A`oodhu billahi min ash-Shaytaani 'r-rajeem.
Bismillaahi 'r-Rahmaani 'r-Raheem.
Alhamdulillahi Rabbi ‘l-`Alameen wa ‘s-salaatu wa ‘s-salaam `alaa Sayyidina Muhammadin wa `alaa alihi wa as-habihi ajma`een wa man tabi`ahu bi ihsanin illa Yawmi ‘d-deen wa `alaa sa’iri ‘l-Anbiya wa ‘l-mursaleen wa ‘l-Awliya wa `ibaadillahi ‘s-saliheen wa `alayna ma`hum ajma`een, yaa Arhamu ‘r-Rahimeen.
Laa hawla wa laa quwatta illa billahi 'l-`Aliyyu 'l-`Azheem.
Dastoor, yaa Sayyidee, yaa Sultan al-Awliya, madad. Dastoor, yaa Sayyidee wa Mawlay.
This seals our three days mourning but as I said before, keep reciting. Whenever you can, recite for the souls of the deceased ones from your families, from your friends, relatives, neighbors, those you know and the saliheen and include Mawlana Shaykh Hisham (q) and all Awliyaullah and Anbiyaullah. Don’t forget. Always do that and you will get rewarded. If you send them something now, on the Day of Judgment they will give you what you gave to them. Wa ma anfaqtum min shay’in fa-huwa yukhlifoohu wa huwa khayru ‘r-Rahimeen.
قُلْ إِنَّ رَبِّى يَبْسُطُ ٱلرِّزْقَ لِمَن يَشَآءُ مِنْ عِبَادِهِۦ وَيَقْدِرُ لَهُۥ وَمَآ أَنفَقْتُم مِّن شَىْءٍ فَهُوَ يُخْلِفُهُۥ وَهُوَ خَيْرُ ٱلرَّٰزِقِينَ
Say: "Verily my Lord enlarges and restricts the Sustenance to such of his servants as He pleases: and nothing do ye spend in the least (in His cause) but He replaces it: for He is the Best of those who grant Sustenance. (Surah Saba, 34:39)
Whatever you spend, you will find it with Allah (swt), not only money, also what you send from your energy, from your light, from your words, from your acts. These are all things that you are spending fee sabeelillah. If you give du`a to saliheen, Allah (swt) will give you the ajar and on the Day of Judgement you will find it for you. May Allah (swt) forgive us.
Mashaa-Allah. We have guests from the UK, Australia. [He is from Chicago.] Yeah, is Meraj with you? I didn’t recognize you. I thought you left. I asked about you. Welcome. Mashaa-Allah, you were traveling.
Dastoor, yaa Sayyidi, madad. Yaa Sultan al-Awliya.
There is traveling in dunya and there is traveling from dunya. Basically you are traveling in dunya from Chicago to Michigan but here is traveling from dunya. Allah (swt) said, asta`eedubillah. Wa tazawwaduh fa inna khayra az-zaadi ‘t-taqwa.
ٱلْحَجُّ أَشْهُرٌ مَّعْلُومَـٰتٌ فَمَن فَرَضَ فِيهِنَّ ٱلْحَجَّ فَلَا رَفَثَ وَلَا فُسُوقَ وَلَا جِدَالَ فِى ٱلْحَجِّ وَمَا تَفْعَلُوا۟ مِنْ خَيْرٍ يَعْلَمْهُ ٱللَّهُ وَتَزَوَّدُوا۟ فَإِنَّ خَيْرَ ٱلزَّادِ ٱلتَّقْوَىٰ وَٱتَّقُونِ يَـٰٓأُو۟لِى ٱلْأَلْبَـٰبِ
For Hajj are the months well known. If any one undertakes that duty therein, Let there be no obscenity, nor wickedness, nor wrangling in the Hajj. And whatever good ye do, (be sure) Allah knoweth it. And take a provision (With you) for the journey, but the best of provisions is right conduct. So fear Me, o ye that are wise. (Surah Al-Baqarah, 2:197)
Zaad means sustenance, provisions. Take your provisions with you on your journey. Did you take food with you? Meraj, did you take a lot of food or a little? A lot. I know you. You have to take your food, your drink, your ride-- did you fly or drive? Drive. And you have to take your money just in case you need gas, need to pay tolls or whatever. When you travel in dunya, you need money, a ride, water, and food.
