29 June 2010 Lefke, Cyprus
(...) It is not important for us. If they are sending something for Allah, then may Allah reward them. Whoever sends one ringgit, Allah Almighty will give him more and more, as He likes. If they are not asking (to do this) and they are saving money and living only to save money, they will be buried with their money, which will become fire on them!
Alhamdulillah, we believe that whoever comes to visit comes with their provisions; they do not eat from my provision but from their own, and I am happy, as much as I can be, that more and more people come! It is a big land for Allah Almighty; if He asks for thousands of people to be in a small field, it will happen.
O Shaykh Hisham Effendi! I was wondering, when I first visited Mecca in the time after WWII, it was the first Hajj al-Akbar, and there were people running to it. There were two million people and Haramayn ash-Shareefayn contained them without any crowding. But then Shaytan put in their minds, “More people are coming and we must make Haram ash-Shareef wide in order to contain everyone.”
By calculation, 150,000 people may pray in Haram al-Mecca. I was there that year and it was the same buildings and nothing changed from the time of the Ottomans, but then it came to them to make an expansion. I never prayed outside before, neither in Meccatu 'l-Mukarrama or Madinatu 'l-Munawwara. For what are you asking to make an extension? They say, “Because people are coming more and more, and we must do this.” I am saying, do you think you are asking to help Rabba hadha ‘l-Bayt, the Lord of the House? Do you like to help Him welcome everyone who comes here? Yaa Hu!
As a weak servant, if you make a wedding ceremony, you can invite people according to your capacity, perhaps forty people, four-hundred people, perhaps four-thousand people. Does the Lord of Heavens not know His Haraam on Earth only contains 150,000? Why are you doing this? It is not based on Truth! But they insist, “We must make an extension for Haramayn ash-Shareefayn.” Yet as much as they try to make a bigger and bigger Haramayn ash-Shareefayn, Mankind cannot reach to visit Ka`aba Mu`azammah or Rasulullah (s). It is so baatil, false.
Therefore, here it is a humble place. He knows who is sent to me here. Therefore, I am not worrying that so many people are coming, and what they are going to eat and drink. My belief is that everyone coming here is coming with their provisions. They are not coming to be partners for what I am granted, no! I am never worrying that so many people are coming and going, and those people who are here for many years are seeing that at any time a guest may come, and there must must be bread, meals, or anything else to eat for him. Alhamdulillah.
Therefore, our people say to them that, “Shaykh is not in need of your petrol money, you save it, put it in cases and when you are going to be buried, fire will come on your boy for each pound or ringgit (you saved).” Why are you not giving for Allah? Why are they saving? O Brunei People! O Hijaaz People! O Oman people! O Yemen People! O Kuwait People! O Emirates People! O Iranian People! O Iraqi People! O Turks! (Shaykh Hisham Effendi: They are saving it for you!)
So many Americans are coming to me daily also and they are only giving one dollar, no one is bringing one hundred dollars, all of them are bringing one dollar! It doesn’t matter, they are bringing it and I am keeping here it (in a bag). They say, “If we give, (our money will) become less.” Egyptian people say, “O Shaykh! We built the High Dam, therefore, our money is buried under it!” Pakistani people say, “It doesn’t matter, we may give to Shaykh and if we give one, (we will receive) ten in return; therefore, we do not fear to give at least twenty!” And Americans are getting very angry, saying, “What are you saying?”
O American brothers! Allah Almighty is sending under the ocean a big drill. (...) I am saying Americans are not sending anything to me except one dollar, saying, “If we can find half a dollar....” (Laughter) Still, that is coming to me and I am saving them, escaping from you and I am saving, and then you will come to me and I will give you one dollar up to ten or twenty!
O Brunei people! Beware that who are never sending anything for Islam here or there, one day a hole may come under their petroleum wells and oil will cover everywhere, then they will leave everything and run away. I am not in need; I always carry (this bag of money). (Laughter) Say to the sultan, “He did his best for me.” May Allah give him much more and may he give more for charity, yes sir.
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Fatihah.