His name al-Kareem. Al-Kareem means generous that never ends. Even you have problems, you don’t know what kind of generosity Allah is sending on human beings. That is why He wanted from generosity. Then we go back. Allah wanted this earth. Look Mars, what is on Mars? Can you live on Mars? No water, nothing. Can you live on Venus? No. On Pluto? No. On what other? Jupiter? No? On all these stars that are in our solar system. Can you live? No. Why earth? Why on Earth which is the smallest one. Why not on the bigger planets. Why He gave us this planet, why not everyone can have one planet. He give me the earth, He gives you the sun, He gives you. Then no more problems. Why all these planets. Why not He give you Jupiter; He give you Pluto is it not better.

How many stars are there. [countless] there are 80 billion star in one galaxy and they counted 6000 galaxies and every galaxy 80 100 billion. They are speaking too much about billions these days so we keep in our mind billions. If everyone one of us takes one star, and He leaves him alone there alone, is it not good? Don’t think you don’t have a star there. You have one star there, your reality is in one of these stars. Everyone has a star there. When awliyaullah want to look at you they look at your star. They know what you are and they know all your secrets is there Allah gave everyone a designated star there to represent him in His presence. … don’t think Allah sent us on earth to torture and punish us. He created us out of His love. Out of His love came that beauty in the creation of human being. When that whim came to show His beauty, He showed it in human beings. That beauty, al-Jamal al-Jameel, when that will came to show His beauty, then Adam was created. We are not going into that subject because it is so deep.

But why earth, why not Mars, why not Jupiter? There is nothing there, only earth that has everything. We leave this for next time, tomorrow, insha-Allah.

Wa min Allah at-tawfeeq, bi-hurmatil Fatiha.

So when I leave this to tomorrow he said, ok, say, no now! It is better.

Next time, tomorrow. [No, now Sayyidee!]

2008-12-08T07:22:00.000-08:00

Read the Signs

Mawlana Shaykh Hisham Kabbani
| Friday, Nov 07, 2008 | Chicago, IL US

La tukthir li hammik, ma quddir yakoon

Allahu’l-muqaddir wa’l-`alam shu`oon

There is one poetry from one of the big `ulama…

Audhu billah min ash-shaytan ir-rajeem

Bismillahi 'r-Rahmani 'r-Raheem

Nawaytu'l-arba`een, nawaytu'l-`itikaaf, nawaytu'l-khalwah, nawaytu'l-riyaada, nawaytu's-salook, nawaytu'l-`uzlah lillahi ta`ala fee hadha'l-masjid

First, we like to say that, and we have to repeat every time, because Allah said in Holy Qur'an,

وَذَكِّرْفَإِنَّ الذِّكْرَى تَنفَعُ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ

Wa dhakkir fa inna adh-dhikra tanfa`u al-mumineena

But teach (thy Message) for teaching benefits the Believers. Surat adh-Dhaariyat [51:55]

Allah is saying to the Holy Prophet (s) that remind them because by reminder believers get benefit. If you don’t remind people how are they going to get benefit. Might be you see I am doing a mistake, your obligation is to remind me that I made a mistake. This is very difficult today. People don’t like anyone to tell they did a mistake.

“Al-amr bi ’l-ma`ruf wan-nahiy `ani ’l-munkar - to call for what is good and to object to what is bad.” All of us have things we do that Allah is happy with it and we have things that we do that Allah is not happy with it. So Allah says in Holy Qur'an to the Prophet (s): “Remind them! Because by reminding them they get benefit.”

Doctors today, they have something that they send you after you visit them, they send you a letter that this is the time to make a check back, to make a checkup. They are reminding you. Don’t think we treated you. Ok they treated you when you are in need for acute treatment. Don’t say “ok, my doctor treated me,” so I am ok. Might be you need a checkup. Might be your blood changed now; might be your sugar changed now, you have diabetes now. So doctors remind people.Come and check, come and check. Allah swt sent to humanity, not the best doctor, but He sent to humanity themaster of masters of doctors. The master of master of kings, the master of master of leadership, the master of master of knowing everything. Allah sent Sayyidina Muhammad (s) to remind us. That is why the Allah sent the Prophet Muhammad (s) as a carrier of revelation and telling him to remind them, remind them, remind them every moment.

So that is why Sayyidina `Umar (r)when he because ameer al-mumineen he appointed, he called someone to sit at this door every day. When he goes out form his house, eh will remind him, that person, “Ya Umar remember death!” Not to say “Ya ameer al-mumineen”, not to say “Sayyidina `Umar (r).”

Out of respect we have to say “ameer al-mumineen” and out of respect we have to say “Sayyidina `Umar (r).” But him he doesn’t want to give respect to his ego. Awliyaullah and Sahaba they understood that. Don’t give respect to yourself. When Allah gives you respect then you are honored. You don’t want to honor yourself by yourself, then that is arrogance. Today we honor ourselves by ourselves. So what Sayyidina `Umar (r) do? He appointed someone to remind him when he goes in the door, “Ya `Umar, there is death.” And when he goes out, “Ya `Umar there is death.”

Then one day. Sayyidina `Umar (r) called him and said thank you very much. You did a good job. Now your job is finish. That man became sad, he loves Sayyidina `Umar (r). He is not doing for money, he is doing it for love of Sayyidina `Umar (r). he said, did I do anythingwrong. So he said, "no you did good job”. But Allah said in Holy Qur'an, Wa dhakkir fa inna adh-dhikra tanfa`u al-mumineena - to remind the mumins will benefit them. That is why don’t get angry when someone reminds you of something. You get angry quickly when someone says something. I get angry he get angry. All get angry. Don’t say I need to sit up, his leg is hurting as he had car accident. Alhamdulillah I don’t have pain by Allah’s blessing. Sitting here I can see everyone, sitting down I cannot. So one is sitting up because of pain and the other to see. there Is no difference Between any of us. We are all from the nation of Sayyidina Muhammad (s). We are all equal.

I like him. Whenever I say the name of Sayyidina Muhammad (s) he stands up. I am noticing him. Respect. He reminds himself. “O you! Stand out of respect, stand up!” He has a reminder.

Now on the computer they put a thing called what? A reminder. For certain work you have to do. This is a computer. Doesn’t Allah have a computer? This computer we have compared to heavenly computer is a toy, a plastic computer. There are heavenly computers that bring everything back. Whatever you have downloaded or uploaded zoom in or zoom out. You find it all there in heavenly computer. We are not going to discuss that now.

So Sayyidina `Umar (r) said, "Finished, I don’t need a reminder now. Someone is reminding me now of death.” He said, "I love you ya Sayyidina `Umar (r). Did you get someone else?” he said, “No. Today I found in my beard, that in my black beard one white hair. That is a reminder in me now, that akhira is approaching. I am moving towards my last days.”

Look his beard is white, my beard is white. What does that mean? Look his beard is black. What does that mean Abdul Wahid? [it means he is young] He is young. I am older, he is older. But no one knows. Allah knows how long each one is going to live. It is a reminder you are carrying a computer in your body telling that time has finished your time is approaching. You cannot take another person’s time and another’s. And in that time Allah gave us a lot of opportunities to be with the Prophet (s).

We have to stand up also.

Why Allah gave Ottomans 700 years of khilapha. They ruled from Spain up, I went one time to an island in Malaysia, It is within Malaysia and they said we want to take you to that island. Malaysia, in SE Asia. They took me to meet someone who is very old, might 110 year of age. But strong. They said we want to go visit his house. We went there and we saw a picture. They said, "Do you know whose picture is this?” of course I know it is obvious. It is Sultan Abdul Hameed who was in the early 20th cent. He was sultan of Ottoman empire from Spain all the way to Malaysia. I was surprised. Ottomans reached Malaysia? That old man said, " and that was ten year or more ago” he said that my father put that picture there. And he said, "this is our king, our sultan. This is the sultan of Muslims.”Like that one was young. So that one put the picture ands telling his children this is our sultan. They never saw him, he is in Turkey and they never could reach there. It means Islam reached these areas and ottomans hey were in control of these areas. That is why in association of the sultan when the name of the Prophet (s) is mentioned they stand up. Now they mentioned hundreds of times and no one stands up. That is why because of their love to the Prophet (s) and respect the ummah was up. Allah chose the Prophet (s)and selected him and respected him. If we respect whom Allah respected we will be raised up. That is why Muslims are coming down and down. Why? Because we are not respecting our leader.

So Sayyidina `Umar (r) said, "There is a reminder now. That death is approaching. So I don’t need you anymore”

So Allah told the Prophet (s), remind them for the reminder will give them benefit.

Remind them of what. We get upset when someone reminds us. If I did something wrong and someone comes to say you did something wrong my brother, change it. What will happen? A fight will happen. Why? Because we cannot tolerate each other any more.

Because of a big struggle between good and evil. Prophet said in last days there will be too much evilness around the world. Wherever you look you look at haraam. That is evil. There is no anymore a place to look and talk and speak and do something except that it is mixed with haraam. Even you don’t want to do haraam but it is blended inside. No more is it clean pure, everything has been blended. So Allah told Muhammad (s) remind them. So our duty is to remind ourselves first. Don’t go and remind him that he is wrong when you are wrong on the same issue.

I was in Mecca, one day and sitting as everyone sitting facing the Ka`bah. Looking and making dhikr and reading Qur’an and every day. And every day someone passes and looks at me. He looks at me. He wants to speak with me and he sees me reading Holy Qur'an, and he wants me to stop, he is upset. He goes and then comes. He doesn’t like something. Goes and comes.. after one week he cant take it anymore he has to speak. He acme to me and said, "Ya shaykh!” when they say “Ya shaykh” it means they are angry. So he said, "Ya shaykh!” I am sitting there like that, I am not doing umrah or hajj because I used to live there and I go to visit Ka`bah and sit and read Qur’an.

He said, “Ya shaykh! Why your beard is long?” I looked and said, “why? any problem?” he said, “Yes.!” He was satiated. He said, "don’t you know that the Prophet’s beard was not more than one qabda?” [Means to here Shaykh shows one fist] I said, "I know.” He said, “Why then your beard is longer.” I said to him, I quote you the hadith or you quote the hadith. The Prophet (s) said, "huff ash-shawarib wa `affuw anil lahya” he said, " trim, you see they make the mustaches very small or sometimes they make, like Shaykh Mustafa, because it has two meanings, huff means take away completely, but the is not taking but they don grow. Take away completely or trim it and leave the beard. `aff `an ish-shay means “leave it to grow.”

I didn’t say don’t you know. That is not adab. When you say don’t you know that is scolding him. I said as soon as the Prophet’s beard reaches one qabda, it breaks and falls down. That is why the beard doesn’t go more. He never put a scissors on it. That is why I leave it.

He didn’t like that answer but he cannot argue with that answer. He looked at me. I said, "can I ask you a question?’ he said, "Yes.” It is good he is letting me to ask. I said, why are you asking me about my beard and you have no beard. He is complaining about my beard when he has no beard. But I remember Grandshaykh advice and Mawlana Shaykh advice, anyone comes to you and gives advice, swallow it. Listen and obey. Sam`ina wa ata`na. listen and obey. If that person what he says is according to Shari`ah no harm. If what he says contradicts the Shariah leave it.

So reminding someone is good. Allah reminded our nafs, our self, when he said, fa-alhamaha fujooraha wa taqwaaha. Allah reminded the self of what is good for it and what is bad." So if Allah is inspiring the self, that is Qur’an, Qur’an for every moment of your life. So that means every moment he is inspiring and until Judgment Day inspiring the self of what is good and what is bad. What is good continue and what is bad leave.

So reminder is good in Islamic understanding. That is why if you see someone saying something listen. Don’t throw it back in his face. It might be he is saying something good that Allah is sending that one to remind you. Why I have to say no.” because there are people whom you don’t know Allah said in Holy Qur'an, about Sayyidina Musa , and his helper, in Surat al-Kahf, fa wajada `abdan min `ibaadina.. `ilman.

Allah sent them on that tip, when Sayyidina Musa asking too many question they found one servant form one of our servants. One from many. That means that Allah has many servants. That will come and remind you at any moment in your life, without you knowing them been sent by Allah or been sent by themselves it is hidden. So that is why you have to weight everything by balance of Shariah.

Awliyaullah say if you don’t know Shariah what to do? People don’t know all the laws of Shariah. People know how to pray and fast and make wudu but there are other issue in life you don’t know. He said, Allah gave you a mind. Everyone Allah gave intelligence and gave him a mind. Different from each other, everyone has something that he can understand. And Allah says laa yukallifullahu nafsan illa wu`saha. So they say, " and that is why they are more flexible than scholars. Awliyaullah are more flexible, they can work out something with the people. Scholars cannot they have to follow 1,2,3,4,5. they cannot deviate. They have to follow the track. They didn’t know the railway there are diversions. They want to take you direct straight on the track. But they do not know there are diversions that awliyaullah can do that. According to your capacity and then come back to the straight track. According to the load or capacity youcan carry. You can carry load of a car but he can carry the weight of a truck. I cannot carry the weight of a vessel only the capacity of a truck. He is capacity of a car he is capacity of truck.

So if you cannot get an answer weigh it according to the scale of what your mind says. If you mind says “Ok” do it. Innamal amaalu bi’n-niyyaat. If your intention is good. That is why the Prophet (s) said “if a judge gives the right decision he will be rewarded twice and if wrong once” Not everyone can give the right decision. Giving right decision it is very difficult.

So weigh it according to your understanding. If it says “good”, do it. If it says “no”, back up. That is why reminder is good.

So we go back to the beginning. That man who made that poetry, he said,

La tukthir li hammik, ma quddir yakoon

Allahu’l-muqaddir wa’l-`alam shu`oon

He is talking to himself. Don’t worry too much to your problem. don’t make yourself to worry too much. What is written is written. What Allah decided he decided. W’Allahu muqaddir wal-`alam shu`oon. Allah is the one that wrote it, he is the one that planned it and the people are his subjects. Every one is a shaan. Different form the other. Allah will give every one different. So if you look at them you are looking at their creator. If you object on them you are objecting on their creator.

This is not on the first level of religion. This is at the highest level maqam al-ihsaan. Not to speak about anyone anything. To give high respect to everyone. That is not easy

According to the hadith of the Prophet, never was he asked for something and he said, " no.” never that is narrated by Bukhari and Muslim. Never he asked for something and he said, " “no.” he has to give it or he has to answer. Whatever he has been asked. How many times we have been asked something and we say “no.” prophet never.

One time Sayyidina Ayesha and this is to show how they were living. Sayyid Ayesha narrating that hadith that one day she was telling the Prophet (s) what happened to her during the day. She said, "Ya sayyidee, ya Rasulullah, ya rahmatan lil-`alameen. They don’t call him by Muhammad. They call him with respect. That is his wife. Ya Rasulullah ya nabiullah. Respect. We even mention his name with no respect. Even we say Muhammad (s), not saying rasulullah not saying sayyidee not saying habeebullah. Why is it not true. I don’t know why? It might be zallat lisan. Slip of the tongue. Some people might not do it by intention that they are disrespecting but they didn’t make it a habit to make their tongue give respect.

So she was telling him. Ya Rasulullah today a lady knocked my odor and I was so happy with the way she was handling the situation. And the Prophet (s) was listening. And she came asking for sadaqa do you have anything to give to me. She was carrying two children. One on the right and one on the left, young ones. And she asked me for a sadaqa. No money, they don’t have money. Prophet never carried money. Do we carry money? Allahu Akbar. Prophet never carried money. He used to have the sliver and gold coins but he never carried. The mountain of Uhud came to the Prophet (s) and said, "I will turn myself into gold for you.” The Prophet (s) said, “we don’t need you.” If that mountain turn into gold then the whole Ummah will be rich. But Allah made that mountain to be heaviest mountain on earth. The awliyaullah say if you put Uhud on one side of the scale and all the other mountains of earth on the other side the side of Uhud will go down.
Because of the riches inside it. Because of that baraka that whole area is full of oil. That is because of Uhud. The Saudis know if you dig you find a lot of jewelry, lot of diamonds, lot of jewelry, lot of gold but they leave it.

So she was telling the Prophet (s) what happened. So she was carrying these 2 babies and they are crying and she look through the whole house and she didn’t find but 3 dates I was saving them for you and me. How many dates you have in your house? [A lot.] How many dates we have in our house. No food. What they were eating was only dates. We eat all kinds of food. And we don’t say shukran lillahi. As if we are saying, “send more.”

So said, "I looked and I dint find except 3 dates in the whole house that I was saving, there is nothing. So I gave the 3 to her. She gave one to one baby girl and she gave the other one the other date. And in one second the dates are gone as these two babies are so hungry. So as soon as she give then the date they at the dates, they swallowed them even. And the mother took the date to eat and the daughters are looking at her. That means they are asking her. She took that date and divided it into two pieces. She gave one piece to one daughter and gave the other daughter the other piece. And the Prophet (s) said, "that lady saved herself from hellfire by that last date she gave her daughter.”

So that is why he gave another hadith, the famous hadith that “anyone who raises two daughters will enter Paradise.”

So she was able to save that third date that Sayyida Ayesha gave to her but she gave it to the two girls. The Prophet (s) house doesn’t have but 3 dates and our homes are full. So what we have to remind ourselves. Don’t worry too much about your life. Allah will not leave anyone too hungry. You are not better than the Prophet (s) who wrapped his stomach with two stones. Alhamdulillah we are reaching the point where we eat so much that even we go and vomit and eat again. That is a sickness that they go and vomit and eat again. And Ahl al-Bayt were living on hunger. Remind yourself that the Prophet (s) was hungry his children were hungry his family was hungry. If you don’t have everything at let you are not sleeping hungry. If you do that:

لَئِن شَكَرْتُمْ لأَزِيدَنَّكُمْ

la’in shakartum la-azeedanakum - If you thank Me I give you more.” Ibrahim [14:7]

Why husband and wife fight? Because they don’t thank Allahswt. Why in general you did this, you did that. For what you are fighting? For dunya that doesn't weigh in Allah’s eyes the wing of a mosquito are we fighting for it? Yes we are fighting for it this is the problem. No one is trying not to fight. Husband and wife, children and parent all are fighting to get a piece.

Go. See the moon. One day I was with Mawlana Shaykh Nazim, may Allah give him long life. He was looking at the moon of the 15th, perfect moon. He said to me, “you want the moon, I give it to you.” I didn’t understand it. It means that moon, you own it or you don’t own it what is it going to make a different if you own it, it is there, you cannot take it home with you and if you don’t own it you are not losing anything. This dunya, if you own you cannot take it home. Can you carry your home with you to akhira. Can you carry your bank accounts with you. Your bank account what do you see from them? A small plastic card. And do you see any more than that? And after a while they came and say your 401k is gone. I never heard of that before 4 months. I found out that is how the system works - that is your retirement fund and they force you to put it in the stock market. They force you. How do they say you have freedom of decision? They tell you “either take this package or that package.” So what do you want to do then? So you take this package and after a while it is gone. What is that justice? How many people lost? So you don’t take anything with you. Everything stays with them. So why to fight?

So that is why he said, La tukthir li hammik - don’t worry too much. La tukthir li hammik - don’t too much complicate your issue and your problem. Live the simple life. Village life is more important than city life. They say “the city is civilization.” City life is not civilization - it is deregulation and corruption. Village life is innocent. Go back to the village. It means go back to your nature. Go back to your Prophet. Go back to Allah. Don’t go back to those who give you a flashy life and say, "this is the life you need to live.” They give to you for one place and take from another place. Allah doesn’t do that He gives from both sides. Lean on what Allah wants - don’t lean on what they want to give you.

People come from the village, we cannot take it anymore. There is little sin there. People are soft and pure. Don’t mingle with those who are mafia.

I used to remember we used to go to Grandshaykh and Mawlana Shaykh and Shaykh Husayn. Go to make wudu. It is very cold at Fajr time. You see your hands after a while wounds from freezing water - these wounds are going to witness for you on Judgment Day that you had pain because of your wudu.

Today people don’t take wudu. You ask them why? They say there is no hot water. We need hot water. You be happy, in your country it is always warm you don need hot water.

First time I went to Indonesia and Malaysia, they take showers with cold water and they drink hot water. Food is sweet and dessert is salty. Food has to be made sweet and cakes and ice cream has to have salt in it. Water you drink has to be warm and water you shower with has to be cold. [Shaykh Mustafa: that is our custom] Don’t change the custom; live the way they like.

Don’t say, "We want to reform.” Can anyone reform Islam? Can anyone reform perfection? They are coming now with ideas, “reform”. Go and reform yourself. That is better.

Wa min Allah at-tawfeeq bi-hurmati 'l-Fatiha.

Taqabbal Allah.

