A`oodhu billahi min ash-Shaytaani 'r-rajeem. A`oodhu billahi ‘s Sami` al-`Aleem min ash-Shaytaani 'r-rajeem.
Bismillaahi 'r-Rahmaani 'r-Raheem.
Laa hawla wa laa quwatta illa billahi 'l-`Aliyyu 'l-`Azheem.
Dastoor, yaa Sayyidi, yaa Sultan al-Awliya. Dastoor, yaa Sayyidi wa Mawlay. Madad, yaa RijaalAllah.
As-salaamu `alaykum wa rahmatullaahi wa barakaatuh.
Alhamdulillah, we found an open heart in Cleveland. May Allah (swt) always keep your hearts open to Awliyaullah and open to goodness. May Allah (swt) shelter us from every evil that is lurking around us, our children and our community. Any hasad, nazr or sihr that has come as a balaa, may Allah (swt) keep us away from that and push it away. We are here for Dhikrullah. We are here for muhabbatu ‘Llah and muhabbatu ‘r-Rasool (s).
الطريقة كلها، كل ما آدها
At-tariqah kullaha kulluha adaabun. Mawlana Shaykh Hisham (q) always used to remind us of this saying. Tariqah is all about manners. Mawlana Shaykh Nazim (q) said that Allah (swt) sent Rasoolullah (s) to teach us manners, akhlaq. He said that Rasoolullah (s) said, adaabani Rabbi. Allah (swt) has taught me the best manners. Allah (swt) created me in the best manners. Allah (swt) gave me how to teach these best manners to His Creation. Mawlana Shaykh Nazim (q) said that Allah (swt) ordered Rasoolullah (s) to teach adab through Bismillaahi 'r-Rahmaani 'r-Raheem.
You can find all the adab, akhlaaq, good manners, good conduct, and good words in the Qur’an. It all starts with, Bismillaahi 'r-Rahmaani 'r-Raheem, and Rasoolullah (s) teaches it to his Ummah. Inshaa-Allah, we can be from them. Adabani Rabbi fa ahsana tadeebi. Allah (swt) has given me adab and he has perfected it. This Hadith is mentioned by Imam al-Manawi in Faydu ‘l-Qadir. Salafis and Wahabbis say it’s not correct but we follow what our teachers have taught us. We follow what the big imams have mentioned in their books.
We said this last week but I felt that I had to repeat it today. Inshaa-Allah, we will test our fellow mureeds to see if they remember. All prophets and messengers have come to teach humanity manners. Awliyaullah have said you can tell if somebody has wisdom and knowledge if he has adab. Tariqah is wisdom and knowledge. Respect the elders. Are people doing this nowadays? The Prophet (s) came to teach us adab. It first starts with respecting elders. Who is older than you? Your mom and your dad. Every child has to give his or her best respect to the parents.
In so many places in the Holy Qur’an, Allah (swt) says, you have to worship only Allah (swt) and be good to your parents. Respect your elders: uncles, aunts, brothers, friends who are older than you. Have mercy and compassion on the young.
Do they have that in their hearts now? They don’t care about the young anymore. “They can go away like the others are going away. Y’Allah.” Children, no children, they don’t care anymore. Where is the adab? Where is the knowledge that is in the Divine Books? They all claim to have Divine Books: the Sikhs, Jews, Christians and Muslims. Alhamdulillah. This one says Guru Nanak, this one says Qur’anu ‘l-Kareem, this one says Holy Bible, Hindus also have something. The Divine Book has to teach you manners! If it’s not teaching you manners then what kind of Divine Book is that? Manners start with, Bismillaahi 'r-Rahmaani 'r-Raheem, The Most Compassionate, The Most Benevolent, The Munificent, The Merciful.
How can your Divine Book not contain Rahmah in it? They say, “I am following my Divine Book,” but killing this one, hurting this one, bothering this one, insulting this one, demeaning this one. What kind of Divine Book is that? Then you can understand which book is wrong and which book is right, which book was changed and which book stayed clear. Open your eyes and ears.
Thakirun kabir. Respect for elders. Rahmatu ‘s-sagheer. Mercy on the young ones. Wa mukhaatabatu ‘n-naasi bi ‘l-leen. Speak to people with softness, or politely. Do you address others politely? You have to address people politely, with kindness. Where is it nowadays that you see people addressing you with politeness? Very seldom. Rare, unless there’s something they want from you, otherwise politeness flies out the window. All Messengers taught to respect elders, to have mercy on the young ones and speak to people with leniency, kindness and politeness. Keep your manners with them.
