As-salaamu `alaykum wa rahmatullaahi wa barakaatuh.
Inshaa-Allah, Allah (swt)’s Salam is upon us. When somebody greets you with salam, that is the best du`a as we heard from our teachers. When somebody says, as-salamu `alaykum, he’s making du`a for you. He’s saying, Allah (swt)’s Peace and Mercy be upon you. When you return the salam, you are also making du`a for your brother. That is the best greeting. It’s a greeting and a du`a at the same time. May Allah (swt)’s Peace and Tranquility come upon you and upon your hearts. May Allah (swt) grant us that.
A`oodhu billahi min ash-Shaytaani 'r-rajeem. We always have to shelter ourselves from the whispering of Shaytan. He comes every moment that we are heedless to turn us away from Allah (swt). Always make it a habit to say, a`oodhu billahi min ash-Shaytaani 'r-rajeem. As I heard from Mawlana Shaykh Nazim (q), our teacher, our beloved, we should recite it everyday at least 40 times. Every time a bad whisper comes into your heart, a bad idea, a bad intention, know that it’s from Shaytan and right away say, a`oodhu billahi min ash-Shaytaani 'r-rajeem, so you don’t follow that intention or that idea.
Bismillaahi 'r-Rahmaani 'r-Raheem. Yaa Rabbee, open to me the Doors of Mercy, open to me the Doors of Compassion, open to me the Doors of Kindness and Tenderness. Bismillaahi 'r-Rahmaani 'r-Raheem, every day at least 70 times, 100 times. Ask Allah (swt) to grant you from that Holy Name: Allah (swt), Ar-Rahman, Ar-Raheem. Why don’t you be busy with that, O mankind? Why don’t you ask Allah (swt) to shelter you from the evil acts, evil sayings, evil tongues, evil intentions, evil ideas? Why don’t we ask Allah (swt) to open to us from the Treasuries of Mercy? Wa in min shay’in illa indana khaza’inuhu.
وَإِن مِّن شَىْءٍ إِلَّا عِندَنَا خَزَآئِنُهُۥ وَمَا نُنَزِّلُهُۥٓ إِلَّا بِقَدَرٍ مَّعْلُومٍ
And there is not a thing but its (sources and) treasures (inexhaustible) are with Us; but We only send down thereof in due and ascertainable measures. (Surat al-Hijr, 15:21)
The Treasuries of everything are in Our Hands. That’s why we raise our hands, “Yaa Rabbee. My hands are empty. Could You fill them? Give me from Your Endless Treasuries.” Only a few people remember. Only a few people are into that. Most of us are into TikTok and Instagram and Facebook and social media, and the rest of the problems that we see all over. Leave that. That’s of no benefit to you or others. It’s just a waste of time. Rather, say, “Yaa Rabbee. Shelter me so I don’t become an evil one and open the doors for me so I can be from the pious ones.” That’s what we want. What else can we say?
We are not here in a madrassa. You are not here as a teacher and a student. Astaghfirullah. Mawlana Shaykh Nazim (q) and Mawlana Shaykh Hisham (q) always said, we are sahib, friends, companions, the old dutch, they say, those who are on the same road. What do you call it if you are travelling together? They don’t have it in English. For example, you are going to Hajj together from here to there, so you are friends of the road. We are on the same road to reach the door of Jannah.
That’s why we say, a`oodhu billahi min ash-Shaytaani 'r-rajeem. Yaa Rabbee, take him away from me. Bismillaahi 'r-Rahmaani 'r-Raheem. Open to me from Your Rahmah, from Your Fadl, from Your Karam. I say, Alhamdulillahi Rabbi ‘l-`Alameen, for that goodness that You are bestowing upon me. They are very simple words but they carry heavy meanings.