2008-12-08T07:13:00.000-08:00

Speak from the heart

Mawlana Shaykh Hisham Kabbani
| Saturday, Oct 18, 2008 | New York, NY US

Allah, Allah, Allah, Allah, Allah, Allah, subhanAllah.

Allah, Allah, Allah, Allah, Allah, Allah, Kareem Allah.

Allah, Allah, Allah, Allah, Allah, Allah, Sultan Allah.

Allah swt is the Sultan, the King of kings. Is there any king except Allah swt? No.

King is the One that, …

Audhu billah min ash-Shaytan ir-rajeem

Bismillahi 'r-Rahmani 'r-Raheem

Ati` Allah wa ati` ar-rasula wa uli 'l-amri minkum

Obey Allah, obey the Prophet (s), and obey those who are on authority.

What is the meaning of a king? A king is that owns everything in his kingdom. King is the one that whatever he wants happens in his kingdom. And whenever he likes something, he will order and everyone must listen and accept. Everyone o f us feels he is a king for himself. No? King of himself. Whatever himself or herself, says, that person obeys. He doesn’t care for his wife, he doesn’t care for his children. The wife doesn’t care for her husband, the children don’t care for the parents. Every one thinks he is king for himself.

But a real king must have power forever. You cannot be king and someone will pull away your soul and you die. Then that one who pulled your soul is the king, not you.

Allah swt is the king and he is the only king and he is the One King and there is no any other king, is not considered a king but is considered a subject to Allah. Whatever level he reached in dunya, he is always a subject always a servant to Allah.

That is why the Prophet (s) said, "an-naasu sawaaasiyyatun ka asnaan al-musht - People are equal like teeth of a comb.” Allah the people here today and the people who are outside which we see on the streets, they are equal. Don’t say, “I am better than him or he is better than that one.” Judgment is not for us. Judgment is for the king.

In the jungle who is the king? Tarzan? There are too many Tarzans here.

He knows his name, we have one here.

He is super-Tarzan.

In the jungle, the lion can anyone stand in front of the lion? No. when he what you say in English, when he roars, every other creature in the jungle is shaking, even you, evn Tarzan.

Is it not? Tarzan will not shake? Even Tarzan who is able to work along with the king, he shakes. Why? Because lion is the king of the jungle.

Kings of today and kings of the past, they cannot be more than the lion. Whatever power they have they cannot be more than a lion.

You as a king to yourself cannot be more than a lion to yourself. But one day that lion is going, so how can you be king anymore. King on what? King on 3 feet by 6 feet. He will become a lion for the grave. He will be a king there, not more than that.

So we are here today, and Allah swt we have to know that Allah brought us together. It is not that we decided to come together and we came together. No.

Allah’s Will before He created us in earth, in His Will and in His knowledge He said, "This group of people are going to meet at this day at this time in this place in this city in this room. And that owner of that place is taking pictures.” Allah has written it before else this will never happen,

So we must not be proud. We must not be proud to ourselves and say, "O these people came to see this one or that one. We have to say because they are honorable people and we came to see them and to get blessings from them. Because if there was no one to whom are you going to talk? To the four walls. So who needs who? The speaker needs people to listen.

You can talk to the walls and then they say this one is crazy. Many people like to talk and sing in the bathroom. And more than that they like to go to the bathroom and smoke there.

Can you eat in the bathroom. What tawbah istaghfirullah. How you smoke in bathroom. That means that cigarette is as bad as that bathroom. Because al-jins ma` al-jins, the gender with the gender, that is a principle in Shariah. That smoke is similar to that, they are sucking your money only. You cannot eat there, but you can smoke there. So what does that mean? It means they are equal to each other.

Those who are smoking, I am not trying to criticize, but as much as possible we are trying to eliminate problems from our bodies that might harm it. Allah honored human beings so if he honored we must respect what he gave us.

Everyone knows that cigarette makes cancer, lung cancer. Still people are smoking. They know it is not accepted. You are harming your body and Allah said, "I gave you your body as a trust and you have to give it back to me as I gave it.” Are we clean now?

Don’t say we are clean Shaykh Mustafa. We changed. We didn’t change but we mixed what Allah honored us with something that is not honorable.

O people we are coming here to execute, to execute? To fulfill a requirement that Allah swt wrote it for us that this day we are going to meet altogether. So no one is better that any other. And the speaker is the lowest off everyone. Why? Because he is in need for everyone. Is it not? I will tell you why.

There was a very famous wali. He was considered and is still considered the Ghawth. Sayyidina Abdul Qadir Jilani Qaddasallahu Sirrahu. Makan al-jannah. You heard about him. He has a calipha. He is in Baghdad. He has calipha that is very advanced and he is very old, near 80 years of age.

It is not by age. Sainthood is not by age. You might be a saint and seven years of age. If Allah wants it will happen. And you can be Shaykh of 7 years of age and you have mureeds of 60 years of age.

Do we have an example? `Isa Alayhissalam. Musa Alayhissalam. [Jesus and Moses].

“Ayna `Isa ayna Musa Ayna Nuh. Anta ya siddiq al-`asee. Tub ila al-mawla al-jaleel - Where is Musa Alayhissalam, where is `Isa Alayhissalam, where is Nuh? O Siddiq, you are for sure a disobedient servant. So repent to Allah the Almighty.”

Sayyidina Abu Bakr as-Siddiq.

إِلاَّ تَنصُرُوهُ فَقَدْ نَصَرَهُ اللّهُ إِذْ أَخْرَجَهُ الَّذِينَ كَفَرُواْ ثَانِيَ اثْنَيْنِ إِذْ هُمَا فِي الْغَارِ إِذْ يَقُولُ لِصَاحِبِهِ لاَ تَحْزَنْ إِنَّ اللّهَ مَعَنَا فَأَنزَلَ اللّهُ سَكِينَتَهُ عَلَيْهِ وَأَيَّدَهُ بِجُنُودٍ لَّمْ تَرَوْهَا وَجَعَلَ كَلِمَةَ الَّذِينَ كَفَرُواْ السُّفْلَى وَكَلِمَةُ اللّهِ هِيَ الْعُلْيَا وَاللّهُ عَزِيزٌ حَكِيمٌ

Illa tansuroohu faqad nasarahu Allahu idh akhrajahu alladheena kafaroo thaniya ithnayni idh huma fi ’l-ghari idh yaqoolu li-sahibihi la tahzan inna Allaha ma`ana fa anzala Allahu sakeenatahu `alayhi wa ayyadahu bi-junoodin lam tarawha wa ja`ala kalimata alladheena kafaroo as-sufla wa kalimatu Allahi hiya al-`ulya w’Allahu `azeezun hakeemun

If ye help not (your leader), (it is no matter): for Allah did indeed help him, when the Unbelievers drove him out: he had no more than one companion; they two were in the cave, and he said to his companion, "Have no fear, for Allah is with us": then Allah sent down His peace upon him, and strengthened him with forces which ye saw not, and humbled to the depths the word of the Unbelievers. But the word of Allah is exalted to the heights: for Allah is Exalted in might, Wise. At-Tauba [9:40]

Allah said in Holy Qur'an that He is the 2d , it means he is prophet and Sayyidina Abu Bakr, together, thani ithnayn idh huma fi ’l-ghar. They a re in a cave both of them and Sayyidina Abu Bakr Radiallahu anhu is crying. Sayyidina Muhammad (s) looked at him and said, “Ya Aba Bakr, why are you crying?” that was when they were migrating from Mecca to Madina and they entered in the cave, by Allah’s order. Else the Prophet (s) would have moved and no one would have sent him but Allah wants to show us a miracle.

And they entered the cave and then Abu Bakr Radiallahu anhu was in tears. And Sayyidina Muhammad (s) said, "why are you crying don’t be sad Allah is with us. Allah is with good people. Allah is with you, if you face little difficulties in dunya it is ok. Prophet faced lot of difficulties. You are not better.

He said to his companion, don’t cry, why are you crying. You are making my heart sad. It is enough that I am already sad for `Ali (r), karamAllahu wajhah. He is in my bed. When they came the unbelievers, they enemy want to kill the Prophet (s) and they knew he is going to sleep in that house and in that bed, what Sayyidina `Ali (r) said, He said, “Ya Rasulullah I will stay in the bed instead of you. If they will kill they kill me then you are safe and you go.

He gave his life. But where did he stay? In which bed? In the bed of Rasulullah. What is the meaning of that, it has a big meaning?

Do you let a stranger to sleep in your bed. No! He is French.

Pommes frites. French fries.

So where we now arrived? Ah Sayyidina `Ali (r). `Ali Reza! Why he stayed in the bed. Why the Prophet allowed it. Do you let anyone stay in your bed? [No!] He is the Prophet (s), you cannot, if you want to touch anything from relics of the Prophet (s), you have to do it with full respect. There are hairs of the Prophet around the world, when you open it up and look at it and you say, "ashhadu an la ilaha illa-Allah wa ashhadu anna muhammadan Rasulullah” as if you are saying shahada in front of the Prophet (s), because it is part of his beard.

There were three holy hairs with the last emperor of the Ottomans and one is in Topkapi Palace and when you go and say before it with a pure heart “ashhadu an la ilaha illa-Allah wa ashhadu anna muhammadan Rasulullah” that hair stands up and it moves.

And once I was with Mawlana and he said, ashhadu an la ilaha illa-Allah wa ashhadu anna muhammadan Rasulullah and I was young. And I said, "what is happening.” As if everything disappeared and you see that hair in a round cylinder and as soon as he said, "ashhadu an la ilaha illa-Allah wa ashhadu anna muhammadan Rasulullah” the hair was saluting back.

Because the Prophet (s) said, “whoever prays on me Allah sends back my soul to salute him back.” Immediately that hair was standing up.

You cannot touch anything from the Prophet’s relics. That bed that Sayyidina `Ali (r) stayed in it, made him to be “ana madinatul-`ilm wa `aliyyun baabuha – I am the city of knowledge and `Ali (r) is its door.” because he inherited in that moment what the Prophet (s) gave at that moment to Sayyidina `Ali (r). Why? Because he knows he is going to be dead - they will kill him. No he said, "They kill me, they kill me, I am staying there.”

He gave him that inheritance.

When you love the Prophet (s) with love like that there are different inheritances and the Prophet (s) will bless you with inheritance.

So when they were together in the cave and prophet said, " why are you crying ya Aba Bakr?” he said, "I am not crying because I am sad or I am worried about myself.” “Tell me why are you crying?” He said that in order for us to know, because the Prophet (s) knows already. He said, “Ya Rasulullah I am worried for you, that is why I am crying.” He said, “Allah revealed to me, la tahzan inna Allah ma`na - "Have no fear and do not be sad, for Allah is with us"

He said, “Ya Rasulullah! Look at my leg.” The Prophet (s) looked, a snake is eating the leg of Abu Bakr as-Siddiq.

What happened is when they entered that cave the Prophet (s) was tired. And he came inside and he said to abu baker you sit and I lied down. And he put his head on the leg of Sayyidina Abu Bakr as-Siddiq. And he was resting. But not resting, in fact he was in Mi’raj. That cave is a Mi’raj.

So Abu Bakr as-Siddiq was looking and he saw a hole, and you know in dserts and mountains, you look and you see holes. and you know the snakes go in these holes as they are cooler. And Sayyidina Abu Bakr Radiallahu anhu put his toe in that hole and the snake came and found the foot of Sayyidina Abu Bakr Radiallahu anhu and what happened? It began to chew it. You know how they chew. They swallow it. If a snake will swallow your whole foot what will happen? All the poison is inside. The venom is inside. It will kill you immediately. Oh! Sayyidina Abu Bakr didn’t die. There is a secret there. He is chewing and chewing and reaching to the knee, and all the leg inside now. Sayyidina Abu Bakr as-Siddiq was in huge pain. But pain is not equal to love.

You say pain, when love is there, pain disappears. When you love someone you don’t feel the pain of the lover that he is giving to you. Because love gives you pain. But the pain of the love is stronger than pain of the snake; he was not feeling the pain of the snake but he was feeling the pain of the lover of Sayyidina Muhammad (s) that this snake is going to eat me and then he is going to eat the prophet. For that reason he was crying. And one drop of these tears came on the cheek of the Prophet (s). And he awoke and said, “Why are you crying?”

Immediately Allah sent that verse, “la tahzan - don’t be sad” and He sent His peacefulness on him. And the Prophet (s) said to the snake, “Don’t you know flesh of Trustworthy people, siddiqiyoon is forbidden to eat? Why are you eating the leg of Abu Bakr as-Siddiq. It is haram on you to eat it. Drop it immediately.” The snake immediately pulled back and said to the Prophet (s), “Ya Rasulullah!” in Arabic language, full Arabic. The snake said, “Ya Rasulullah! Allah swt created me 40,000 years ago. And when we knew about your coming my love to you exceeded everything. I asked Allah to give me life to see you. And Allah responded and said, " I am giving you life to my Beloeved Prophet. And when you came to this cave I was waiting to see you, out of love to you. The leg of Abu Bakr as-Siddiq was filling that hole, blocking that order of Allah. And I was eating that leg because I am yearning to see you. But I am eating without harming it.”

Then the Prophet (s) said, "look at me now.” And the snake looked and said, “Allahuma salli `ala Sayyidina Muhammad..” And she said ashhadu an la ilaha illa-Allah wa ashhadu anna muhammadan Rasulullah. And will a snake say that? Of course, Allah said:

تُسَبِّحُ لَهُ السَّمَاوَاتُ السَّبْعُ وَالأَرْضُ وَمَن فِيهِنَّ وَإِن مِّن شَيْءٍ إِلاَّ يُسَبِّحُ بِحَمْدَهِ وَلَـكِن لاَّ تَفْقَهُونَ تَسْبِيحَهُمْ إِنَّهُ كَانَ حَلِيمًا غَفُورًا

Tusabbihu lahu as-samawatu as-sab`u wa ’l-ardu wa man feehinna wa in min shayin illa yusabbihu bi-hamdihi wa laakin la tafqahoona tasbeehahum innahu kana haleeman ghafooran.

The seven heavens and the earth, and all beings therein, declare His glory: there is not a thing but celebrates His praise; And yet ye understand not how they declare His glory! Verily He is Oft-Forbear, Most Forgiving! Al-Isra [17:44]

.. Every creature on earth mountains, trees and everything else knows Sayyidina Muhammad (s) is the Prophet and that he is the reason for creating everything.

Then as soon as she finished she died. She became smaller and smaller and smaller and disappeared.

So Sayyidina Abu Bakr as-Siddiq Radiallahu anhu when he is seeing these things and when he heard the hadith of the prophet of Allah “don’t leave me to myself for the blink of an eye?”…

Who said that? The Prophet (s) said that to the Sahaba, this famous hadith. “O Allah don’t leave me to myself for the blink of an eye? I will be lost.” If the Prophet (s) is saying that, then what about us? Are we left to our ego or not? Do we listen to our ego or not? Can you do anything without your ego’s permission? No, you cannot.

وَمَا أُبَرِّىءُ نَفْسِي إِنَّ النَّفْسَ لأَمَّارَةٌ بِالسُّوءِ إِلاَّ مَا رَحِمَ رَبِّيَ إِنَّ رَبِّي غَفُورٌ رَّحِيمٌ

Wa ma ubarriu nafsee inna an-nafsa la-ammaaratun bi’s-soo’i illa ma rahima rabbee inna rabbee ghafoorun raheem.

"Nor do I absolve my own self (of blame): the (human) soul is certainly prone to evil, unless my Lord do bestow His Mercy: but surely my Lord is Oft- forgiving, Most Merciful." Yusuf [12:53]

So the prophet said, "O Allah don’t leave me to myself for the blink of an eye?” when Sayyidina Abu Bakr heard that he diapered no one knew where he went. The Prophet (s) found him in Ka`bah crying. He said, "why are you crying?” Sayyidina Abu Bakr said, "O Prophet you are saying this; what about us? What about me?

What did he do? He took a pebble. If you have stone in your mouth can you talk anymore? Doctor? You are a dentist. What will happen? He will crack all his teeth. He put a stone in his mouth for 7 years in order not to talk nonsense. When he prays he takes it out and the rest of time he puts it in his mouth.

Think about what we are doing.

That is why he was sitting and crying. Ayna Musa, ayna `Isa, ayna nuh, anta ya Siddiq `aasee, tub il al-mawla al-jaleel.

He was singing to himself. Sometimes when you are overwhelmed you begin to talk to yourself. That means, if the Prophet (s) is saying to himself, “O Allah don’t leave me to myself for the blink of an eye?” “Where then is `Isa, where is Musa Alayhissalam, what about Nuh? You as-Siddiq are disobedient to Allah. Repent to Allah.”

That is Sayyidina Abu Bakr as-Siddiq. What about us?

We are in a situation that as I said before, that we don't get tired from committing sins and what did Allah say to prophet because Sayyidina Muhammad (s) was worried about his Ummah; always he is saying, “Ya Rabbee, my nation, my nation.”

Allah said to Muhammad (s), “Ya Muhammad, who is better you or Me? Who is their creator? Who put that love in your heart to them? I gave you a nation that doesn’t get tired of committing sins and I am your Lord that I don’t get tired of forgiving them.”

[naray takbir! Nary risalah]

I gave you an Ummah that doesn’t get tired of doing anything and I am their Lord and I don’t get tired of forgiving them. Take them and go to Paradise. That is shafa`at an-nabi. his intercession.

Ya Muhammad. I gave everyone a heart. And in that heart I make five levels? How many chambers in the heart?

[four] four. We have a doctor here. Four chambers. In every chamber I put a level. For everyone. I gave him an ascension in every chamber that he can ascend. And I put a small place a clot inside, that is the place that Shaytan can come in. that is the fourth, actually that is the first one.

I gave your Ummah that heart and I gave these secrets with it.

And people might say what how we have in our hearts. We cannot see in it.

Not finding anything. No we believe in what the prophet said. What he said? Allah revealed to him in a holy hadith ma wasi`naee … mumin.

Neither my heavens nor my earth contained me but the heart of my belier contained me.

Is it not? So it means what is in the heart?

We are not yet in the level of the believer. He said the heart of the believer will contain me. So it means “I am preparing these treasures in everyone’s heart when you reach level of believer I open for you.”

That is for you; I don’t need it.

So that is why in every heart here are four chambers. First there is sirr, then sirr as-sirr. Zooming in. Like when you zoom in and zoom out. When you zoom out what you see? Less details. When you zoom in what you see? More details

First level is secret. That is already secret means it is already zoomed in.

They sell you juice today, either concentrated or diluted. If it is concentrated you must put water in it to dilute it. If you drink it concentrated you will burn your stomach.

But in secret when you zoom in, you go to secret of secret you don’t care if you burn yourself or not, you will burn in order to reach that level. That is why we say awliyaullah burn themselves that is level of annihilation. They burn themselves in order ot pull out from the secrets.

And how that knowledge came to us. They dove in and brought it out.

So second sirr as-sirr, third khafa and fourth akhfa, most hidden.

The first is for those awliyaullah in the first level. And the next level of awliyaullah are able to access sirr as-sirr. And in the fourth level is accessible to the Prophet and the fifth level is accessible to Allah.

So what Allah put in those levels no one knows.

So we go back to where we were at beginning. Where were we? We go back to Sayyidina Abdul Qadir Jilani Qaddasallahu Sirrahu. You are good listener.

Sayyidina Abdul Qadir Jilani Qaddasallahu Sirrahu was a very famous saint, wali in his time. And I give you an example. One lady comes always, she is student of Sayyidina Abdul Qadir Jilani Qaddasallahu Sirrahu and when he gives lessons to ladies she comes and attends. But she is a lady that comes early, always she likes to come early. And she looks and she sees Sayyidina Abdul Qadir Jilani Qaddasallahu Sirrahu sitting with his men students. Like 40 of them. And they have their lunch, late lunch. And everyone in front of him is a big. Not a leg. You know these big turkeys, like this, a big rooster. Everyone in front of him is a big rooster. And 40 of them sitting around the shaykh. And the shaykh makes du`a. Many people don’t recite du`a and that is why there’s no baraka. They begin to eat and they finish the whole rooster and even with the bones. That lady was very poor, and said to herself, “If they considered me a cat they would have left the bones for me, but no way.” Every day she comes to get some bones but no way. Then she had an idea for herself: “I will take my son and take him to Sayyidina Abdul Qadir Jilani Qaddasallahu Sirrahu to be his student then he will have a rooster and he will eat half and I will take half.”

So she went to Sayyidina Abdul Qadir Jilani Qaddasallahu Sirrahu and said, "Will you take my son as a student?” He said, "are you sure?” “yes.” So he said, “yes.” She was expecting to see her son with very much food, eating. And he said, "I accept him, leave him and come back in 40 days.” So she was expecting to get all these bones and whatever meat is on them she will take that, whether it is smelly or not, she doesn’t care.