Where is the best journey to? Baytu ‘l-Haram. When you go there you need all of these things. That is why Allah (swt) said if you have all of these, come. Wa tazawwadoo. Take your provisions during your journey in dunya. He said the best provisions that you have to take with you on your journey is taqwa.
What is taqwa? Awliyaullah have said it is Ma`rifatullah. When you retract from everything that is dunya, you become clearer about Mawla. You become more aware of Allah (swt). When your eyes are taken away from dunya, they start to notice Allah (swt). That is Ma`rifatullah. When your ears start to be away from dunya, they start to focus on Mawla. When your tongue is taken away from dunya, it concentrates more on Mawla. Fa inna khayra zaadi ‘t-taqwa. The best provisions you can take on your journey is Ma`rifatullah.
You have the provisions of dunya but you also have the provisions of Akhirah. Awliyaullah have said the provisions of dunya will protect you from very short suffering. What happens if you don’t eat from morning until evening and you’re traveling? You suffer. Your tummy is in pain. Basically when you eat it is to take that pain away. When you don’t have the provisions when you are traveling, you are in pain but your pain is temporary, limited until you eat. The provisions of Akhirah which is Ma`rifatullah, Ta`atullah, al-iradu `an maa siwaa. You pull yourself away from anything other than Allah (swt). You become busy with His Ta`a and you are away from His ma`siya, disobedience. You are into Ma`rifatullah wa Mahabatuhu as Awliayullah have said.
You are into Ma`rifatullah and His Love which are your provisions for Akhirah. Those provisions will prevent you from eternal suffering. The provisions of dunya prevent you from temporary suffering and the provisions of Akhirah will prevent you from having Eternal suffering. The provisions of Akhirah are not food or drink, it is Ma`rifatullah wa Mahabatuhu and to turn away from anything other than Him. That provision is unlimited. It will lead you to Eternity, Akhirah. The provisions of dunya will finish. The minute you put it in your mouth, nothing is in that plate. It’s gone. Anything that you have in dunya, its end is known. It’s going to finish and disappear. Everything finishes. When we prayed `Isha, we read that ayah and I thought about it. [Audio cut]
Faad, has no finishing, does not finish. The rizq that Allah (swt) will give you in Akhirah is open and hidden and it has no end. Ma`rifatullah and Mahabatullah come from ma`rifatu ‘l-Habib wa mahabatu ‘l-Habib. There is no way to know Allah (swt) without knowing Rasoolullah (s). There is no way to reach the love of Allah (swt) without reaching the love of Rasoolullah (s). Allah (swt) has made him the intermediary between you and Allah (swt).
Rasoolullah (s) is the means, the wasita, the example, the intermediary between khalq and Khaliq. Khalq cannot reach Khaliq directly. Rasoolullah (s) has one face that faces Allah (swt) and one face that faces khalq. Where does the moon get its light from? The sun. When the moon faces the sun, all of that light comes onto it and it is reflected on the darkness of this world. It takes the light and shines it on the ones who need it in the darkness!
Rasoolullah (s), Anbiya and Awliyaullah are the same. They have two faces like the moon: one face that faces Mawla to receive that Light to shine on the darkness of this world. One face is facing you and one face is facing Mawla. Without ma`rifatu ‘r-Rasool, without muhabatu ‘r-Rasool, you will never reach Ma`rifatullah or Mahabatullah.
This majlis and all the majaalis of Ahlu ‘d-Dhikr are basically travelling out of dunya. There is no dunya here. When we sit and talk, there should be no mention of dunya, unless the meeting is over or the meeting did not start. If the meeting did not start then yes, you can say salam and kalam with your brothers and friends, it’s fine. But once the meeting has been established, that kalam of dunya has to leave. You are traveling out of dunya and the best way to travel out of dunya is Dhikrullah and Dhikru ‘r-Rasoolullah (s). You either recite from Qur’an, from Sunnah, or do madih, qasida, nasheed or Dhikrullah when the majlis is established. Allah (swt) loves that.
Wa tazawwadu. Take your provisions. You are on the journey to Akhirah. Have you supplied yourself with what will make you reach Akhirah? You have to supply yourself. It is said that qalb is the harbor of Ma`rifatullah, not your mind, not your tongue. Ma`rifatullah is by the heart and `Ilmu ‘l-Haqqiqah is by the heart. Yes, `Ilmu ‘sh-Shari`ah is for this dunya but the thawab of `Ilmu ‘sh-Shari`ah will come to you in Akhirah but it will not go with you to Akhirah. `Ilmu ‘l-Haqiqah will go. `Ilmu ‘l-Haqiqah is begotten by Ma`rifatullah wa Muhabatullah.
