Haqqani Fellowship Suhbats: December 2010

Wednesday, December 29, 2010

MSN.17 DEC 2010.PREPOST.ENG


The Curse of Paper Currency
Sultan al-Awliya
Mawlana Shaykh Nazim al-Haqqani
17 December 2010      Lefke, Cyprus


(Mawlana Shaykh stands) Allahu Akbar, Allahu Akbar, la ilaaha illa-Llah, Allahu Akbar, Allahu Akbar, wa lillahi 'l-hamd! Allahuma salli wa salim wa barik `alaa ashrafi 'l-anbiya wa 'l-mursaleen, habeeb ar-Rabbi 'l-`Alameen. Al-Fatihah. (Mawlana Shaykh sits)

The first month is the holiest month, Muharram al-Haram. In this month, (Mawlana Shaykh stands) Allah Almighty grants us from heavenly support for the honor of the most honored, most glorified, and most perfect servant and deputy of the Lord of Heavens. (Mawlana Shaykh sits) We are asking forgiveness as we are weak servants, and we are asking Grandshaykh (q) and all holy ones who belong to the Heavens to support us against Shaytan and its hegemony, and to make it fall down. We hope that Shaytan and its power gets down speedily, and we hope this year will be one of the holiest years and this month is also the most holiest month, and that is a holy promise for the believers. Believers now are weak, but really they are not weak because heavenly powers are supporting them and there is no support for Shaytan!

We are saying, a`oodhu billahi min ash-Shaytani 'r-rajeem; we are running away from Shaytan's trips and traps.
Bismillahi 'r-Rahmani 'r-Raheem. (Mawlana Shaykh stands) O our Lord! Dress us as mu`mins from the holiness of Bismillahi 'r-Rahmani 'r-Raheem, to be powerful, majestic, glorified ones from Heavens against Shaytan and its trips and traps! (Mawlana Shaykh sits)

Shaytan's time is going to finish. Now Shaytan and its followers are like slaught
ered animals, still kicking, but their heads are cut! There is no more power for Shaytan to cheat people or call them to the wrong way, finished! Therefore, we see everywhere there are troubles from the slaughtered Shaytan, kicking everywhere, until people come to the Lord's command and try to be His weak servants. We have good tidings in this New Year, 1432, from the Holy Pilgrimage up to today, fourteen centuries and thirty-two years. We have been informed this 15th century is going to be the end of the world's time and the Day of Resurrection is going to be after these fifteen centuries.

O People! Come and listen! As-salaamu `alaykum to our attenders throughout the east and west! Use your mentalities, your m
inds, your understanding! Think on it, that for every beginning there must be an end, and this world has a beginning and there must be an end. That end is coming at the end of fifteen centuries. Allah Almighty knows. Troubles, miseries, and sufferings are now under the umbrella of shaytanic works. People are running after Shaytan to find a new system on Earth to make them happy or to bring them to a happy life, and that is finished! Shaytan has been given one opportunity or chance, and it is impossible for Shaytan to be given a new chance or opportunity to cheat people.

People now are saying, and it is an awakening to ask, "What is happening to us? What is wrong with us?"
because people are seeing that there must be something wrong in themselves. If a car or train is not moving or a plane is not flying, there must be something wrong. Throughout the world you can't find any country now without troubles and suffering. Now they are beginning to say, "There must be something making us not to be successful." Yes, and we are saying that Shaytan just cheated you, bringing the whole world from a high point, making them get in its car or train, and from up, going down easily. Now they are coming to a deep point and there is nothing. Shaytan's method is to cheat people, taking them (from goodness). They think the best ruling is what Shaytan is bringing, and they say, "We must leave heavenly orders and find our chance to bring from our minds' production. We must look after ourselves." Shaytan is saying, "With your thinking, you must make so much technology, technology, technology."

Shaytan and those following Shaytan are demons.
They are going up and taking people up (in space travel). If you are finding a better place in the clouds and stars, take people! Shaytan is saying, "Wait, I am teaching you something that you can carry an entire city's citizens in it and take them up." Now people are thinking on it, "We can save ourselves if we go up, " and from up are some cars taking like this and like that. Shaytan is asking to take people up and then finish them!

Technology just reached the last point and will
never giving to them a sweet life; that is finished. A sweet life is only for those who are tasting the sweetness of being servants! They have been granted a sweet life. If anyone is asking beyond spiritual sweetness, they can't find it. They may always have been given millions or billions worth of gold or treasure, but that treasure is never giving them a tasteful and sweet life!

O People throughout the east and west! A sweet life is only coming to you from Heavens. You can't bring it from under your feet, no, but from over your
heads it may come. You must understand what is now finished. In every country, people are running like wild animals in the streets, saying, "We don't like that government. We don't like those people. We don't believe in that party. We are not happy with what you are giving us." Everywhere people are like this. Come to Allah Jalla Jalaaluh, Jalla `Azhaamatu, come to your Creator!  (Mawlana Shaykh stands and sits)

O People! Use your minds! When you were a spasm coming
from the womb of your mother, Who was looking after you there, keeping you, making that baby a happy being? All of us were happy in the wombs; only when we came out we were crying, and for what? We lost what Allah granted to us in our mothers' wombs. We were happy, but when we came out everything opened and we looked at the life of Man on Earth, and we saw more than ourselves, and cried for what was happening. Everyone was crying and said, "We were so happy, now we are falling into this bad life where so many shayaateen and its armies are making us unhappy!" Then the babies cry and are born into this world. Who was keeping you in your mother's wombs may also keep you in this life, as long as you are not following Shaytan! But as long as people follow Shaytan they will suffer, and punishment and cursing must come on them.

Now everywhere signs of heavenly cursing are making people run to the streets to fight their governments, and
governments fight their people. What can governments do? Governing bodies are thinking that, "If we sit on this chair we can do everything, we can give our people a sweet life." But now they are in regret, saying, "We can't do it. We thought if we sit on this powerful chair, we could do everything." But now they are looking and saying, "We can't do anything." And the people are telling them to leave that chair, but they can't leave. They are saying so many statements on the streets in protest, and they are just hit, because that is one person from the Children of Adam and you are making him a minister of finance, who says, "We think our stores are full with money and we can make our people restful." But how can it be? He says, "We are not giving people gold; we changed gold money to paper money and we were thinking that if anything happens, we can print new money."

They can't do this. Even if they have machines to print more currency, they can't (balance their economies now) because that is not gold. It is so easy for governments to order one billion dollars because
people are asking for money and governments are saying, "You give us money!" Everyone is the government; you have money machines. You may go to His Holiness, the Pope, and ask what is his advice to you; if not, come to Shaykh Nazim also.
(laughter) I have something to say to them. I am not saying it from myself, I am going to speak a heavenly language. We are not speaking Shayt
an's language, no. We must speak a holy language, and if the Holy Pope has this, he may speak. Chief rabbis that are saying, "We are sitting on golden chairs," why are you not printing (money)? What is your book's advice to you, to sell and buy with paper money? Why are you not printing it? What are they putting in it? It is like money made of newspaper. (Mawlana Shaykh throws currency to attenders, then coins.) Very happy! Very happy! (laughter) Holy rabbis, why are you not saying anything and ordering more money? No, Allah is saying, "You must deal with gold, silver and copper."  Using paper money never happened from the beginning of Man's history. That is the main source of "troublemakers", to change gold and silver money to paper money.

These people (Chilean miners) are coming from 700 feet underground and they are not giving paper money to
them also. Now print and give it, because Shaytan is making you to change gold and silver coins into paper, so print and give to them as now they have no money with them. But their government is saying, "We can't give." How? If you are the government, you must give! Print it!