So she came back after the 40 days and saw 40 students and she found them eating roosters. She didn’t ser her son. And she asked Sayyidina Abdul Qadir Jilani Qaddasallahu Sirrahu “where is my son?” So Sayyidina Abdul Qadir Jilani Qaddasallahu Sirrahu said to a servant, “take her to see her son.”

So he took her under the building in the basement and there is a small room. And it is dark, there is no light there. Her son is there and in front of him is dry bread and salt and water. Do you eat that? [no.] And she was so upset. She went to Sayyidina Abdul Qadir Jilani Qaddasallahu Sirrahu, "O I am coming complaining!” And the students got afraid. How she complains to Sayyidina Abdul Qadir Jilani Qaddasallahu Sirrahu, and he is the Ghawth? How she comes and criticizes the shaykh? Everyone was putting his head down and afraid the lady will say something and the shaykh will do one move and she will be finished. Awliyaullah have power in their hearts.

But they have mercy in their hearts.

So said, "I was expecting my sone to come and be like you and by like these ones; to be eating a rooster.” And he said, "O my sister, in order to reach the level that he can eat a rooster whole, with the bones, he must first go underground in a cave to destroy compleely his ego, eat as he is eating there for one year. In order to eat a rooster with the bones. All of the students went under that experience.”

Are we undergoing this training and discipline? No, we are not. If we don’t have 20 different foods on table we curse our wives. Especially Arabs. I don’t know Pakistanis if they are the same?

[Of course they are same.]

Are you Pakistani? Because this is broadcasting, we don’t want people to think there is no Pakistani there. And French [yes!]

Is it not? In order to be able to eat a rooster he has to go through that experience. It is not easy. Sainthood is not easy.

So we come back to the story, we begin with it. Sayyidina Abdul Qadir Jilani Qaddasallahu Sirrahu had a student older than him in age but he sends him to give lectures, to give advice to his students. And when he gives advice everyone is listening. You don’t hear even the sound of needle when it falls on the floor. Here, we hear lot of voices - everyone is talking and everyone is speaking and the speaker is talking and no one is listening.

You know in the time of Grandshaykh, if we sit to listen to a lecture, if someone is scratching his head he shouts at him “you cannot do that. You bring the level of my lecture seven levels down; you have to keep focusing and you must not be looking into my eyes, looking down and giving full attention.”

He said, "Sultan al-Awliyaullah when they speak, everyone, every wali is ordered to listen to them.” This Grandshaykh, not us. Awliyullah, Sultan al-Awliya, when they speak have special headsets, not normal headsets they are hearing the advice of the Grandshaykh. In every century there is a Grandshaykh, a Sultan al-Awliya that every wali has to listen. So when you scratch your face in his suhbat then you are lowering the level of his lecture. That means that for all these saints that are there the level is lowered.

Now when we sit with Mawlana Shaykh we sit one with his leg like that. One with his foot up.

So today you cannot be strict like that. There is another tajallis coming down. That is why awliyaullah today they don’t say to their students anything. Let them do what they like.

They ask, “Pray for me.” “Ok, I am praying for you.” “Can I do this?” “Yes, do it.” “Can I do that?” “Yes, do that.” “Can I pray?” “Yes pray.” “Can I not pray?” “No you must pray.” That might be question mark.

So when Sayyidina Abdul Qadir Jilani Qaddasallahu Sirrahu is giving his lecture no movement. And all scholars they don’t give their lectures to us, like normal people. No their lectures are for the highest level people. Evyerone is opening his eyes and listening.

That one, that professor or scholar has a son. The one that Sayyidina Abdul Qadir Jilani Qaddasallahu Sirrahu sends to speak. That son has studied the whole Islamic religion, its laws, its principles, Qur’an and Tafsir, memorized the Holy Qur'an in different riwayat, in 14 different ways. He said, "When my father speaks, everyone is opening his eyes. If I speak what will happen? All those who are listening will be 100 times more enchanted. I hope I get opportunity to speak.”

So subhanAllah that father who is a big saint and a representative of Sayyidina Abdul Qadir Jilani Qaddasallahu Sirrahu, he was detecting that in the heart of his son.

So one day he said to his son, "O my son, I am sick today. I cannot go and give lesson to the people. You go and speak to the people.” The son his wish had come true, was so happy. He was going to speak to the people more than his father. And he sat on chair and began to speak. And he is speaking so nicely. And everyone there, “haahha. [snores]. They are sleeping. And no one opening his eyes. And he opens his eyes and looked, they are all sleeping as if they took sleeping pill. What happened. They didn’t know, so he left and went to his father. His father looked at him before he said anything said, “O my son did they sleep?” “How did you know?” He said, "Of course I know. I knew your wish when it came to your heart. And I knew they would sleep because you were arrogant.

O my son you have to know that when I speak I consider what I say, is an advice for me first. I have to fulfill it I have to do it. I haveto experience it. I see myself the lowest among them. They are better than me and they are higher than me. Andw hatever I say is for my benefit to learn as I am getting from their hearts, as the believer is mirraaat akhee. The mu’min is a mirror for his brother or sister. They are my mirror. They are mirrors. When I speak I will get back my picture and will get my shortcoming, because they are mirrors. They come with humbleness to me and when I address them I look in the mirror. When I look in the mirror I see my wild characters. Sothen I know what I say is addressed ot myself. And what I say, they may take it or not. So that is why they open their eyes. But you, you were arrogant. You thought they are in need of what they say?”

You go to conferences. Raise your hand. [some raise hands] O, you go to conferences? Many professors here. You go to conference and half or more are sleeping and the speaker is speaking. Why? Because he is reading from the paper. Whatever he put in that paper is full of egoism. When he was writing he was thinking, “I know more than everyone.” That is why they sleep - they want to give to him back, “What you are saying is garbage.”

I went once to a conference in Los Angeles. It was [organized by] Harvard University Medical School. It was around 4000 doctors. It was a doctor conference. And it was about differences between modern medicine and traditional methods of medicine. I don’t know how they picked me, but they said, "speak from the Muslim perspective” and I was among 17 speakers for a three day conference. And doctors coming from around the world.

I prepared a paper you have to prepare a paper else they will not consider you anything. Is it not doctor, you have to prepare a paper to make a presentation. I was looking and seeing everyone seeping

So Mawlana said to me, in my heart, “Don’t use the paper.” So that is why I don’t use the paper in conferences. I prepare a paper but I don’t use it.

And he said to me, “speak to them directly.” I was struggling how am I going to speak to all these big doctors from around the world, Japanese, Korean, US, Canadian, from everywhere. I think it was 1998.then they call my name, come and speak.

Allahu Akbar. What you want to speak? I begin to speak. Don’t ask me what I spoke.

Every five minutes, you have 45 minutes to speak and then answer questions.

And every five minutes they were clapping. And it made the organizer, who is Dr. Benson, his name, tell the audience, “please stop clapping because the other speakers are getting upset: why are they clapping for you and you are Muslim and they didn’t clap for the others?”

And Mawlana made my tongue to be… and they had immediate recording of the lectures. And first lecture was sold immediately and the Muslim speech, that is my speech, 2800 copies were sold after I spoke; the second was from the Jewish community, and the third was from the Christian community.

What I said, I don’t know. When I gave my presentation I said “you can read the paper I prepared and you can copy and distribute more if you like.” Then I spoke. Speak from the heart people like. And when you speak from the heart, people will like it, when you speak from the ego, people don’t like it. Because when you speak from the heart you are zooming into the sirr, sirr as-sirr, khafa and akhfa: secret, secret of the secret, hidden and most hidden.

Where is ismullah al-`adham? ismullah al-`adham is in your heart.

Sayyidina Musa Alayhissalam asked, “Ya Rabbee teach me ismullah al-`adham. Because what name you can say to something “be” and it will be. Allah said, "no, why do you want to know that?”

That is why it came in Holy Qur'an

وَلَمَّا جَاء مُوسَى لِمِيقَاتِنَا وَكَلَّمَهُ رَبُّهُ قَالَ رَبِّ أَرِنِي أَنظُرْ إِلَيْكَ قَالَ لَن تَرَانِي وَلَـكِنِ انظُرْ إِلَى الْجَبَلِ فَإِنِ اسْتَقَرَّ مَكَانَهُ فَسَوْفَ تَرَانِي فَلَمَّا تَجَلَّى رَبُّهُ لِلْجَبَلِ جَعَلَهُ دَكًّا وَخَرَّ موسَى صَعِقًا فَلَمَّا أَفَاقَ قَالَ سُبْحَانَكَ تُبْتُ إِلَيْكَ وَأَنَاْ أَوَّلُ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ

Wa lamma jaa musa li-meeqatina wa kallamahu rabbuhu qaala rabbi arinee andhur ilayka qaala lan taraanee wa lakini unthur ila al-jabali fa’ini ’staqarra makaanahu fasawfa taraanee fa-lamma tajalla rabbuhu li ’l-jabali ja`alahu dakkan wa kharra moosa sa`iqan fa-lamma aafaaqa qaala subhaanaka tubtu ilayka wa ana awwalu al-mumineen.

When Moses came to the place appointed by Us, and his Lord addressed him, He said: "O my Lord! show (Thyself) to me, that I may look upon thee." Allah said: "By no means canst thou see Me (direct); But look upon the mount; if it abide in its place, then shalt thou see Me." When his Lord manifested His glory on the Mount, He made it as dust. And Moses fell down in a swoon. When he recovered his senses he said: "Glory be to Thee! to Thee I turn in repentance, and I am the first to believe." Al-A`raf [7:143]

When Musa Alayhissalam asked about IsmAllah al-`adham it means you want to see me. If you want to see me look at the mountain and I will manifest my Beautiful Names and Attributes on the mountain and if it stays in its place then you see me. But when he manifested to the mountain fell to peices and Musa Alayhissalam fainted.

لَوْ أَنزَلْنَا هَذَا الْقُرْآنَ عَلَى جَبَلٍ لَّرَأَيْتَهُ خَاشِعًا مُّتَصَدِّعًا مِّنْ خَشْيَةِ اللَّهِ وَتِلْكَ الْأَمْثَالُ نَضْرِبُهَا لِلنَّاسِ لَعَلَّهُمْ يَتَفَكَّرُونَ

Law anzalna hadha ’l-qurana `ala jabalin la-raaytahu khashi`an mutasaddi`an min khashyatillahi wa tilka al-amthaalu nadribuha li ’n-nasi la`allahum yatafakkaroona

Had We sent down this Qur'an on a mountain, verily, thou wouldst have seen it humble itself and cleave asunder for fear of Allah. Such are the similitudes which We propound to men, that they may reflect. Al-Hashr [59:21]

Allah said if we revealed the Holy Qur'an on mountain the whole mountain will shatter down. Because in Holy Qur'an is Ismullah al adham and that is why awliyaullah say I it is in the first verses of every surah you have to read the first 2 ayat one by one.

So Allah aid if we reveal the Holy Qur'an to mountain it will shatter but Allah revealed ot prhoet and he didtn hatter.

So Allah said, “Don’t ask anything. If I want to give I give.”

Prophet Muhammad (s) didn’t ask anything. Only he was asking for his Ummah, “Ya Allah! Give me my Ummah!”

So Ismullah al-`adham, Allah is saying that “O Muhammad! The Greatest Name is there in the heart of My servants. That is why I said,

يقول الله : ما وسعني أرضي ولا سمائي ولكن وسعني قلب عبدي المؤمن

‘Neither heavens nor earth contained Me but the heart of My servant contains Me.’”

The Prophet (s) said [in qudsee hadith] Allah swt says, “If My servant makes mention of Me within himself, I make mention of him within Myself; and if he makes mention of Me in an assembly, I make mention of him in an assembly better than it. And if he draws near to Me a handspan, I draw near to him an arm’s length; and if he draws near to Me an arm’s length, I draw near to him a fathom’s length. And if he comes to Me walking, I come to him running.”

Allah is saying, “Come to Me. If you come to Me one hand I come to you one arm and if you come to Me one arm, I come to you one

O Muslims! O believers and unbelievers! Everything is based on four letters in English. And in Arabic four letters. Everything is based on these four letters. In Arabic if you want to translate in English It is four letters in French It is five letters. Pommes frites. French fries.

Is it ok?

You like pommes frites or you like French fires? [pommes frites]

You are lying. What you like pommes frites. You are English - French fries.

Ask them who likes pommes frites. Do you like French fries or not? No it has to be pommes frites.

So that word French added one letter to that word. In Arabic it is two letter and can be four letters. In English four letters and in French five letters. That is what everything is based on . don’t look for anything else.

The Bedouin came to the Prophet (s) and asked, “when is Judgment Day?” And the Prophet (s) said, “What have you prepared for that?”

What do you have? Huh? Did you prepare anything for Judgment Day? Say, "yes." Don’t say, “no.” If we keep saying, “yes, yes, yes, oui, oui, oui,” then angels will believe you and they will write "yes. He believes in that." Allah’s servants will write. Allah’s angels are pure, they will believe. So we say do you believe in that? We say, "Yes, yes, yes. Oui, oui, oui. Na`m na`m, na`m.”

Now all of them on right side look all of them said, "yes ya Rabbee.” What we have to write.

Write yes, they are accepting what that Bedouin says.

There was a wali goes from village to village. He goes on the minbar immediately without asking permission. He doesn’t ask anyone - not like today. Today, you have to ask the Board of Directors. Look what this one is doing and what they are doing today in mosques around the country.

So judge for yourself after that story. So he goes to a city and there is one mosque here and one mosque there.

And he goes up the minbar and says, alhamdulillah alladhee hadana li al-islami wa’l-iman wa ma kunna li nahtadee law la an hadana Allah. Praise be to Allah who guided us to Islam and we would not have been guided if He had not guided us

In French. Alhamdulillah alladhee hadan lil islam.

He began like that and then he claps like that. [boom ,boom.]

When he claps he attracts their attention: clap! [everyone claps]

Enough.

He is clapping. So he claps and he says, “Everyone cry now! All of you now you must cry!” Without speaking, tears begin to come from their eyes with his power.

Then what he does? He claps again, and now they stop crying. And then he claps and he says, “laugh” and they begin to laugh. He raises his hand and says, “Ya Rabbee! These are Your servants. And when they see me and they listen to me, they begin to cry for their sins. And after that they begin to laugh, they are happy that You forgave them. It is easy is it not?”

Yes? Oui? Why is that? Because of these four letters.

So the Bedouin said, "I have prepared.” Prophet said, "what have you prepared it is long travel?” he said, “Ya Rasulullah it is too much for me, but I prepared one thing.” “What is that?” “I have prepared your love, O Muhammad (s).” The Prophet (s) said, “That is enough for you.” He left and went. He didn’t enter the mosque even.

Allah because created us He loves us. When a wali loves his Lord his heart is full of secrets. He gives secrets to that one, like you give secrets to your wife or your wife gives secrets to you. When you know your wife you give secrets to her after you are engaged and when you are married with her you give her all your secrets. Do you hide anything? Might be if you want to cheat. Why are you laughing, are you cheating? If all your secrets you give t o your wife and all you wife’s secrets she gives to you.

So what do you think about the Creator of secrets. When you love Him and love His prophet then it will burn every sin completely.

When we love the Prophet (s) and love Allah we listn to what hey ask us to do, we will follow and obey. That is why Ati` Allah wa ati` ar-rasula wa uli 'l-amri minkum - We will “Obey Allah and obey the Prophet, and obey those in authority.”

[During dhikr: after completing la ilaha illa-Allah. ]

Just now they opened to me a vision. They opened the vision of a huge angel, that angel descended and with the power Allah gave it, it cleaned us of all our sins.

2008-12-06T21:52:00.000-08:00

Go back to the village

Mawlana Shaykh Hisham Kabbani | Tuesday, Sep 30, 2008 | Burton, MI US
ASIM

Allahuma salli `ala Sayyidina Muhammad

I am a little bit debating where I begin. Every one of Grandshaykh notes is like an ocean.
I am turning pages and I say, "O I speak from this” then the other page has more.

Audhu billah min ash-shaytan ir-rajeem
Bismillahi 'r-Rahmani 'r-Raheem
Nawaytu'l-arba`een, nawaytu'l-`itikaaf, nawaytu'l-khalwah, nawaytu'l-riyaada, nawaytu's-salook, nawaytu'l-`uzlah lillahi ta`ala fee hadha'l-masjid