Wa ‘s-salaatu wa ‘s-salaam `alaa Sayyidina Muhammadin wa `alaa alihi wa ‘s-habihi ajma`een. If you mention him, he mentions you. If you look at him, he looks at you. Rasoolullah (s) said if any member of my Ummah sends salam upon me, Allah (swt) will bring my soul back so I can send salam back on him. Whenever you say, as-salaatu wa ‘s-salam `alayka, yaa Sayyidi, yaa Rasoolullah, he will send salam back to you. That’s a hadith. You can check it. Why aren’t we busy with that? Let Rasoolullah (s) send his du`as upon you. Allah (swt) orders Rasoolullah (s) in the Holy Qur’an: Khudh amwalihim sadaqatan tutaharuhum wa tuzakihim biha wa salli `alayhim inna ‘s-salawataka sakanu ‘l-lahum.
خُذْ مِنْ أَمْوَٰلِهِمْ صَدَقَةً تُطَهِّرُهُمْ وَتُزَكِّيهِم بِهَا وَصَلِّ عَلَيْهِمْ إِنَّ صَلَوٰتَكَ سَكَنٌ لَّهُمْ وَٱللَّهُ سَمِيعٌ عَلِيمٌ
Of their goods [O Muhammad], take alms, so you might purify and sanctify them; and pray on their behalf. Verily your prayers are a source of security for them: And Allah is One Who hears and knows. (Surat at-Tawba, 9:103)
Send your prayers upon them, send your du`as upon them, send your blessings upon them. Certainly your du`a is tranquility for your Ummah. It’s an order from Allah (swt) to Rasoolullah (s). When you say, as-salaatu wa ‘s-salam `alayka, yaa Sayyidi, yaa Rasoolullah, he will send salam back to you. Not only him, Allah (swt) will send ten salams on you. Be busy with that, especially in holy times, holy days, holy nights.
Today was a holy day, Friday. Did we remember to ask Allah (swt) in that sa`atu ‘l-istijaba, the hour of acceptance? There is an hour of acceptance on Yaumu ‘l-Jumu`ah that if you make a du`a it is directly accepted. Do we know which hour it is? We don’t know, so be busy all day long. Set the alarm, “It’s 1 o’clock. Time for du`a. It’s 2 o’clock. Time for du`a.” Why don’t we do that if du`as are accepted in that hour that is hidden? What do you ask if you get that hour?
Let’s say it’s at 5 o’clock, after `Asr. It is said it’s usually between `Asr and Maghrib. Sayyidatina Fatima az-Zahra (r), our grandmother, used to stay between` Asr and Maghrib in du`a. That was a hint that the blessed hour is there. What do you ask for? “Shaykh, where do I start? I can ask from A to Z.” Awliyaullah have said, don’t pick pebbles. Ask for gems. What is the best thing to ask for? The best thing to ask for is to be in the proximity of Rasoolullah (s). There is nothing else to ask for. If you don’t think that’s important and a million dollars is more important or a job is more important or a legal problem is more important then you are (inaudible). I’m talking to the Muslim and the mu`min.
The best thing that any human being can ask for is to be accepted in the presence of Rasoolullah (s), hudooru ‘r-Rasool. You have to ask for that. Inshaa-Allah, Allah (swt) will allow us. Sometimes I make this du`a:
Allahuma ja’alnee ma Awliya’ik wa Anbiya’ik, “Yaa Rabbee. Make me with Your Awliya, saints, Anbiya, prophets,” inda Habeebika, “In the presence of Your Habeeb.”
Everybody wanted to be with Rasoolullah (s). That’s why on Mi`raj when he went to Quds Shareef, Allah (swt) granted all Anbiya to be behind him, with him, even mala’ikah asked. Salatu ‘l-Witr was prayed in the Heavens. He went up and all mala’ikah were behind him in that prayer. He was the imam for the mala’ikah because they wanted to be with him, he was the imam for Anbiya because they wanted to be with him, and he is the imam of Awliya of the Ummah.
All of them wanted to be with him in the first row preferably but if you are not of that high caliber, the second row is acceptable, the third row is acceptable, as long as you are in the company of Rasoolullah (s). On the last day of Jumu`ah, between `Asr and Maghrib, be in sajdah. Say, “Yaa Rabbee. I’m asking You to make me with Your Awliya and Anbiya in the presence of Your Rasool, Your Beloved (s).”