You must hear the holy command. O Holy Pope, holy ones, holy rabbis, holy
Buddhist people who are saying, "We are holy ones," and lastly we are saying to Muslim learned people, `ulamas: why are you not finding a way to make Muslims happy and enjoyful? Because you also changed gold and silver into paper and you can't do that! You are always against heavenly commands. Therefore, Muslim people also must taste what other people are tasting and it is a big blame for Muslim kings, amirs, and presidents to cheat people with paper money.

I am a weak servant, but I am authorized to speak truth throughout the east and west, and make people wake up! You must take away paper money and
bring gold and silver. If not, there is
never going to be change. You must try to follow the commands of Heavens. If not, you are going to finish. May Allah forgive us. (Mawlana Shaykh chants)

Allah Allah, Allah Allah, Allah Allah, Allah Allah.
Allah Allah, Allah Allah, Allah Allah, Allah Allah.
Allah Allah, Allah Allah, Allah Allah, Allah Allah.

HasbunAllah wa ni`am al-wakil ni`am al-mawla wa ni`am al-naseer.

Fatihah


Tawbah astaghfirullah. Tawbah, astaghfirullah.




MSN.17 DEC 2010.PREPOST.ENG


The Curse of Paper Currency
Sultan al-Awliya
Mawlana Shaykh Nazim al-Haqqani
17 December 2010      Lefke, Cyprus


(Mawlana Shaykh stands) Allahu Akbar, Allahu Akbar, la ilaaha illa-Llah, Allahu Akbar, Allahu Akbar, wa lillahi 'l-hamd! Allahuma salli wa salim wa barik `alaa ashrafi 'l-anbiya wa 'l-mursaleen, habeeb ar-Rabbi 'l-`Alameen. Al-Fatihah. (Mawlana Shaykh sits)

The first month is the holiest month, Muharram al-Haram. In this month, (Mawlana Shaykh stands) Allah Almighty grants us from heavenly support for the honor of the most honored, most glorified, and most perfect servant and deputy of the Lord of Heavens. (Mawlana Shaykh sits) We are asking forgiveness as we are weak servants, and we are asking Grandshaykh (q) and all holy ones who belong to the Heavens to support us against Shaytan and its hegemony, and to make it fall down. We hope that Shaytan and its power gets down speedily, and we hope this year will be one of the holiest years and this month is also the most holiest month, and that is a holy promise for the believers. Believers now are weak, but really they are not weak because heavenly powers are supporting them and there is no support for Shaytan!

We are saying, a`oodhu billahi min ash-Shaytani 'r-rajeem; we are running away from Shaytan's trips and traps.
Bismillahi 'r-Rahmani 'r-Raheem. (Mawlana Shaykh stands) O our Lord! Dress us as mu`mins from the holiness of Bismillahi 'r-Rahmani 'r-Raheem, to be powerful, majestic, glorified ones from Heavens against Shaytan and its trips and traps! (Mawlana Shaykh sits)

Shaytan's time is going to finish. Now Shaytan and its followers are like slaught
ered animals, still kicking, but their heads are cut! There is no more power for Shaytan to cheat people or call them to the wrong way, finished! Therefore, we see everywhere there are troubles from the slaughtered Shaytan, kicking everywhere, until people come to the Lord's command and try to be His weak servants. We have good tidings in this New Year, 1432, from the Holy Pilgrimage up to today, fourteen centuries and thirty-two years. We have been informed this 15th century is going to be the end of the world's time and the Day of Resurrection is going to be after these fifteen centuries.

O People! Come and listen! As-salaamu `alaykum to our attenders throughout the east and west! Use your mentalities, your m
inds, your understanding! Think on it, that for every beginning there must be an end, and this world has a beginning and there must be an end. That end is coming at the end of fifteen centuries. Allah Almighty knows. Troubles, miseries, and sufferings are now under the umbrella of shaytanic works. People are running after Shaytan to find a new system on Earth to make them happy or to bring them to a happy life, and that is finished! Shaytan has been given one opportunity or chance, and it is impossible for Shaytan to be given a new chance or opportunity to cheat people.

People now are saying, and it is an awakening to ask, "What is happening to us? What is wrong with us?"
because people are seeing that there must be something wrong in themselves. If a car or train is not moving or a plane is not flying, there must be something wrong. Throughout the world you can't find any country now without troubles and suffering. Now they are beginning to say, "There must be something making us not to be successful." Yes, and we are saying that Shaytan just cheated you, bringing the whole world from a high point, making them get in its car or train, and from up, going down easily. Now they are coming to a deep point and there is nothing. Shaytan's method is to cheat people, taking them (from goodness). They think the best ruling is what Shaytan is bringing, and they say, "We must leave heavenly orders and find our chance to bring from our minds' production. We must look after ourselves." Shaytan is saying, "With your thinking, you must make so much technology, technology, technology."

Shaytan and those following Shaytan are demons.
They are going up and taking people up (in space travel). If you are finding a better place in the clouds and stars, take people! Shaytan is saying, "Wait, I am teaching you something that you can carry an entire city's citizens in it and take them up." Now people are thinking on it, "We can save ourselves if we go up, " and from up are some cars taking like this and like that. Shaytan is asking to take people up and then finish them!

Technology just reached the last point and will
never giving to them a sweet life; that is finished. A sweet life is only for those who are tasting the sweetness of being servants! They have been granted a sweet life. If anyone is asking beyond spiritual sweetness, they can't find it. They may always have been given millions or billions worth of gold or treasure, but that treasure is never giving them a tasteful and sweet life!

O People throughout the east and west! A sweet life is only coming to you from Heavens. You can't bring it from under your feet, no, but from over your
heads it may come. You must understand what is now finished. In every country, people are running like wild animals in the streets, saying, "We don't like that government. We don't like those people. We don't believe in that party. We are not happy with what you are giving us." Everywhere people are like this. Come to Allah Jalla Jalaaluh, Jalla `Azhaamatu, come to your Creator!  (Mawlana Shaykh stands and sits)

O People! Use your minds! When you were a spasm coming
from the womb of your mother, Who was looking after you there, keeping you, making that baby a happy being? All of us were happy in the wombs; only when we came out we were crying, and for what? We lost what Allah granted to us in our mothers' wombs. We were happy, but when we came out everything opened and we looked at the life of Man on Earth, and we saw more than ourselves, and cried for what was happening. Everyone was crying and said, "We were so happy, now we are falling into this bad life where so many shayaateen and its armies are making us unhappy!" Then the babies cry and are born into this world. Who was keeping you in your mother's wombs may also keep you in this life, as long as you are not following Shaytan! But as long as people follow Shaytan they will suffer, and punishment and cursing must come on them.

Now everywhere signs of heavenly cursing are making people run to the streets to fight their governments, and
governments fight their people. What can governments do? Governing bodies are thinking that, "If we sit on this chair we can do everything, we can give our people a sweet life." But now they are in regret, saying, "We can't do it. We thought if we sit on this powerful chair, we could do everything." But now they are looking and saying, "We can't do anything." And the people are telling them to leave that chair, but they can't leave. They are saying so many statements on the streets in protest, and they are just hit, because that is one person from the Children of Adam and you are making him a minister of finance, who says, "We think our stores are full with money and we can make our people restful." But how can it be? He says, "We are not giving people gold; we changed gold money to paper money and we were thinking that if anything happens, we can print new money."