If you accompany somebody who is higher than you, an `alim, you accompany him with respect. If the friend you are accompanying is higher than you then you accompany them with respect. If he is equal to you, keep honesty and sincerity. Don’t lie to your friend. Don’t cheat your friend. Don’t betray your friend. Don’t double cross your friend. Don’t gossip about your friend. If he is under you in `ilm, accompany him with mercy.
If you accompany a scholar, from within your tariqah or outside of your tariqah, from your country or outside of your country, you have to accompany them with esteem and high respect. If you are with an ignorant one, you keep him. Walk with him and try to keep him on the straight path. If you accompany a rich one, accompany him by not wanting anything from him. If you have a rich friend, you accompany him, give your best to him by not seeking or wanting anything from him.
If you accompany a poor person like all of us, the fuqaraa of Fenton, accompany them with generosity. I see the trays of dunya coming through. Generosity. Don’t give him a date or a cookie or tea and cookies.
This is the adab that Rasoolullah (s) came to teach. How come we don’t have this adab? Because the hearts are sick. They are full of bad manners. Rasoolullah (s) is the doctor of the hearts. You have to know that. Awliyaullah have said, an-Nabi Tabeebi ‘l-quloob. The Prophet (s) is the doctor of the hearts. Allah (swt) ordered him, treat the hearts of My Creation so they can have qalbun saleem, pure hearts, clean hearts, healthy hearts, hearts void of bad manners. How do you treat a patient? We have a psychologist here. We have doctors here. You say, “O sir, O my darling patient, there are ways to treat your illness.” Rasoolullah (s) follows the same methodology. They start with nutrition. They say some sicknesses can be treated with diet. “We will give you a specific diet. Your sickness can get better with diet.” If the diet helps and it treats the condition, you don’t need medicine.
If the diet does not help, what do you do? You give mild medicine. Start with the low ones. If it doesn’t work, give them a higher dose. If that doesn’t work, you might need surgery to get it out.
Awliyaullah have said Rasoolullah (s) ordered a diet for the heart. It is Dhikrullah. He has said, “O my followers! Say, ‘Laa ilaaha illa-Llah.’” That is the way your heart will find peace.
الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا وَتَطْمَئِنُّ قُلُوبُهُمْ بِذِكْرِ اللَّهِ ۗ أَلَا بِذِكْرِ اللَّهِ تَطْمَئِنُّ ا
Alaa bi Dhikrillahi tatma’inul quloob
Those who believe and whose hearts find tranquility in the remembrance of Allah—verily, in the remembrance of Allah do hearts find rest. Surat ar-Raʿd, 13:28)
By the Dhikr of Allah (swt) your hearts are cured. Your hearts find peace and tranquility.
Rasoolullah (s) starts with nutrition or diet. The diet of the heart is not dunya or other stuff. What you need to take into your heart is, Laa ilaaha illa-Llah. Just like the food is the diet for the egos, Dhikrullah, Laa ilaaha illa-Llah, makes the hearts happy, content, in joy.
If you want to find adab, O human being, the first thing you have to do is allow that Kalima Tayyiba to enter your heart. IF you want the adab that Rasoolullah (s) talked about, you want to respect the elder, have mercy on the younger, talk to people with softness, accompany people with sincerity, honesty, respect and compassion, you have to let that Kalima Tayyiba enter into your heart. You have to let the Holy Name of the Lord of Heavens be mentioned in your heart all the time. Start with diet. Your disease, your sick heart gets better with, Laa ilaaha illa-Llah.
That helped Sahaabah Kiraam (r), that helped the ones who came after him. Just to say, Laa ilaaha illa-Llah-, of course you also say Muhammadun Rasoolullah. That Kalima Tayyiba entered the hearts of Sahaabah Kiraam (r), entered the hearts of Tabi`een, entered the hearts of Awliyaullah and mu’mineen. That was enough to clean up their hearts. They didn’t need any medicine.
For some it did not. They needed weak medicine. What is weak medicine? They accepted the Presence of Allah (swt) by saying, Laa ilaaha illa-Llah. Yes, there is a Creator. The second ones, you push them to say, Laa ilaaha illa-Llah, you order them to accept, Laa ilaaha illa-Llah. They say, “No, show us.” The weak medicine for that iman to enter into the heart is to see the proof, the signs of creation that Allah (swt) has created. Coming down the SR-2, I could see bays and rivers and little ponds, big ponds. Who created them? Was it haphazard? Did it appear by itself? All of them serve a purpose, they are all waterways that connect people to people, trade to trade. This Maumee River is the reason that Michigan and Ohio had a war in the 1800s. Why? Because it connects all the way to the Mississippi, all the way down to the Gulf of America. Congress made peace, alhamdulillah.