Know Allah (swt) and try to love Him but to know Him or to love Him, you have to go through Rasoolullah (s). To love Rasoolullah (s), you have to go through the pir. You cannot go by yourself. He has to teach you how to love Rasoolullah (s) the way he was taught and the way his teacher was taught and the way his teacher was taught until you reach the pir of the tariqah or the `alim, the `arif.
May Allah (swt) allow us to take these provisions for Akhirah. You have the journey in dunya and you have the journey from dunya. When we gather here, we are trying to travel out of dunya. Leave dunya to ahlu ‘d-dunya and be from Ahlu ‘l-Jannah by being in the majaalis of Dhikr. Inshaa-Allah, Allah (swt) can make us from them, can make us with Awliyaullah, can make us with the silsilas of piraan, of dervishaan, of `arifaan, of mukhlisaan. Yaa Rabbee, make us with them, from them.
Astaghfirullahi ‘l-Adheem wa atuby `ilay. Astaghfirullahi ‘l-Adheem wa atuby `ilay.
[Du`a]
What is your promise to Allah (swt)? That you would be His servant. That is the promise we gave to Him. That is Ahad. Wa ana ahdika wa wadika. I am on my covenant and my promise to You. What was that? That I am Your `abd. I am Your servant. I am not the `abd of dunya. Are you the servant of dunya? Check. I am not the servant of my desires, running to fulfill my desires. Are you the servant of hawa, `abdu ‘l-hawa? Check. I am not the servant of Shaytan, obeying whatever he tells me to do. Are you `abdu ‘sh-Shaytan? Check. I am not the servant of nafs, the ego. Are you `abdu ‘n-nafs?
Everybody starts as `abdu ‘n-nafs, `abdu ‘l-hawa, `abdu ‘sh-Shaytan, `abdu ‘d-dunya until the huda comes. When you are mature, you are given the takhleef, the obligations. These obligations purify your heart from following your desires, from following your ego, from following dunya and from following Shaytan. Allah (swt) has made these obligations basically to rescue you from these four disastrous ends. These four enemies only take you to disaster.
Shari`ah is not against you. Shari`ah is for you. When you become `abdAllah, you have reached that perfection. That is your promise. You have kept your word with Allah (swt). You are sadiq, a truthful one. Allah (swt) will put the sadiq in the highest level. But if you come to Allah (swt) and you have lied to Him, you told Him, “I will be Your servant,” but you come down to dunya and you are the servant of your desires. Whatever your desires dictate, you love and you do. Allah (swt) said:
فَمَنْ أَظْلَمُ مِمَّن كَذَبَ عَلَى ٱللَّهِ وَكَذَّبَ بِٱلصِّدْقِ إِذْ جَآءَهُۥٓ أَلَيْسَ فِى جَهَنَّمَ مَثْوًى لِّلْكَـٰفِرِينَ
Faman adhlamu mimman kadhaba `alaa Allahi...
Who, then, doth more wrong than one who utters a lie concerning Allah, and rejects the Truth when it comes to him; is there not in Hell an abode for blasphemers? (Surah Az-Zumar, 39:32)
There is no higher zhalim to himself than the one who has lied to Allah (swt). Know that you have promised Him, “I will be Your servant.” But how? He said, “I will take care of you. I am your Rabb. I will send you what you need to do to become a pure servant of Mine.” That’s why we say, Muhammadan `abduhu wa Rasooluh. To become a pure servant of Allah (swt), you have to find the pure servant of Him. Awliya and Anbiya are pure servants. They all followed Rasoolullah (s) to that perfect servanthood.
You said, “I will be Your `abd, yaa Rabbee.”
“Okay, I accept. Bala.”
“But how?”
“I am your Lord. I will send you huda. Fa man tabi`a hudayya. The one who follows My hudayya has no fear and has no sorrow.”
No fear of what is going to happen on the Day of Judgment and no sorrow and grief for what he did not enjoy in dunya. You will get all of that if you become `abdAllah.
Most of us are struggling between `abdAllah and the biggest one, which is hawa.That’s why Allah (swt) said:
أَرَءَيْتَ مَنِ ٱتَّخَذَ إِلَـٰهَهُۥ هَوَىٰهُ أَفَأَنتَ تَكُونُ عَلَيْهِ وَكِيلًا
Araayta min takhada ilaha hawahu afa anta takhoonu `alayhi wakeel.