They can't do this. Even if they have machines to print more currency, they can't (balance their economies now) because that is not gold. It is so easy for governments to order one billion dollars because
people are asking for money and governments are saying, "You give us money!" Everyone is the government; you have money machines. You may go to His Holiness, the Pope, and ask what is his advice to you; if not, come to Shaykh Nazim also.
(laughter) I have something to say to them. I am not saying it from myself, I am going to speak a heavenly language. We are not speaking Shayt
an's language, no. We must speak a holy language, and if the Holy Pope has this, he may speak. Chief rabbis that are saying, "We are sitting on golden chairs," why are you not printing (money)? What is your book's advice to you, to sell and buy with paper money? Why are you not printing it? What are they putting in it? It is like money made of newspaper. (Mawlana Shaykh throws currency to attenders, then coins.) Very happy! Very happy! (laughter) Holy rabbis, why are you not saying anything and ordering more money? No, Allah is saying, "You must deal with gold, silver and copper."  Using paper money never happened from the beginning of Man's history. That is the main source of "troublemakers", to change gold and silver money to paper money.

These people (Chilean miners) are coming from 700 feet underground and they are not giving paper money to
them also. Now print and give it, because Shaytan is making you to change gold and silver coins into paper, so print and give to them as now they have no money with them. But their government is saying, "We can't give." How? If you are the government, you must give! Print it!

You must hear the holy command. O Holy Pope, holy ones, holy rabbis, holy
Buddhist people who are saying, "We are holy ones," and lastly we are saying to Muslim learned people, `ulamas: why are you not finding a way to make Muslims happy and enjoyful? Because you also changed gold and silver into paper and you can't do that! You are always against heavenly commands. Therefore, Muslim people also must taste what other people are tasting and it is a big blame for Muslim kings, amirs, and presidents to cheat people with paper money.

I am a weak servant, but I am authorized to speak truth throughout the east and west, and make people wake up! You must take away paper money and
bring gold and silver. If not, there is
never going to be change. You must try to follow the commands of Heavens. If not, you are going to finish. May Allah forgive us. (Mawlana Shaykh chants)

Allah Allah, Allah Allah, Allah Allah, Allah Allah.
Allah Allah, Allah Allah, Allah Allah, Allah Allah.
Allah Allah, Allah Allah, Allah Allah, Allah Allah.

HasbunAllah wa ni`am al-wakil ni`am al-mawla wa ni`am al-naseer.

Fatihah


Tawbah astaghfirullah. Tawbah, astaghfirullah.




MSH.24 DEC 2010.ISHA.PREPOST.ENG

 

Attending the Majlis of Awliyaullah Brings a Cool Breeze on Qiyamah
Mawlana Shaykh Hisham Kabbani
24 December 2010   Jakarta, Indonesia
Private Residence

 

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.

Ati`ullaha wa ati`u 'r-Rasoola wa ooli 'l-amri minkum.

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


You have to know that Allah (swt) is watching you, the Prophet (s) is watching you, and the authority is watching you. Alhamdulillah that we are here in this majlis association, and we are obeying our Lord by coming together and we are obeying the Prophet (s) by making salawat and we are making the authority of dunya happy as we are not doing drugs or doing anything harmful, and we are sitting in an association of praise of the Prophet (s) and of dhikrullah that makes awliyaullah happy with us.

The majlis of a wali is seventy thousand times higher than the majlis of an `alim, because the majlis of a wali can take everyone in that meeting and present them to the Prophet (s), and then he will clean them and present them to Allah (swt) in the Divine Presence. That majlis of the `alim will only take them to read a paper, not to a wali. But the majlis of a wali will present them to the wali next in the hierarchy, and then to Prophet (s), and Prophet (s) will ask forgiveness on their behalf, and clean them and present them in the Presence of Allah (swt).


What is the difference between an `alim and a wali? The `alim reads from books and the wali reads from the heart of Prophet (s)! The du`a of a wali is never rejected, but the `alim’s du`a might be rejected. Allah (swt) described awliyaullah in the Holy Qur'an:

أَلا إِنَّ أَوْلِيَاء اللّهِ لاَ خَوْفٌ عَلَيْهِمْ وَلاَ هُمْ يَحْزَنُونَ


Bismillahi 'r-Rahmaani 'r-Raheem. `ala inna awliyaullahi la khawfan alayhim wa lahum yahzanoon.

Behold! Verily on the friends of Allah there is no fear, nor shall they grieve. (al-Yunus, 10:62)


Awliyaullah are never fearful or sad. They have their hands in Allah's treasures; they put their hand in and take as much as they like. "O My wali! Take from My treasures as much as you want, as you love Allah and you love His Prophet (s)!" Awliyaullah are not easy to be known. They are hidden; they are forced to hide themselves because if they don't, people will leave their work and their dunya and run after them. Allah's wisdom is to keep dunya running and that is why He hides awliyaullah from human beings, but not from His Presence. To reach them, you have to work very hard, like people who are trying to become rich in dunya.


Today we were going to Masjid an-Nawawir. They say it is 200 years old. Near the masjid, I saw a very old man pushing an empty carriage. It seemed he might have been about 95 years of age. He was very slim and you could even see his bones, but he was very strong. That man was one of the awliyaullah who are hiding themselves. They are passing through the streets, observing what people are doing and supporting them.


Grandshaykh `AbdAllah al-Fa`iz ad-Daghestani (q) said, "It is impossible that someone cannot see a wali in 24 hours. If not, then Allah will send a wali to him to support him for living the next day." Awliyaullah's eyes can send laser beams that Allah gave them from the Light of Sayyidina Muhammad (s). They can send that beam in order to give energy and power to every individual living on Earth. If someone is living up on the mountain, it must be that a wali passes by him, gives salaam, and leaves. In every 24 hours, there are awliyaullah that pass by you ten times. And there are awliyaullah who can reach someone in every time within 24 hours. As much as you are going up, that is as much as awliyaullah's eyes reach you. 


They say that Indonesia has nine awliyaullah. Does Allah (swt) have just nine for Indonesia? There are 124,000 awliyaullah and Indonesia is the biggest Muslim country. Do they only have nine, who also are deceased? Where are the awliyaullah? Look for them and you will find them; they are like spotlights that shine on the stadium and that is why people run to them. And when people run to them, it is a sign that person is carrying the power of sainthood. If he doesn't carry that, people are not interested to look at his face even. But you see them running to him and even if they don't know him, they say, "Can we have a picture with you?"


Awliyaullah are known through the lights in their eyes and people can see that. When they are releasing the power in their eyes, people feel it, just like the bees are attracted to the queen bee. Awliyaullah are kings of dunya and  Akhirah. People run to them because they are the doors of the Prophet (s). We are here now and all of us are sweating, and some are thinking, "Oh, we are sweating too much, we need a nice cool breeze." As Sayyidina Ibrahim (a) was when Nimrud threw him inside the huge fire, at that moment Allah (swt) said:

 

قُلْنَا يَا نَارُ كُونِي بَرْدًا وَسَلَامًا عَلَى إِبْرَاهِيمَ

Qulnaa yaa naaru koonee bardan wa salaaman `alaa Ibraheem.

We said, "O Fire! Be thou cool and (a means of) safety for Abraham!" (21:69)


Allah (swt) said, koonee bardan, "very cold" and salaama, meaning "very peaceful," according to the temperature of fresh air. Now, we are sweating in this weather, but on Judgment Day this will give you a cool breeze. Associations such as this, which are based on the love of Allah (swt), the love of Prophet (s), and the love of awliyaullah, are the gateway for everyone to receive the cool breeze on that Day when everyone will be sweating, when the sun will come down and will be above us by 70,000 arms-length! Today, if you sit under the sun for five minutes it will burn you. What do you think of the Day of Judgment, when the sun will come down, boiling the heads of people? What will save you then? These meetings that are made for the love of Allah (swt) and love of Prophet (s) will save you, and you will be in a cool breeze while others will be sweating. No problem; rain, tents or no tents, Allah will save those servants who are coming to his awliyaullah.

