Haqqani Fellowship Suhbats: November 2010

Tuesday, November 30, 2010

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Call Your Ego to Goodness!

Mawlana Shaykh Hisham Kabbani
26 November 2010   Singapore
Jumu`ah Khutbah

Masjid Hajji Muhammad Salleh (Habib Nuh)

 


(Du`a)


O Mu'mins, Believers! I think anyone standing in this mihrab, this minbar, has to feel shy and ashamed that he is standing as a teacher, a scholar or imam, as we know our shortcomings, our sins and mistakes, and therefore we don't deserve that honor. The minbar is for Rasoolullah (s) and the masaajid are for Allah (swt), and Allah sent His messenger to stand on the minbar and advise the ummah. And we are asking Allah to forgive us, for the sake of the Prophet (s)!

 

O Muslims! Be happy we are honored as Muslims! Allah said in Holy Qur'an:

كُنتُمْ خَيْرَ أُمَّةٍ أُخْرِجَتْ لِلنَّاسِ تَأْمُرُونَ بِالْمَعْرُوفِ وَتَنْهَوْنَ عَنِ الْمُنكَرِ وَتُؤْمِنُونَ بِاللّهِ

Kuntum khayra ummatin ukhrijat li 'n-naasi tamaroona bi 'l-ma`roof wa tanhawna ani 'l-munkar.
You are the best of nations sent to Mankind, calling for what is good and prohibiting what is wrong. (Aali-`Imraan, 3:110)


That means we are the only ummah that has been sent to humanity calling for good and forbidding the bad. Kuntum, "you were," and it is the past-tense verb because it refers to you on the Day of Promises. Allah (swt) chose us on the Day of Promises; it is His choice, not our choice. He made us from ummat an-nabi, and that is an honor! To say we are Muslims is an honor, don't feel shy and say, "We are Muhammadans," do not feel shy. Today Muslims are shy to say, "We are Muslims," because of some Muslims who create problems around the world. We say we are innocent of those ones, we have nothing to do with them. 


We believe in what Allah said in Holy Qur'an:

أَطِيعُواْ اللّهَ وَأَطِيعُواْ الرَّسُولَ وَأُوْلِي الأَمْرِ مِنكُمْ

Ati`oollaha wa ati`oo 'r-Rasoola wa ooli 'l-amri minkum.

Obey Allah, obey the Prophet, and obey those in authority among you. (4:59)


Allah chose us one-by-one, and picked us to be from ummat an-nabi, and since we are from ummat an-nabi we are under that verse, "You are the best of nations that has been sent to humanity." That means Allah (swt) didn't want us to stay too long in the grave. If we were from ummat an-Nuh we would already have been in the grave for 5000 years! He wants our time in the grave to be short, so He created us from ummat an-nabi. And the Prophet (s) said to the Sahaabah (r) about the Last Days, "There are people coming who are my brothers. They believe in me, yet they didn't see me." That is why you are the best ummah: you believe in the Prophet (s) without seeing him! You accept Sayyidina Muhammad (s) without having seen him in dunya, but you saw him on the Day of Promises, at the gathering of souls, where the Prophet (s) said:

  الارواح جنود مجندة , فما تعارف منها ائتلف , و ما تناكر منها اختلف


Al-arwaahu junoodan mujanadan famaa t`aarafa minhaa 'talaf wa maa tanakir minhaa 'khtalaf

The souls were gathered like battalions and those who were related came together. 


عن ابن عباس قال : أصبح رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم يوما ، فقال : " ما من ماء ، ما من ماء ؟ " قالوا : لا . قال : " هل من شن ؟ " فجاءوا بالشن ، فوضع بين يدي رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم ، ووضع يده عليه ، ثم فرق بين أصابعه فنبع الماء مثل عصا موسى من أصابع رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم ، فقال : " يا بلال اهتف بالناس الوضوء " فأقبلوا يتوضئون من بين أصابع رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم ، وكانت همة ابن مسعود الشرب ، فلما توضئوا صلى بهم الصبح ، ثم قعد للناس ، فقال : " يا أيها الناس من أعجب الخلق إيمانا ؟ " قالوا : الملائكة . قال : " وكيف لا يؤمن الملائكة وهم يعاينون الأمر ؟ " قالوا : فالنبيون يا رسول الله ، قال : " وكيف لا يؤمن النبيون ، والوحي ينزل عليهم من السماء " ، قالوا : فأصحابك يا رسول الله ، قال : " وكيف لا يؤمن أصحابي وهم يرون ما يرون ؟ ولكن أعجب الناس إيمانا ، قوم يجيئون من بعدي ، يؤمنون بي ولم يروني ، ويصدقوني ولم يروني ، أولئك إخواني " .

I will relate a long hadith. The Prophet (s) was on an expedition, it was Fajr time and they needed to make wudu. The Prophet asked if there was any water and they said, no. So he said, "Is there the tiniest amount of water?" And one Sahaabi brought a small amount water and put it in a pot. The Prophet (s) put his hands in the water and then water came pouring out from that pot, and they not only made wudu but were also drinking from that water.Then he asked them, "Who is the best in faith, imaan?" And they said, "The angels." And the Prophet (s) said, wa kayfa laa yuminoon wa 'l-malaaikat yu`aeenoon al-amr, "How are they not going to have imaan when they are in the Heavens observing Allah's signs and His oneness? They have open eyes and ears; they feel and see the indications of Allah's (swt) oneness in the Heavens. How are they going to be the highest in faith? No, there is faith higher than that." Then they said, "An-nabiyyoon, the prophets" And the Prophet (s) said, "How are the prophets not going to have the best imaan when the revelation is coming to them from Heaven, and they are prophets, and they are appointed to have and to know, faith?" Then they said, "Yaa Muhammad (s), yaa Rasoolullah, the Sahaabah are the best!"


Remember the hadith of Prophet (s):


أصحابي كالنجوم، بأيّهم اقتديتم اهتديتم

Ashaabee ka 'n-nujoom bi ayyihim iqtadaytum, ihtadaytum

My Companions are like stars. Whichever of them you use as a guide, you will be rightly guided.


The Companions are like the stars, they were guides to the ummah; they carried hadeeth of the Prophet (s) and memorized the Holy Qur'an after the Prophet (s) and gave it to us. They did their best and gave their lives; they raised their accounts in Akhirah, not just for dunya. I am not saying that you must not to do anything for dunya, as Allah said:


 رَبَّنَا آتِنَا فِي الدُّنْيَا حَسَنَةً وَفِي الآخِرَةِ حَسَنَةً وَقِنَا عَذَابَ النَّارِ

Rabbana aatina fi 'd-dunya hasanatan wa fi 'l-akhiraati hasanatan wa qina `adhaba 'n-naar.

Our Lord! Grant us good in this world and good in the Hereafter, and save us from the punishment of the Fire. (Al-Baqarah, 2:201)


So, they answered the Companions are best, and Prophet (s) said, "How are the Companions not going to believe when they see what they see from me, the Seal of Messengers? O Sahaabee! I am going to tell you something that will make you astonished!" And it will astonish us, also. He said:

ولكن أعجب الناس إيمانا ، قوم يجيئون من بعدي ، يؤمنون بي ولم يروني ، ويصدقوني ولم يروني ، أولئك إخواني

laakin `ajab an-naasi imaanan qawman yaatoon min ba`dee yuminoon bee wa lam yarawnee. Yusadiqoonee wa lam yarawnee. Oolaaika ikhawanee.

People with the highest faith will come after me in dunya. They believe in me and didn't see me!