Or you can say, Allāhumma innī uḥibbuka, “Yaa Rabee. I love You.” Did you ever say, “I love You,” to Allah (swt)? Who do you say that to? I see some people kissing the tires of their Ferraris, “I love you, my Ferrari. I love you, my Lamborghini. I love you, my Gucci. I love you, my Rolex.” They say “I love you” to almost anything.
اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أُحِبُّكَ، وَأُحِبُّ حَبِيبَكَ، وَأُحِبُّ أَحِبَّاءَكَ، وَأُحِبُّ أَحِبَّاءَ حَبِيبِكَ، فَاجْعَلْنِي مِنْهُمْ، وَأَدْخِلْنِي بِرَحْمَتِكَ فِي عِبَادِكَ الصَّالِحِينَ.
Allāhumma innī uḥibbuka, wa uḥibbu ḥabībaka, wa uḥibbu aḥibbā’aka, wa uḥibbu aḥibbā’a ḥabībaka. Faj‘alnī minhum, wa adkhilnī bi-raḥmatika fī ‘ibādika aṣ-ṣāliḥīn.
“Yaa Rabbee, I love You and I love Your Habeeb and I love Your beloveds and the beloveds of Your beloved. Make me from them and make me enter into Your Rahmah, Your Ocean of Mercy, among Your pious servants.”
Do you ask for that? We have to know what is important and what is trivial. We have to understand what is valuable and what is valueless. What is that famous song? “People are pebbles. You are a jewel.” Remember that guy used to sing it? Everybody forgot him. He has become forgotten but he used to sing that.
Mawlana Shaykh Nazim (q) said, don’t ask for rocks. They come with lorries full of rocks and they drop them on your driveway. They don’t care. Do you see lorries full of diamonds coming to your driveway? That only goes to Belgium from Africa. Ask for diamonds, not pebbles.
Ask to be with the ahibba.
Sayyidina Bilal (r) was happy on his deathbed when his wife and the people around him were crying. He said, ghadan liqaai ‘l-uhibba, “Tomorrow I am meeting my beloveds.” They only ask to be with their beloveds. They’re not asking for anything else. Sahaabah kiraam would cry and say, “Yaa Rasoolullah (s), your level is so high. Who can reach your level? When we are in Akhirah, you will be away from us. Akhirah will be Jahannam for us. To be away from you is Jahannam. How can we reach you? You are a grand one in the Presence of Allah (swt) and we are pebbles.” He said: Ma` man ahab. The person is with the one he loves.
It is said they jumped out of joy. The Companions were seeking the love of Rasoolullah (s) and closeness to him. They did not care about dunya. Dunya was coming to them from Kisra, Persia, from Caesar, from Rome, from Sham. Everything was opening to them and all that booty was coming to Madinah. They were crying because they knew dunya was coming to them and their hearts would be affected. Of course Sahaabah are Awliya. Their hearts are not affected but the weak ones after Sahaabah, the Tabi`een and the Tabi` Tabi`een, but the Tabi`een are also from the best of the Ummah, so we don’t say anything about them.
They only wanted the love of Rasoolullah (s) and nearness to him. Why don’t we follow the example of the Companions? We love nonesense, we ask for nonesense or something that will be a temporary pleasure but after a while it will disappear. The pleasure that we will get in the presence of Rasoolullah (s) is nowhere to be found except with him.
The Ummah, Muslims and mu`mins have to seek these ways and they are ways to reach the presence of Rasoolullah (s). Inshaa-Allah, we can find a way. Subhaan-Allah, this opened up from here but I was planning to say something else.
I noticed that people don’t like concepts, they like stories. I talk about concepts and explanations of hadith and Qur’an but it doesn’t stick in our heads. If I mention a story, everybody says, “Shaykh, this was the best story we ever heard.” Inshaa-Allah, we will give you a story. Stories are better. In the Holy Qur’an it says, asta`eedhu billah:
Faqsusi ‘l-qasas. Tell them stories. La`allahum yattafakaroon. Let them contemplate, let them think.