Who created all of these rivers? You have some part of the land that’s come out into the lake and then some islands here and there. Who created all of that? For those who have not accepted, Laa ilaaha illa-Llah and say, “Show us,” okay, who made this phone or curtain? When I looked at the curtain in the room, I said, “Mashaa-Allah. Who made it? Which company?” Made in China. Made in India. Made in Bangladesh. Made in Vietnam. Who made these rivers and lakes? That is the daleel.
Rasoolullah (s) told them what Allah (swt) said in the Holy Qur’an. Asta’eedhubillah. Awalam yatta fakaru. Why don’t they contemplate?
أَوَلَمْ يَتَفَكَّرُوا۟ فِىٓ أَنفُسِهِم مَّا خَلَقَ ٱللَّهُ ٱلسَّمَـٰوَٰتِ وَٱلْأَرْضَ وَمَا بَيْنَهُمَآ إِلَّا بِٱلْحَقِّ وَأَجَلٍ مُّسَمًّى وَإِنَّ كَثِيرًا مِّنَ ٱلنَّاسِ بِلِقَآئِ رَبِّهِمْ لَكَـٰفِرُونَ
Do they not reflect in their own minds? Not but for just ends and for a term appointed, did Allah create the heavens and the earth, and all between them: yet are there truly many among men who deny the meeting with their Lord (at the Resurrection)! (Surat ar-Rum, 30:8)
They should contemplate. Awalam yanzhuroo. Why are they not looking at the creation of Allah (swt)? Some people look and say, “Yes, there should be somebody that created this,” then they accept the existence of a Lord Who created everything.
If that doesn’t work and they say, “No, it’s by itself,” he was ordered to give them strong medicine. What is strong medicine? The promise of Jannah and the threat of Jahannam. If you do not accept by simply letting, Laa ilaaha illa-Llah, enter your heart, by seeing His signs and proofs then know if you do not accept the Strong, Generous Sultan, know those who accept Him will go to Paradise and those who do not accept will burn in the worst fire. Some of them worship Allah (swt) because they’re afraid of fire. Did you ever worship Allah (swt) because of that? Yes, we all have. “I cannot do this because Allah (swt) will burn me, so I keep away.” May Allah (swt) shelter us from Jahannam.
If that doesn’t work, surgery. If you have a gangrenous limb, you cut it off to save the body. The rest is healthy. It wants to live and do go. One limb is rotten, weed it out. That’s why the order came after 13 or 14 years, now it’s time to do the surgery. That was the time of Badr.
Don’t go to the surgery. Stay at the signs of the Creator, accept the Creator and stay at the simple, Laa ilaaha illa-Llah Muhammadun Rasoolullah (s) so your heart can find cure. Allah (swt) wants that heart to be clean so you can be respectful, compassionate, merciful, helpful, honest and all of the good characteristics that everybody seeks. You don’t even know what people are saying anymore. They are not outsmarting you, they are outdumbing you. You become so confused that you don’t know what to say anymore because they are outdumbing you in their replies.
I cannot talk anymore. This is the adab of Rasoolullah (s) that Allah (swt) has given him. He said, “Teach My servants.” Tariqah, Islam, Awliyaullah, we are coming to them to learn adab, manners, respect and mercy. That’s what we should do. Inshaa-Allah, Allah (swt) will allow us to do that.
I’ll mention a beautiful Hadith I read recently about Laa ilaaha illa-Llah. Sayyidina Abu Dharr al-Ghifari (r) came to Rasoolullah (s) and said, “Yaa Rasoolullah. Show me an amal that I can enter Paradise with.” He said, “If you do something wrong, right away do something right.” The easiest thing to do is to say, “Astaghfirullah.” If you do something wrong, say, “Astaghfirullah” right away. That is hasanah. The hasanah will be tenfold and the say’iat is onefold. You will have nine left. He said, “Yaa Rasoolullah. How about if I say, Laa ilaaha illa-Llah? Is it considered hasanah?” He said, “It is the best of hasanat.”
When we are making Dhikr of, Laa ilaaha illa-Llah, we are trying to do the best of good deeds. It is very simple. A mu’min has it on the tongue all the time. A mu’min has it in the heart all the time. His tongue is clean and his heart is clean. That’s how you clean yourself on the inside and the outside, with, Laa ilaaha illa-Llah. Awliyaullah have said when you say, Laa ilaaha illa-Llah, it will fly over your scrolls and if it finds any sins, it will erase it because every act you do has to find its place on the scrolls, either the right or the left. If Laa ilaaha illa-Llah comes across any bad deed, it will clean it until it finds its place on the good scrolls next to another Laa ilaaha illa-Llah, next to another good amal.