O People! You are those people! That is a great honor, to be from ummat an-nabi, so thank Allah and He will give more. We say, Alhamdu laka yaa Allah, "We thank you, yaa Allah!"


And the Prophet (s) said, "Those people who believe in me and didn't see me are ikhawaanee, my brothers!"  (Narrated Ahmad and at-Tabarain)


And you should know that a brother will not leave his brother; a brother likes to take his brother wherever he goes. The Prophet (s) will not leave us in the hands of Shaytan, he will take us on the way of ar-Rahmaan in order to save us. That hadith is enough for dunya and akhirah. That will make you happy your whole life. You became the brother of the Prophet (s) by only believing in, laa ilaaha illa-Llah Muhammadun Rasoolullah! And that is why Allah said:


Kuntum khayra ummatin ukhrajati lin-naas... 

You are the best of nations; you call for the good and forbid the bad. 


But not like those today who come and knock on your door and say, "O brother, do good!" yet they themselves are not doing it.


And Allah (swt) said:


يَا أَيُّهَا الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا اجْتَنِبُوا كَثِيرًا مِّنَ الظَّنِّ إِنَّ بَعْضَ الظَّنِّ إِثْمٌ وَلَا تَجَسَّسُوا وَلَا يَغْتَب بَّعْضُكُم بَعْضًا أَيُحِبُّ أَحَدُكُمْ أَن يَأْكُلَ لَحْمَ أَخِيهِ مَيْتًا فَكَرِهْتُمُوهُ

Ya ayyuhalladheena amanoo ajtaniboo katheeran min adh-dhann wa laa tajassassoo wa laa yaghtab ba`dakum ba`dan ayuhhibu ahadakum an yaakula lahma akheehi maytan fa-karihtumooh..
O Believers! Stay away from too much suspicion, and don't spy on each other, and don't backbite the flesh of each other Would any of you like to eat the flesh of his dead brother? Nay, ye would abhor it.  (al-Hujurat, 49:12)


Do you like to eat the flesh of your dead brother? You hate that! Polish yourself, and then you can help your family, your brothers and sisters. Clean yourself and beware, because we are in the time of fitnah, confusion. Fitnah is dormant, and Allah curses whoever brings it up. The Prophet (s) said, "Don't bring up fitnah. Be peaceful in your country then you will be safe in dunya and Akhirah."


(Du`a)


Sunday, November 28, 2010

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Remember Your Lord in These Holy Days

Sultan al-Awliya

Mawlana Shaykh Nazim al-Haqqani

12 November 2010     Lefke, Cyprus

 

(Mawlana Shaykh stands) Labbayk Allahuma labbayk! Labbayk Allah shareeka laka! Labbayk! Inna 'l-hamda wa ni`amata, laka wa 'l-mulk, la shareeka lak!Here I am at Your Service, O Allah! Here I am at Your Service! Here I am Allah at Your Service, and You have no partner! Here I am at Your Service! Yours is (all) praise and favor and dominion! You have no partner!”

 

Allahu Akbar, Allahu Akbar, laa ilaaha illa-Llah, Allahu Akbar, Allahu Akbar, wa lillahi 'l-hamd! ...wa sall 'Llahu `ala Sayyidina Muhammad (s) wa `alaa aalihi wa saahbihi ajma`een wa man tabi`ahum bi ihsaan.... A`oodhu billahi min ash-Shaytani 'r-rajeem. Bismillahi 'r-Rahmani 'r-Raheem! (Mawlana Shaykh sits)

 

O our Attenders! As-salaamu `alaykum, ayyuha 'l-hadiroon, and a heavenly salute to those people who believe in their Creator, the Lord of Heavens, Allahu Dhul-Jalaal (swt)! (Mawlana Shaykh stands and sits) Alfu, alfu salaat, alfu alfu salaam, thousands and thousands of glory and majesty on that one for whose honor, majesty and glory everything was created, Sayyidina Muhammad (s)! (Mawlana Shaykh stands and sits)

 

O our Attenders! As-salaamu `alaykum, and may heavenly blessings be on you who are living for their Lord's servanthood.


O People! We have not been created to enjoy our egos and its pleasures, which are nothing! The honor that we have been granted is for glorifying and honoring the real deputy of Allah Almighty, Sayyidina Muhammad (s)! (Mawlana Shaykh stands and sits) Allah Almighty is not in need of our glorifying or honoring! What is that? The Dominions of Allah Almighty are endless, countless. This whole world and everything in it is going to be less than an atom in the Endless Dominions of the Lord of Heavens!


Honor is just granted from the Lord of Heavens to you. The Lord of Heavens is asking to give you honor, and He is asking from His servants to give their most high glorifying and honoring to His Majestic, Divinely Being. What are we doing? We are doing nothing! We are like drunken ones. We are running after the enjoyment of our egos, and for what? What is that? And this whole world is appearing from beginning up to end, and like this it is finished! For us it is years, centuries, and hundreds and thousands of years, and like a spark it is finishing!! Allahu Akbar, Jalla Jalaaluh.

 

O People! We are in holy days and Allah Almighty granted us to give much more honor and glorifying to you, and to us. Don't be drunk!


O Mankind! From east to west, wake up! Ask Who created you, and ask what He is asking from you! Try to learn for what purpose He sent to you from His deputies and messengers from the Heavens! Animals know, but now people living in the 21st century are not asking. You are not trying to learn Who is bringing us into existence and Who is taking us from this existence, disappearing. We appear for a short time and after that we disappear! All people are between appearance and disappearance, finished! Yesterday all of you were like that, small ones or smaller, and all of us came from the womb of our mothers. They are saying, "He was born weighing 3 kg. That one is born weighing 4 kg." Sometimes they are saying, "Oh twins are coming, 3 kg each, 6 kg." Who is bringing them, and how are they coming? Ptuuh (spit) on those Shaytan people, agents of Diablo, saying, "There is no Creator." They are under my feet!!!


Don't follow them, and don't go to their schools! Go to those schools that are teaching heavenly teachings. It is haraam, forbidden to make universities! They are saying it is "Positive Knowledge" and they are the biggest liars, la`natullah, Allah's curse on them! The biggest blame is on Muslim countries that are opening universities such as “King Fahd University.” What is that university? What are they teaching? They are teaching "There is no god," astaghfirullah! Why are you making those Shaytan centers? A big blame and cursing is on them, in Turkey, Baghdad,.....Hijaaz, Egypt, Libya, Arab countries, and Sudan. They do not fear Allah Almighty and Qur'an `azheemu 'sh-shaan just came from the Heavens to the Seal of Prophets (s). You must take your knowledge from the Holy Qur’an, not from western, dirty thinking!

 

O People! From east to west, I am shouting to you! If anything is happening to you, there is no excuse for you! Everything is in the Holy Qur’an, but some of those people are blamed, and Allah Almighty is saying:

ذَلِكَ مَبْلَغُهُم مِّنَ الْعِلْمِ

dhalika mablaghahum min al-`ilm,

That is the limit of their knowledge. (an-Najm, 53:20)


They are reaching under the lowest level, not asking to come out of darkness to enlightened worlds and enlightened universes, but they always like to be underground in the darkness of dark worlds.


O People! What are you doing? One says, "I am now finishing Oxford and I am going to majestaire." Kharra `alayhum, “Crap on them!” Arabs may understand. Majestaire, kharra `alayhum. And Mankind is hoping to be in safety, in enjoyment, in happiness or to live a sweet life on this planet, never! Never! Close down those universities! Arab kings, presidents and dictators, close down those universities and open the knowledge of Holy Qur'an from Heavens! That is your safe way to Paradise, and to live a sweet life here also, or your life is going to be poisoned. May Allah forgive us.