وَلَوْ شِئْنَا لَرَفَعْنَـٰهُ بِهَا وَلَـٰكِنَّهُۥٓ أَخْلَدَ إِلَى ٱلْأَرْضِ وَٱتَّبَعَ هَوَىٰهُ فَمَثَلُهُۥ كَمَثَلِ ٱلْكَلْبِ إِن تَحْمِلْ عَلَيْهِ يَلْهَثْ أَوْ تَتْرُكْهُ يَلْهَث ذَّٰلِكَ مَثَلُ ٱلْقَوْمِ ٱلَّذِينَ كَذَّبُوا۟ بِـَٔايَـٰتِنَا فَٱقْصُصِ ٱلْقَصَصَ لَعَلَّهُمْ يَتَفَكَّرُونَ
If it had been Our will, We should have elevated him with Our signs; but he inclined to the earth, and followed his own vain desires. His similitude is that of a dog: if you attack him, he lolls out his tongue, or if you leave him alone, he (still) lolls out his tongue. That is the similitude of those who reject Our signs; So relate the story; perhaps they may reflect. (Surat al-`Araf, 7:176)
We are all sinners. You cannot say, “I am not a sinner.” Your father, Adam (a), sinned to tell you that you have inside of you, O man, that potential of committing a sin or a mistake. He did not sin, he made a mistake, as Awliyaullah have said. He made a mistake and Allah (swt) forgave him. The Sunnah of Adam (a) is that he taught his children that if you make a mistake, you have to make tawbah, repentance, and Allah (swt) opens the Doors of Rahmah so much.
I will mention a few stories and inshaa-Allah, we can benefit from them. Awliyaullah have narrated in their books that Allah (swt) revealed to Musa (a) that a man died and he should go to such and such place. “One Wali from Awliyaullah has died. Wash him and take care of that.” Musa (a) said, “Okay” and went. He went to the city to look for the man but couldn’t find him. They told him, “Yes, there was a man who was a big sinner. He died and we threw him in the landfill.”
He found him in the landfill and said, “Yaa Rabbee. You say this man is Waliyullah but people are saying that he is a sinner, a corrupt one. Tell me the wisdom.”
Allah’s response came: “Before this man died, he approached me with three things?”
Allah (swt)’s Door of Repentance is open until your last breath, until the soul comes up to the windpipe. As Rasoolullah (s) said, until he is unable to swallow his saliva or until he starts gurgling.
Allah (swt) said, “This man approached Me with three things before he died. He said, ‘Yaa Rabbee. Even though I sinned, You knew deep in my heart I did not like that sin I was committing while I was committing it.’”
It’s true. If we look into ourselves, when a Muslim or mu`min is being driven by desire or ambition, he makes a mistake but he doesn’t want to do it, he feels he is compelled to do it. Has it happened to you? It happened to me, to him and to her. You don’t want to do it, you know it’s wrong but you feel compelled to do it because your desires have pulled you to that mistake or sin.
He said, “Yaa Rabbee, even though I was committing these sins, deep in my heart You knew that I did not want to do it. I disliked it.” A mu`min knows when he makes a mistake that it is wrong. A non-mu`min might not know.
He said, “Yaa Rabbee. Even though I sat with corrupt ones while I was making my mistake, You knew that I wanted to sit with pious ones.” That is why the door of Awliyaullah is open for everyone: sinner and non-sinner, perfect and not perfect, because they love to sit with Saaliheen, pious ones. We love to sit with Mawlana, we love to sit with our sultan, we love to sit with Awliyaullah, we love to sit with `ulama because deep in your heart you prefer to sit with pious ones even if you are a dirty one. How many times did we sit at the door because we were too shy to enter the presence of Waliyullah? You have to. If you say, “No,” Mashaa-Allah, you are an Awliya then. How many times did we think, “How can I look in the eyes of my teacher when I have done something unacceptable?” The door of Saaliheen is open.