The Prophet (s) said:

ما جلس قوم يذكرون الله ، إلا حفتهم الملائكة ، وغشيتهم الرحمة

maa jalasa qawmun yadhkuroona Allah illa hafathum al-malaika wa ghashiyatahum ar-rahmat.
For the people who sit remembering Allah, angels will encompass them all the way to the first Heaven. (Ibn Hajar al-Asqalani in Ihtihaf ar-mahrat)

And it might be that people will ask, "Where is the first Heaven?" Allah can make the first Heaven reach us in one second. So don't underestimate Allah's power, kun fayakoon. Do not think there will be as many angels as the number of people here, but there will be unlimited numbers of angels passing up through the Heavens and they will all be making tasbih on your behalf. That will all be written as a reward to you and become a safety ship that will take everyone to Paradise.


I will tell a story about an `alim, and this is a lesson for all of us, so pay attention. His shaykh was a very big wali and the mureed was a big `alim. He asked his shaykh, who was a wali, "O my shaykh! I have been with you for 23 years. Can you give me permission to teach what I have learned from you? And if you can teach me more, then I can spread your message." 


Pay Attention! This is a majlis of Rasoolullah (s) and awliyaullah are here; they are looking at us. We have to be very careful, so don't look left or right. Your duty is to focus on what I am saying!


The `alim said, "I will make summaries of your teaching and then I will teach people what you taught me, and I will become a shaykh myself."

The shaykh said, “Oh, do you want that?” This story teaches us humbleness. He said, "Before I give you permission, I want you to do one thing."

The mureed said, “Okay, whatever you say.” He was happy the shaykh was opening up and he was going to give him miraculous powers.
He said, "O my son, fill a basket with walnuts, then go to the masjid, and to anyone going in or coming out, take your shoe and give it to them. Tell them, 'Beat me on my head and I will give you one walnut. If you beat me on my head with both my shoes, I will give you two walnuts.' You have to do that, and when you finish come to me and I will tell you what you have to do next."


He was a big `alim who was going to be beaten by shoes. An`alim has knowledge of papers, `Ilm al-Awraq, Knowledge of Books. But awliyaullah have `Ilm al-Adhwaaq, Knowledge of Taste. The shaykh wanted to teach the mureed not to be arrogant. "Don't think you know something. The `ilm you have built has no foundation and may fall at any moment. To cut your ego down, you have to be humiliated. You have asked something, there is no permission, so now you have to be taught a lesson." 


The `alim said to the shaykh, "La ilaaha illa-Llah Muhammadun Rasoolullah," with anger. He meant, "I am an `alim, subhaanAllah! La ilaaha illa-Llah Muhammadun Rasoolullah." This shows unhappiness.
The shaykh said, "O my son, do you know what you just said?"

The mureed asked, "What did I say?"

The shaykh answered, "By saying, La ilaaha illa-Llah Muhammadun Rasoolullah, a kaafir (unbeliever) will become a Muslim, and all of his sins will be erased. But in the way you said, La ilaaha illa-Llah Muhammadun Rasoolullah, you have made a sin." So beware! The ego will trick you.


إِنَّ النَّفْسَ لأَمَّارَةٌ بِالسُّوءِ

inna nafs an la-ammaaratan bi ‘s-soow.

The (human) soul is certainly prone to evil. (12:53)


The ego is always ordering to do bad, except for awliyaullah; they are protected. May Allah protect ummat an-Nabee (s). To recite, Laa ilaaha illa-Llah Muhammadun Rasoolullah, is our safety. Say, Laa ilaaha illa-Llah Muhammadun Rasoolullah! (Laa ilaaha illa-Llah Muhammadun Rasoolullah! Laa ilaaha illa-Llah Muhammadun Rasoolullah! Laa ilaaha illa-Llah Muhammadun Rasoolullah!)


More than half the world was under the power of Alexander the Great, Iskandar Dhul-Qarnayn. He said to his cabinet ministers, "When I die, put me in a coffin and place my hands outside the coffin." He was very rich! He was the emperor; he conquered half the world. 

They said, "O our sultan, our emperor! How are we going to let your hands be outside the coffin? It is not good for us. We have to put your hands inside the coffin." 

He said, "No, you must do as I say. Put my hands outside the coffin."

They asked, "Can we know the wisdom in this?"

He said, "Yes, I will tell you. I want the world to know that Alexander the Great, who conquered and ruled half the world, is going from this dunya empty-handed. As he came to dunya naked, he is going naked; he is not taking anything from his riches, his lands, or his treasures. You must be generous, so whatever I have I am giving to my people. What I need is Allah's Mercy. I am giving my wealth to my people in the way of Allah." This is the person who conquered half the world.


I am very happy with the owner of this house and also with many others and all their families, with Nasran and his family, who are very generous with us. They opened their homes, prepared a program, and spent a lot of time and money to arrange this visit. This is an expensive task. It costs at least $40,000 to arrange transport, prepare food for iftar, ishraq, lunch, and midnight! Makan, makan, every time there is plenty of food! Allah (swt) is happy with this.


And at the end we say that every meeting has a separation and after every separation there is a meeting. Inshaa-Allah we will see you as soon as possible. Don't miss the dhikrullah that you are doing every week. It can be in a masjid or you can rotate from house to house, and don't forget this place also, to have dhikr here. If other people would like to have dhikr in their homes, they can if they have enough space to hold people. That dhikr is your ticket to Paradise.


Sayyidina Ahmad al-Badawi (r) is saying, "You didn't tell my story, tell it." I was going to not mention it, but I mentioned his name in this gathering so he is insisting. From his place in Egypt, he said, "No, tell my story." So we will tell his story!


In his `urs, the annual commemoration of one's death, for one month huge crowds of people--some say more than one million--gather in his area at Tanta, Egypt. Ahmad al-Badawi was an `alim, not a wali. Ahmad al-Badawi is now correcting me, and I am correcting him; he was `abid. It came to his heart that he wants to increase his worshipness, until he asked Allah (swt) to open His door for him to become a wali. Day and night he offered `ibadah, tahajjud prayer, Salat an-Najat, Salat al-Layl, Salat al-Hajjah, observing every kind of sunnah after midnight. He even completed khatm al-Qur'an daily, asking, "Yaa Rabbee! Open Your door for me!"


One day he heard a voice. He saw a man looking at him from the street and the voice came to his ears,"Yaa Ahmad!" He looked and saw a man with a beard and turban."Yaa Ahmad, are you asking for the key to open Allah's door?"

Ahmad al-Badawi (r) answered, "Yes."

The man said, "I have that key. Come to me, I will give you the key."
He looked at him and said, "You came to me out of nowhere and you are asking me if I want the key? I am not taking the key from you. Who are you? You are nothing."


Look at how big the ego is! When you are drunk with ego, you are not able to accept anything from anyone. Those who are on drugs think they are like peacocks or emperors. The many representatives of the shaykh think they are something, like a big balloon, but if you poke it, it will deflate. So that man left after Ahmad al-Badawi (r) said that. He gave permission now, so I will cut it short. Sayyidina Ahmad al-Badawi (r) kept on saying, "O my Lord! Open, open!" And finally he heard a voice, "Yaa Ahmad! That wali has your key. Go find him." That is the way of dunya. Everyone is in need of something or someone, and everything is in need of the Prophet (s), and Prophet (s) is in need of Allah (swt). So he began looking everywhere for that wali, but could not find him. That wali was near him, but hiding himself. Then after six months he appeared in front of him.

Ahmad al-Badawi (r) said, "O my shaykh! I need the key you have for me."
The shaykh answered, "O, now you want it? Now you have to pay! Everything you learned in Islam you learned by your ego. Now give me every knowledge you have."