 

O People! Enough. We are living now in the holy days of Dhul-Hijjah, and people are running to the Lord's House, Ka`aba Mu`azhzhamah. Why are they going there, for it to be said “Hajji Ahmed,” “Hajji Mehmet”? Astaghfirullahi 'l-`Azheem. Tawbah, astaghfirullah. They are shaving their beards and mustaches, saying, "We are 'Hajji'." You look like women!" How are you going to be Hajji"? From where are you bringing proof that you may shave your beard? And I am calling to Allah, "O our Lord! Make them not to come without a beard, to be like my grandmother!" Say, “Ameen!!!” (Mawlana Shaykh laughs)

 

As-salaamu `alaykum! Allah, yaa Rabbee, Allah! Amaan, yaa Rabb! Ab`ath lana malikan, iba`th lana sultanan, and sultan yaduluna `alayk wa yakhrub sultanat ash-Shaytan, everywhere from east to west, west to east, south to north, “Peace be upon you, safety of our Lord, send to us a king who will show us the way and destroy the kingdom of Shaytan.” May Allah forgive you and forgive me.

 

Fatihah.

 

Mashaa-Allah.

 

(Baya` and shahadah)



MSH.12 NOV 2010.Khutbah.PREPOST.ENG

Power of the Day of `Arafat
Mawlana Shaykh Hisham Kabbani

12 November 2010 Burton, Michigan
Jumu`ah Khutbah at As-Siddiq Mosque

 
Alhamdulillah...man yahdilllah fa la mudilla lahu wa man yudlil fa laa haadiya lahu wa ashadu an laa ilaaha illa-Llah wahdahu la shareek lahu wa ash-hadu anna Sayyidina Muhammad (s) Rasoolullah... Ayyuhal-mu`minoon al-haadiroon ittaqullah wa ati`ooh inna-Allah ma` 'Lladeena 'ttaqaw w'alladheena hum muhsinoon.

O Muslims, Believers! We are coming to a very important day that the Prophet (s) mentioned, al-Hajj, the day of `Arafat, and to honor what Allah (swt) taught Ibrahim (a) and Sayyidina Yaqub (a) and other prophets, to sacrifice, which is not to sacrifice something you are not connected with. `Arafat will be on Monday, and `Eid will be on Tuesday in bilad al-hijaz, Arab countries, and in many other Muslim countries. Our duty is to respect what Allah honored and He (swt) honored these ten days of Dhul-Hijjah, and the sacrifice.

We should sacrifice something very precious to us. If they tell you to sacrifice a goat, a cow or camel, it is not difficult, but if they tell you to sacrifice your son, you will find hundreds of excuses not to do that! Allah (swt) tested prophets by asking them to sacrifice something that is very dear to themselves, even more than themselves. Why Allah (swt) wanted Sayyidina Ibrahim (a) to sacrifice his son? Why He wanted Sayyiddina Yaqub (a) to lose his son, Sayyidina Yusuf (a)? Why Allah tested many prophets through loss of many things that were very beloved to them?

In a
Hadith Qudsi, Allah (swt) says:

ما وسعني سمائي ولا أرضي ولكن وسعني قلب عبدي المؤمن

maa wasi`anee samaee wa laa ardee wa lakin wasi`anee qalbi `abdee al-mu’min.

"My Earth could not contain Me, nor My heavens, but the heart of My believing servant contained Me."

 
That means, "Nothing contained My Glory, My Lights, My Manifestations except the heart of the believer. The hearts of the believers contain Me." Allah (swt) is saying, "You cannot have any other thing where I am contained." You cannot have two things contained in your heart, only one. And Allah (swt) is saying, "Nothing can contain Me but the heart of the believer."

And it is related in another hadith:
قلب المومن بيت الرب
Qalba al-mumin bayt ar-Rabb.
The heart of the believer is the house of God.
 
No one likes to share his house with anyone. Allah is showing his messengers that no one can occupy the heart except Himself, not even your son. "You love your son so much, O Ibrahim, sacrifice him. You cannot leave your heart with anyone else except Me. You want to be my khalifah on Earth, as I said, 'We have made on Earth a representative.' Then you cannot have anyone sharing your heart with Me, for then you will be like normal people, but you are a prophet." So Allah ordered Ibrahim (a), "Take that love of him from your heart, sacrifice him." Allah was testing him. There will be no more Isma`eel (a)? How can that be, when he is carrying the light of the Prophet (s)? But Allah tests as He likes!

Sayyidina Yaqub (a) loved his son Yusuf (a) so much. "How can that heart contain love for someone other than Me?" So Allah had his brothers take Yusuf (a) away. And then he had to turn to Allah with his love. That is the meaning of the ayah:

وَخَرُّواْ لَهُ سُجَّدًا
wa kharru lahu sujadan.
And they (all) fell down prostrate before Yusuf. (12:100)

قُلْ إِن كُنتُمْ تُحِبُّونَ اللّهَ فَاتَّبِعُونِي يُحْبِبْكُمُ اللّهُ وَيَغْفِرْ لَكُمْ ذُنُوبَكُمْ وَاللّهُ غَفُورٌ رَّحِيمٌ

Qul in kuntum tuhiboon Allaha fat-tabi`oonee yuhbibkumullah wa yaghfir lakum dhunoobakum.

Say, "If you love Allah, follow me (Muhammad). Allah will love you and forgive you your sins, for Allah is Oft-Forgiving, Most Merciful." (`Aali Imraan, 3:31)



Prophet Muhammad (s) was tortured more than all the other prophets. And that is how Allah granted him to reach qaba qawsayni aw adna. No one can approach there if he is sharing his heart with anything other than Allah! Sayyidina Muhammad (s) was able to do that all the way to qaba qawsayn, saying, "Laa ilaaha illa 'Llah Muhammadun Rasoolullah," accepting whatever Allah wants from everyone.

Allah ordered us to remember Him day and night:


الَّذِينَ يَذْكُرُونَ اللّهَ قِيَامًا وَقُعُودًا وَعَلَىَ جُنُوبِهِمْ وَيَتَفَكَّرُونَ فِي خَلْقِ السَّمَاوَاتِ وَالأَرْضِ رَبَّنَا مَا خَلَقْتَ هَذا بَاطِلاً سُبْحَانَكَ فَقِنَا عَذَابَ النَّارِ

Alladheena yadhkuroonullah qiyamaan wa q`oodan wa `alaa junoobihim wa yattafakkaroona fee khalqi 's-samawaati wa 'l-ard, rabbanaa maa khalaqta hadhaa baatilan subhaanaka fa qina `adhaaba 'n-naar.

Those who remember Allah (always, and in prayers) standing, sitting, and lying down on their sides, and think deeply about the Creation of the Heavens and the Earth, (saying),"Our Lord! You have not created (all) this without purpose, glory to You! Give us salvation from the torment of the Fire." (Aali `Imraan, 3:191)

 
Not sleeping during jumu`ah; open your eyes, or else what are we going to benefit? Nothing. The Prophet (s) kept only one, only Allah in his heart, and that is why his grandsons were killed. This is how all the family of the Prophet (s) is.

He is asking forgiveness for the ummah up to today:
 I observe the deeds of my ummah and if I find good, I praise Allah, and if other than that I ask for forgiveness for them.