Ati` Allah wa ati` ar-rasula wa uli 'l-amri minkum

May Allah swt bless Grandshaykh soul, and give long life to our Shaykh, Shaykh Nazim and insha-Allah to give us long life to see Mahdi.
Wherever you open the pages of Sayyidina Grandshaykh. It is like an ocean. It might take on year. If I go from the beginning, this subhat has been given 11 Sha`ban 1391. 38 years ago.
He said, "title of every action or `amal you want to do have to put in front of you, a note in front of your eyes, that you have to be under Ati` Allah wa ati` ar-rasula wa uli 'l-amri minkum. There are 3 issues. To obey Allah, to obey the prophet and to obey those in authority.[4:59]
He said If you want power of this life, the strength of this life and akhira, if you want happiness in dunya, you want happiness in akhira, if you are no t in need of a doctor or you don’t want a guide, then you have to follow these 3 issues: Obey Allah, obey the Prophet (s) and obey those in authority. [4:59]
If you do that then Allah will give you happiness in dunya and happiness in akhira.
When you say Ati` Allah –Allah that is an ocean we cannot limit it. It means surrender to Allah swt. Ok when we say ati`-Allah what does it mean? Obey Allah. What to obey.
It means in this obedience, in that word, the secret, but not only secrete but everything that is created is under that khitaab address.
So when you obey it means all these what are created it is opened up to you to know about. He said, "all holy books that Allah revealed to his prophet and the Holy Qur'an that Allah revealed to the Prophet, when we obey all the knowledge that is in these holy books and all their secrets will enter their heart. If you are really obedient. What is it to be a wali, to be obedient.
Kullu `uloom al-munazall bi kull haqa’iq all of the knowledge of these books with all their secrets will be given to the wali.
How many letters in Holy Qur'an? Nearly 500,000. how many verses of Holy Qur'an, 6,666. 4 sixes. Multiply 4 x 6 what happened 24. 2 + 4 = 6.
Every verse is made of words and every word is made of letter and every letters awliyaullah must take from each at least 12,000 oceans of knowledge.
Allah opened from 24,000 to 12,000 knowledge up to the level of that wali. And that knowledge is to the levels of al-`arif billah. We have to go into meaning of `arif billah. I started first page. That was from 8th page.
So imagine 500,000 letters and multiplied by 24,000 meanings or knowledges. If you read it one time then read it another time then it is a different set of meanings and knowledge. [yartada ilayk tarfak..]
That enters under what? Under Ati` Allah. We cannot claim that wilayah is so simple. Wilayah is so difficult to reach but not so difficult to give to people if they are in love with Allah and His Prophet. It is so difficult to give if it is based on your work. But if based on love then is it so easy to give.
So then look at ourselves. We are representatives. representatives on what? On eating and drinking not more.
But on knowledge it is difficult. We are waiting for them to give us.
You are on the truck. Even it is slow.
In past they have trains that run on coal. Later the introduce trains that run on electricity. Today they have turbine train that go like a rocket.
Depends on what track we are using. If we are using coal we go slowly but we reach they be happy with you. Ajalla al-karamaat dawaam at-tawfeeq - The best of miracles is the continuity. Be slow but consistent.
So awliyaullah put them under that dress of ati-Allah. When you obey then you can go inside you be able to open it.
He said, “if you follow that, obedience, we know you cannot reach full obedience, but if you obey on one, then Allah will take away the whole kufr that is in you. Allah will pull it out, if you are on the truck.
What is obedience. What does it mean to obey? We give a small example. For example when you fast you are obeying. You obey when you give charity is it not? You obey if you pray. You obey when you do good. Is It correct? [yessir!}
That is for sure. That is not the obedience they want from you. For sure you have to do that. What is the obedience they want? When you face a sin and you say, "O Allah I faced a sin for you and I dropped it from my desire. You try to stop yourself form a sin, then Allah will reward it to your more than what you are praying to stop yourself from committing a forbidden. That he said is more difficult than praying day or night. Because it will throw all its power to stop you from obedience. It is not simple
So that is the cost of it. Awliyaullah in their lives they stopped their bad desires.
Os everything comes back on these 4 enemies, nafs, dunya, hawa, shaytan.
Then you are on obedience then Allah will take all kufr away from you. He will say "My servant did not follow his desires, I am giving him whatever he wants."
See the words of awliyaullah you cannot find these in books. I was reading from so many books before but from Grandshaykh's knowledge you cannot find anyone who spoke like that.
He said, that "if a kafir will work from his book for 40 hours, then whole dunya will be under his command." Who said that before? Nobody. Because they have no courage. They have no idea about this knowledge. This knowledge is for someone who obeys Allah.
He said, that is an unbeliever acts on the book that Allah has sent for him and acts with sincerity Allah will make the entire dunya under his control. But he said, at the end, there is no one that can do that.
He said if they can do that, then they can command under their command.
But no one in this time will really follow with sincerity what is in their books. It means before there were. But now where is not. Fee hadhal waqt. If the unbeliever is like that what do you think of the one who believes in Holy Qur'an. What you think about the one who is always on his tongue and dhikr an-Nabi (s). what do you think he will be getting ? to read one letter from one surah it has enough light to guide you and save you in Judgment Day.
That is why Grandshaykh said, "Take your finger, and put it under the letters and move it under the letters and that will purify you, that is light. That will give you enough power to take you to Paradise."
There are people who are reading Qur’an through curiosity. They are interested to know about Islam. For sure those who read that way will be saved in last moment. Except those who are studying for attacking. That is a different issue.
And we skip forward here to Ati` ar-rasul.
He said that there are at least 300,000 to 500,00 hadith. He said, "the meaning of ati` ar-rasul is that if you obey out of these 500,000 hadiths, one hadith for forty days, your heart will be filled with all kinds of wisdom and all kinds of negativity and najasa that are within will be taken out and dumped. And everything from the Beautiful Names and Attributes with the interceding of the Prophet (s) He will send it to your heart. Following one hadith. But halan fa`lan. By mouth and by action. Take one hadith and follow, you will end up what Grandshaykh was saying.
And he said, "that anyone who is doing that will enter the ocean of shafa`t an-Nabi (s) and the Prophet (s) will be monitoring him always, bringing him back to the same track, not to go right or left or to fall in hellfire.
Faman shadda shadda feen-naari abadan. Whoever deviates will fall into the fire."
What does that mean? If you follow the hadith of the Prophet, and you are following that hadith for 40 days, and your ego is pushing you to deviate right or left. If you deviate what will happen? You fall into the fire. That doesn’t mean jahannam here; it means you will feel the pain of not reaching the presence of the Prophet and it will be delayed that you feel the fire of not reaching him.
That one hadith is enough to follow for 40 days that you can reach presence of the Prophet (s).
He said, "the first 3 days after a child is born he can see everything. When a child is born, what does he do? He cries. Why he asked, does he cry. Because he said , they cannot come out. Allah will freeze their tongues. Let them cry. He doesn’t want to come to this dunya. He doesn’t want to come to see this dirtiness in this dunya. Inside he is in seclusions, he is clean. And he said that for 3 days he can see and he can hear and he can praise his Lord and praise the Prophet (s). Imagine that someone no sin on him, praising Allah and praising the Prophet. Someone who is keeping his tongue wet with dhikrullah. What will happen to him? He will go to paradise.
Everyone on earth did praise Allah and praise the Prophet (s). The moment he comes out of the womb of his mother he is praying and crying non-stop for 3 days. What do you think Allah will do for someone who does that for 3 days? That is why Allah said, yulid al-insanu ala al-fitrah.
That is why we say, “children are innocent and no sins are written on him.” What do you think about an innocent person who is doing dhikrullah. He will do it on perfect worship. With `Ishk he will be doing 3 days of worship with true love. And those 3 days, how long Allah will stretch them to become, might be for 20 days, might for 20 years.
He said some children will not be veiled. And he said that "since the age of five or lower, in his city, but not in big cities in the old time, anyone who wants to come and marry, the bride and groom come, or the parents come and ask him, 'what about this marriage?'”
He was five years of ages or less. Most of them come to him asking him which boy the girl has to marry or which girl is good for the boy. He said, "never did Allah close my eyes. Since birth I read the names on the Preserved Tablets. And I tell them this one for that one and this one for that one.”
That is why most of that city was full of sincere people. Not like now you choose without knowing what you are doing. Men or women. at age 5 he was choosing for people , and it will come a good match.
Now they are making a commercial now only to make money. Website for singles. We match you. What you match? You are matching dogs, donkeys with pigs. Dogs with pigs, what are you matching.
You know how to match? Computer knows how to match? No more value, value is lost. And today even Muslims learned from others and they are matching because the parents are giving a lot of troubles to the children. If not the parents the culture and the society are giving a lot of trouble. They are giving very hard time for someone to find someone good. And after a time they come crying that “my son has problem, my daughter has problem.”
If you are going to live like that, go back to the village. It is your responsibility so you decided to come to “civilization “ but don’t come and complain later.
You want everything to be democracy, democracy so pay $700,000,000,000.00.
The rich become richer and the poor become poorer, that is democracy is it not Shaykh taher?
For mu’mins, faman shadhdh shadhdha feen-naari abada. For the mu’min, fire is to be away from his Lord, to be cut from being connected. The Prophet (s) wants you to follow his hadith up to the end in order not to be disconnected.
He said, "Whatever Allah gave to the Prophet, he is ready to give to his Ummah. But come to him. You want to move like an ant you receive like an ant. You want to receive like a cheetah, then you receive more than the others, you will be the first. Don’t be lazy. Don’t look back. You look back you lose. Be consistent."
It means don’t spend your eyes on something not necessary. Unfortunately we are falling into a life where all you spend you life in wasting it.
Before what were they doing? Planting the crops, planting their fields. Getting their crops, fixing their food. Digging wells and drinking. And writing books. And teaching students learning from scholars. Is there more that that? Now everything is completely different.
It means go back to the village. The village is in your heart. The heart always wants to be relaxed. Ala bi-dhikrillah tatma’in al-quloob. We want peacefulness this is what you need to do.
As much as you love your children, you must love the Prophet (s) at least one percent. The Prophet (s) is saying "if you love me one percent I will give you everything."
How much you love your children? You would kill yourself for your children. What will they benefit you? Especially in this culture. They come at the end and give you a hard time. You prepare everything for them and at the end they only want to bury you quickly and never they will visit your grave.
But go back to the village you came from, you will find yourselves day and night at the grave of your parents; mother and father. You say Bismillahi 'r-Rahmani 'r-Raheem for them. As we said in the previous sessions that man who left his wife pregnant and died. And that man was a criminal and his grave always in snowy times was dry and hot and in the village they used ot hear someone crying, like someone who has a very deep wound, moaning. They used to hear that moaning, crying. When his son became 7 years they took him to the shaykh to teach him Qur’an. He looked at him and said, "your father was the worst criminal and I know you don’t have money to teach you, but I will teach you for Allah’s sake. Say 'Bismillahi 'r-Rahmani 'r-Raheem'!" and he said, "Bismillahi 'r-Rahmani 'r-Raheem. That child with them. That night the whole village, with the imam and the child they all saw a dream where Allah said to the one in the grave, "How am I going to punish you when your son is praising Me?" They saw the snow now coming on the grave.
Give one small love to Sayyidina Muhammad (s) as you love your children. And keep in mind that they are going to leave you one day. You feel sad, you give, you give, you give, but they don’t care. They say to you, "I want to move from the home, I want to be independent. I want to live by myself."
Why do you want to live by yourself? What is the excuse. "I want to be away from you." "For what you want to be away?" And they tell you still send us money and cars and money and everything. They want everything from you and they want to be away. And what do we do? We say, “yes ok, no problem.” the Prophet (s) is saying, “I give you what you like, come only one step towards me.”
That is why in the holy hadith of the Prophet (s), “Whoever comes to Me one hand I come one arm and whoever comes to Me walking I come to him running."
One step is enough to get in Presence of the Prophet and the Presence of Allah.So in forty days of sincere striving you will get all these knowledges.
Allahuma salli `ala Sayyidina Muhammad.
All knowledges that Allah gave to Sayyidina Muhammad, the Prophet (s) gave to anbiyaullah although they were before him. He was giving them because his light was in their foreheads. He was reaching them through that light that was in Sayyidina Adam’s forehead and that light was transferring from one nabi to another. And all the knowledge that was given to the prophets was distributed by the Prophet (s), “Ana al-qassim.”
His name is al-qassim.” Ana al-mahiy wa ana al-qassim, wa ana taha wa Yasin - And I am the one who takes the sins away and erases them. And I am the one who takes from Allah and distributes to all creation.”
All knowledge is in his hand. So come to him for one hadith and see what kind of miracles will occur.
We are praising the Prophet (s) and many are praising the Prophet (s) around the world but if really that is coming from the heart, Allah will open for you whatever is in heavens and in earth.
Like that story that I said yesterday.
Someone asked me are you going to do suhbat? I said, "no, you can go home.” Then suhbat came.
As I said yesterday, I was sitting before Maghrib and phone ringing, Ishaq gave me the line. He said, "O someone from Mecca wants to speak with you. I know him. He mentioned his name and I took the phone and he mentioned about Eid. “Eid mubarak. May Allah bless you bless us and bless Mawlana Shaykh.” And then he said, "I saw a dream, strange dream.” I said, "a dream or a vision?” He said, "no a dream.” I know that person, he is Ahl al-Bayt and he always writes qasidas of praise for the Prophet (s).
He said, “I saw a dream where is saw very tall shaykh and I knew him; he was Mawlana Shaykh Nazim. And I saw another shaykh besides him, but shorter. Mawlana Shaykh Nazim is not saying anything but looking and observing.”
Sultans they observe. They leave their doorkeepers to interfere; to bring the prey.
That short one, he said, " look at me” and he said, "did you see Allah?” and “did you hear Allah?” and that one who saw the dream was frightened and was shaking and he said, "no.” he said, "do you want to see?” he said, "my heart was excited” and he wants to see, and he said, "he knew what I want.” He took my shahada finger and put it on my jugular vein. And he begins to hear his heart saying “Allah, Allah, Allah” then he began to hear it louder and louder and then he saw a huge explosion that he had never seen anything like it before and he said, "my heart was rejoicing at what I was seeing. I was no longer able to take it and like you have goosebumps and my whole body was shaking. Then he took his head and disappeared along with Mawlana Shaykh Nazim. Then I woke up and I felt something burning there (on his neck). I looked in the mirror and I saw the print of the finger on my neck.”
That was two days ago.
Awliyaullah reach anyone at any moment. If that one is moving towards the door of the awliyaullah, moving towards the door of the Prophet (s). That one is moving towards door of Mawlana and of course he will receive that sort of treatment. His sins will be taken and replace by all kinds of goodness.
We stop here.

2008-11-29T22:19:00.000-08:00

The True Meaning of Mahdi's Takbir

Mawlana Shaykh Hisham Kabbani | Sunday, Sep 28, 2008 | Fenton, MI US

They took me to a pesantren one time and…

My beard on this side begin to go, really they are pulling my jubbah, pulling my beard and they are rushing me from the back door.

These kind of people.

I didn’t see that here. In some countries maybe in Bangladesh. Is this what happened?

And they came from early morning like from Fajr time, waiting on the streets and they have all these bazaars and vendors selling on the street. The school has 1000 orphans and maybe 5-6000 students who study there and all on baraka.

I was asking Shaykh tawfeeq, how do you feed these people? He said, " Rice” only rice. And I asked him how much does It cost to feed all these people? He said a very low figure, at that time, I remember it didn’t come to $500. 250 dollars to feed all these people. That is what they have rice and they have some sauce the dip it. And they are happy, reading quran, memorizing. Still there are places that Allah’s blessing on them. This area is blessed with teaching Islam like that.

Come Shaykh Mustafa and talk to people….

Shaykh Mustafa sits and speaks:

Bismillahi 'r-Rahmani 'r-Raheem

Salaam alaykum wa rahmatulalhi wa barakatuhu

Alhamdulillah wash-shukrillah…

As Mawlana said about the story of the visit to Pekalongen in Southeast Asia we just belong to a greedy nation about baraka. We didn’t understand the Arabic language, but many make study of Arabic language. We are in need of hp and we are in need of Holy Qur'an.

One person in Saudi Arabia, he said, " what is going on with your nation?” always we have a competition for recitation of Qur’an and international. Why always the winner is coming from your country and from Brunei and from Malaysia.

You are in morning Arabic, in afternoon Arabic, in night Arabic. You have no any romanticism with the hp. You are not in it to study the Holy Qur'an. But we are.

We went to study Arabic language until balagha, ar-… and many kind of substudy of Arabic lang. we studied poetry and everything .

Mawlana with very simple sentence but many of us capture the deep meaning. I am not speaking the Arabic language daily but I am reading Holy Qur'an and reading hadith daily.

And I am trying more to give the information of Mawlana to the people. I love them as Mawlana love him. So just some short story or some verses or some sunnat an-Nabi (s). and we are from our young age starting at 4 years old. I am not speaking Arabic language until I am in London much later.

Alhamdulillah we are very lucky as we have many saints and we are on our tradition to sit in front of our scholar and our saint and to listen.

But now everything is just changing in our country. We are in need of something.

I just grew up. They say my grandfather was son of a saint. He doesn’t let me leave him until he finished his awraad of Fajr. He doesn’t let me to move even, then he throws a coin at me and I am so clever collecting coins. By the time of finishing the dhikr, my pocket is full of money.

My father takes me around to neighbor and to ask about their health about their food. No we have no rice. Come ot my house and take rice.

What about your.. what is your intention. I am going to make my ?? much bigger. So if I sell I will get much more money. No, don’t do that. As long as you are making enough, then you don’t need to do. Look the grass is making tasbeeh. So that is enough.

Oh yeah very nice.

And my father talking with me and saying, give to those who have no more clotehs. And then I release my money until no more coins in my pockets.

That is his education. I am so lucky to have something like that in my childhood. Until Mawlana picked me from the banks of the river.

At that time Mawlana had intention to visit Indonesia for 3 weeks, then reduce to 2 weeks. And then reduce to 3 days, then postpone.

Then I called and Mawlana said, "do you like to come to Singapore.” Yes, wh not.

Mawlana said, I have no business with Jakarta. I am only coming on instruction of my master. But if you like me to visit I can come if someone accompany me.

You believe in newspaper not on Qur’an. So what you think is it favor for me to come to Jakarta.

So I was worried that he says, no, for 3 days so I said 2 days. Then Mawlana said, ok taher we are gong to Jakarta for 2 days.

My country has 2000 islands I am going to the big islands only. Whereever I am going they ar asking to see Mawlana when will Mawlana come.

That is my situation I am so happy to be with Mawlana and you. I don’t know what to say, I am just going to listen. That is just highlight story.

[finished? You usually speak one hour.]

no.

[continue.]

I am just thinking that muraqabah is our effort to get out from our laziness. To go out from our bad custom. From our arrogancy. That way if you are sitting around awliya, suddenly at one second we are attracted. That way I said to Mawlana , last 2 days before, after Mawlana explaining about what Mawlana is delivering to us, I said, " I am going to come after you Mawlana ” we are coming to stimulate our intention and our effort in accordance with our master what he is doing like that. Like in the time of sulook we are going after Mawlana .

One day when I was opening such salook at the end of dhul qaidah. I said to my people that we are leaving worldly life and to see Azraeel and to enter our grave and to pass the day of resurrection we are expecting to get shafa`a of Rasulullah anyone leaving dunya even for just a while, insha-Allah dunya doesn’t want to touch in the grave.

One medical doctor said to himself I don’t understand what Shaykh Mustafa said. So he said, " I just want to come to do that.” As soon as he begins, he said, " SubhanAllah. I am not dying but as if entering in my grave.” There was such an emanation he only knows about anatomy of chemistry. He never studied about the environment of hereafter. But he came to laugh by Mawlana . And everything going to be more clear for him.

I am so sad, that my community is not studying about Islamic religious knowledge. But alhamdulillah we have previous sings in our country and we influenced by sincere people, pure people. Alhamdulillah whatever we studied we have that custom and way. We are sincere in it.

I went with Mawlana to Sumatra and Bali and Java but many islands expecting Mawlana ’s coming. I am just conveying their happiness to expect Mawlana will come.

I ma just praying to Allah, who can guide people in front of me, just you. O holy prophet, these people are in need of your baraka. This not my job. I have nothing. These people are yours, "O Mawlana ”

As Mawlana Shaykh Nazim. When I met him in London in 1998. I asked him to make du`a for me. and he said, ,Grandshaykh like you, you don’t ask too much question and you don’t…

Keep this .. and you may go around on behalf of me and Grandshaykh. I didn’t ask that Mawlana .

So I came here only to put myself under Mawlana . I am also not good one. I have my bad ego and have my bad customs.

So I come by support of all my brothers and sisters. And I told that I am coming on behalf all people. And I sent message to my people on laylat al-qadr. And I forward that message to many people. Many people attending sufilive. They receive my message and they are so happy watching TV and imagining I am coming on their behalf.

I believe that muraqabah that is all. We are leaving our bad customs, our laziness, our ego. I am just learning about that.

Thank you Mawlana .

Allahuma salli wa sallim wa barik `ala Sayyidina Muhammad.

Look at him, he is not easy many. Here he is sitting very humble. There he is professor.

What you used to study? In university.

Islamic studies and philosophy/

He left that and retired and began doing that work; now, alhamdulillah bringing thousands.

Audhu billah min ash-shaytan ir-rajeem

Bismillahi 'r-Rahmani 'r-Raheem

Nawaytu'l-arba`een, nawaytu'l-`itikaaf, nawaytu'l-khalwah, nawaytu'l-riyaada, nawaytu's-salook, nawaytu'l-`uzlah lillahi ta`ala fee hadha'l-masjid

O human beings o people! You are asking akhira but still you are calling for dunya. We are always in a struggle, between dunya and akhira, what is our preference? Our preference by tongue is akhira but by heart is dunya. It has to be the opposite it has to be our preference by heart and by tongue is for akhira, but unfortunately we are in a struggle between good and evil.

Dunya doesn’t take us except in vanity -love of dunya always takes us to place not accepted by Allah and His Prophet (s).

You might see a wali in your life that is working in dunya. You might think this is strange, "why is this wali so interested in dunya?" Because we are blind.

He is in dunya because he is forced to be in dunya. He doesn’t like to be in dunya. He has to be with people of different levels in order to bring them and to attract them. He has been forced when he left dunya and directed himself to akhira and Allah dressed with sainthood and made him an amir, then Allah sent him back to dunya. As awliya are inheritors of prophet, did he go back to dunya or not? Yes, he did. After his ascension on Laylat al-Isra w’ al-Mi’raj, when he reached the maximum, he is always ascending, but when he reached the highest presence, we cannot say “a place” because there is no place there, but he is ascending in that presence in every moment, where he saw his Lord with the eyes of his head.

But what happened after. Allah sent him back. To be between people. Awliyaullah they inherit from the Prophet (s), then they inherit from prophet’s secrets, after they went all this way. To reach their goal which is to be in presence of Allah swt, and not to have interest in dunya, then there is a test on them. They send them back to be in dunya among people.

Allah said:

وَالسَّمَاء وَالطَّارِقِ وَمَا أَدْرَاكَ مَا الطَّارِقُ النَّجْمُ الثَّاقِبُ إِن كُلُّ نَفْسٍ لَّمَّا عَلَيْهَا حَافِظٌ

Wa’s-samai wa ’t-tariq. Wa maa adraaka maa’t-tariq. An-najmu’th-thaqib. In kullu nafsin lamma `alayha hafidh.

By the Sky and the Night-Visitant (therein);- (It is) the Star of piercing brightness;- And what will explain to thee what the Night-Visitant is?- There is no soul but has a protector over it. [Night Visitant, 86:1-4]

w ’as-sama’i wa ’t-tariq. Allah is putting question mar and exclamation mark. By the heavens and the one who knocked at it. In Arabic tariq is the one who is knocking. Ma adraaka maa ’t-tariq - Who is knocking? Who knocked on the doors of heavens? It is Sayyidina Muhammad (s).

Allah is saying, and showing the greatness of Sayyidina Muhammad (s). That he brought him to the nearness of the Divine Presence and said, "By the heavens and the one who knocked at them. And what do you know about that one? No, you know nothing.”

We know nothing. All that we know is a drop in oceans of knowledge. But when the Prophet (s) went and saw that, Allah brought him near and he said,

قُلْ إِنَّمَا أَنَا بَشَرٌ مِّثْلُكُمْ يُوحَى إِلَيَّ

"Ya Rabbee, qul innama ana basharun mithlukum – Say! I am but a mortal man like ye all. It has been revealed unto me...” [the Cave, al-Kahf 18:110]

He was so humble when he saw the greatness of his Lord that he saw himself nothing. He, in his own eyes, he is nothing and Allah is everything. He can say that about himself but we cannot say that about him.

[saying: ] “Ya Rabbee! You are everything! I am nothing. You brought me there.”

Wa ma adraaka ma ’t-tariq. An-najmu ’th-thaqib.

“The striking star.” He strikes the heart of human beings. A star when it strikes it creates light. It creates energy, it creates explosion. That striking star that hits the heart of people. He hit the hearts of Sahaba.