When you say, Laa ilaaha illa-Llah, be sure that your sins are being erased and be sure that Allah (swt) is multiplying your good deeds. How hard is it to say, Laa ilaaha illa-Llah? It’s very simple. Adab starts there. Admit Allah (swt)’s Noor into your heart and see what happens to you. Take the example of Sayyidina Umar ibn Al-Khattab (r). He came wanting to kill Rasoolullah (s) and went out as the best supporter of Rasoolullah (s). How is that possible? With, Laa ilaaha illa-Llah. He said, “We should go out now and declare.” He was the fortieth mu’min to come out in the open. That Laa ilaaha illa-Llah entered his heart and changed him from all the bad manners and characteristics that he had to the best manner and characteristics that he had. That is the power of, Laa ilaaha illa-Llah.
Come to adab of tariqah, Islam and Rasoolullah (s) that he is trying to teach us. It starts with, Laa ilaaha illa-Llah Muhammadun Rasoolullah (s). Inshaa-Allah, we can be like that.
One rich man was walking with his entourage. It was visible that he was very rich. He came across a person from the People of the Book who was leaving the hammam. Back then they had public baths. You need to add wood to heat up the bath. You become all smelly and black and all the smoke comes on top of you. This man from Ahlu ‘l-Kitab came out of the bath dirty and said, “Didn’t your Prophet say, dunya is the prison of the mu’min and the paradise of the non-mu’min. Look at me and look at you. Who is in Jannah and who is in Jahannam? You look very happy and rich. He said dunya is the Paradise of the kafir. Look at me, I’m all dirty and poor.” The rich person said, “If I die a mu’min, what I will get in Akhirah compared to what I have in dunya, dunya will be as if it was a prison for me.”
When you see a rich person, if he is rich, know that this place is a prison for him. In Akhirah is the real Paradise. He said, “For the unbeliever, dunya is Paradise compared to the place they are going to in the Hereafter.” No matter how rich a mu’min is, it is a prison for him or her compared to Paradise. Don’t look at that. The least that the mu’min will get on the other side is ten dunyas. When you see someone with all the riches and he is happy, he’s a mu’min and he’s generous, but what he has is nothing compared to Jannah. That is why dunya is still a prison for you.
For the unbeliever, they can be in a shack but for them that shack is Paradise compared to what they’re going to have in Jahannam. Don’t be a non-believer. Believe in the Lord of Heavens. Believe in the Creator. There is no need to say “no.” You can see it all around you. Driving down that road, all the trees were of one kind. They all look like each other. Who put them there? Why are they all one kind? Why is there no difference? Beautiful, high trees. If you don’t believe that someone put them there, what kind of mind do you have? There is a Creator. There is a God Who has given you all of this so you can do your best here and earn His Love and move out of this dunya with His Love. That’s what we are doing. That all starts with, Laa ilaaha illa-Llah.
If you say, Laa ilaaha illa-Llah, He will send that love to your heart and then you will be at peace, O human being! Once you start understanding what the heavenly messages are about then you have entered that circle of peace. If you are still running away from the Heavenly messages--what I mean by Heavenly messages is the message of Rasoolullah (s). All the others have passed. The one that is current, the Last Prophet was Muhammad (s) and he has brought what every other religion brought before him. Everything is in one book, the Qur’an. Allah (swt) called it Muhayymin `Alayk. It has hovered over all the Divine Books. Everything is contained in the Qur’anu l-Kareem.
May Allah (swt) allow us to take that road. May Allah (swt) humanity to take that road, to understand the value of Rasoolullah (s) and how he sacrificed his life to show people their salvation. You have to earn it. You have to show that you want Allah (swt), not to sin and say, “Somebody else died for me. I will be saved.” That is not the way. You have to show that, “I want you, O my Lord. I want Your Pleasure. I want Your Satisfaction with me. I want Your Contentment with me. I want be a good one.” The Lord of Heavens will love you.
Inshaa-Allah, we can be from the good ones. Laa ilaaha illa-Llah Muhammadun Rasoolullah. That word is enough. Our Prophet (s) has said, if you say, Laa ilaaha illa-Llah, you will enter Jannah. If you say it with ikhlas, sincerity, and with truthfulness, “Certainly, yaa Rabbee, You are One,” it’s enough for you to enter Paradise. Inshaa-Allah, we can reach that sincerity.
Wa min Allahi 't-tawfeeq, bi hurmati 'l-habeeb, bi hurmati 'l-Fatihah.
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