What is better for us than a prophet who observes our actions and praises Allah, and if he sees any bad, he asks for forgiveness on our behalf? If the Prophet (s) is asking forgiveness for us, do you think any sins are going to remain on you? That is how we are ummatan marhouma, mercied ummah. Even if we are falling into sin, Allah (swt) will forgive us for the sake of the Prophet (s)! And that day of `Arafat is coming on Monday; it will take your sins of the year before and keep you from falling into sins in the coming year. It is a day of worship, to thank Allah that he made us from Ummat an-Nabi! The Prophet (s) said that the day of `Arafat and day of nahr are the days of celebration, eating and drinking, entertainment and being happy, as narrated by all as-haab as-sunan, all different sahih books.

O Muslims! Keep these days that are coming; they are holy days. It means visit your friends, your family, visit those who are ill, poor, and give to them. Feed people, then Allah will be happy with us.The Prophet (s) said:
 النفقة في الحج كالنفقة في سبيل الله، الدرهم بسبعمائة ضعف
An-nafaqatu fil-hajj kan-nafaqatu fee sabeelillah, ad-dirham bi-saba` miata da`f.
If you give money in Hajj, it is as if you are giving money in jihad fee-sabeelillah, the dirham is rewarded 700-fold.
 
That is as if spending money in real jihad, not like those today, who claim jihad and attack innocent people, but jihad defending against aggressors. So wherever you see someone in need, spend on them and Allah will make your spending of even one dirham equal to 700 dirhams.

O Muslims! These days are coming. We hope for the barakah of the Prophet (s) and for barakah of these days that Allah will forgive us.

ya fawzan li 'l-mustaghfireen, astaghfirullah
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MSN.16 NOV 2010.EID.PREPOST.ENG

The Glory of `Eid al-Adha

Sultan al-Awliya

Mawlana Shaykh Nazim al-Haqqani

15 November 2010     Lefke, Cyprus

`Eid al-Adha Suhbah

 

RabbunAllah HasbunAllah, RabbunAllah HasbunAllah

RabbunAllah HasbunAllah, RabbunAllah HasbunAllah

RabbunAllah HasbunAllah, RabbunAllah HasbunAllah

RabbunAllah HasbunAllah, RabbunAllah HasbunAllah

HasbunAllahu n`ima 'l-wakeel ni`mal Mawla wa ni`ma 'n-naseer wa ilayka 'l-maseer.


As-salaamu `alaykum. Alfu salaat, alfu salaam `ala Sayyidi 'l-Awwaleen wa ’l-Akhireen, Sayyidina Muhammadin wa aalihi wa sahbihi ajma`een.


O our Attenders! May Allah forgive us, for the honor of His most honored one, Sayyidina Muhammad (s)! And we are asking this on this most holy day, `Eid ul-Adha, `Eid ul-Hajjaaj, which is one of the biggest and most honored days in the whole year. And we are saying now, a`oodhu billahi min ash-Shaytani 'r-rajeem. Bismillahi 'r-Rahmani 'r-Raheem. (Mawlana Shaykh stands) Allahu Akbar, Allahu Akbar, laa ilaaha illa-Llah, Allahu Akbar, Allahu Akbar, wa lillahi 'l-hamd! (Mawlana Shaykh sits)


O People! Come to Islam! O People! Come and say (Mawlana Shaykh stands) Laa ilaaha illa-Llah Sayyidina Muhammadan Rasoolullah (s). (Mawlana Shaykh sits) That will save all Mankind, to say Kaleematu 'sh-Shahadat (Mawlana Shaykh stands), laa ilaaha illa-Llah Sayyidina Muhammadun Rasoolullah (s)! (Mawlana Shaykh sits)


O People! Enough of being drunk. People are drinking drinks and becoming drunk, but generally, all people now are drunk for dunya. Everyone is running after dunya,thinking they are going to live forever, up to Eternity. For dunya there is a time that the Lord of Heavens is giving and the days of dunya are in limits; days, weeks, months, years, centuries. When reaching its limit, finished! And also everyone's lives are in limits. When you are reaching that limit, it can't be even one second more nor a second less; you must be taken away.


O People! Wake up! In east and west, from north to south, you have been honored to be deputies of the Lord of Heavens! Think on that honor that no other creature is granted, only Mankind! Keep it and be thankful, and try to be an obedient servant for the Lord of Heavens, Who created everything, and created Mankind also. According to the prophecy knowledge, now we are reaching the last century of life on this planet. Try to reach for your Lord, Allah Almighty's happiness and pleasure. Try to make your Lord happy with you, and He will make you happy here and Hereafter.


This is a very holy, important day. Millions of people are running to the Holy Land, saying labbayk Allahuma labbayk, labbayk Allahuma labbayk, labbayka laa shareeka laka labbayk, inna 'l-hamda wa ni`mata laka wa 'l-mulk laa shareeka lak.


O Mankind! In east and west, Christians and Jewish people! For fifteen centuries people were running to visit the Holy Land, the House of the Lord, and the most beloved and honored servant's holy tomb also. How was then the seal of the Prophets, Sayyidina Muhammad (s), (Mawlana Shaykh stands and sits) able to reach millions of people's hearts and move them to run after these holy days, to make a visitation to the House of Lord and his most beloved servant's tomb in the Holy Land? No-mind people are saying Islam is not a real religion. If its not real, it will have no power. How can an orphaned person's order (of Prophet) continue for fifteen centuries? You are thinking he is an ordinary one. No! You are ordinary ones, but he is extraordinary! All Creation is created for his honor! If all shaytans and their agents say, raghm `ala anfuhum, in spite of their will, Islam is still up, never changed, and its command continues! And today perhaps two-billion Muslims are running today to mosques, to make sajdah to their Lord, Almighty Allah! But yet, those people are drunk, not accepting the Holy Qur'an or the Holy Prophet! If you accept it or not, what will change? Islam is up, Islam's command continues!


O People of the Muslim world! You are also very careless ones, asking to be like western people, and you are not even giving a little care to keep Islam and Islamic orders!


O People! Come and listen! From east to west, from north to south, you must come to Islam or that heavenly whip will also come on you! If that heavenly whip comes on the non-Muslim world once, it will come on you ten times more, because you are not taqdeer, appreciating Islam; you are running to be westernized! No! Let western people reach al-Haqq, and join you in the east. They are asking to come there, and you are asking to go to sunset side of this world. Why? Western people's hearts are in the Oriental world, but Oriental people are now drunk because they are asking to reach sunset places. They now have no minds to think on that point. They lost their mentalities! Islam is on Heavens and everything against Islam is underground. How can you ask to go down the wells and not come up (to the surface)? May Allah forgive us!


O People! We may speak on it from now up to next year, but you must understand.`Eid Mubarak. Keep Islam well and Allah will keep you; otherwise, if you are not keeping Islam no one can protect you or save you, not here or Hereafter.


Ash-hadu an laa ilaaha illa-Llah, wa ash-hadu anaa Muhammadun `abduhu wa rasooluh!

Allahu Akbar, Allahu Akbar, laa ilaaha illa-Llah, Allahu Akbar, Allahu Akbar, wa lillahi 'l-hamd!

Allahu Akbar, Allahu Akbar, laa ilaaha illa-Llah, Allahu Akbar, Allahu Akbar, wa lillahi 'l-hamd!

Allahu Akbar, Allahu Akbar, laa ilaaha illa-Llah, Allahu Akbar, Allahu Akbar, wa lillahi 'l-hamd!

Allahu Akbar, Allahu Akbar, laa ilaaha illa-Llah, Allahu Akbar, Allahu Akbar, wa lillahi 'l-hamd!

Allahu Akbar, Allahu Akbar, laa ilaaha illa-Llah, Allahu Akbar, Allahu Akbar, wa lillahi 'l-hamd!

Allahu Akbar, Allahu Akbar, laa ilaaha illa-Llah, Allahu Akbar, Allahu Akbar, wa lillahi 'l-hamd!