Allah gave him the power, Wa ma adraaka ma ’t-tariq. An-najmu ’th-thaqib. He is the striking star.

What do you know about the one is knocking. Tariq, the one who hits; tareeq is the way you have to follow. He didn’t leave you in blindness. [it means:] “What do you know about that one, taraqa is the verb, tareeq is the noun, tariq is the noun (doer)

So Sayyidina Muhammad, Allah said about him:

وَاعْلَمُوا أَنَّ فِيكُمْ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ

wa’alamoo ann feekum rasulullah.

Know that the Prophet of Allah is in you,” [Al-Hujurat 49:7]

He is knocking your heart in pieces directing you to love of Allah, direct you there.

The Prophet (s), Allah swt perfected him. When He perfected him He raised him, when He raised him he brought him near, when He brought him near He made him to see the Divine Presence, with the eyes of his head.

Anyone whose heart is open will be in the Divine Presence. The Prophet (s) is waiting for us to come to his nearness to the nearness of the Prophet (s) in order that he will take you and show you the way. That is why muraqabah is important.

He was speaking about the experience of the grave. Before in old time, when someone is asked to go for seclusion they don’t put them in a room, they put them in a grave. They make their seclusion in a cemetery and they say “go there.” You cannot enter a cemetery in daytime [from fear], what do you think about night time.

In a cemetery which are not like today’s cemeteries. Here you don’t see anything but a lot of grass and one flag flying. A cemetery in Muslim countries… they have a lot of saints in these cemeteries and there are a lot of majestic manifestations on these graves from the awliyaullah that are there.

Or there are cemeteries where there is punishment and you feel the earth quaking.

Imagine you are doing your seclusions in an open grave. Imagine you are going down in the grave to do your awraad, how many worms will come?

In 1996, when Mawlana ordered us to go that year for seclusion, he pointed to a place and we said, "ok.” It was on a mountain in a complete jungle, that you cannot hear except the wind, moving fast. There is no living species there. No people. It is Sayyidina Danyal’s Alayhissalam [Prophet Daniel] mountain, one of the prophets who was living there on that mountain. It is full of jinn. You cannot step in. You will run away. “There - you are going to make seclusion there.”

[We said:] “Ok.” What you can you do? Nothing. You have to go.

Before, but to go there, who is going to bring water, who is going to bring food. It is a deserted area, you have to drive miles and miles, where there is no one, and you might drive 50 miles in any direction. But they prepare you.

Meditation is difficult; it is not easy. Today they sit and make meditation. It is a beginner, that is what we can do but in reality when awliyaullah go for seclusions, which is meditation, they carry lot of hardship and difficulty.

I said, "Yes, as you say, Ya sayyidee.” Before that by one week he said, "I changed the place” that was in Syria. He said, "I changed it to Istanbul, in one of the mosques.” But part of the mosque is all graves of the saints of tariqah. All their graves with turbans. And he asked the person who maintains the place to arrange the seclusion. So before the seclusion by two days I was there and he took me and was showing me where I have to do seclusion. I looked and I saw it might be that mountain was better. He prepared a grave, a real grave, around these awliya.

In daytime you cannot enter their presence; you feel frightened of their presence, their tajallis. I looked at him and said “Ok.” We are changed from the desert and coming to another place. What can we do?

And Mawlana called me there, and he asked, "how you see the place?” I said, “Alhamdulillah it is good.” I said, "Mawlana he built a grave and on top of it is a box, and there is small window and they give you the food through that. And they take the box off in order to go out for wudu.” Then he said, "la hawla wa la quwatta illa billah, let me talk to him.” Then he said to him, “Give him my room.”

So from century to century hardship is more and more. So that is why they make it easy on you.

That is why in the past you can see many awliya. Now no, this is not the time for awliya to be between people. Until ignorance will fill the earth Sayyidina Mahdi will not come.

So when complete ignorance comes - that means when a completely bad situation arises - then Allah will give permission for Sayyidina Mahdi Alayhissalam to come. Authorization and permission to appear and say "Allahu Akbar, Allahu Akbar. Allahu Akbar." What is the meaning of Allahu Akbar?

I was one time looking at these on TV they have these church stations. And one priest was saying to people, “Do you know what is meaning of these Muslims when they say Allahu Akbar?”

You know these big churches where they have thousands of people? Say, "Allahu Akbar!” in a loud voice. And he said, “When they say Allahu Akbar, they mean their god is better and bigger than your god.”

And they all said, "awww! See how much they are humiliating our god?”

What does Allahu Akbar mean when Sayyidina Mahdi says Allahu Akbar?

Anyone hearing that voice, all the poison in the heart of the people - it is gone. That means he will take all that is disrespectful out of their hearts. If all human beings will hear that then all their hearts will be clean. He is not coming with the power of swords and guns and planes - [as some people foolishly believe.] No! He is coming with heavenly power. That is with the secret of that word.

means: There is no one you can compare to Allah. He is above description, He is above any understanding and He is above anything that you can think about.

Even in akhira no one will know the greatness of Allah, even the Prophet (s). Even the Prophet (s), he is ascending in the presence of Allah and learning about Allah’s Greatness. But not completely, else he will be shareek to Allah.

So that takbir of Sayyidina Mahdi Alayhissalam will clean you completely and make as if all your life was in complete worship; as if you were reading Qur’an and hadith and doing your awraad, from the day of your birth until the day of your death, as if you are in complete worshipness in the presence of the Prophet (s). That is one meaning of Allahu Akbar.

He is not going to make groups to say “come and listen to my lecture.” He is not a lecturer. Kun fayakoon. Every secret has to appear in the end of the day. That is why anything you think is hidden inside the earth or in the oceans is going to appear on top, so that you can see.

Grandshaykh said, "Technology will become like spit from the mouth of people. Whatever you reach of technology in the last years. In the later part of century, Allah is going to enable people to bring very high technology in a very short time. That is a sign of Mahdi.”

Grandshaykh didn’t see [high] technology [when he made that statement] That was in 1970s. He said that “the scientists will bring up all kinds of thing that never appeared before and all this high technology is going to be like ‘a’ in the alphabet like one letter in the alphabet of Sayyidina Mahdi when he comes with the spiritual secrets that Allah is giving him, that technology will become like zero.” [it will be] like epsilon - the minimum you can count.

So meditation is not simple. As the time is coming nearer for appearance of Sayyidina Mahdi jahiliyya is increasing, and knowledge is decreasing.

عن عبد اللّه بن عمرو بن العاص قال: قال رسول اللّه صلى اللّه عليه وسلم: إن اللّه لا يقبض العلم انتزاعا ينتزعه من الناس ولكن يقبض العلم بقبض العلماء، حتى إذا لم يترك عالما اتخذ الناس رؤوسا جهالا فسئلوا فأفتوا بغير علم فضلوا وأضلوا “

‘Abd All?h bin ‘Amr Ibn al-’?s Radiallahu anhu related that the Prophet (s) said:

All?h will not take knowledge from the hearts of the scholars but he takes the scholars (they die). There will be no more scholars to take their place so people will take extremely ignorant leaders. They will be asked questions and will give fatwas (legal rulings) without knowledge. They are misguided and they misguide others. [Sah?h Bukh?r? 1:33, “Kit?b al-‘ilm.” Sah?h Muslim #157, “Kit?b al-‘ilm”]

This book is from one thousand years ago, al-Fath ar-Rabbani. Sayyidina Abdul Qadir Jilani Qaddasallahu Sirrahu was one thousand years ago. And in every page of that book is a lecture that he was giving to his students. And they record the day and number of lecture and the day and the year. And every time he mentions we are in time when conspiracy and corruption and is filling the earth. Don’t be surprised if you today see corruption. Now it is increasing. Now it is more. 1000 years ago it was there. Now it is coming to your home. Before it was not coming to your home. Sins and forbiddens. With these cable and satellite channels, all kind of bad, whatever it is. Still in America it is still regulated. But you go outside and the satellite is free, and you get it all free, thousands of channels free. All kinds of bad in them, like the internet. They gave it to the children ready, “eat it.” So what you want now to control, it is impossible.

قال رسول الله ‏صلى الله عليه وسلم ‏إن من ‏أشراط ‏الساعة أن يرفع العلم ويظهر الجهل ويفشو الزنا...

Anas bin Malik Radiallahu anhu said, “… I heard the Messenger of All?h (s) say: “Verily, among the signs of the Last Days are that knowledge will be taken away, ignorance will appear, intoxicants (wine) will be drunk, fornication will be widespread,…” [Sah?h Bukh?r?, (1:28) “Kit?b al- ilm.” Muslim #2671, “Kit?b al-‘ilm,” Tirmidh? #2206, “Kit?b al-Fitan”]

The Prophet (s) said, “Ignorance will fill the world.” Now even in desert they are filling up with ads. And they show you a person at the North Pole and with snow, snow, and a Stone Age man coming and saying, “my ATT is working.” With his parabola [dish]. So they want to take you everywhere to fill the earth with corruption. Fasad.

So that is why up til that time they will fill the earth [with corruption]; then Sayyidina Mahdi Alayhissalam comes. For that reason, before, they put you in graves to do seclusion. They know it is difficult today, you cannot do that. So they put you in normal room.

Like Shaykh Mustafa, [with him] 30 to 40 people entered seclusion,s two or three times now, but in rooms, not in graves.

But saints have more power they turn your room into a grave without you being in a grave. It has to be a grave, but they turn it into a grave. As soon as you make that intention and you are getting that power and experiences in a nicely wrapped way and in reality they take the burdens and difficulties on themselves and they wrap it and give to you on a golden plate. This is their power. That is why now to see how much the Prophet (s), as Allah said in that verse w ’as-sama’i wa ’t-tariq, by the heavens and the one who is knocking. What do you now about him. You know very little he is the one who is gong to be the intercessor. If you follow him your heart will be ready to receive secrets and your heart will become in the Divine Presence. And that is why he said, “sudoor as-siddiqeen…when you empty your heart and make it full from presence of Allah, then you become a Siddiq, the one who said, "’Yes’ to the Prophet (s). At that time Allah will fill it with light of secrets of His Beautiful Names and Attributes. He makes your heart full of energy, full of diya. It is like a factory. Like the sun. The sun brings you daylight. It becomes like a sun. The moon does not have rays. But the sun has rays it shines. The moon is to itself, it is the light it acquires from the sun, like a mirror. But the sun is giving rays, and you become lie a sun giving rays to any individual that comes to sit in your situation.

So if the heart becomes like that full of brightness and … your heart will be full of small stars. These stars are secrets.

So when you fly in an airplane they say you cannot go in this area you are not allowed to go in this area, airway. That way you don’t have collisions.

Awliyaullah are able to send these rays to their students and give them airways to life them to Presence of Allah and His Prophet (s).

2008-11-29T22:13:00.001-08:00

Wounds of the Soul Reflect to the Body

Mawlana Shaykh Hisham Kabbani | Sunday, Sep 21, 2008 | Fenton, MI US
Michigan Zawiya

Audhu billah min ash-shaytan ir-rajeem

Bismillahi 'r-Rahmani 'r-Raheem

Nawaytu'l-arba`een, nawaytu'l-`itikaaf, nawaytu'l-khalwah, nawaytu'l-riyaada, nawaytu's-salook, nawaytu'l-`uzlah lillahi ta`ala fee hadha'l-masjid

A short suhbat. Because some people wants to go. He wants go since one and a half hour. So as we said before, we need a guide. We need a doctor to examine us. And he might give you very sour medicine in order to take away the poisons that are in your system.

You also need a guide, that Allah swt gave him heavenly treatment for the soul in order to take the poisons of the soul. Or what is the benefit if we sit in a guidance of someone or a lecture of someone and that someone cannot even treat himself.

Like today, psychiatrists, I saw many of them in the presence of Mawlana Shaykh Nazim or the presence of Grandshaykh or they come and I see them private. Most of them I see them in the presence of Mawlana Shaykh Nazim, may Allah give him long life, or in the past in the presence of Grandshaykh, may Allah bless his soul. They come and say, "O my shaykh I have problem” what kind of problem. Our life not going well, we cannot focus, we have difficulties. And he looks at them and says, ho ware you solving the problems of people.

They give patients al kinds o f poison they have and they try to treat them when they ar sick already, when these psych are poisoned already. That is why it is important to have guide with heavenly treatment and heavenly treatment. Will not be give to him until he has purified himself completely. He has to achieve tazkiyyat an-nafs. It is not that it cannot happen. The Prophet (s) said, “man `arafa nafsahu `arafa rabbah - who knows himself knows his Lord. Allah gave a way to know yourself, but we are not doing it, we are not trying. It is a very difficult journey. That is why very few people achieved knowing the self.

I was this morning upstairs and I saw someone his finger is bleeding. He cut his finger and he is seeing blood coming out and they were putting wrap, medication and wrap. Because it is a big wound. And he was shouting from pain. Whenever they press on the blood to stop and I was hearing that and everyone there was hearing that.

Immediately Mawlana came and said, "Look that is one finger and that person is shouting from pain. That is small cut.” Not small, but it might need 3 stitches and they didn’t put anything. He said, "Our soul has hundreds of thousands of wounds that our soul is bleeding and we are not trying to fix it. The pain is there but the body is not feeling it because the body is imprisoning the soul. The soul is in the prison of the body. The soul is screaming and crying and asking relief. It is full of wounds from every part. It has to be cleaned. Its wounds have to be cleaned and to get some antibiotics. But these are heavenly antibiotics and heavenly treatment. You need a very trained and experienced wali in order that he will put you on the right track to know yourself. That is why the Prophet (s) said “who knows himself knows his lord.”

When you fix these wounds and you have destroyed your self, that is what these wounds are. What are the wounds of the soul? They are the 800 forbiddens. Every forbidden you do every day is like a sword or knife that you hit your soul with depends on what part the soul it comes.

Whey that person got ht on that particular finger. Why not another finger, the shahada finger or the thumb? But it hit a particular finger. When it is hit with something the body, it is a cleansing process for the soul. That is reflection from the wound of the soul to the wound of the body. That is why maqam al-fana, the state of real annihilation that when you are in love with someone you annihilated yourself in himself and you don’t see anymore yourself, you see that person this is maqam al-fana. You can have maqam al-fana fee ash-shaykh. You have can fana in people also. To love them in Allah’s’ love. And even this been mentioned in ibn Taymiyya where he mentioned in his Encyclopedia al-Majm`a Fatawa al-Kubra which is 36 volumes.. One of these volumes is speaking about maqam al-fana.

And he said, "there were 2 persons by the river making wudu and one fell down and he doesn’t know how to swim and when the first one fell down, the 2nd one fell in after him throwing himself in. And both don’t know how to swim.”

That is maqam al-fana in each other. Grandshaykh said, "There are higher levels of fana in one person to the other. If someone will have a wound in his hand, the other will have the wound in his hand and I saw that and observed that one time.

It was in 1973 in rajab, where Grandshaykh was going, came to Beirut and stayed in our house and especially in my room and he was been going to surgery for hernia. So he finished the surgery and he moved to the house and at that time we sent message to Mawlana Shaykh Nazim to Cyprus and he came. So he came and he visited Grandshaykh to the hospital before coming to the house and to my room and there he was passing him a secret and that is in the book Naqshbandi Sufi way, I won’t tell it now, but you can go back and read it. And he ordered everyone to go out of the room. So at that moment when they opened the room, Mawlana Shaykh Nazim said, "O I have a pain.” It was in the same place that Grandshaykh had the pain. That is fana fee ash-shaykh annihilation in the shaykh. It immediately reflected itself. And he went for the same operation, surgery.

So when they bought them both back to the house, Grandshaykh was on this side and Mawlana Shaykh was on this side, facing each other. So I saw that and experienced that how immediately it reflected itself.

Sometimes the soul reflects the wound in the body when it has reached the maximum limit of pain, so it bursts through the body in any way it can so it has room to tanafas, to breathe out. Like you have something like a balloon, it cannot take more air, then it has to burst from one side. It has to have an opening. Like a pimple, it grows and grows and you you have to put a cut in it to let the pus come out.

So when the soul has been wounded too much by all these cuts, then it has to come out. When you treat your wounds you know your Lord .when you treat your wounds you are …. The wali has to be purified in order to treat you. If he is sick what you want him to treat you?

Like you go to doctor and he says you have cholesterol and he says, “eat fish, and don’t eat red meat.” But he has cholesterol and he is eating meat. Or a doctor who is diabetic and he is eating starch. This will also affect as it will reflect his sickness on your sickness. He adds on your problem even more.

So the shaykh must be clean himself through his shaykh then he can sit and try to fix the others.

If you sit and try to fix the others and you are sick, you will reflect all your negative energy on them. Especially for spiritual wounds.

It will be affected more when you go to a sick one and you think he is a shaykh or representative of the shaykh. All his negative energy will be reflected on you. That Is why you see someone got to someone and he is flipped. Because that one who is claiming is already crazy. He doesn’t focus well and he wants to fix you. He has to fix himself first. There are many like that. We are all like that.

So you have to keep as much as you can, taking the medication that he give sot you which is going to be very very untasty. Tasteful? Not-tasty and it is sour. Because this is how they treat. They have to give you poison against poison. They don’t give you candies against poison. They have to give you higher dose of poison. Like we mentioned in treating cancer they have to treat with chemo which is higher does than the cancer. But after they treat he will be ok.

When you have been treated then you realize you have to close the doors and windows that open to the people and your door or window must only open to the Divine Presence and the Prophet’s (s) presence it means you will no longer be interested in dunya after they give you so much dose of treatment. So like patients of cancer they reach level four they realize that their life is over so then they begin to focus on religion more and dunya drops from their eyes.. They realize they are finished.

So awliyaullah put you in a feeling that your soul is already dead and they put you in severe treatment that you close all the door to the dunya and open the doors to the Divine Presence.

So how to reach the doors of the Divine Presence. You begin to count all the sins and you have to acknowledge all the sins and say ya Rabbee forgive them. His door is open. He didn’t close the door, we closed the door. He is ready to forgive any time.

Say to them “O my servants, don’t lose hope of Allah’s forgiveness. Whom has oppressed himself of too many sins, ask forgiveness and when you ask and ackn0weldge your sins and ask forgiveness.”

Then Allah will take the blindness from your heart and bring you in the Divine Presence. It is not the matter of what you dress but it is the matter of how you are able to dress.

You can have many dresses in your closet, the very best ones, but how to dress. I have a nice dress but I don’t know how to dress them. I am looking at them there but I don’t know how to dress them. How to get them and wear them.

How are you going to dress these beautiful manifestation that Allah sending to his Prophet (s) and thru his Prophet (s) to the masters, the Grandshaykhs to Sayyidina Shaykh Nazim to Sayyidina al–Mahdi. How you can get these dresses, it is not in just how to explain about them but in how to use them. There are ways and methods of how to use them but then it is very heavy.

I didn’t see Grandshaykh ever ordered people to do this or do that. He leaves them on their easy way. And Mawlana Shaykh Nazim the same. But I am seeing some people today, they claim they are reps but they are very tough on those coming to them. That is why after a while they leave them.

May Allah forgives us and give us these dresses that are ready, especially in this month of Ramadan 1429 in order that we be forgiven and it will be the signal and the sign of forgiveness. May Allah bring us in his Divine Presence and in the presence of the Prophet (s) and in the presence of our shuyukh, wa min Allah at-tawfeeq, bi hurmatil Fatiha.

It is very difficult. You need to have strong devotion. You have to have powerful belief in order to move thru this journey. But Allah swt is merciful. Allah he knows that if you decide to go thru that journey but you cannot because it is difficult but you are patient because you are there, Allah will take you from where you are to the shore of safety.

Grandshaykh used to call it the reeh as-siba, that Allah takes you thru His inayah, as they know you cannot cross the whole ocean to reach the other side. You are on the beach trying to put your feet in the water. You are patient in trying to do it and you keep doing it, you don’t say I cannot do it. Allah will send his divine protection and his inayah and take you to the other side. This is what he calls inayatullah or reeh as-siba it will reach you. We are asking Allah swt to send his inayah on us that we will be able to reach the shore of safety. Else what we can do? Wa min Allah at-tawfeeq bi-hurmatil-Fatiha.

2008-11-29T21:58:00.000-08:00

Ya Muhammad SAW.! I created for you an ummah that never gets tired from doing sins and I'm their Lord who never gets tired of forgiving them

Mawlana Shaykh Hisham Kabbani | Wednesday, Oct 01, 2008 | Fenton, MI US
ASIM

In Pakistan they have special schools, only after you memorize Qur'an and hadith and memorize Shariah. And that is one year just how to speak. That is why they can speak like machine guns. India same way. They make them to learn how to speak.

Also in Arabic language, to become khateeb to deliver Jumu`ah they have to give you a lesson in how to give khitaab, how to speak. That is why they are so fluent.