He said, “If somebody good or bad asked me for a favor, I would always prioritize doing good to the good one.”If a crooked man came and said, “I need you to do me a favor,” and a pious man came and said, “I need you to do me a favor,” he said, “I would do the favor for the pious one. I would prioritize his needs.”
That man came to Allah (swt) with humility and a broken heart. That is what Allah (swt) likes from His servant. He likes His servant to approach Him with a broken heart. “Yaa Rabbee. I’m coming to You with a broken heart. Please don’t turn me away.” You can be an `abid for 70 years, 100 years or 200 years like Shaytan was. How many hundreds of thousands of years was he worshiping for? It is said he did not leave one inch on earth or in the skies where he did not make sajdah. You can worship for thousands of years but if you don’t come to Allah (swt) with humility and a broken heart, He will tell you, “Go” like Shaytan. Allah (swt) loves when a human being comes to Him with a broken heart, “Yaa Rabbee. I’ve made a mistake. Can You forgive me?”
There is a hadith in Sahih Muslim where Rasoolullah (s) said, “An `abid has committed a sin. He said, ‘Yaa Rabbee, forgive me.’” Allah (swt) will say, “My servant knows that he has a Lord Who forgives. I forgive him.” He makes a mistake a second time and says, “Yaa Rabbee, forgive me,” and Allah (swt) says the same thing, “He knows he has a Lord Who forgives. I forgive him.” Rasoolullah continues the hadith saying, he makes a mistake a third time and says, “Yaa Rabbee forgive me.” Allah (swt) says, “He knows he has a Lord Who forgives. I forgive him.” The hadith continues. I don’t want to mention the last part so you don’t feel that you have to make a sin but at the end, Allah (swt) says, “Do as you like. I am forgiving you.”
Don’t do as you like. You have to be careful. He is telling you how open the door of forgiveness is. If you don’t believe it, check the hadith in Sahih Muslim. All of us can make mistakes but he knew the door to go to. Which door do we go to? The Door of Allah (swt) and He forgives. This is a sinner. How about a worshiper?
The second person is one who performed Hajj. An old man and a young man went on Hajj. He put the ihram on and of course when you put the ihram on you start the tarbiya. You say, “Labayk Allahumma labayk.” He said, “Labayk.” A voice came back to him, laa labayk, “No labayk to you. It’s not accepted.” Awliyaullah have said that the young man heard a sound, “No labayk.” He turned to the old man and asked, “Did you hear that, yaa shaykh? What is this?” He said, “I have been hearing this for 70 years, laa labayk.”
What does “Labayk” mean? “At Your Service, O my Lord. I will carry all of Your Orders.” When we come back to Dallas, what do we do? No service anymore, no orders anymore, all finished. Only when we are going.
He said, “Why are you pushing yourself? Why are you tiring yourself? What’s the point if it’s not accepted?”
He said, “To which door do I go to then? If He accepts or does not accept, it’s up to Him but which door is for me?”
He cried with a broken heart, “Which door do I go to?” They heard a voice, “We accept,” because he came to Allah (swt) with a broken heart. He didn’t come to Allah (swt), “I did 70 Hajj for You. I did 100 Umrah for You.” Mashaa-Allah, some people do Umrah three or four times a day. They come down, they go to Masjid `Ayesha, they come back, two hours, finished. They do the tawaf, sa`ee, cut their hair and all of that and come out of their ihram and two hours later they do it again. I’ve never done that because it’s difficult for me, I’m sick, but others do that.
He did not approach Allah (swt) saying, “I am doing Hajj for You. How come You don’t accept it from me?” For 70 years he didn’t approach Allah (swt) with his `ibaadah, he approached Allah (swt) by saying, “Whether He accepts or does not accept, it’s up to Him but to which other door do I go?” Allah (swt) accepts that and Awliyaullah can hear. It is the voice of an angel telling them what Allah (swt) is revealing.
Uzair is mentioned in the Holy Qur’an. Him and his donkey died for a hundred years. Is Uzair a Nabi or a rajulun saalih, a prophet or a pious man? It was not confirmed that he was a prophet, so how did he hear the voice, “Look at your donkey. Look how we are building up the bones and the meat on the bones. Look at your food.” W ’anzhur ila himaarik. Look at your donkey. Look at your food. Look at your drink. How can We bring it up after a hundred years?