Allahu Akbar, Allahu Akbar, laa ilaaha illa-Llah, Allahu Akbar, Allahu Akbar, wa lillahi 'l-hamd!



MSN.19 NOV 2010.PREPOST.ENG

Hajj al-Akbar Next Year
Sultan al-Awliya

Mawlana Shaykh Nazim al-Haqqani
19 November 2010   Lefke, Cyprus


Huuuu. (Mawlana Shaykh stands) La ilaaha illa-Llah. La ilaaha illa-Llah. La ilaaha illa-Llah Muhammadun Rasoolullah `alayhi salaatullah wa salaamu. (Mawlana Shaykh sits) Salaamullah `alaa jami` al anbiya wal awliya wal mu`mineen. (Mawlana Shaykh sits)

A`oodhu billahi min ash-Shaytani 'r-rajeem. Bismillahi 'r-Rahmani 'r-Raheem. Allahuma al-himna rushdana wa a'idhana min shururi anfusina bi jaahi nabiyyik al kareem, Sayyidi 'l-Awwaleen wa ’l-`Akhireen wa `alaa jami`al anbiya wal mursaleen wa `ibaadAllah as-saaliheen. Yaa Rabbee! La tahrimna min barakaat saadatun an-Naqshbandiyeen ...wa ridhwan. We are saying, a`oodhu billahi min ash-Shaytani 'r-rajeem. Bismillahi 'r-Rahmani 'r-Raheem. Al-himna rushdana wa a`idhana min shururi anfusina. Yaa Rabb al-`izzati wa'l-`Azhamati wa'l-Jabaroot. Thumma salaamullah `alayk yaa Saahib az-Zamaan wa `alaa saa`ir saadaatin al-kiraam wa `alaa Qutb al-Mutasarrif wa 'l-aqtaab jami`an wal .... bi jaahi nabi al mukhtaar, Sayyidi 'l-Awwaleen wa ’l-Akhireen, Sayyidina Muhammad (s)! (Mawlana Shaykh stands and sits)

Thumma as-salaam `alaykum yaa awlaad Sayyidina Adam, yaa Bani Adam, salaamullah `alaykum
. O our Attenders! As-salaamu `alaykum. I am asking support from `ibaadAllah as-saaliheen, from heavenly people. For what? We are asking support to destroy the sultanate of Shaytan and its followers, because we are living in a time that is the worst, and in the coming days worse than this will come, because Mankind lost their balance. All of Mankind is like the worst beast; beasts are not killing each other, but Man is asking to destroy everyone living on this planet, saying, "We reached the top point of civilization." Shaytan is making them to say this. If this is civilization, what is going to be worse than this? It is civilization to make people happy, and no one is happy! There are only a handful of people who are believers of the Lord of Heavens, running to reach their Lord's pleasure, trying to make their Lord pleased with them, and Allah Almighty is making them to be pleased!

But now people are worse than beasts. Beasts don't have technology, only with their ? but people that are saying, "We are the Children of Adam and we are on the top point of Creation." If in such a way going to be on top point of Mankind, how worse should it be? But people everywhere now are drunk, from east to west, north to south, in oceans and continents, people are fighting with each other, for what? Ask them! They are running in the streets, they are shouting like beasts, they are destroying like floods, destroying everything, and for what? We are asking our rulers, and it is no good that everyday you are bringing a new one and saying after a while, "No good." From where are you bringing that person? That is the shaytanic way, not to make people live healthily, in wealth, the life of an honored person. People from east to west, from north to south are not living a normal life, no, no! How can it be a holy or sweet life if they are following Shaytan? It can't be, but they are not understanding!

We are calling and saying, "O People! Come to the true way and keep your honor. You have been honored by the Lord of Heavens with a dress of honor, keep it." But they are saying, "No, we are fighting!" What is the result? The whole world is falling into fires, floods, wars and battles. Yaa Rabb! O People! Come to your Lord's service, which gives you a holy life, a sweet life, and gives you more honor! But people are saying, "no," because they believe in Shaytan and they are his first-class followers.

Now we are living today and it is `Eid al-Adha, that Allah Almighty honored the nations of the Seal of Prophets, Sayyidina Muhammad (s), (Mawlana Shaykh stands and sits) to follow all prophets, particularly Sayyidina Ibraheem (a). He was the grandfather of all the prophets and he was ordered to build a building in the name of the Lord of Heavens in an unknown desert with only sand. No one was there, not even birds were flying in that desert, nothing. But the Lord of Heavens ordered, "Take your wife and go there, and keep My order." We may speak about this happening up to the end of the world, but it is only some sentences we may speak to wake people up, to know something, but mostly people are running away, occupied with so many instruments that no one understands. People are not interested to hear something about prophecy, and I am sorry to say that even Islamic authorities and territories are not giving real importance for prophecy. They are bringing shaytanic teachings from western countries and running to be westernized people. I am sorry, because the Seal of Prophets is sorry also for the nation to follow western country people and they are not believers.

The nation of the Seal of Prophets, Sayyidina Muhammad (s), (Mawlana Shaykh stands and sits) is leaving the Holy Qur'an, Umm al-Kitaab! You may find all real knowledge for here and Hereafter just taught in the Holy Qur'an, and yet they are saying, "We are not looking at the Holy Qur'an, we are looking at 'western knowledge'." As long as they are following western countries, they will fall down and become beasts. Everyone from Islamic territories is trying to make heaps of nuclear weapons. Why? To be able to destroy all nations, nature, and countless creatures living on Earth. Is that Islam? Is that the order in the Old Testament, the New Testament, the Psalms, and the Holy Qur'an?

O People! You are running for the Hajj pilgrimage days, to visit the Holy Ka`aba and the Holy Prophet's honored tomb and maqam, going for some days but not bringing anything back! You are going there for one month or one week, quickly running and coming back, and afterwards falling into the same dirty conditions you took from western countries' people. Leave drunkenness! Come and think on it! Millions of people are running to the holy place in Arabia. Who is making them to move? Think on it! How can we say, "O Christian world, O non-Muslim world, come and think on it," if Muslims are not evening thinking on it? No one is thinking on it. If they think, they will find countless realities, but they are not doing that, and day-by-day darkness is coming on Earth.

It is a famous punishment that happened for the Children of Israel, when they left the worship of the Lord, Almighty Allah, and prayed to a cow: Allah punished them! How did that happen? On the day of punishment a black smoke covered them, and it became like nighttime. Then the Lord's command was, "Kill those who worshiped the cow!" No one saw because there was a black cloud coming on them, and now I fear that this black cloud is coming down and covering the mentalities of people, preventing them from looking and observing, and they are all fighting. Egyptian peoples' chief is fighting common people, common people are fighting their leaders or chiefs; in Iran, Turkey and Iraq, Damascus, China, and in other countries, all of them are fighting and asking to kill each other. In every case, one side is asking that the second side does not live. Therefore, I am afraid and I am asking forgiveness!
وَمَا أُبَرِّىءُ نَفْسِي
Wa ma `ubarri`u nafsi.
Nor do I absolve my own self (of blame).
(12:53)

I am not saying I am innocent, no; everyone is carrying a responsibility for servanthood and if they are not keeping that, a black cloud will come on them and they will be killed, perhaps from five inhabitants four will disappear and only one will remain!

إِنَّ بَطْشَ رَبِّكَ لَشَدِيدٌ
Inna batsha rabbika la-shadeed.
Truly strong is the Grip (and Power) of your Lord.
(85:12)    

No one can stop the Lord's punishment! No one can fight or defeat when the Lord's punishment reaches people; it is going to be too late.