[Shaykh Hisham requests Abdul Haqq to speak.]

Shaykh Abdul Haqq

La hawla wa la quwatta illah billah

Audhu billah min ash-shaytan ir-rajeem

Note book is coming.

[Mawlana: we will continue after, you open the road for me]

tariqat as-suhba wa’l khayru feel-jami`a.

Allah, Allah, kareem Allah.

anta rabbuna wa nahnu `ibadak, wa an abduk ad-da`eef. Forgive me, my sins have caught up with me. Allah is lord. No on can say they know anything about Allah swt in his absolute greatness and all of us are coming as weak servant. I am coming as a weak servant. It might be that everyone in this circle is form high awliyaullah.

Mawlana said to me once, you may consider everything to be a robot. You are in the presence of your Lord and he is showing you what he wants to show you. And that the others are all appearances. And especially when I was getting very angry, that was every few seconds. Nothing except Allah. Kullu man alayha fan, la yabqa illa wajha. There is nothing except the face of Allah. Everything is going to disappear except his intention.

Allahuma salli wa sallim` ala Sayyidina Muhammad. Everything should vanish except that its intentions should show up.

I saw in a book by Sayyidina Muhyideen ibn Arabi, who is buried by our Grandshaykh in Damascus. And he wrote a poem “when the dust clears we will see who is sitting on horse and who is sitting on a donkey.”

And yesterday we were discussing that ayah that Allah will never change the situation of a people until we change what is in our own hearts.

Allah is not going to .. until we make our rebellion firm like Fira`un. Or he is not going to change us to better until we show an action towards it.

And Mawlana explaining a new view, wa fawqa kulli dhi `ilmin `aleem

That Allah is not going to change anything in our situation until we change our intention. According to our good intentions we will find a way out. Everyone is into something, into some test, especially in this tariqah. It is good because it is the way for us to improve. Else we are never struggling therefore never improving.

So we have nothing, we must ask Allah to inspire us with good intentions that through those good intentions you should be happy with us. That we need to find a way. Ilahee ant maqsoodee wa ridaaka matloobee. It is only by tongue but we are asking Allah to make it a reality and to make more good intentions to come up and through those good intentions he will create in us more good actions that he likes.

Mawlana was speaking today about the village where they were doing matches, matchmaking marriages according to the proper matches. Our problem is that our acquiring of targets is wrong. We don’t have the equipment to know what is correct target and what is not. We don’t know that when we are gong to do something if it is the perfect situation. We were once doing some repairs at dergah. We asked him, is this is a good idea. It is a very good idea, but we have to check if it is a perfect idea. The lowest level is waste of time and at worst it could be something harmful.

Sayyidina Abu Bakr Radiallahu anhu used to say, "O Allah show me truth as true and falsehood as false so I can avoid it.” And he said, asked the one nearest you. Show us. Show us truth as being true we can move on it and grant us good inspirations to move on it with whatever himmah we have. And show us falsehood as falsehood. Make us to see falsehood as falsehood, make power to avoid it, shaytan will not make falsehood look bad but make it to look nice.

We must not just have nice party but to have some learning. Every second believer is confronted with something to do and not to do. To avoid wrong and to go for goodness. To ask to run on what is good. I am asking on behalf of everyone.

May Allah grant us blessings and for sake of Rasulullah and sake of Mawlana Shaykh

Shaykh Muhammad Hisham Kabbani

May Allah bless this tongue.

[Shaykh Abdul Haqq: it is enough of blessing to sit in your presence.]

Audhu billah min ash-shaytan ir-rajeem

Bismillahi 'r-Rahmani 'r-Raheem

Nawaytu'l-arba`een, nawaytu'l-`itikaaf, nawaytu'l-khalwah, nawaytu'l-riyaada, nawaytu's-salook, nawaytu'l-`uzlah, nawytu as-siyam lillahi ta`ala fee hadha'l-masjid

Anyone who wants to sit for remembrance of Allah even for short time, it is advisable to make the intention that I am making intention for making 40 days seclusion, and I am making intention of itikaaf for 10 days of Ramadan, and you will be written that as you made the intention. And I intend spiritual exercise and I intend salook. To be on that way and to follow my shaykh and nawaytu as-siyaam, I intend to fast from talking nonsense in this masjid.

Allah will give the benefits of what we are asking. Sometimes people have in their lives different states. They pass through different trances. I am like everyone, I am passing that trance. That I feel ashamed to speak. I used to speak a lot. Directly. From whatever I get thru my heart. But I begin to realize that this has some kind of, not some kind of, but it has a problem. Which is a problem of ego. Because you show that you know something and you are getting directly. But that is ok. That is a trance you pass in it. But now I feel shy not to open a notebook, not to open Mawlana Shaykh’s or Grandshaykh’s notes, to show we are in need of their words. Because every word they say is an ocean. It opens for you big distances.

Always Grandshaykh used to say, and I used to write every word he says, since the day I knew him until he passed away. I used to write hundreds of these notebooks. And one time he said to me, and I will share this with you for the first time.

One time he said to me, “Hisham.” “Na`m sayyidee.” He said, " have something to say for you, good tidings! As Allah swt made Ka`b al-Ahbar for the Prophet (s).”

You know Ka`b al-Ahbar, he is the head of priests or rabbis that accepted the Prophet (s), he is writing everything that the Prophet (s) used to say, although what I wrote is very minimal. But he wants to show his love and that it is good to take notes.

And if you go to Mawlana Shaykh Nazim, you see thousands of notebooks in his home in Damascus. All these years that he was with Mawlana Grandshaykh Abdullah, and he was writing.

And he said to me and to Shaykh Adnan, “Whenever you speak read from my notes and speak.” So I feel in that state now that it is not nice to directly, although Mawlana gave us that authority, but it is better to go through what he says, as his words are like jewels. Our words are like pebbles. We need pebbles to build a building, we cannot build it from jewels. We are all like that that; we try to give what come to our heart. I believe that all Mawlana’s representatives have been given that authority and they have been given spiritual support that when they speak Mawlana will open to them.

So I like to speak or explain from what Mawlana Shaykh or Grandshaykh has said.

As we said previously that the Prophet (s), whatever Allah revealed to him, and what he gave to the Ummah, all what he gave to Ummah and to awliyaullah are only from the level of Sayyidina Jibreel and down. All these knowledges are from where Jibreel Alayhissalam stands and down. Not above. Above what Sayyidina Jibreel Alayhissalam has, only Allah gave to Sayyidina Muhammad (s). So there are 3 levels here. There is level below Sayyidina Jibreel Alayhissalam; the level of Sayyidina Jibreel Alayhissalam and the level above Sayyidina Jibreel Alayhissalam.

On the night of Mi’raj, Jibreel Alayhissalam moved the Prophet (s) to a certain level and then he stopped. Then Jibreel Alayhissalam said, "I cannot proceed any further, I will be burned.” Then the Prophet (s) continued on his way alone.

All knowledge we have today, scientific, and spiritual and books that have been written and most books that were written were written after the Prophet (s) and mostly only of philosophers, Socrates and Plato. Only after prophet came these books were written and these formed huge libraries. All of that knowledge is from Sayyidina Jibreel Alayhissalam and down. All that awliyaullah are telling is form that level and down.

The rest of the knowledge is for Sayyidina Muhammad (s). Allah has no partner as creator and similarly the Prophet (s) has no partner [in knowledge and in station], he has no partner as all other servants are under him.

وَقُلْ جَاء الْحَقُّ وَزَهَقَ الْبَاطِلُ إِنَّ الْبَاطِلَ كَانَ زَهُوقًا

Wa qul jaa al-haqqu wa zahaqa al-batilu inna al-batila kana zahooqa.

And say: "Truth has (now) arrived, and Falsehood perished: for Falsehood is (by its nature) bound to perish." Al-Isra [17:81]

This means that falsehood is completely crushed. Even that secret, the secret of that verse not one wali has opened it. No one got the secret of that word. Only for the Companion of Mahdi Alayhissalam did Allah open to his heart.

Not Mahdi Alayhissalam, but Sahib al-Mahdi - the one that comes near time of Mahdi Alayhissalam, who comes before when Mahdi [will appear], it will open secrets from above the maqam of Sayyidina Jibreel Alayhissalam that the Prophet (s) opens to Sayyidina Mahdi Alayhissalam.

So for now Allah opened for Sahib al-Mahdi, Allah opened for him the secret of that holy verse. It means: “I am the one that is going to destroy falsehood and kufr. That I have that secret that Allah opened power for me to destroy any falsehood that is in the Ummah.” Not one wali had that power or Allah gave him.

And Mawlana Shaykh inherited that secret from Grandshaykh. Sometimes you hear him say, “I am going to crush falsehood” and he says, “falsehood is under our feet; we want to take it away.”

So all these knowledges that he is going to open in this suhbat that he gave which we are going through it now, we can make for future sessions also, to continue on that. I will speak about what Allah gave to us, but before that, the knowledge that is above maqam of Sayyidina Jibreel Alayhissalam where the Prophet (s) has no shareek in knowledge he is going to pass it to Sayyidina Mahdi Alayhissalam before he is going to appear. He is going to appear with takbir: Allahu Akbar, Allahu Akbar, Allahu Akbar , Allahu Akbar ! With that takbir he will fill the hearts of the believers with secrets, they don’t necessary have to see him to be attracted to him. You know how you put a magnet and it will attract nails even if it is far. So his appearance is like a magnet to the whole world and he will attract people from the whole world and people will feel driven to his appearance. He will appear in Medina and in Damascus, anyone who is in western Hemisphere or eastern Hemisphere will be driven to his presence.

He said, "he will be inheriting the secrets of knowledge and he will come with knowledge higher than awliyaullah and coming with knowledge higher than the knowledge of previous prophets by 700 times, bringing these secrets up.”

The Prophet (s) didn’t give everything out, he hid many things [the Ummah cannot understand yet]. He will bring that up. Because at that time nothing will remain hidden, it is the Last Days and nothing can remain hidden. It will be the Golden Age. That is why we ask Allah to give us life to see Mahdi Alayhissalam. At that time every person will have a spiritual sword and hold it against his self - in a few seconds he will defeat it. After that, each person will be able to read the Preserved Tablets in the morning to know what he has to do today.

And that is very near. Don’t think it is too late. It is so near.

And he said that "it is very important for those following the path to reflect. Reflect on what? Reflect on what Allah swt will give us of wisdom if we leave our ego down if we put our ego down."

[It means we must ask] “Ya Rabbee, give us power. We are reflecting that You are the one who can save us from our ego”. That will give us the knowledge of wisdom that you will be coming with that, that every movement you move will be wisdom. When you talk wisdom comes. When you sleep, your sleep is `ibadah. Your day will be `ibadah and your night will be ibadah. Ahl at-tariqah, the people of that Sufi path, must think two times. Sabahan wa masa’an morning and evening and when we reflect we must not look at what other people are doing, we must not look at their uyyoob, their shortcoming. We must veil our eyes from that, that is not our business. Don’t take that from here and spread it there. You are seeking that path and you are looking to find the path that takes you to shore of safety. Don’t look right or left, else you will deviate from the path, the track.

Awliyaullah give you a track like a train so if the tires go right or left what happens you will be derailed. Else you will be like those people who said we pass deregulation. They deregulated everything and now it is all a big mess. Now to go back to the path they have to happy the price. Now we have derailed we have to pay the price. They told us not to go right or left. That price will be high not simple as we promised to go along. When we took hand of shaykh we promised. We cannot make a defacto on our promise (default) - you promised, now you have to fulfil it. المومن اذا وعد وفا Al-mu’min idha wa`ada wafa. We promised Allah on the Day of Promises to obey Him and we are now derailing. The prophet was pulling the Sahaba on track. The Sahaba, after the Prophet (s) were pulling people on track. After Sahaba, awliyaullah are pulling people on track.

If you don’t derail and accept not to look at other people mistakes, and Mawlana Shaykh said, " we in tariqah, we don’t accept paradise.” You want paradise. But the people of the path don’t want Paradise, they want Ridwan Allah al-akbar. They want Allah’s greatest pleasure that Allah be happy with you. Ridwan Allah al-akbar will take you to be with prophet in the highest level in paradise. You don’t want to be in lowest level of paradise you want to be in the highest level with the one you love. Then if you fulfill what they are asking, you will be in the station of :

وَمَن يُطِعِ اللّهَ وَالرَّسُولَ فَأُوْلَـئِكَ مَعَ الَّذِينَ أَنْعَمَ اللّهُ عَلَيْهِم مِّنَ النَّبِيِّينَ وَالصِّدِّيقِينَ وَالشُّهَدَاء وَالصَّالِحِينَ وَحَسُنَ أُولَـئِكَ رَفِيقًا

Wa man yuti`i Allaha wa’r-rasoola faula’ika ma` alladheena an`ama Allahu `alayhim mina an-nabiyyeena wa’s-siddeeqeena wa’sh-shuhada’i wa’s-saliheena wa hasuna ula’ika rafeeqa.

All who obey Allah and the apostle are in the company of those on whom is the Grace of Allah,- of the prophets (who teach), the sincere (lovers of Truth), the witnesses (who testify), and the Righteous (who do good): Ah! what a beautiful fellowship! An-Nisa, 4:69.

He said: “O my children these words I am telling you are like a naqsh. They will not change. La yatazalzalu wa la yataghayr. What I am saying is not going to change and what I am saying is from the Prophet (s). I speak with evidence and if there is no evidence I don’t speak.”

He said, “because I am speaking from the heart of the Prophet (s). That he is not accepting except what he is saying. There are awliyaullah, min bayyin al-awliya la yu`aadoohum - from Allah through the Prophet (s) they are able to say, "O you went through that journey and deserve to be a saint,” but they refused. They say “what is the benefit?” They say, “We want to be from maqam al-awwam – the common people. We don’t want that responsibility. - La yureedoon al-mas’ooliyya.” They don’t want responsibility. “Why do I want responsibility?” Because when given authority, and made saints by Allah and the Prophet (s),

أَلا إِنَّ أَوْلِيَاء اللّهِ لاَ خَوْفٌ عَلَيْهِمْ وَلاَ هُمْ يَحْزَنُونَ

Ala inna awliyaa Allahi la khawfun `alayhim wa la hum yahzanoon

Behold! verily on the friends of Allah there is no fear, nor shall they grieve; al-Anbiya 10:62

Awliyaullah don’t have anything to fear, not that what we explained every time: that they are ok and they are not sad. No, [here] it means that “you are not responsible if you carry sainthood. I am leaving it to how you see it as you are giving it to your students.”

They don’t want responsibility, awliya, because it is big responsibility. When they have been given the level of sainthood they are under responsibility. So Allah promised them and the Prophet (s) promised them “don’t worry. - There is nothing to fear and no sadness for them”; that means Allah will clean all their students. They present them to the Prophet (s) and the Prophet (s) presents them to Allah. That is how they accept sainthood; else it is a big responsibility and he said, speaking about himself, “When that has been given to me” (and I explained many times, how he refused until he got the answer from the Prophet (s) accepting his condition that anyone taking baya` from him would be raised to whatever level he is, without looking at their worship or actions) but from that secret Allah opened to my heart a wisdom that in the night of ascension, Laylat al-Isra wa’l-Mi’raj, Allah said to the Prophet (s), “I gave you a nation that will never get tired of making sins, doing forbiddens. All their lives they are committing sins. But, Ya Muhammad, I gave you an Ummah that before I created them I forgave them.”

“Before I created them I forgive them.” This is for everyone, not only for tariqah people. “When I received that from the heart of the Prophet (s), I relaxed. Sakana qalbee. My heart went into peace and satisfaction, it became still.”

[Other hadith with similar meaning:

The Prophet Muhammad (s) quoted Allah swt as saying:O My servants, you sin by night and by day, and I forgive all sins, so seek forgiveness of Me and I shall forgive you..."

Hadith Qudsi, Number 17

The Prophet (s) also quoted Allah swt as saying: "O son of Adam, so long as you call upon Me and ask of Me, I shall forgive you for what you have done, and I shall not mind. O son of Adam, were your sins to reach the clouds of the sky and were you then to ask forgiveness of Me, I would forgive you..."

Hadith Qudsi, Number 34]

All awliyaullah’s work is to save their followers. And the Prophet’s works is to save the Ummah. But Allah is saying to the Prophet (s), “Before I created them I forgive them” and he said that the daleel for that is that Adam Alayhissalam, when he committed the sin, he went into sajda for forty years.

Allahu Akbar. Can you do that? For forty years he went into sajda. And tears were coming from his eyes, when he went into sajda it is like flowing rivers coming out of his eyes. He never raised his head and if Allah did not call him “Ya Adam” he would have left his head in sajda until Judgment Day. If Allah gave him life until Day of Judgment there would have been tears coming from his eyes and in sajda. Why he made sajda? On behalf of everyone. Instead of staying in Judgment Day in sajda he made it in dunya. He asked forgiveness for everyone according to the name that Allah gave that person on the Preserved Tablets.

Your name is strange Soihibou. It means sahib but in a humble way you say it.

[So Allah told him:] “O Adam stop crying!” All these tears, every drop of these tears represents one person. Until he covered every person then Allah said, "raise your head. I forgive them. I forgive them because you asked me for sake of Muhammad. I am forgiving you and forgiving them.”

We continue next time.

[adhan is called]

2008-11-29T21:44:00.000-08:00

Who is the King?

Mawlana Shaykh Hisham Kabbani | Thursday, Oct 16, 2008 | Upper Saddle River, NJ US

Allah Allah Allah allah subhanaallah,

Allah Allah Allah allah Kareemallah,

Allah Allah Allah allah sultanallah,

Liman al-mulk al-yawm lillahil-wahid al-qahaar.

Al-yawm tujza kullu nafsan ma kasabat..sari al-hisab.

That is why we say, "There is no malik, there is no king and no president." "There is this or that."

There is no one. When Allah swt orders Sayyidina Israfil to blow in the trumpet, then everyone dies and Allah by Himself to Himself from His Unknown undescribable level, Allah knows where, Allah says, "Liman al-mulk al-yawm - to whom is the kingdom this day?" Which kingdom?

Allah said, "liman al-mulk al-yawm.” Are you hearing? "To whom is the kingdom today?" He answered by Himself, to Himself, "To Allah the One," To the Unique One that has no partner, the Majestic One, the One that under His command is everything.

There is no at that time a king. But which kingdom? To him is the kingdom today. Which kingdom? Earth? If it is earth Allah is poor. Istaghfirullah.

The whole creation [is His kingdom]. Because everyone will disappear, finish, from Sayyidina Jibreel to all of them, when Israfil will blow in the trumpet, everyone will die. Except Israfil, when Allah orders him to die, he dies also. That is not just earthly kingdom. That is the universe that has no beginning and no end. To Allah this universe has a beginning and an end, but to us it is huge, wherever you go you are moving in it.

Did you check it? The map of the universe. Go check. Check how much, we think that when we look, "yartadu ilayka al-basaru khasiyan wa huwa haseer - We look up and your vision will come back to you disappointed," when you look up at these stars. People say they know everything, what do they know, they know noting. Kulli shayin indahu bil miqdaar -Everything to Him has an estimate."

Bil miqdaar. It is a little bit. It means He gave to people a little bit, a little bit, a little bit. He didn’t give them everything. He only gave one everything: Sayyidina Muhammad.

Allah says "To whom is the kingdom today?" I created them for you but you didn’t deserve it, that is why I am going to dissolve it completely. Yawma tubadala al-ardu ghayra al-ard, was-samawat. The day that comes that the earth will be change to a different earth, to a different place and the heavens will be changed, will be transformed. Allah changes them. At that time, it means everything is new. And you will be new, is it not? Everyone will be new.

When Allah swt sends that rain that enters in every bone, the coccyx of the human being, as soon as it enter that person appears. You know that hadith of the Prophet (s) that Allah will shower on earth sperm that will go up 70 yards above earth. Above earth where? This earth is round, so it means above earth from every side. And every drop of rain knows its owner and it has to go and search for that coccyx that bone that never dies and enter in it.

The Prophet (s) said, that “ Adam will disintegrate completely except for one small bone the coccyx that will be living.” How does that small bone know? Take now and write everyone’s name on a small piece of paper an put them in a glass. Can you pick up your name. You have 1000 names there. Might be probability to pick your name there of 1/10000, but it is nearly impossible. How that sperm knows its owner, it has to go to its coccyx its bone to bring us up back. When that clean rain comes and it has clean drops that enter in the coccyx and enter and create a new body, is that body clean or not? Then what is Allah swt going to judge us with. That is why He said to Muhammad, "Ya Muhammad I will create an Ummah for you that never gets tired of making sins and I am a Lord that never gets tired of forgiving them. For your sake."

Look at us today. Are we committing sins or not, every moment? When we say "Allahu Akbar," [to begin prayers] how many gossips come to our heart. Too many. Count them. You cannot.