أَوْ كَٱلَّذِى مَرَّ عَلَىٰ قَرْيَةٍ وَهِىَ خَاوِيَةٌ عَلَىٰ عُرُوشِهَا قَالَ أَنَّىٰ يُحْىِۦ هَـٰذِهِ ٱللَّهُ بَعْدَ مَوْتِهَا فَأَمَاتَهُ ٱللَّهُ مِا۟ئَةَ عَامٍ ثُمَّ بَعَثَهُۥ قَالَ كَمْ لَبِثْتَ قَالَ لَبِثْتُ يَوْمًا أَوْ بَعْضَ يَوْمٍ قَالَ بَل لَّبِثْتَ مِا۟ئَةَ عَامٍ فَٱنظُرْ إِلَىٰ طَعَامِكَ وَشَرَابِكَ لَمْ يَتَسَنَّهْ وَٱنظُرْ إِلَىٰ حِمَارِكَ وَلِنَجْعَلَكَ ءَايَةً لِّلنَّاسِ وَٱنظُرْ إِلَى ٱلْعِظَامِ كَيْفَ نُنشِزُهَا ثُمَّ نَكْسُوهَا لَحْمًا فَلَمَّا تَبَيَّنَ لَهُۥ قَالَ أَعْلَمُ أَنَّ ٱللَّهَ عَلَىٰ كُلِّ شَىْءٍ قَدِيرٌ
Aw kalladhee marra `alaa qaryatin wa hiya khawiyatun `alaa `urooshiha…
Or (take) the similitude of one who passed by a hamlet, all in ruins to its roofs. He said: "Oh! how shall Allah bring it (ever) to life, after (this) its death?" but Allah caused him to die for a hundred years, then raised him up (again). He said: "How long did you tarry (thus)?" He said: (Perhaps) a day or part of a day." He said: "Nay, you tarried thus a hundred years; but look at your food and your drink; they show no signs of age; and look at your donkey: And that We may make of you a sign unto the people, Look further at the bones, how We bring them together and clothe them with flesh." When this was shown clearly to him, he said: "I know that Allah has power over all things." (Surat al-Baqara, 2:259)
He came to Baytu ‘l-Maqdis, Quds Sharif, and it was in ruins because Bakhte Nasr[1] in Iraq came to Quds Sharif and destroyed everything there. You can check that in history books. He came and said, “How can Allah (swt) revive this village after its death and ruin?” Fa amaatahu ‘Llahu miyyatan `aamin.
Allah (swt) took his life for a hundred years. When he woke up he was asked, “How long did you stay?” Who spoke to him? He was not a nabi. It is said that he was rajulun saalih, a pious man. When we hear from Awliyaullah that someone heard the voice of an angel, don’t deny that. They can hear angels. We also have the example of a pious man, Uzair, and a pious woman, Sayyida Maryam (a), who heard mala’ikah.
This man went on Hajj for 70 years and kept hearing the voice, “No labayk for you.” He heard the angels. It was a test for him and an example for us. Don’t approach your Lord by your `ilm. Don’t approach your Lord by your title. Don’t approach your Lord by your greatness, O ‘great one’. Know that Allahu Akbar, Allah (swt) is greater than you. Don’t approach your Lord by your power, “Mashaa-Allah. Look at me. I am so strong and powerful. I am this and that."
Approach your Lord with a broken heart like that sinner. At the end of his life, he approached Allah (swt) with a broken heart. He was forgiven. That pious man who was not a sinner but a worshiper, approached his Lord with a broken heart and he was accepted. Both of them were accepted.
A broken heart is the way to go. All of us have to come to Allah (swt) with a broken heart. Rasoolullah (s) said in the hadith, if you know you have a Lord Who forgives and you approach Him to forgive you, He will forgive you one time, two times, three times and multiple times.