He accepted, so the wali said, "Look into my eyes," and he pulled all Ahmad al-Badawi's knowledge out through his eyes and left him knowing nothing, not even how to read Surat al-Fatihah! He could not even function normally and the children threw stones at him, saying, "Shaykh al-Islam lost his mind." And then that wali left him for six months, then reappeared. He put heavenly knowledge into him through his eyes, then Sayyidina Ahmad al-Badawi was so full of light coming from his eyes that he had to wear a burqa to keep people from seeing them, or they would faint (from it's intensity).

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


Tuesday, December 21, 2010

MSH.16 DEC 2010.ASR.PREPOST.ENG


Sayyidina Muhammad (s) Is Witnessing!
Mawlana Shaykh Hisham Kabbani
16 December 2010   Jakarta, Indonesia
`Ashura / Arrival in Jakarta
Suhbah after`Asr
at Private Residence



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.Alhamdulillahi Rabbi 'l-`Alameen, was-salaatu was-salaam `ala Sayyid al-Mursaleen hadi ... Huwa ar-rasool arsalahu kaafatanli 'l-`alameen. We ask Allah to make our affairs easy and to make us one on the word of truth: laa ilaaha illa-Llah Muhammadan Rasoolullah! He is the Prophet (s)! What does the word "an-Nabi" mean? He is the one who gives news about what no one can give news and what no one knows, as his knowledge is from Allah (swt)! That is why his title is an-Nabi, "the Prophet," and there are 124,000 prophets that have been given knowledge that no other human beings received.


يَا أَيُّهَا النَّبِيُّ إِنَّا أَرْسَلْنَاكَ شَاهِدًا وَمُبَشِّرًا وَنَذِيرًاوَدَاعِيًا إِلَى اللَّهِ بِإِذْنِهِ وَسِرَاجًا مُّنِيرًا  

Yaa ayyuha an-nabiyyu inna arsalnaaka shaahidan wa mubashshiran wa nadheeran wa da`eean ila Allahi bi-idhnihi wa siraajan muneera.

O Prophet! Truly We have sent thee as a witness, a bearer of glad tidings,and warner, and as one who invites to Allah by His leave, and as a lamp spreading light. (Al-Ahzab 33:45-46)


"We have sent you, yaa Muhammad, as a witness." A witness on what? When you want to confirm an issue in a court, you need a witness. Allah (swt) is calling Sayyidina Muhammad (s) "witness." Inna arsalnaka shaahidan, a witness, on what? A witness on what the ummah does, or a witness on something else? Allah called Prophet "shaahid" after He ordered him to read, after the first revelation:
اقْرَأْ بِاسْمِ رَبِّكَ الَّذِي خَلَقَ
Iqra bismi Rabbika alladhee khalaq.
Read in the Name of the One Who created.
(Al-`Alaq, 96:1)


That means, "O Muhammad! I have made you witness on whatever secrets I gave you of My Creation." Shaahidan `alaa maa khalaqtu, "You are witness on whatever I have created, yaa Muhammad!" because Allah (swt) gave the Creation, the knowledge and the Creation to Muhammad Rasoolullah (s). Iqra bismi Rabbik alladhee khalaq, "Read in the name of Your Lord." Ma ma`na Al-Khaliq, what is the meaning of "The Creator"? The meaning of "Creator" is that He is not in need of any other in creating Creation, but He is able to choose whomever He wishes as the witness on what He creates. Allah (swt) does not need anyone to help Him in creating, but Allah (swt) put Sayyidina Muhammad (s) to be witness on what He created.

The meaning of al-Khaliq, "The Creator", is beyond description. No one can describe Allah, but Allah (swt) can describe Himself. No one is able to explain the meaning of the Beautiful Name and Attribute, "al-Khaliq." Al-Asma wa 's-Siffat, the Beautiful Names and Attributes are only descriptions of "Allah."
اللّهُ لاَ إِلَـهَ إِلاَّ هُوَ الْحَيُّ الْقَيُّومُ
Allahu laa ilaaha illa Huwa 'l-Hayyu 'l-Qayyoom.
Allah! There is no god except Him, the Ever-Living, the Sustainer of all that exists. (Al-Baqarah 2:255)

هُوَ اللَّهُ الَّذِي لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا هُوَ الْمَلِكُ الْقُدُّوسُ السَّلَامُ
Huw 'Llahu 'Lladhee laa ilaaha illaa Huwa 'l-Maaliku 'l-Quddusu 's-Salaam.
He is Allah, the One Whom (there is) no god but He, the Sovereign, the Holy One, the Giver of Peace. (Al-Hashr 59:23)

He is describing Himself to Himself! So we have the meaning of "Al-Khaliq" that we can understand as human beings, and awliyaaullah's understanding is beyond our understanding, and prophets' understanding is beyond awliyaaullah's understanding, and the Prophet's (s) understanding is above all anbiya's understanding! So what we normal people can say is that there is no way to describe the meaning of "Al-Khaliq" except what we allow ourselves, but it is only an example in order to understand.

Look at how an atomic reaction increases, from two to four, from four to sicteen. Grandshaykh (q) said it is always doubling, so Creation is doubling in every moment; it doubles the first time, then four times, then sixteen; it is exponential, like an atomic reaction. So how can one understand the Name, "The Creator," when the Creation is increasing in every moment, mithlayn, mithlayn, double of double? And Grandshaykh (q) said that between these two mithlayn it is 500,000 of Allah's heavenly years! So between one Creation and another is 500,000 heavenly years proceeding non-stop. Who can understand it? Allahu Abkar! This is one Name; all Creation is coming from one Name, "al-Khaliq," so that Creation never ends. In every moment it doubles exponentially, and between every doubling is 500,000 heavenly years. To Allah (swt), Creation is but a moment. Kun! "Be!" and before the kaf reaches the noon (before the command is completed), 500,000 heavenly years of Creation is there, and the next time, from kaf to noon comes forth another Creation, and so on.

That is our understanding of the meaning of "al-Khaliq." What do awliyaaullah understand? What do Sahaabah (r) understand? What do prophets understand? What does Prophet Muhammad (s) understand? That is showing us that all our knowledge and our science is zero; it did not hatch from the egg (of conception) yet. And Allah (swt) gave the understanding of all of that knowledge to Sahaabah (r), to awliyaaullah, and the highest understanding to prophets, and the highest of the highest to Sayyidina Muhammad (s)!

What did Allah (swt) say in the Holy Qur'an? We are now only discussing one Beautiful Name, and, "Yaa Muhammad! I am sending you as witness on all these Creations I am creating, because there is no one whose name can be raised to My Name except yours." La ilaaha illa-Llah Muhammadun Rasoolullah. That means, "No one can reach Qaaba Qawsayni aw Adna, "Two bow's-lengths or even nearer" except you, yaa Muhammad (s), and as much as you are moving in the station of Qaaba Qawsayni aw Adna, there is no end." And as soon as he was invited by Sayyidina Jibreel (a) to that station, then still as he visits and moves past all these `awwaalim, creations and universes, he is still at Qaaba Qawsayni aw Adna, not closer.

We are citizens of this country, are we not? And every country has their intelligence, their police, their army, which report to their ministers, and they report to the president. The president cannot see everything, so he appoints people to do the work. He has police and an army and so on, in order to see, and still it is difficult to see everyone. In England they have cameras on every street corner but still they cannot see everyone; it is difficult. But nevertheless, Allah (swt) said, "We have sent you, yaa Muhammad, as one who can see everything. You don't need anyone to inform you; your heart can see the smallest Creation I am creating, because I am creating everything for your sake."

If someone gives you a book, what do you do? Do you close it and put it in the drawer, or open it and look inside? Allah (swt) gave Prophet (s) the gift to see. That means he is ma`kum feekum, "he is in you."