O People! Come to Allah! Leave those terrible weapons; come and try to understand what holy books are teaching you, particularly what the Holy Qur'an is teaching you. If not, you will be taken away! Don't cry at that time! Cry now that you are on the wrong way, and come on the true way, and you will be saved. May Allah forgive us!

O People! I don't know, but this year some happenings occurred in the holy mountain of `Arafat. It is only for saints, awliya; they know but they are not giving, but one good tiding is the saving of Mankind from Shaytan's assaults and enmity. We hope in this year a heavenly light will appear that has been informed through prophets' good tidings, particularly the Seal of Prophets, Sayyidi 'l-Awwaleen wa ’l-Akhireen, who said when the Last Days are approaching, Shaytan is going to be on power from east to west, north to south, and who is supported by heavenly powers is going to come to take away Shaytan and everything shaytanic, and he is Mahdi (a)! And we have knowledge about the time of Sayyidina Mahdi (a): he will come to power in `Arafat in Hajj al-Akbar, and this Monday was the day of `Arafat and Tuesday was `Eid. Now standing up and asking forgiveness was Monday, next year it is going to be on Friday. And up to today we are knowing that the power of Heavens that will destroy Shaytan's kingdom is going to appear on Hajj al-Akbar, the day of Friday, in `Arafat.

That is good tidings that am taking and I may say to people, look what is going to happen after one year. He will take the sword of Heavens on Shaytan and Shaytan's soldiers, agents and armies to destroy them. That is making my heart happy! Ask that you will reach that pleasure and good tidings; look for it. May Allah forgive us and may we ask, "O our Lord! Make us to be with Sayyidina Mahdi (a)!" I have been waiting for Mahdi for 70 years and my pleasure is that good tiding! I am feeling inshaa-Allah I will reach to that most brightened day to see Mahdi (a)!

O People! Try to be Muslims, and come to Islam. Aslim, taslim, salamaat; you will be in safety, here and Hereafter. May Allah forgive us. Bi jaahi man anzaltahu `alayhi, Surat al-Fatihah.

(36 minutes) Mashaa-Allah.


Friday, November 26, 2010

MSH.13 NOV 2010.PREPOST.ENG

The Safety and Sanctity of Salaat, Part 2
Mawlana Shaykh Hisham Kabbani
13 November 2010 Burton, Michigan
Suhbah after `Isha at As-Siddiq Mosque

A`oodhu billahi min ash-Shaytaani 'r-rajeem. Bismillahi 'r-Rahmaani 'r-Raheem.

Nawaytu 'l-arba`een, nawaytu 'l-`itikaaf, nawaytu 'l-khalwah, nawaytu 'l-`uzlah,
nawaytu 'r-riyaadah, nawaytu 's-sulook, lillahi ta`ala fee haadha 'l-masjid.
A`oodhu billahi min ash-Shaytaani 'r-rajeem. Bismillahi 'r-Rahmaani 'r-Raheem.

لَن تَنَالُواْ الْبِرَّ حَتَّى تُنفِقُواْ مِمَّا تُحِبُّونَ وَمَا تُنفِقُواْ مِن شَيْءٍ فَإِنَّ اللّهَ بِهِ عَلِيمٌ
lan tanaal al-birru hatta tunfiqoo mimma tuhiboona wa tunfiqoo min shayin wa inna Allah bihi `aleem.
By no means shall you attain al-Birr (piety, righteousness), unless you spend (in Allah's Cause) of that which you love; and whatever of good you spend, Allah knows it well.
(Surat Aali Imran, 3:92)

Allah (swt) said, "You will not attain piety, sincerity and purity until you tunfiqoo mimma tuhiboon, 'spend of what you love most'." What we love most, we have to give from it. If we don't give, then the ayah is very clear: don't consider yourself as one that loves Me, don't say to yourself, "we are pure", and don't say "we are sincere". What you are saying is not correct; it is only correct when you give of what you love. So what you love here has to coincide with what Allah loves. 
You cannot do something that Allah doesn't love; if you do it then you are not sincere and pious. You have to give from your time, the time that Allah (swt) loves from you, to find what Allah loves and do it from your own private time. 

How many of you are thinking the meaning of, "You are not going to get purity and sincerity until you give of what you love", means money. That is what people are thinking now. The highest of that might not be money; money might be something that comes later. But to spend from your private time that Allah (swt) gave you each day, to take from that and do something that Allah loves will get you purity and sincerity! Like today, our imaam was pleading us in Salaat al-`Isha and, mashaa-Allah, he was really giving the right of every ruku`, sujood, qiyam its proper time and not rushing quickly; he gave perfect timing for every position he prayed. Allah loves that. Some people pray so quickly, in order to finish. Allah doesn't like that. You have to give from what you love, which is the time that Allah gave you. You are trying to get pleasure 24 hours a day! If you can get 26 hours, you will do it: "No, we need 26 hours for pleasure!" You have to give from that precious time that Allah (swt) gives to you, what you love the most.

And what did the Prophet (s) say? A
s we were speaking yesterday in the previous session, the Prophet (s) said, "Allah made me to love three things from this world, and one of them is qurratu `aynee fis-salaat, the coolness of my eyes in prayer." It means, "The best time is when I am praying in Allah's Presence."

Allah said in the Holy Qur'an:

يَا أَيُّهَا الْمُزَّمِّلُ .قُمِ اللَّيْلَ إِلَّا قَلِيلًا .نِصْفَهُ أَوِ انقُصْ مِنْهُ قَلِيلًا .أَوْ زِدْ عَلَيْهِ وَرَتِّلِ الْقُرْآنَ تَرْتِيلًا
Yaa ayyuhal muzzammil, qumil-layl illa qaleela, nisfahoo aw unqus minhu qaleela, aw zid `alayhee waratti lil qur'ana tarteela.
O thou wrapped in garments! Stand (in prayer) by night, but not all night, of one-half thereof or less, or add to it (at will), and recite the Qur'an calmly and distinctly, with your mind attuned to its meaning. (Muzzammil, 73:1-4)

Allah Almighty said to him, yaa ayyuhal-muzzammil. We are not going to explain this now, as we had explained it last time and will go with the general meaning, "the one who is covered." Qumil-layl illa qaleela. "Stand up (in prayer) all night except a little portion for you to sleep. But the rest is for Me! Stand up and pray!" What does Allah like more? Prayer. Allah likes his servant to pray to Him. That is why He said, "Wake up all night, except a little bit." Then He reduced it a bit, nisfahoo aw unqus minhu qaleela. He reduced it, not for Prophet (s), in the verse after, "Half the night or a little less than that." Why? That was to be easy on the ummah, not on the Prophet (s). Then, aw zid `alayhi wa rattilil-qur'ana tarteela, "or increase it some and recite the Qur'an with tarteel.

If Allah kept it as "stand up (in prayer) all night," as mentioned in the beginning of the surah, the whole ummah would have been obliged to stay awake all night! But He reduced it to, "Wake up a little portion of the night; wake up all night except a little." Then He reduced it to, "half of it or less." Increase it a little bit, but half of it you may sleep, no problem. Or else if it was going to stay as in the beginning of the surah (stay awake all night), then it would mean no one can sleep, and don't think that will be difficult; Allah (swt) will send power to do that. The Prophet (s) was up all night praying until his feet were swollen. Sayyida `Ayesha (r) said, "Yaa Rasoolullah! You are praying all night until your feet are swollen and you have no sin on you. You are ma`soom." The Prophet (s) said, `alaa akoonu `abdan shakoora, "You don't want me to be a thankful servant?" 