Today somebody approached me and after I talked to him, I remembered this story and I mentioned it in Michigan two weeks ago. A young man worshiped his Lord until he was 20-years-old and he disobeyed his Lord for another twenty years. First he was an obedient servant for twenty years until he was 20 years of age and then he was a disobedient one for another twenty years until he was 40 years of age. That is my example if I am honest with you. It’s the example of everybody that you are so pious and obedient to Allah (swt) when you are young and then when you go to college or university or downtown or you find a job away from your parents and circle, what do you do?
When I was in one of these countries, I don’t want to mention the name, a Muslim lady got a job at a TV station, in the media. What happens when you are in Hollywood, Bollywood? Does the Islam remain? She went down that rabbit hole. She worshiped Allah (swt) for twenty years and she disobeyed Allah (swt) for twenty years and then repented.
This man did the same. One day he looked in the mirror. What happens at age 40? You start getting white hair unless you use Just For Men. He said, “Oh, I have white hair.” He felt regret in his heart. He said, “Yaa Rabbee. If I come back to You, will You accept me?” He heard a voice, “You loved Us, therefore We loved you. You left Us, therefore We left you. You disobeyed Us, We gave you time.”
Allah (swt) gives time so people can repent. “If you return, We will accept you.” Allah (swt) never turns away a servant from coming back to Him. No matter how many mistakes we make, no matter how much we fall into error or make errors in our decisions and our actions, always know that you have a Lord Who forgives. Always come to that door with a broken heart. Don’t say, “I am a big one.” Come with a broken heart. Don’t say, “I am an `alim.” Come with a broken heart.
Adam (a) and our mother, Hawa (a) came with broken hearts and Allah (swt) forgave them. It is said that Adam (a) cried for 200 years. Dawud (a) made a mistake. He came back to Allah (swt) with a broken heart and he was forgiven too. I read somewhere that the tears that Dawud (a) shed are more than the tears of all ahlu ‘l-ard, all the people of earth. Adam (a) shed more tears than Dawud (a). Why? He came with a broken heart because he tasted the love of Allah (swt). Those who taste the love of Allah (swt), when they make a mistake, they come back. Alhamdulillah, that’s what we taste here in these associations of Dhikrullah, associations of anasheed and qasaa’id. We taste the love of Allah (swt) and the love of Rasoolullah (s).
Don’t turn away. Don’t say, “I sinned. I made a mistake. I will continue. He will never accept me back.” That is Shaytan telling you. Some of us do something wrong and then we say, “Ah, forget it. I’m going to continue doing it.” Don’t think like that. Think, “I will return back to that Ocean of Love, that Ocean of Forgiveness, that Ocean of Mercy. I want to be with my Beloved.” The people outside are not your beloveds. Once they don’t want you anymore, they drop you. They’re not your true friends. May Allah (swt) forgive us.
Come back to your Lord and accept what Awliyaullah have said. Awliyaullah tell the truth. If they tell you a story where you say, “Really?” then you have to have a question mark about your iman. If Awliyaullah tell a story, you have to say, aamanaa wa sadaqnaa. It has wisdom. We accept and we hear and we take that wisdom from them. No matter how old you are, no matter how young you are, no matter how much worship you have done, no matter how many sins you have done, if you come with a broken heart to Allah (swt), He accepts. We’ll come back with a broken heart.
Yaa Rabbee, we are asking forgiveness, we are asking that You accept us with Your Awliya, with Your Anbiya at the feet of Your Habeeb, at the feet of Rasoolullah (s). Yaa Rabbee, make us with Ruhu ‘Llah, make us with Kaleemu ‘Llah, make us with Najiu ‘Llah, make us with Safiu ‘Llah, make us with Khaleelu ‘Llah, at the feet of Habeebullah. He is sitting on the chair and they are all around him. That is the greatness of your Nabi, O Muslim! May Allah (swt) forgive us.
Wa min Allahi 't-tawfeeq, bi hurmati 'l-habeeb, bi hurmati 'l-Fatihah.
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[1] Eng. Nebuchadnezzar