وَاعْلَمُوا أَنَّ فِيكُمْ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ

W `alamoo anna feekum Rasoolullah,

Know that Prophet is within you. (35:6)


"You must know that Prophet (s) is in you;" it does not say, "among you." So he is able to see without cameras, without police, and without angels, as Allah said, "You are My witness!" Leave mubashshiran; that is something else. But shaahidan is not just for `amal, as Prophet (s) said:

تعرض علي أعمالكم فإن رأيت خيرا حمدت الله وإن رأيت غير ذلك استغفرت الله لك

Tu`aradoo `alayya `amalukum  fa in ra'itu khayran hamadt 'Llah, wa in ra'itu ghayra dhaalika astaghfarta lahum.

I observe your `amal and whatever I see of good, I praise Allah, and whatever I found other than that, I sought forgiveness for them.


"The deeds of my nation are shown to me." This means that when he knows about `Ismullah al-Khaliq, whatever comes out from that Sacred Name, Prophet (s) is witness. Allahuma salli `alaa Sayyidina Muhammad hatta yarda Sayyidina Muhammad (s)! And Allah said:
يَا أَيُّهَا النَّبِيُّ إِنَّا أَرْسَلْنَاكَ شَاهِدًا وَمُبَشِّرًا وَنَذِيرًا 
Yaa ayyuha 'n-nabiyyu inna arsalnaaka shaahidan wa mubashshiran wa nadheeran.
O Prophet! Truly We have sent you as a witness, a bearer of glad tidings, and warner.
(Al-Ahzab 33:45)


Finished! We are in a galaxy of 80 billion stars, so shaahidan means, "Wherever there is Creation among 80 billion stars, you are witness to them and you are their Prophet." He is as-Saadiq al-Masduq, "the Trustworthy Witness," and he doesn't see anything wrong, only that everything is wahiy (divine revelation) from the Name, "al-Khaliq." All this wahiy comes and he sees it and understands it.

`Uloom al-Awwaleen wa 'l-Akhireen is the "Knowledge of Befores and Afters." There is no knowledge from before or after of which Prophet (s) is not shaahid! And still he is shaahid on whatever knowledge is appearing now and in the future, on whatever will come, until Allah says, "Enough!" And Allah (swt) will never say, "Enough," as He gives non-stop!

So we will continue after Maghrib and iftar, the meaning of Ashura, and then do dhikr, inshaa-Allah. For everyone who came here, it is not easy and Allah is dressing them with Maqam al-Wilayah, the Station of Sainthood. We will see you after Maghrib, inshaa-Allah.

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




Saturday, December 18, 2010

MSH.10 DEC 2010.ISHA.PREPOST.ENG

Humility Is a Divine Gift
Mawlana Shaykh Hisham Kabbani
10 December 2010   Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
`Isha Suhbah in Private Residence



(Beginning of suhbah is in Arabic.)

As-salaam `alaykum wa rahmatullahi wa barakutuh. As-sallamun, to you all kind viewers. as-salaamu `ala `ibaadullah as-saaliheen alladheena yadhkuroona Allah qiyaaman wa qu`oodan wa `ala junoobihim. as-salaam `alaykum ayyuhal hadiroon, .. narjoo minka an najma` ma`k ya sayyidee yaa Rasoolullah, fee maqam al-kashf fee maqam al-ru'ya. We hope that Prophet (s) will allow us to be with him through vision or reality, to see his shining face. We are weak servants. We are hoping for Allah's forgiveness. We are asking forgiveness from Allah (swt) and from Prophet (s). Narju an nara thak al-wajh al-mushriq bi noorillah. wa narju rahamtullah wa maghfiratah.

Allah said:

وَلَوْ أَنَّهُمْ إِذ ظَّلَمُواْ أَنفُسَهُمْ جَآؤُوكَ فَاسْتَغْفَرُواْ اللّهَ وَاسْتَغْفَرَ لَهُمُ الرَّسُولُ لَوَجَدُواْ اللّهَ تَوَّابًا رَّحِيمًا

wa law annahum idh dhalamoo anfusahum jaaooka wastaghfirallah, wastaghfara lahum ar-rasoola la-wajadoolaha tawaaban raheema.

If they had only, when they were unjust to themselves, come unto thee and asked Allah's forgiveness, and the Messenger had asked forgiveness for them, they would have found Allah indeed Oft-returning, Most Merciful. (an-Nisa, 4:64)


ad-duny jeefatun wa tulabuha kilabuha - this life is a corpse and those who seek it are its dogs.


May Allah take away our sins and let us enter from the Door of Sincerity. This world is nothing; its seekers are dogs. Sultan hadhihi dunya la tazin `indallah janaha ba`ooda. bal bi maghfiratih. wa bi jahi Sayyidina Muhammad (s) wa bi awliyaullah wa khasatan bi Mawlana Shaykh Nazim huwa ghawth al-wilaya wa qutb ... huw a`alamoo bi haalina wa laa na`lam haalihi. We cannot depend on our actions but on the Mercy of Allah. May Allah give us from the honor of our shaykhs, especially from the honor of our shaykh, Shaykh Nazim (q).He knows our states and we do not know his state.


O Believers! O Mu'mins! We are asking Allah to bring us into the presence of the Prophet Muhammad (s)! (Mawlana Shaykh Hisham stands) tawassul du`a. nahnu fee ibtida al-sannah al-mubarak. We are at the beginning of the year, the migration of the Prophet (s) from Mecca to Madinatu 'l-Munawwara with his best friend and companion, Sayyidina Abu Bakr as-Siddiq (r). And the best of praises and blessings on you who is the closest to Prophet, his khalifah, and you testified to the truth of his message! May Allah bring us with Sayyidina Abu Bakr as-Siddiq (r) and with Sayyidina `Umar al-Farooq (r), who divided between truth and falsehood, and who is the father-in-law of the Prophet (s). Salawaat and salaam on Sayyidina `Uthman ibn `Affan (r), the possessor of two lights and the gatherer of the Qu'ran who gave from his money. And as-salaat wa 's-salaam on Sayyidina `Ali, karamAllah wahjahu, may Allah ennoble his face, about whom the Prophet (s), "I am the city of knowledge and `Ali is its door." Prayers and peace upon Sayyidina `Ali (r)! Salawaat and salaam on the two Shabab ahl al-Jannah, al-Hasan and al-Husayn (r)! Prayers and peace to the wives (r) of Prophet.


We ask Allah (swt) to make this year to be of good tidings, providence and spiritual openings. We are at the threshold of the Prophet (s), asking Allah (swt) not to look at our `amal but to forgive us with His mercy. As we were just singing, Rabbee ta`ala silnee, "My Lord is Exalted, Allah, the Most High! Please connect me, time has been long." Ta`ala means, "He is above everything." Above what? Above where there is no above; He is above that "above." Fawqa maa siwaa ta`ala `amma siwaahu means, "He is above any Creation." He created the smallest or the biggest, and He is above them all. How much above no one knows; no mind can comprehend how much above. At the office I can say, "I am above him," as he is the manager and I am the chairman. I am above him, like he is on the moon and I am on the sun. He is above me: he is on the sun and I am on the moon. For everything there is an "above," but not for Allah (swt) as He is above what He created. Rabbee silnee, "O Allah, connect me!" With what? It means, "Because my love for You and my waiting for that connection went for so long and I cannot bear it any longer; silnee, connect me!" He connects anyone who is asking and He disconnects anyone who doesn't like to be connected.


al-`ahdu taal means, "the time became too long." al-`Ahd means, "the promise or time assigned to me to be in the Divine Presence became too long and I cannot bear it anymore, not to be with Him." Although no one can be there, we are referring to being in the Divine Presence.