So that is what Allah likes, the prayer, and when we give from that lovely time we like to spend in (worldly) pleasure. When do people like to get pleasure? Day or night? Look, all these discos and bars are open in at night? If you want Allah's pleasure, "Come to Me! If you want Shaytan's pleasure, you go there." May Allah protect us from that.

S
o Allah likes those who give from their time to the pillar of the religion, as-salaatu `imadud-deen. Without the pillar, the whole building will collapse, if you don't put enough steel bars. Ask a civil engineer. You need iron, steel to it keep from collapsing. So you have to be very careful on the prayers. If you don't pray, your religion collapses. Why do we see people who don't know what they are, although their parents are Muslim? Because their parents didn't build them up on prayer; they left prayer. When you leave prayer, maa bayna al-kufr wal-imaan tarkus-salaat, "What is between imaan and unbelief is leaving the prayer." If you leave the prayer, you move from faith to kufr. He didn't say, "If you don't fast, you'll be kaafir." He said, "If you don't pray, you'll be kaafir," although, if you miss the fast intentionally, you must make up 60 days consecutive fasting for each day missed. And how many people are missing prayers!? And people are missing fasting! Allahu Akbar

We have non-Muslim scholars teaching Muslims what Islam is. Then they come and say, "O these scholars are Christians and they are supporting Muslims." Can you believe that? If I am a non-Muslim and you are Muslim, astaghfirullah hasha, and I have to support you in front of people. If I support you, then why don't I become a Muslim like you? 

وَلاَ تُؤْمِنُواْ إِلاَّ لِمَن تَبِعَ دِينَكُمْ قُلْ إِنَّ الْهُدَى هُدَى اللّهِ أَن يُؤْتَى أَحَدٌ مِّثْلَ مَا أُوتِيتُمْ أَوْ يُحَآجُّوكُمْ عِندَ رَبِّكُمْ قُلْ إِنَّ الْفَضْلَ بِيَدِ اللّهِ يُؤْتِيهِ مَن يَشَاء وَاللّهُ وَاسِعٌ عَلِيمٌ

Wa laa tu'minoo illaa liman-tabi`a deenakum. Qul innal hudaa hudalLaahi an yutaaa ahadun mithla maa awteetum aw yuhaajookum `inda Rabbikum. Qul innal fazla bi yadilLaah; yooteehi man yashaa·; walLaahu waasiun `aleem.
Believe none except those who follow your own religion.' Say: 'The true guidance is the Guidance of Allah - that anyone should be given the like of what you have been given, or dispute with you before your Lord.' Say: 'Bounty is in the Hand of Allah.' He gives it to whomsoever He will. Allah is the Embracer, the Knower. (3:73)

Allah said, wa laa tu'minoo, don't trust except those who are of your own belief and religion. Because if they were in the time of the Prophet (s), how much were they against the Prophet (s)'s message? Don't trust. You work, okay. You deal business, you deal business. You work with them, okay. But when it comes to religion, no way. They will never accept your religion and you will never accept their religion. You cannot convince them. Speak to your own people. Are you trying to convince them? They are not going to accept Muhammad (s). (Mawlana Shaykh Hisham stands). So what is the responsibility of today's Muslim scholars? What are their responsibilities? And every time, in every period of time, the responsibilities change. It is not the same. Today scholars' responsibility is one important thing and if they don't do it. Dr. Jamal, they are mistaken. They have to correct their belief, their `aqeedah, to learn how to pray, fast, pay zakaat and make hajj. You can learn that from books. As everyone from Internet considers himself a scholar, you can research and get information. But what is our responsibility as Muslims to do? They are discussing Islam and banking, Islam and haraam food, Islam and polygamy, Islam and psychology, Islam and herbal medicine, Islam and science. Leave that. Now we need one thing. If we focus as a whole ummah on it, then everyone will understand our position.

Look at the Christians. What did they say about Sayyidina `Isa (as)?
 What did they say? They said, "He is the son of God." Why did they say that? Because they want to give it to the Jews. Sayyidina `Isa (as) came after Sayyidina Musa (a) and he was kaleemullah, speaks with Allah. So they wanted to go higher than that and to say, "O you have kaleemullah? We have the son of God." They are getting back at them, saying, "Now the ball is in your court, go get it." How is the Jewish community going to answer? They cannot. So the Christians were clever. 


And Allah (swt) said:

وَإِذْ قَالَ اللَّهُ يَا عِيسَى ابْنَ مَرْيَمَ أَأَنتَ قُلْتَ لِلنَّاسِ اتَّخِذُونِي وَأُمِّيَ إِلَهَيْنِ مِنْ دُونِ اللَّهِ قَالَ سُبْحَانَكَ مَا يَكُونُ لِي أَنْ أَقُولَ مَا لَيْسَ لِي بِحَقّ ٍ إِنْ كُنتُ قُلْتُه ُُ فَقَدْ عَلِمْتَه ُُ تَعْلَمُ مَا فِي نَفْسِي وَلاَ أَعْلَمُ مَا فِي نَفْسِكَ إِنَّكَ أَنْتَ عَلاَّمُ الْغُيُوبِ

wa 'idh qaala allaahu yaa `eesá 'bna maryama a'anta qulta li '-naasi attakhidhoonee wa ummiya ilahayni min doonillahi qaala subĥaanaka maa yakoonu lee an aqoola maa laysa lee biĥaqqin in kuntu qultuhu faqad `alimtahu ta`lamu maa fee nafsee wa laa a`lamu maa fee nafsika innaka anta `allaamu al-ghuyoob.


And (remember) when Allah will say (on the Day of Resurrection), "O 'Isa, son of Maryam! Did you say to men, 'Worship me and my mother as two gods besides Allah?'" He will say,"Glory be to You! It was not for me to say what I had no right. Had I said such a thing, You would surely have known it. You know what is in my inner ­self, though I do not know what is in Yours! Truly only You are the Knower of all that is Hidden and Unseen. (Al-Ma'idah 5:116)


"Did you say to the people take you and your mother as gods besides Me, min doonillah?" He said, "No my Lord, I didn't." Doesn't Allah know what he said? But they wanted to give back to the Jews, to hit them hard. How you can hit them back? So our belief is that we have to shoot higher than the Christians, to show the greatness of Sayyidina Muhammad (s). That is our duty, not to leave that topic and go to so many other topics. For what? The important topic to be said today, at least in these conferences, is for one speaker to stand up and describe the greatness of Sayyidina Muhammad (s). Kun fayakoon! That is our duty today. As much as we praise Sayyidina Muhammad (s), so much is Allah (swt) happy with us. 

That is what we were saying in the beginning: you have to give time to what Allah loves. We said that Allah loves salaat, but Allah put the salaat in Sayyidina Muhammad (s) when He said:

 إِنَّ اللَّهَ وَمَلَائِكَتَهُ يُصَلُّونَ عَلَى النَّبِيِّ يَا أَيُّهَا الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا صَلُّوا عَلَيْهِ وَسَلِّمُوا تَسْلِيمًا

inn Allaha wa malaa`ikaatuhu yussalloona `ala 'n-Nabiyaa ayyuha alladheena aamanoo salloo `alayhi was-sallimoo tasleemah.