You cannot count them, even in the prayer. And we come and we are jabbabira, tyrants to ourselves. Tyrants to others and tyrants to ourselves. This one cheat this one, this one conspires against that one, this one backbite hat one, and this one … full. And we come and at the end and say what is the benefit? But we have to do it. Like it or don’t like it you have to pray five prayers, "In spite of your nose - raghman `an anfik", or you have to pray them in hellfire. The foot on top of your head and you have to pray them. You are obliged to pray them. People come and complain, " my son is not praying." After you spoiled him how do you complain? How is he going to pray? People say, "my daughter is not praying." Then we think we are big awliya. Everyone with long beard and . ..

The problem is not here. The problem is that is all easy. But the problem is when we are going to be in front of Allah and He is asking us. "Faman yamal mithqaala dharratin sharran yarah - whoerever has done an atom's weight of evil will see it."

Whoever will do an atom of good, he will see good and whomever does an atom of bad He will bring it back for you.

Allah can bring the seed of mustard, mithqaala khardala from the depths of seven earths. If it is under 7 earths Allah will bring it up.

How much Allah will bring our sins up. Are we thinking chief? No. all of us. Allah said, "fa dhakkir fa inna adh-dhikra tanfa al-mumineen - The believers get benefit by being reminded. We are not coming and saying to threat people but we are all in the same problem. But we are under a huge problem. Are we going to be in paradise or are we going to be in hellfire?

Anyone of us. Take an example of himself or herself. Ask yourself, "Am I going to go to paradise with my `amal?" No, no way. That his why when the Prophet (s) had a concern, a big concern: “Ya rabbee, what about my Ummah, what about my Ummah!” And this is where Allah is speaking to the Prophet (s) and this is where awliyaullah get the secrets and give them to their followers. May Allah bless Grandshaykh and may Allah bless Mawlana Shaykh!

And I heard it from Grandshaykh, 40 years ago, the Prophet (s) is saying, “Ya Rabbee, my nation?” Who is Ummat an-Nabi (s)? Ummat an-Nabi (s) is everything that Allah swt created for Sayyidina Muhammad. Everyone that Allah created. Who is everyone? Jinn, ins, angels.

Ha, if we want to go deep in the meaning. If we want to be superficial we say human beings and jinn. But if we want to go deeper we say all that has been created. Even in heavens. They are Ummat an-Nabi (s). But they are different levels. The Prophet (s) was concerned about those who make sins. Who makes sins? Human beings. The Prophet (s) will ask, “what about them?” “Ah, don’t worry about them. When I sent them to earth in grave, what happened to them?” They are gone, they disappeared in the grave. You open the earth of the grave later and they are gone. Allah is cleaning them. That is why anything is considered dirty you have to wash your hand with dirt, turab. That is why when you touch the saliva of the dog you have to wash six times and seventh with dirt.

So that means earth cleans everything. Then it is cleaning process in the grave, either it is rawdatan min riyad al-janmah, paradise in the grave or hufran min hufr alniran, a ditch of fire. There everyone will be cleaned. Who will be clean? Awliyaullah. Not us. That is why when you open the gave of someone they find the body as it was. Did you see that? No. I saw one and I heard about many.

Imam al-Jazuli who wrote Dala’il al-Khayrat, died in Fez in Morocco. After 100 years they want to move him to Marrakech. They opened the grave and found him as if he had been buried today. They moved him and he was fresh, his cheeks like he was buried today.

That one is guaranteed. Can we guarantee ourselves?

In Singapore, they wanted to open a highway and there is in the way a big grave of a wali – Habib Noh. Whatever they want to take way that grave they cannot. So what did they do? They moved the highway. They make the highway go around the grave and it used to be ocean. They cannot go straight. It is very well-known road in Singapore.

The one I saw, I will not discuss now, it is in Damascus.

So we cannot guarantee ourselves. It is a cleaning there. There you will wish, “Ya Rabbee, I wish You can send me back. Irjinee `amal saalihan.” “ No,” Allah says, “finished.”

So when He brings us back on the Resurrection Day He bring you back with a new body, a body that is clean because it has been created another time.

That is why Grandshaykh said, "These secrets are opened from the Prophet (s) that when Allah creates us back on Resurrection Day then they have to be clean. They cannot be in front of Allah and in front of His Prophet (s) dirty. How they can be and Allah calling all His servants? Can you be dirty?

Why when you go to pray do you make ablution? To be clean. And awliyaullah say you have to make ghusl even. They go higher, in order to be more clean. How are you going to be in Resurrection Day, not clean? That is a little bit if we use our mind, and the heart can go even higher.

I go to see a president, or a minister or you go to be hired in a company what do you do? You dress nicely and Pakistanis, they die their beard if they have a beard to look younger.

Ganghis is that correct? [yes] and not only Pakistanis, everyone. Arabs, they shave completely they have no beard. Go see them in Arab countries. Very few have beard but not everyone. Ladies fill their hands from top to bottom with jewelry and they are khaskhash, ringing in order to get a job.

They go clean. What do you think about us, in presence Of Allah and in presence of the Prophet (s)? Do you think you are not going to be clean there. And Grandshaykh said how are you not going to be clean, If you ask about the judgment, when Allah said, "faman yamal mithqala dharra… that judgment has already been done. That is not going to be done on Judgment Day. Already when Allah created you he judged you. For him there is no past, present, future for Him everything is present. When He created you He knew what you are going to do. That is why He said to the Prophet (s) in day of ascension, because Allah has already judged His servants, [He says to the Prophet (s):] “I gave them you. You do what you want I gave you shafa`a.”

That is why Allah said this is a blessed Ummah, ummatan marhooma. Allah has dressed this Ummah. Allah does not accept that the Prophet (s) will be with wild animal. Allah will take our wild chars and build us up in the grave. We are going back to Allah that soul is clean. That soul is struggling inside us. That is why when you do something wrong you get a sense of guilt; “O that is wrong. Repent, repent, repent.”

Who is telling us to repent? It is a struggle between the soul and the body. There is a big struggle there. The soul is clean you don’t need to clean it anymore. We are to Allah and to Allah we go back. Can a soul back dirty. When Azraeel is taking a soul, everything on it is cleaned. When it goes up in hands of Azraeel it is clean. That is why Allah swt wants to show His servants that “you are My subjects. You are My servants and you are My slaves. I own you. Don’t say you can own people, except Me.”

These tyrants on earth, whatever you want to call them of different political levels, everyone of them is a tyrant on these levels and on others. That is why he says, liman al-mulk al-yawm. Which king can stand up?. Which president can stand up?

What do they do in these debates? “My plan is this and my plan is that.” What is that ‘I’? It is the self. Everyone wants to say “I am better.” We are like that. We have to take example from what we see. We say, “I”, “I”, “I”, children say to their parents “I”, “I”, “I”, “me”, “me”, “me”, “what do you know you are awkward, look at your beard it is white already. You want to give me advice?”

“They have the guts,” we say in English to say to their parents like that. And their parents feel bad, they raised their children and paid money and they come and speak to them like that. If the father gets sad from the son telling him what to do, what do you think about the Prophet (s), from his Ummah? What do you think about Allah from His servants.

That is why Allah doesn’t look. Inna ad-dunya la tazin `inda-Allah janaaha ba`ooda – In Allah’s view, this world doesn’t way the weight of a mosquito’s wing. [He say,] "I give them to you I don’t want to deal with them. They are…” I don’t want to say worse.

“I raised them up on land and sea, wa hamalna hum fil barri wal-bahr. Take them and do what you want. I gave You have shafa`a.

That is why the Prophet (s) said, "I will go and make sajda and make du`a that Allah never opened to me even in barzakh. I will make du`a and du`a and du`a.”

What kind of du`a? Some people read the al-ad`iya al-mathura those du`a that the Prophet (s) taught the Sahaba. You can read it. But the Prophet (s) said, "Allah will open to my heart du`a that never been opened before.” How are the letters of these du`as. It might be like alim lam mim, kah ha ya ayn sad. It might be like these letters that we cannot understand their secrets that Allah will open to the Prophet (s). It might be infinite numbers of these words that have meanings but we cannot understand the meaning. But the Prophet (s) will understand and Allah will open the secret. And then Allah will say, “Enough!” to the Prophet (s), “raise you head and ask!” He asks, “give me my Ummah!” And Allah gives him one third.

And the Prophet (s) doesn’t stop. He goes into sajda for the second time. How long will be the sajda of the Prophet (s), we don’t know. Sayyidina Adam Alayhissalam went into sajda for 40 years. Then Allah swt will open to his heart du`as that never been opened before. And then … at the end Allah will say, "take all of them except one.” Who is that one? That is the worst one. Then Allah says, “I am better than My Prophet (s). Even that one, I give him to Paradise.”

That is why the Prophet (s) said, "Allah gave me ummatan marhooma – a blessed Ummah. May Allah bless us and keep us always in presence of the Prophet (s) and in presence of awliyaullah. We don’t know the value of awliyaullah until we die. Then we know how much they have brought us near to the Prophet (s). Now we don’t know. Now our eyes are blocked we cannot see.

We hear about awliyaullah that they say this and they say that. We read books and they say this and say that. Why do we read books? There is no fresh knowledge in them. Where is the fresh knowledge. Why, [do you think] awliyaullah are finished? That they no more exist? Allah said: Ala inna awliyaullha la khawfan `alayhim wa laa hum yahzanoon.

And the hadith: awliyaee tahta qibaabee la ya`lamahum ghayree.

The Prophet (s) mentioned in many hadith about abdal, what about the substitutes. Where are they? They don’t have new knowledge. Is not the Prophet (s) ascending in his knowledge every moment. Because Allah is the Creator, in every moment He is creating,. You cannot say that He stopped creating or He is not a creator. And He is creating new knowledge all the time and time and revealing them and much of that will not come until Mahdi’s time. Awliyaullah are there and they get fresh knowledge from heart of the Prophet (s).

But we have to find them. But if we say, "we are busy; we have work”, them you are chaining yourself, not to sit with them. Their presence gives you the ability to ascend within your heart in higher levels of knowledge. Look what Grandshaykh brought of knowledge - we throw some words of it, it makes us strong. We never heard anything like that except from Grandshaykh and Mawlana Shaykh Nazim. How many books we read and we never found what Grandshaykh said and Mawlana Shaykh said in a book. Now these knowledges are there but they are hidden. Ignorance must grow. Jahiliyya – ignorance - must grow and it is growing. It is growing and growing and growing. Sayyidina Mahdi will not come until complete jahiliyya covers this earth.

May Allah bless for sake of Sayyidina Muhammad. Bi-hurmati 'l-Fatiha.

2008-11-02T00:03:00.000-07:00

Two Doors

Mawlana Shaykh Hisham Kabbani | Wednesday, Sep 24, 2008 | Fenton, MI US
Michigan Zawiya

Audhu billah min ash-shaytan ir-rajeem

Bismillahi 'r-Rahmani 'r-Raheem

Nawaytu'l-arba`een, nawaytu'l-`itikaaf, nawaytu'l-khalwah, nawaytu'l-riyaada, nawaytu's-salook, nawaytu'l-`uzlah lillahi ta`ala fee hadha'l-masjid

Ati` Allah wa ati` ar-rasula wa uli 'l-amri minkum

Usually when we go to anywhere to apply for anything you will go to apply for a passport they ask you “what’s your name?” You apply for a marriage, they ask you “what’s your name?” If you go to school they ask you “what is your name?” You have to put your name on every test and if you don’t know your name you cannot get your ticket or your passport.

Also awliyaullah are asking us “what is our name”, in order that we can know what kind of a… in which door we are going to enter. Are we going to enter this door or that door? You cannot enter a door other than the door your name is written on. And always you like to enter a door, a place where there is some kind of important [event] or a palace. You don’t want to enter a shack. A burning shack? Huh?

So what is the best door you can enter? For sure it is not the door of dunya, it is the door of akhira. The door of dunya, if you are looking for a door that takes you to the door of akhira that is good. If you are looking for a door that is taking you to punishment in akhira that is bad.

So there are two doors, either your name is sa`eed or your name is shaqee. Either your name is “happy” or your name is “troublemaker” shaqee means a bad one whose life is always bad. So it is either one of these two names, either you are sa`eed having good ending, and good happy life or you are going to have a troubled life. That is why sa`eed or shaqee. And this is for sure you are, either you are this or you are that. Either you are sa`eed or you are shaqee. And no one knows what will happen, which door you are going to be and which name you have. Only Allah knows this and that is in his unseen knowledge. That is why in Laylat nisf sha`ban, the Night of Mid-Sha`ban [when]:

يَمْحُو اللّهُ مَا يَشَاء وَيُثْبِتُ وَعِندَهُ أُمُّ الْكِتَابِ

yamhullah ma yasha’ wa yuthbitu wa `indahu ummu’l-kitab.

Allah doth blot out or confirm what He pleaseth: with Him is the Mother of the Book [13:39]

[On that night] we ask,“O Allah don’t make us shaqee but make us su`ada. Takes us from the bad people and put us to the good people.” Awliya know that du`a is there [is acceptable]. O human beings! This is in Allah’s Knowledge but Allah gave us ways to get out of it. He gave us a way to tell us “try to be good.

[He said,] “Take the mattresses of dunya and bring the mattresses of akhira.”

It means don’t be living a life that all in it is bad desires and bad pleasures, but live a life that is happy desires and good desires and good pleasures and good desires. To look in Allah’s way is to look for what Allah wants us to do and leave what Allah doesn’t want us to do.

Awliyaullah when their hearts are coming on the way of Allah swt on the sirat al-mustaqeem, they will listen to no one except Him. Whatever you ask them, they might give you an order that is different from what you think. They don’t accept to go according to your opinion.

These days awliyaullah they bring their level down to your level. Before, no. They will never accept. Because before people were more powerful on their faith, they have more strength on their faith, they will accept whatever comes from the shaykh. Today no. They will run away. That is why today you see the shuyukh who are so soft with their students they have hundreds, thousands, even hundreds of thousands of students. The people who are strict have very few students. People today like softness, they don’t like strictness.

Do you like to wear soft clothes or thick clothes? Soft! So they invented today a kind of detergent that makes your clothes to be soft. And so now everyone running to buy that detergent to make their clothes soft and give a nice smell. Softener. It takes away all the elements that are rough in order to make it very soft.

Did they have that 100 years ago? No, they had only soap, no detergent. Therefore everything reflects what is in this life. Before they didn’t have soft clothes; they are easygoing on what they do [i.e. ease was not a concern].

Today they want soft awliyaullah. To relax and sleep and the shaykh will do for you everything.

Fold up your mattresses, sleep on the floor and don’t be soft. If you life a life that is not soft you will live in akhira a life that is soft.

Today awliyaullah are very soft, and else all people will run from them. Today you see them they have followers from every race. You dump on him all your garbage and you don’t want any difficulty. If you face difficulty you run away. So what does he do? He carries all these difficulties and goes to the Prophet (s) and says, “I accept all this garbage” and goes to the Presence of Prophet (s) with all his followers, clean.

Awliyaullah they have softener. They soften you and give you a good smell. You put Bounce to have a good smell. You are stinky, what kind of Bounce do you need? We need a big package of Bounce. The awliyaullah take a big package and they carry their followers and present them to the Prophet (s) with their nice smell. Then prophet with his love takes them all in and with his shafa`a takes to the presence of Allah. Prophet has shafa`a in dunya and akhira.

Are we gong to enter through door of light, where Allah is nur as-samawati wal ard.

Or we are going to enter from door of darkness, dhulumat. Allah wants us to enter through door of light.

So awliyaullah don’t listen except to Allah swt. They don’t want you to enter except by door of happiness. They don’t see you. They cover your mistakes they don’t want to see it. They try to vile you form these mistakes. They want tot see Divine Presence and they want to take you there. If they see your big mistakes they cannot easily take you. From that power of Sattar, they cover you completely; to cover you from being naked. When we do something wrong we become naked and so they cover us.

They a re between majesty and beauty, they don’t bend right or left. They have only a front. You know we have a front and a back. They don’t have a back. They have a front only. Lahum amam wa laysa lahum wara. That means they are always looking straight forward. What happened , happened. They are living their moments. Allah is saying come forward. We say, “no we want to go backwards.” They say, “Come to ma`rifatullah.” “No! we want to go back.”

Awliyaullah don’t look back. That means, what happened [before], it is finished it is gone. If you bring it up it is not acceptable, it is not nice, then it becomes backbiting. Why is it called “back” biting. It means biting in the back. They bite you.

Who is biting you? It means anyone who looks back is biting your back and carrying your sins. The Prophet (s) prohibited backbiting. When you look forward and don’t look backward then ins will become your servant. They will come to you and they will help you and they will work for you without you asking. Why? Because you are always moving forward always facing the Divine Presence and as we mentioned the story of the Prophet (s) when he put the Sahaba in front of him and the sun at their back and said to them to catch their shadows. Then when they could not, he told them, “Put the sun at your back. Catch your shadow and run.” Then he said, " look to me and run” and the sun was behind them. Then their shadows ran towards them. That means “look to me, and come to me!” Then dunya will run after you.

Then dunya will become your servant as Allah provided Sayyida Maryam, he provides everything.

He provided His Prophet (s) with everything. What did He say? إِنَّا أَعْطَيْنَاكَ الْكَوْثَرَ Inna `ataynak al-kawthar – Verily we have given thee (O Muhammad) ,the Fount of Kawthar.” [108:1]

That means on one meaning we have given you river of Kawthar. But on the other side it means “We have given you endless knowledge and favors.” فَصَلِّ لِرَبِّكَ وَانْحَرْ - Therefore, Praise Him endlessly.

إِنَّ شَانِئَكَ هُوَ الْأَبْتَرُ

Verily, he that hates thee has indeed been cut off [from all that is good]! [108:3]

The one who spoke against are the one who has no reputation.

It means:

Their name is going to end. Your name is until the Judgment Day. All prophets will run to you asking shafa`a with their umam, nations. Those who speak about you their reputation is cut and they cannot do anything. Don’t worry about yourself. Allah swt will make ins to run after you to help you. He makes jinn to help you. He makes kings and presidents to help you and makes all kinds of creations that we don’t know, that Allah and His Prophet (s) know and the awliyaullah learn from the Prophet (s) that there are living species, living creatures that you cannot see them.

The Prophet (s) used to send Sayyidina `Ali Radiallahu anhu to these planets that are near the earth.

One time Sayyida Fatima came to the Prophet (s) and said, “I am not coming to complain to you, O my father, but I have a problem.” He said, "Do you have a problem with Sayyidina `Ali?” She said, "No, my father. I feel shy to mention it. But sometimes he doesn’t come at night for 2 or 3 days. I have no doubts, but I am worried about him.” He said, "Don’t worry, I sent him to the planets that are nearest to the earth.”

How was he able to go without space shuttle. Which planets. They say now they are going to Mars and to the moon. More than that are they going we don’t know. We don’t know even, if they made the pictures up. But let us go with it, and say they went to those planets, how long it takes to send that spacecraft to Mars? They send it and even then they cannot bring it back. And it takes 2-3 years. Sayyidina `Ali - it takes him one moment. What did he use? Don’t be surprised what he used. Allah gave His Prophet (s) power, he used that power.

يَا مَعْشَرَ الْجِنِّ وَالْإِنسِ إِنِ اسْتَطَعْتُمْ أَن تَنفُذُوا مِنْ أَقْطَارِ السَّمَاوَاتِ وَالْأَرْضِ فَانفُذُوا لَا تَنفُذُونَ إِلَّا بِسُلْطَانٍ

Ya ma`ashara aljinni wa’l-insi ini istata`tum an tanfuthoo min aqtari as-samawati wal-ardi fa’nfudhoo la tanfudhoona illa bi-sultan.

O ye assembly of Jinns and men! If it be ye can pass beyond the zones of the heavens and the earth, pass ye! not without authority shall ye be able to pass! [55:33]

It means, “O jinn and ins if you are able to penetrate from the atmosphere of this earth you go, but you need a vehicle, a sultan. Not to go and don’t come. “Go and come!” [go there and return] Allah said.

Sayyidina `Ali was going with that sultan, Sultan al-`ilm. Kun fayakoon. Allah gave the power to awliyaullah. Only drops or crumbs from Prophet’s power he gave to awliyaullah.

So Sayyidina `Ali Radiallahu anhu was going with that power.

He makes jinn to serve you and he makes ins to serve you.

Look Sayyidina Sulayman Alayhissalam when he wants to bring that throne of Sheba he asked the strongest jinn he has. That jinn, if he puts his hand on the mountain he will make it ashes. That was the strongest jinn he has.