O Muslims! We are speaking something today and yesterday we spoke of something else. We cannot control ourselves; we repeat it every time. We are a box and in that box are some electronic devices. We receive, we speak. Whatever we receive, we are transmitting because it is needed at that moment. If you complain, you are complaining about the source. I am not the source, I am just a toy in their hands. If they wind me up, I move; they put in the battery, I talk. If there is no battery, then we are worse and lower than anyone. Whatever you need, I need. Don't look at what I said yesterday or before yesterday, because that was for yesterday. You took ibrah, an example, so if you learned a lesson, that is what was meant at that moment. 


Allah (swt) said: 

كُلَّ يَوْمٍ هُوَ فِي شَأْنٍ

Kulla yawmin huwa fee sha'an.

Every day He is bringing about a new matter. (55:29)


kulla yawmin huwa fee sha'an means that Allah's power to create brings Creations that no one can describe or know. Allah (swt) is not like humans, He created humans! What is the most difficult, most complex Creation in this universe? Angels? Jinns? (Human beings?) He said, human being. You see, is there any higher than you? Of course there is no higher than human beings, but is there a Creation more complex than human beings that we know of?

لَخَلْقُ السَّمَاوَاتِ وَالأَرْضِ أَكْبَرُ مِنْ خَلْقِ النَّاسِ وَلَكِنَّ أَكْثَرَ النَّاسِ لاَ يَعْلَمُونَ
La-khalqu 's-samawaati wa 'l-ardi akbaru min khalqi 'n-naas wa laakina aktharahum laa ya`lamoon. 
The creation of Heavens and Earth is indeed greater than the creation of Mankind, yet most of Mankind know not. 
 (40:57)


The creation of Heavens and Earth is greater, more complex, than the creation of Mankind. And yet we don't understand about ourselves; scientists say we only understand 2% of ourselves. Then how can the creation of Heavens and Earth be understood? Whatever you as a lab researcher, scientist or lawyer are reaching is nothing. Look, this is on Earth, and compared to this fan it is so small. The whole Earth and solar system and the first galaxy that we are in, is nothing compared to the universe. So Allah said, "This Earth doesn't even weigh the weight of a mosquito," which also means, don't give importance to something that is zail.They give you a plate of food; you eat, eat, and eat, then after five minutes, it is finished. Or if you have a treasure and you keep taking from it, it will be finished. That is why various movements try to ban the killing whales, fish or animals, because they will become extinct. And there are creations that never stop, Allah's Creation. You last only 70-80 years and then you go. Allah is teaching you a lesson.


When Qabil killed his brother, Habil, Allah taught him through the bird how to dig and bury his brother. That is where we are going. Whether you live 10 or 80 years, you are going back to Allah (swt). Someone asked the shaykh, "Should I do an operation?" He said, "No," and the next that person died. They came to ask the shaykh about it and he said, "He went from this life to His Lord. What is the problem?" Prophet (s)said, "Ask Allah to give you long life in order to do more worship." We do not seek a long life to do less worship!


What we spoke yesterday is for yesterday and it is finished. If you like to take it, you take it; if you don't like it, then don't take. You are still our brother and we still respect you and we raise you on our heads, which is why we say "Your Highness (Raja Ashman)." That is why we don't want to see you run away. 


So today it is a different approach, because all humans, yulid al-insanu `ala al-fitra, are born on innocence. That means all of you are innocent when born, which means that we are all equal. And with shafa`a, he brings us back as if we have no sin.What do you want more than that? So be happy!


Tariqah is not easy; if you enter you are going to be beaten up. Don't think tariqah is going to give you candies! No, it's sour, it give you the most difficult time in your life. That is the way of akaabir, they carried heavey burdens. Grandshaykh, may Allah bless his soul, said, "The time when I'm in complete joy and complete happiness with my mureed is when I shout at him and give him a hard time in front of people, and his love towards me never changes." That is what awliyaullah like: someone that whatever the shaykh says to him, his heart is still in love with the shaykh, or else it is not true love. Is this correct? For example, some people’s wives give them a hard time.What do they do? They still love them and call them like Romeo calls Juliet: ding, ding, ding"Juliet! Please come out, I want to see you!” Is it not? “Ay Juliet! Juliet! Juliet, please!” (Shaykh Hisham says this to Hajjah Naziha) (laughter). It means, whatever the shaykh brings against you; he might even bring everyone to attack you, and he will check your heart to see if your love is changing or not. If it does not change, you will take your trust from the Prophet (s)! They crush you! They don't use a grinding machine; that is easy, as that only grinds the meat. But they also have a machine to grind bones, as well. If you are not yet crushed, you are not yet in tariqah; you are only a muhib, lover. So the mashaykh like that character in their mureed. They throw one to the front lines to say "this and that" to people and to throw confusion, and they observe the reaction. 


Sayyidina Abu Yazid al-Bistami (q) was ordered by the Prophet (s), through his shaykh, "O Bayazid! You have to test your patience." When he was asking, "Ya Rabb! Open your door," and worshipping day and night, the answer came to him, saying, "O, you want to open the door? Then go make yourself a dump for My servants. Go to where people throw their garbage and carry their burdens." When awliyaullah shout and choose someone to be on the front line, they want someone to throw burdens. And they might choose you or they might choose him; every day a different one. So when he was told to carry the dump, he began to go to different cities and create confusion in order to have stones thrown at him, so people will say he is crazy. Okay, I am crazy; my shaykh sent me to the front lines to be crazy, to test people. So what I said yesterday is something; and what is coming now is that whatever I said yesterday is going to be like a drop of sweetness compared to what we are going to say today! Compared to what we are going to speak, we might say, "No problem, I am forgiving because of the good tidings that Allah is giving to us." And that is the hadeeth of Prophet (s). (Mawlana opens a book.) Yes, from the book; taking from the book is necessary because we don't want to make a mistake. Allah, Allah.

 

Abu Darda’ (r) said that the Holy Prophet (s) said:

عَنْ أَبِي الدَّرْدَاءِ رضي الله عنه قَالَ: قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ صلي الله عليه وآله وسلم: لَيَبْعَثَنَّ اللهُ أَقْوَامًا يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ فِي وُجُوهِهِمُ النُّورُ عَلَى مَنَابِرِ اللُّؤْلُؤِ. يَغْبِطُهُمُ النَّاسُ لَيْسُوا بِأَنْبِيَاءَ وَلاَ شُهَدَاءَ. قَالَ: فَجَثِىَ أَعْرَابِيٌّ عَلَى رُكْبَتَيْهِ       فَقَالَ: يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ، حِلْهُمْ لَنَا نَعْرِفُهُمْ. قَالَ: هُمُ الْمُتَحَابُّونَ فِي اللهِ مِنْ قَبَائِلَ شَتىَّ وَبِلاَدٍ شَتىَّ. يَجْتَمِعُونَ عَلَى ذِكْرِ اللهِ يَذْكُرُونَهُ
wa `an Abi Darda radiallahu `anhu qaal: qaala Rasoolullahi layab-a`thanna-Llahu aqwaaman yawmal qiyaamati fee wujoohihim an-noor. `Alaa manaabiri 'l-lu'loo. Yaghbituhum an-naasu laysu bi anbiyaa-an wa laa shuhadaa-an. Qaal: fajathiya `araabiyyun `alaa rukbeteyhi, feqaal: yaa Rasoolullah, hilhum lanaa na`rifuhum. Qaal: humu'l mutahaabboona fee Allahi min qabaaila shatiyya wa bilaadin shatiyya. Yajtami`oona `alaa dhikrullahi yadhkuroon.
"On the Day of Judgment, Allah Almighty will resurrect some people with shining light on their faces. They will be sitting on pulpits made of pearls and the other people will envy them. They will neither be prophets nor martyrs." (Hearing this) a Bedouin bent down to his knees saying, "O, Holy Prophet of Allah Almighty! Please describe these people so that we may recognize them." The Holy Prophet said, "They are the people who, regardless of their connection to different tribes and countries, love each other for the sake of Allah Almighty and gather together to remember Him." (Tabarani)


On Judgment Day, Allah is going to bring aqwaaman, many groups of people, and fee wujuhim an-noor, they have light in their faces. Is it this light or is it a flashlight, or is it Allahu nurus-samawati wal-ard, "Allah is the Light of Heavens and Earth." (24:35) These people will be carrying the Light of Allah in their faces and they will be able to see Heavens in their faces. These are special groups. If you are from that group, I can look in your face and see my place in Heavens. Laa hawla wa laa quwatta illa billahu nurus-samawaati wal-`ard! They are standing on minbars made from pearls, not wood. Yaghbitahumun-naas, "the people will envy them;" not all of them are going to be like that, so be happy! Good tidings! 