Allah and His angels send blessings on the Prophet. O you that believe! Send blessings on him, and salute him with all respect. (33:56)


Allah and His angels are praying for the Prophet (s) and praising him and raising him higher and higher. Allah is saying, "I am raising My beloved one!" And you can look at the ayah: Inn Allah wa malaikatahu yusalloon `ala an-nabi, that is one. The second part is, yaa ayyuha alladheena aamanoo salloo `alayhi was-sallimoo tasleemah, "O you who believe! Praise him." For the first part of the ayah, we don't know from when Allah was praising His Prophet (s). Since when? Allah and His angels are praising Prophet (s), continuously, which means fa`l mudara`, future time. It is in future tense, according to Arabic linguistics. This means, from the time where there is no beginning, Allah (swt) is praising His Holy Prophet (s). And when Allah created His angels, He ordered them to praise the Prophet (s). 

So it means, what does Allah (swt) like the most, in the salaat? The salaat of the Prophet (s). And what did Allah say in the second part of the verse: yaa ayyuha alladheena aamanoo salloo `alayhi? Why didn't He say, yaa ayyuhal Muslimeen salloo `alayhi? Why did He say, aamanoo, "those who believe"? It means: "O Muslims! You don't yet know the importance of My beloved one (s). O you Mu'min! You are believers. You are those who know his value. Praise him! As I have ordered My angels to praise him, you praise him. Because there are going to come some Muslims who say that praising the Prophet (s) is too much, that it is shirk." You have to be very careful. Every letter in the Holy Qur'an means something. That is why we have to be very careful in reading the Qur'an. Where you stop and don't stop, makes major changes in the meaning. So we have to be careful.

That's why Allah (swt) said, "O Believers! You will not attain to piety and goodness until you give of what you love," which is time, as you cannot stretch your life. You get money or don't; as long as you are getting pleasure you don't care for money. So what is important to you is your lifetime. You cannot take someone else's lifetime. So you want to spend your beloved time in what you like. But Allah (swt) wants what He likes. 

So our duty today, the duty and obligation of the scholars of Ahl as-Sunnah wa'l-Jamaat is to explain to the young audience, who don't know, about the importance and greatness of Sayyidina Muhammad (s) in our lives. That is what is important - not to make suicide bombing or fight behind cement blocks, shooting with machine guns. No, Allah doesn't need your help. Allah is powerful . You have no right to create fitnah.

The Prophet (s) said:
"Fitnah is going to be coming down like chunks of dark nights falling on Earth."
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e also said, "The one sitting will be better than the one standing, and the one standing will be better than one who is walking. At that time, take your sword and break it on stone."

When the fitnah comes, sit at home and break your sword or hit the rock to empty your anger, to take your anger out on it. In a short while a big fitnah is coming, as one of the Signs of the Last Days that all people will be fighting over, and what is that fitnah? Now there is going to come on Earth a very big fitnah. Save yourself, if you are clever! That is dormant, as the Prophet (s) said, "Fitnah is sleeping; Allah curses who wakes it." So we have to pull out from fitnah. And what is that? You cannot keep declaring war on each other. You can't keep throwing nuclear weapons from right and left, or you will destroy the whole world. They can't do that. They are going to fight each other with money! They are going to destroy the money by "dumping" lots of currency in the market to bring the value down, then the other currency gets valuable and some countries will not be happy. Gold is now above US $1400 per ounce! All this is coming and slowly you are going to see it. They are threatening to destroy each other by devaluing the other's currency. Listen to the news. Why did President Obama go to South Korea? Because China (which holds US debt in US Treasury bonds) is threatening to sell the US dollar (those bonds) for pennies on the dollar!

So our duty is to back up and be silent. The only thing to stand for is to show the greatness of Sayyidina Muhammad (s); that will save us! And Allah (swt) said:
 يَا أَيُّهَا الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا صَلُّوا عَلَيْهِ 
yaa ayyuha alladheena aamanoo salloo `alayh,
O you that believe! Send blessings on him.

Praise the Prophet (s)! Now you are not seeing him. You are saying, "allahuma salli `alaa Sayyidina Muhammad" in an unseen, absent, ghayb way. Is that absent way similar to a live way? No. P
eople watch TV today and it is written, "live". Do you like to see it "live" or do you prefer to see a re-run? No, like the live one because the re-run loses its taste. As Muslims, we are saying it in absence; we are not seeing the Prophet (s). But if you can say the salawaat on Prophet live! That is why Allah said, yaa ayyuha alladheena aamanoo, meaning "those who can see it live."

قَالَتِ الْأَعْرَابُ آمَنَّا قُل لَّمْ تُؤْمِنُوا وَلَكِن قُولُوا أَسْلَمْنَا وَلَمَّا يَدْخُلِ الْإِيمَانُ فِي قُلُوبِكُمْ وَإِن تُطِيعُوا اللَّهَ وَرَسُولَهُ لَا يَلِتْكُم مِّنْ أَعْمَالِكُمْ شَيْئًا إِنَّ اللَّهَ غَفُورٌ رَّحِيمٌ

Qaalati al-a`rabu aamanna qul lam tuminoo wa laakin qooloo aslamna wa alammaa yadkhuli aleemanu fee quloobikum wain tutee`oo Allaha wa rasoolahu laa yalitkum min a`malikum shayan inna Allaha ghafoorun raheem

The desert Arabs say, "We believe." Say, "Ye have no faith; but ye (only)say, 'We have submitted our wills to Allah,' For not yet has Faith entered your hearts. But if ye obey Allah and His Messenger, He will not be little aught of your deeds: for Allah is Oft-Forgiving, Most Merciful." (49:14)


"Don't say, 'We believed'. You are not believers yet! But say you are Muslims." Yes, it's correct. If they say, ash-hadu an laa ilaaha illa-Llah, wa ash-hadu anna Muhammadan rasoolullah, they are Muslim and they enter Paradise. This is not a discussion. All people who accept Allah's Oneness and Prophet's (s) messengerhood enter Paradise, there is no question about that. But if you want higher rewards, don't say, "We are mu'min" say, "We are Muslim." Stand by your limits. When the live broadcast opens to you, then you are a mu'min. The mu'min is the one who can see what people cannot see, hear what people cannot hear, and speak what people cannot speak. That is a mu'min!

Some linguists describe insaan as haywanun naatiq, "the talking animal". This is because you didn't yet reach a higher level than the level of insaan. The level above is more subtle; then ego is gone from you. When the bad desires are gone, then you can be higher than a talking animal and you become a subtle human being, or else you fall. Sayyidina Adam (a) is a prophet. Is he not able to see the realtiy of Iblees? But because he is carrying all Creation in his back, we are all coming from him. So we moved him to eat from the tree, as he is innocent, ma`soom. (He ate because of our sins and wild character.) That is why in Arabic, 'human being' is insaan. Insaan is from nisyaan, forgetfulness, "the one who forgets". Doctor, if you don't forget, you will not be able to live. You do something bad, it bothers you for a while and then it fades and then you cycle down. But Believers cannot forget and that is why they are always in sajdah, remembering their Lord throughout their lives. They know what they have done is not accepted. So there is a big difference between a Muslim and a believer, mu'min

So what is our job? It is to speak about the greatness of the Prophet (s); he must be our hero! He is Seal of the Prophets (s) and as Sayyidina Imam al-Busayri (q) said, "Muhammad is a human being but not like us: he is a gem and human beings are pebbles, rocks." That is a big difference. That means one is living and the others have no life. Which one is more important? The one to whom Allah gave life. Allah dressed him with noor and with His Beautiful Names and Attributes. You think he can go to qaaba qawsayn al-adna without having been prepared to go to that station? Allah dressed him with His Beautiful Names and Attributes and then he was able to go to that Divine Presence!

May Allah forgive us and may Allah bless us, and may Allah forgive us again.

Wa min Allahi 't-tawfeeq, bi hurmati 'l-habeeb, bi hurmati 'l-Fatihah.