قَالَ يَا أَيُّهَا المَلَأُ أَيُّكُمْ يَأْتِينِي بِعَرْشِهَا قَبْلَ أَن يَأْتُونِي مُسْلِمِينَ قَالَ عِفْريتٌ مِّنَ الْجِنِّ أَنَا آتِيكَ بِهِ قَبْلَ أَن تَقُومَ مِن مَّقَامِكَ وَإِنِّي عَلَيْهِ لَقَوِيٌّ أَمِينٌ قَالَ الَّذِي عِندَهُ عِلْمٌ مِّنَ الْكِتَابِ أَنَا آتِيكَ بِهِ قَبْلَ أَن يَرْتَدَّ إِلَيْكَ طَرْفُكَ

He said: O chiefs! Which of you will bring me her throne before they come unto me, surrendering? A stalwart of the Jinn said: I will bring it thee before thou canst rise from thy place. Lo! I verily am strong and trusty for such work.

One with whom was knowledge of the Scripture said: I will bring it thee before thy gaze returneth unto thee. [27:38-40]

He said, "I need that throne,” to that jinni. He said, "O Messenger of Allah I can bring it to you. But it is going to take the time until your meeting is finished. About 1 or 2 days.”

The distance from Yemen to Quds ash-Sharif, it takes a long time. He said, "my meeting will be over before that. I want it before she comes.” Then Asif ibn Barkhiyya, one of his ministers that had knowledge of the book of Dawud, Zaboor, he had sultan. He had that sultan, vehicle, mentioned in that verse [55:33]. He said, “I will bring that to you.” In the blink of an eye he bought it there.

In a blink of an eye the throne was there.

That is the power of ins (human beings). Don’t think ins don’t have power. When we say ins, we mean awliyaullah that are within human race. Allah will make these awliyaullah to work for you. Those who are in lower levels do work for those on higher levels. So Allah will make ins, jinn, scholars, president and kings, to work for you as you are looking forward, not looking backward. Let us cut our back, then we cannot look back. Why look back then. You look at the backs of others. You don’t see your own ego, that is a hump like the hump of a camel. You don’t look at your own hump. So why do you look at the back of people?

Awliyaullah only look at the faces of people and they take them to presence of the Prophet (s).

“Al-hikam wal-`ilm wal ma`rifah, takhdimahum - Wisdom, knowledge and gnosis serve them and their provisions are sincerity and their food is sincerity and the water that they drink is familiarity. They are in one valley and humans are in the other valley. They are in the valley where they only see Allah’s order and they try to pull out of the valley of this world the people who are falling in it - to pull them out and bring them to the presence of the Prophet (s).

They are the real inheritors of the Prophet (s).

Their duty their work is for Allah swt;

They don’t work for dunya;

Ttheir work is to save humanity.

Their presence on this earth is a blessing

and a mercy.

Their presence is light.

Their presence is oceans.

Their presences are rivers.

They are like the dew on the leaves

in the early morning.

They are the dew of the hearts of every being.

They are the light upon light.

They are the oceans of knowledge

They are the pen that can write

and the tongue that can speak

and the heart that can love

and they are the body

that they can sail as a vehicle

or as a vessel sailing

in the ocean of knowledge.

May Allah forgive us and may Allah bless us, wa min Allah at-tawfeeq, bi-hurmatil Fatiha.

2008-11-01T23:47:00.000-07:00

Your duty is to keep consistent on what they gave us and their duty is to take you to the light

Mawlana Shaykh Hisham Kabbani | Saturday, Sep 27, 2008 | Fenton, MI US

Audhu billah min ash-shaytan ir-rajeem

Bismillahi 'r-Rahmani 'r-Raheem

Nawaytu'l-arba`een, nawaytu'l-`itikaaf, nawaytu'l-khalwah, nawaytu'l-riyaada, nawaytu's-salook, nawaytu'l-`uzlah lillahi ta`ala fee hadha'l-masjid

Nawaytu as-siyam

As we said in the previous session that Allah swt is waiting for us to reach Him, to come to Him. But there is between and Him there are veils, between us and Prophet there are veils. Our shuyukh , Mawlana Shaykh said that “There are 70,000 veils between us and Prophet. Every veil is thicker than this universe.”

That is the way we are, we cannot see, like a blind person. We are in dhulmah, darkness.

But always the opposite of darkness is light. It is light waiting for us. So as long as our ego is with us that darkness is in front of us. As long as the ego disappears, darkness disappears because darkness comes from Iblees and light comes from Allah swt.

Iblees asked his Lord. He believes, he cannot say “I don’t believe.”

قَالَ رَبِّ فَأَنظِرْنِي إِلَى يَوْمِ يُبْعَثُونَ قَالَ فَإِنَّكَ مِنَ الْمُنظَرِينَ َ إِلَى يَومِ الْوَقْتِ الْمَعْلُومِ

He said, "O my Lord leave to the Day of Judgment. Not to the Day of Judgment but until You take everything from this earth. I will be after your servants.” Innaka lamin al-mundhireen ila waqt il-m`aloom. [15:36-38]

“I am leaving you to the day that I want, that I know; not the day you want.” He wanted to be [left free] until Resurrection Day. But Allah said “no, I am leaving you to the day I assign. You are not the one who can assign. So I am leaving you.”

So Iblees, he knows. He asked Allah swt “leave me to the Resurrection Day.” Allah accepted. Azahmat Allah.

Al-`afuw `inda al-maqdira - To forgive when you are able to forgive. You are able to harm and you are able to forgive. You are asking, Allah said, "so I am giving to you.”

Here you have 2 issues. 1) Iblees is believing in Allah and knows that Allah is the one who can give everything and he asked him to give.

2) And Allah responded and gave.

That means if we ask do you think Allah doesn’t give? Iblees was asking with strong faith that “you are my Lord. I committed the sin, I am confirming it. Yes You are my Lord but I am going to show You: I can go and trick them.” Therefore Allah said, "ok go ahead. We will see who is stronger, you or My mercy.

So whoever says la ilaha illa-Allah muhammadun Rasulullah, will enter Jannah. So don’t worry. But awliyaullah want us to worry; they want to cut that rock down. They want to bring that diamond out.

So after that darkness the light is there. The light of the moon is there, the light of the sun is there. When you enter the light you will be surprised. Awliyaullah were stunned when they entered that light. That mean they entered a state or a level where they can see what people cannot see.

We are running, running, running for what. Everyone has a goal and trying to run to it.

You are coming here or going there, or going to other places. You are asking something that your soul is in need for that. You have to know that Allah happy with you and prophet is happy with you else you will never come so far. It is not easy to come to the door of awliyaullah to come to door of Mawlana Shaykh if you were not chose you would not be here.

How many people are lost. They don’t know where is the door. They are struggling although we know the door. But we are not doing what is necessary to open the door. But they are opening the door from their love to you. You think they are asking anything for you.

وَمَا نُرْسِلُ بِالآيَاتِ إِلاَّ تَخْوِيفًا

Wa ma nursilu bil-ayati illa takhweefa

We only send the Signs by way of terror (and warning from evil). [17:59]

“We only send the verses of Holy Qur'an to scare you.” Allah said in Holy Qur'an. “We only send what We say to you is to scare you, because when you are scared you come back to normal.”

You are off track. Then they say to the pilot, “You are off track.” Where is that captain? Captain! [wakes up] [just out of track] when you are fling and you are off track, so what the computer says to you? “Go in opposite Direction” go and correct yourself. So immediately you correct himself. That Is the first level. That is the lower level. You go off track and immediately. They send you a signal you are off track.

The higher level is computerised. It will correct itself by itself. You are all computerized. When you gave initiation from Mawlana Shaykh finished your system is computerized. They have to work we are not responsible. They have to be responsible. They accepted to give their hands. Since they gave it they cannot pull it, finished. That is why, be careful, don’t have doubts. Doubts is dangerous. Awliyaullah don’t like anyone to doubt their power. Keep your faith strong in awliyaullah keep your faith storing in prophet, keep your faith in your Creator: your problems will be solved. “Ya Rabbee! for the sake of Your awliyaullah solve our problems - we are weak servants.”

So as soon as you gave your hand you are in light, but still veiled you are computerized. They correct you from within your heart. That is why sometimes you feel yourself regretting what you have done. If you were not computerized why do you have to regret what you have done? Those who don’t believe don’t feel they have a problem. They don’t know so it doesn’t mean anything to them. But for you, you do. You immediately remember, and forget. You say istaghfirullah. Like alarm system, it comes immediately ringing the bell.

If you give, if you take the hand of the Shaykh and the guide then you are eating sweets. If you have a guide you will be saved, dunya and akhira. If you don’t have a guide as if you are eating broken glass. Every bite there is a wound. Your system will be wounded form mouth to stomach to intestines. Awliyaullah if you take their hands, they will turn that glass into sweetness. You know they do glass from candy, from sugar. You think it is glass but it is sugar, it is sweet. That glass awliyaullah can turn to sweetness. Don’t think their hands are tight, they are not like us, they can do everything. We cannot do anything.

When they pass you from darkness to light immediately the sun of ma`rifatullah will rise in the horizon of your heart and you will be able to differentiate what to follow and were to follow.

Let us say the truth. We are still struggling and we are still far. We don’t know, like a child, you can see the children, very young children, where do they look? They have a focus in front of them. They don’t allow themselves to turn away from what they are focusing on. Always they focus on one thing, not on two. They are focusing on somewhere. And you see them, when they focus, always they feel the presence of that one: either the mother or the father. They are always focusing on the mother or the father. As soon as they see that there is a problem in front of them - although it might not be a problem - but as soon as they are scared they extend the hand to pull the hand of the mother or the father.

So also those who took initiation always when they are facing a problem, their hands go where? To their guide. Do you think the mother or the father will not give the hand to the child? Even if they don’t, the child will reach the hand of the parent and pull them.

Awliyaullah accepted to be our fathers, then they have to carry our burdens. “Ya Rabbee you put them guide on us. They have to take with our hands. They cannot drop it they are responsible. Else why are they giving baya`. That is not free. There is a price they are paying for it out of their love.”

That is why we are not understanding but those whose veils have been taken, though we are in light because of their guidance, but still there is a veil because we have to overcome our ego. Everything is ego. I don’t know why Allah swt put ego on us?

It is out of His love because He wants us to struggle to get more. He put ego, and He knows best. He put whatever He put. But He… haha … if He wanted to not put ego, He would not have put ego and make us to suffer.

Now what we are? We are suffering. He likes you to suffer because He wants you to appreciate the goodness that He is giving. The generosity He is giving. We cannot understand generosity unless we lose it. When we lose our health we understand it; when we lose wealth we understand it. When we lose anything then we understand and we can appreciate.

The best thing to lose is arrogance and anger, the bad characteristics that ego is carrying.

Even Sayyidina Musa Alayhissalam who is a prophet from the uli’l azam, he is a high prophet from the five high prophets. He said, "O Allah let me see You!” He is a prophet. The only one that saw Allah is the Prophet Muhammad (s), with the eyes of his head. Let those who deny that go to Imam Nawawi. He said that. Go and ask from him. We are only taking from that and quoting from him in Sharh Sahih Muslim, where he said, "The Prophet saw his Lord with the eyes of his head.”

Because he is the mirror, of course he is going to see. Because everything you see is reflected in the Divine mirror. Everything is reflected in the mirror, then it appears. Who is the mirror? Sayyidina Muhammad (s) is the mirror. Sayyidina Musa Alayhissalam is not the mirror. He is one of the very high prophets of the five highest ones. But Prophet Muhammad (s) is Seal of the Messengers and he is the...

So Nabi Musa Alayhissalam, he said “Ya Rabbee! Let me see You!” And he kept asking. Ask as much as you want to see how much he will push.

So say, “Ya Rabbee! I am Your servant. You created me like that; a burden. I am Your servant and asking You, give me!”

If Sayyidina Musa Alayhissalam had gone to the presence of the Prophet (s), Allah would have given him. But he went directly.

You have to go through an intercessor. There is no way to go directly. He went directly and so Allah sent him back. Sayyidina Musa Alayhissalam, he is speaking with Allah directly. “You want to see Me, I will not say ‘no’ to you.” Because he was what? He was consistent; he keeps asking and asking and asking. Allah said, with His generosity. “I accept but with one condition. Look at the mountain. I will manifest My Beautiful Names and Attributes on the mountain. If the mountain will stay after I manifest to it, then you can see Me.”

وَلَمَّا جَاء مُوسَى لِمِيقَاتِنَا وَكَلَّمَهُ رَبُّهُ قَالَ رَبِّ أَرِنِي أَنظُرْ إِلَيْكَ قَالَ لَن تَرَانِي وَلَـكِنِ انظُرْ إِلَى الْجَبَلِ فَإِنِ اسْتَقَرَّ مَكَانَهُ فَسَوْفَ تَرَانِي فَلَمَّا تَجَلَّى رَبُّهُ لِلْجَبَلِ جَعَلَهُ دَكًّا وَخَرَّ موسَى صَعِقًا فَلَمَّا أَفَاقَ قَالَ سُبْحَانَكَ تُبْتُ إِلَيْكَ وَأَنَاْ أَوَّلُ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ

And when Moses came [to Mount Sinai] at the time set by Us, and his Sustainer spoke unto him, he said: "O my Sustainer! Show [Thyself] unto me, so that I might behold Thee!" Said [God]: "Never canst thou see Me. However, behold this mountain: if it remains firm in its place, then - only then - wilt thou see Me. And as soon as his Lord revealed His glory to the mountain, He caused it to crumble to dust; and Moses fell down in a swoon. And when he came to himself, he said: "Limitless art Thou in Thy glory! Unto Thee do I turn in repentance; and I shall [always] be the first to believe in Thee!" [Surat Al-A'raf (The Heights) 7:143]

It didn’t happen like that. When Allah tajala `ala al-jabala – manifested to the mountain, the mountain cannot take it anymore. What happened?

When Allah manifested his Beautiful Names and Attributes to the Prophet (s):

إِنَّا أَنزَلْنَاهُ فِي لَيْلَةِ الْقَدْرِ

“inna anzalnahu fee laylati ’l-qadr - We have revealed the Qur'an to your heart on the Night of Power.” And it didn’t crash down.

لَوْ أَنزَلْنَا هَذَا الْقُرْآنَ عَلَى جَبَلٍ لَّرَأَيْتَهُ خَاشِعًا مُّتَصَدِّعًا مِّنْ خَشْيَةِ اللَّهِ وَتِلْكَ الْأَمْثَالُ نَضْرِبُهَا لِلنَّاسِ لَعَلَّهُمْ يَتَفَكَّرُونَ

Law anzalna hadha al-qurana `ala jabalin la-raaytahu khashi`an mutasaddi`an min khashyatillahi wa tilka al-amthaalu nadribuha lin-naasi la`allahum yatafakkaroona.

Had We sent down this Qur'an on a mountain, verily, thou wouldst have seen it humble itself and cleave asunder for fear of Allah. Such are the similitudes which We propound to men, that they may reflect. [Surat al-Hashr, 59:21]

“If We had revealed the Holy Qur'an to a mountain it would have shattered.”

When Allah reveled his Beautiful Names and Attributes to the Prophet (s), because it [Beautiful Names and Attributes] is part of Holy Qur'an, and Qur’an is not makhluq, created, it is from Allah’s Ancient Words. When He revealed it to the Prophet (s) his heart was taking it. When Allah revealed it to a mountain it will be shattered.

When Allah tajala to the mountain, then the mountain shattered and Musa Alayhissalam fainted. Kharra musa sa’iqan. When he woke up and opened his eyes what did he see?

Ibn `Abbas explained that verse of Holy Qur'an:

When he wakes up, what he saw? Ibn `Abbas said: “He saw the Prophet (s). He saw the Prophet (s) and all the other prophets in rows. Some standing and some making sajda. 313 were making sajda behind the Prophet and the rest of 124,000 prophets were standing.” He didn’t see the Divine Presence. What did he see? He saw the Leader and Master of all prophets.

It means “everything, ya Musa is reflected through the Prophet. If you went to him and came to Me through him, then it is ok.”

It is like… you cannot say that, but [simply] as an example. Like when you want to take electricity you cannot take direct from the source; you need a transformer.

“Ya Musa Alayhissalam! you cannot take directly from Me. You need someone to reduce the power from the source. Even though you are one of the five main messengers, but everything has its discipline.”

And awliyaullah through their knowledge…. How do they acquire knowledge? Knowledge is not difficult [to acquire] if you follow their ways. Their ways is to be consistent on what they ask you to do.

Prophet showed Sayyidina Abu Bakr, what Sayyidina Abu Bakr saw he gave to Sayyidina Salman and what Salman saw he gave to Sayyidina Qassim; and from Sayyidina Qassim to Sayyidina Ja`far... It is a chain of command, one to one, one to one, until it reached you. If you follow you will be in the train there. You are jumping in the wagons and the engine is pulling all the cars and that “engine” is Sayyidina Muhammad (s).

So be consistent on what you are told to recite and read. Don’t come after five years and say, “I am doing for five years and I cannot see anything.” Why do you have to see? That is not required. They see on your behalf. Like today people learn basic knowledge in computer and they want to see more. There are more things now with technology, the whole world is connected. Out of greediness we want to know everything. For what to know? Less knowledge, easy life. Too much knowledge, too much difficulties. Basic knowledge: I know how to pray and to make wudu. That is enough.

Come and listen. Eat sweets and candies and go. No responsibility. Let our shuyukh take responsibility. They took the lead, ok let them take responsibility. They cannot blame you; they know you are helpless and weak. So Allah swt wants consistency from us. He wants to see if we keep asking and asking and asking. And this is what Grandshaykh always says, “You have to come and put this in front of you.” Don’t come and say, “I am student and I am `alim and I am representative.” “Ok,” Shaykh will say, “I am accepting that, you are me.” But you and me have to have three focuses. Three nails in your forehead. And when you put a nail you cannot take it out. What can take the nail out? Pliers? No, because when the nail goes inside it has no head. You cannot pull it. Then only one thing can pull it – another nail. You put another nail and hammer it. The other will go.

So finished. When you take hand of the Shaykh you are under 3 nails. That is your job, no more. They know how to take that nail out. He said, "Always in front of his students, in front of those who are listening to him, you have to have 3 nails.”

The first nail is “if an ant is on the east and Allah swt tell the ant and commands her, ‘O my ant, the creature I created you and your rizq is in the west,’ the ant moves and it doesn’t stop and for sure it isn’t going to reach the west. It might be she needs to be surviving forever in order to reach the west. But the ant, what it does? It moves. Don’t say “no.” And how the ant knows where the food is? And you see the ants moving and finding. Who inspired them how to find the food? Who inspired you, inspired them. Allah swt. So the ant moves. And she knows it cannot reach. But her job is to move.

Our job is like that. If they tell us “You are in the east and our trust is in the west, you are in darkness and your trust and light are in the west” you do what? You keep moving. Don’t stop. Like someone in the desert. What does he do? He doesn’t stop. If you stop you are finished.

Then inayatullah will reach you. Allah’s mercy, Grandshaykh used to call reeh as-siba.And that breath will come and carry you to the west immediately and you get your trust.

Second nail: If they give you broken shovel and say “your trust is deep in the center of the earth. What is your duty to do? Take your shovel and begin your work. We say: “O my Lord this shovel is broken, and it is only half a shovel; how can I dig?” Your duty is to dig. You may not ask that. Then reeh as-siba, the cool breeze comes and takes you to center of the earth.

The third nail is, you have to empty the ocean. Your trust is under the ocean. They don’t tell you to dive, no, not yet. They say, “empty the ocean” and they give you bucket full of holes. They know you cannot empty the ocean, even with a turbine pump with its own generator. They give you bucket full of holes and say “clear the ocean.”

When they were clearing birr Zamzam, they were not able, digging and digging and cleaning, and they were not able to reach the final source as the water coming is so huge. So they brought two huge turbines and they pumped the water. But as soon as they take the whole water out, in 2-3 seconds the whole water comes back under the Ka`bah.

How are you going to empty the ocean? But your duty is what? To try. Then they take you and dive you down.

So your duty is to keep consistent on what they gave you to do. Then they take you to the light. There is no light you can achieve by yourself. Only if awliyaullah take you to Sayyidina Muhammad. He is mirror everything. We must feel we are blocked. Say, “Ya Rabbee, You opened for your awliyaullah! You open for us because we are coming to You and You are generous. And our shuyukh are generous. Your Beloved one [Habibullah] is generous. Open to us with Your favors and mercy that at least we can smell from that heavenly smell!”

As I am saying this the presence of Grandshaykh and Mawlana Shaykh was there. We want to see them. Some people, Allah gave them power they close their eyes and their Shaykh is in front of them. “Give us that Ya Rabbee! The power to not only smell them and hear them but to see them. To see the Holy Prophet (s).”

Dr. Tasneem you asked about the picture of Sayyidina Shah Naqshband. That is the picture when he was young.