What was yesterday is now finished. Your Highness, you are on my head. Yesterday is yesterday and we like to see you!


Laysa bi anbiyaan wa la shuhada, "they are not prophets nor martyrs." At this moment, a Bedouin from the desert, who had an open-heart, said, Yaa Rabbee! Silnee. "O my Lord! Connect me!" The time has been too long now; I want to see you! That `Arabi said to the Prophet (s), yaa Sayyidee, sif hum lana, "Yaa Sayyidee, describe them to us, as we love them now, in order that we know them." What did the Prophet (s) say? Hum al-mutahaaboon min qabail shattan wa biladan shatta, "They are the ones who love one another from different groups and tribes and nations; from different countries." Allahu Akbar! They are of different countries; they are not from the same countries. That means Muslims are going to be scattered over countries. What will they do? They gather on dhikrullah and they remember their Lord. It was narrated by at-Tabarani with a good chain. And this is where you are now. What are you doing? How many countries are represented here now? Go to Europe and you will see hundreds of different ethnicities, or go to Mawlana Shaykh Nazim in Cyprus where you will see 200 countries represented! So this is good tidings that must make everyone happy. 

 

Wa `an umar ibn `ambasa sami`tu rasulullah yaqul `an yameenir-rahmani, and 'Umar ibn `Ambasa (r) said, "I heard the Prophet (s) say, 'From the Right Hand of Allah,'" which means the Prophet (s) is standing on the right of Allah (swt). And you are ummat an-nabi! Where will you be standing? With him! You want to remember our problems? Forget about it, as this is good tidings. This is what we are expecting this year, to be mutahaboon, to be loving each other. And Allah's both hands are right, not one is right and one is left. It is a description to understand, not something to interpret  literally; the anthropomorphists make literal interpretations. The people of Allah's Right Hand, `ala yameen ar-rahman, are not prophets and they are not martyrs. From the whiteness of their faces, people will faint, they cannot carry it. Qeela ya rasulullah aw wujuhahum nadhr an-nadhireen, qala yagbitahum an-nabiyyeen wash-shuhada bi qurbatihim lillah, "The prophets and martyrs will envy them for their nearness to Allah." 


O Attenders! Viewers! Mawlana told us to read. And Allah said in the first verse of the Holy Qur'an, iqra bismi rabbik alladhee khalaq, "Read in the Name of thy Lord, Who created." (96:1) That means, read the hadeeth of Prophet (s) and extract meanings that no one else extracted before! You are extracting from the sultan of awliya, who's knowledge is fresh. His knowledge comes to him fresh, although he also has old knowledge, but he also has fresh knowledge that he gives to his followers who represent him east and west, especially those three khulafah that I mentioned: Shaykh Muhammad, Shaykh Adnan, and I forgot my name! (laughter)


And they said, "Yaa Rasoolullah, who are these people?" He said, "They are groups of different tribes; they gather together on dhikrullah." What are we doing here? Fa yantaqoon atayyab al-kalaam, "They search for the best words to speak." The best words after Holy Qur'an are the words of Prophet (s). As you select the best fruit when you have guests, when these people sit for dhikrullah, that is the best they can do in their lives. And that is narrated by at-Tabarani, also.


I think that is enough, 45 minutes; we will continue tomorrow. This is what we are really in and that is why awliyaullah insist on dhikrullah. Dhikr is maha adh-dhunoob, "the eraser of sins." I would like to add on this one more thing, excuse me. I mentioned it in the Jumu`ah khutbah today and I would like to mention it another time so we may understand the importance of humbleness, to be humble, not to say to ourselves we are doing dhikr, we are doing something big. Allah is giving us His rahmat. We must do more. Don't say, "I am the leader of dhikr," or, "I am khalifah." Be normal. Be humble. We are sitting on a couch. If there is a mattress, we both go sit on a mattress, as that is a sign of humbleness. But it is still not humbleness because the mattress is above the floor and you are telling yourself, "O, I left the couch and sat on the mattress." No, from the beginning your place is on the floor, not on the mattress and not on the couch.
 Look how delicate tariqah is!


One person stayed with al-Junayd (q), one of the biggest scholar and wali during the Abbasi time, and that person was of a very high level. He was a very important person in the community, and he was the student of the shaykh for 20 years. Those who serve the shaykh say, "O we are serving the shaykh, taking people up and down." Ah, we were not going to talk about that today. They think, people who are serving the shaykh, they are something. No, this man who was the foremost person in his community, was helping his shaykh and his community. And he said, "O my shaykh! I didn't benefit in any way in this tariqah." As some people like to say, "We see jinn and we are ghost-busters and angels and ghost awliya," (laughter) and they begin to give titles to themselves as soon as they enter the tariqah. And that person was confessing to his shaykh: "For 20 years I didn't get anything from you." As soon as he said that, al-Junayd knew he had kibr, arrogance in his heart.


If you go to the shaykh and say, "I didn't get anything," whether you get or not, the shaykh is not in need for your favor. If he accepts your invitation, your dinner, it is for you, not for him, as you will
 get the reward. We are eating, yes, but you are getting the rewards. Many come to tariqah and ask for kashf; what al-Junayd taught his student will teach him kashf ("unveiling;" when the heart is illumined and you see what is Unseen). Does anyone here want kashf? Raise your hand. (One person raises hand.) She wants to see what you don't see.


So al-Junayd (q) said, "Take a basket and fill it with walnuts." 

He said, "Okay, yes, that is an easy test. I will fill hundreds of baskets, of course I will do that." 

"Then sit by the door of the khaniqah," or ribat, dergah, siraawa. In Arabic we say ribat, or in Malay, pesantren. "Sit at the door and tell the people who are coming to see the shaykh, 'Whoever hits me on my head one time with his shoes, I will give him one walnut. And whoever hits me two times with his shoes, I will give him two walnuts.' If you do that, then you are okay, when people hit you or beat you with their shoes on your head until you finish all the walnuts, then we will see another story for you."

And the man, who was the head of his community, said, "Laa ilaaha illa-Llah Muhammad Rasoolullah!" in an angry way.


You know, when Muslims become angry they say, laa ilaaha illa-Llah Muhammad Rasoolullah, or, la hawla wa la quwatta illa billah. That means, "I am angry from everything!"

So he said, "Laa ilaaha illa-Llah Muhammad RasoolullahI cannot do that. I got angry."

Then al-Junayd (q) said, "If this blessed word is said by a kaafir who reached 70 years of age, accepting it from a good heart, he will become Muslim and all his sins will be gone. But because you said it now in this way, with anger, you became a kaafir in the eyes of awliyaullah, not in the eyes of Shari`ah but in the eyes of tariqah, and you didn't pass your test." It means, "Because you said it in this way, it shows you have arrogance in your heart. You were not able to bring down your ego and step on it."


That is the meaning of tariqah. Awliyaullah teach you how to be humble. He said, "You lost your tariqah!" So we have to be very careful when the shaykhs make tests. You don't know how the test begins and how it ends. Be attentive, open your mind, and open your heart. 


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