Seest thou such a one as taketh for his god his own passion (or impulse)? Couldst thou be a disposer of affairs for him? (Surah Al-Furqan, 25:43)
Do you see the one who has taken his hawa as his god? Hawa means your desires, not shahwa. Shahwa is different. Shahwa is your pleasures that you love to do. Hawa is basically a force that takes you to wherever the pleasure is. It is your driving force. People have taken hawa as their god. That’s the biggest one.
Sometimes we are `abdAllah. Sometimes we are `abdu ‘l-hawa. You have to be perfectly `abdAllah and that is when you travel out of dunya. There is no more hawa because hawa is in dunya. Desires are in dunya. When you leave dunya and sit here, there is nothing. At the end you have to please your ego and your stomach, otherwise you are in pain. Allah (swt) allowed that.
He said, Kullu washraboo. Yaa Rabbee. I am following Your Order. You said eat and drink. Wa la tusrifoo. But don’t waste. Allah (swt) has allowed you to eat and drink, no problem. That’s fine, you are following the order of Allah (swt) but that should not be your primary objective in this world. We are not here to be like animals grazing all the time and eating all the time. If they don’t eat, they eat nuts. If they don’t eat nuts, they chew gum. If they don’t chew gum, their mouths are busy. If they are not busy then they gossip or slander or insult. Their mouths are busy with something else.
There are three things that I learned about and I try to apply them as much as I can. Al-laghoo wa lahoo wa sahoo. Laghoo is what your tongue says of nonsense. It has no meaning and no rewards. It is vain, useless talk. Protect your tongue from useless, vain talk. It’s like the birds, same thing. Protect your tongue from laghoo. Protect your nafs from lahoo. Protect your heart from sahoo.
Laghoo is when you busy your tongue with vain talk. Sahoo is when you are asleep, ghafil. That’s why you make sajdatu ‘s-sahoo for forgetfulness. Protect your heart from forgetfulness. Protect your ego from fun and games. Mashaa-Allah, every masjid at the end of `Eid says, “Come on down. Fun and games.” Okay for the kids but you see the adults there. They’re going on the ferris wheel and they’re eating their popcorn or whatever it is. It’s fine but try to protect your tongue from vain talk, laghoo. Protect your heart from sahoo, forgetfulness of Allah (swt) and protect your ego, your nafs from fun and games, from lahoo.
Laghoo, sahoo, lahoo. SubhaanAllah, it rhymes. Try to protect yourself from that. If you can, you will be on the right way. If not, try your best. May Allah (swt) forgive us. I don’t want to take too much of your time. I speak too much sometimes but please forgive me. May Allah (swt) forgive us.
May Allah (swt) allow us to have the barakah of Sayyidina Abdal Qadir al-Jilani (q) and his followers of that silsila. He is with them wherever they go. Actually he is with anybody who mentions his name wherever they are, whether they are with him or not with him. If you mention the name of Sayyidina Abdal Qadir al-Jilani, he promises to be with you instantly. Inshaa-Allah we can take from the barakah of that silsila, from the barakah of Shah Naqshband (q) and the Naqshbandi Silsila and the barakah and light of Rasoolullah (s) and his muhabbah that will shine to us, Muhabbatullah and Ma`rifatullah. Protect your tongue from vain talk. You can text.
Laa ilaaha illa-Llah Muhammadun Rasoolullah.
Wa min Allahi 't-tawfeeq, bi hurmati 'l-habeeb, bi hurmati 'l-Fatihah.
Shaykh Imadudeen Sahab
Bismillaahi 'r-Rahmaani 'r-Raheem.
Alhamdulillahi Rabbi ‘l-`Alameen wa ‘s-salaatu wa ‘s-salaam `alaa Sayyidi‘l-Anbiya wa ‘l-mursaleen Khatim an-nabiyeen Rahmatan li ‘l-`Alameen wa `alaa alihi tayyibeen at-tahireen wa `alaa ashabihi ‘l-ghuri ‘l-mayameen.
As-salaamu `alaykum wa rahmatullaahi wa barakaatuh.
Just at the command of our beautiful shaykh, Shaykh Nour Kabbani, may Allah (swt) continue the fuyood and barakat, faiz of all of his shuyookh and through him may Allah (swt) benefit you and all mankind that he is able to reach, inshaa-Allah, by the Will of Allah (swt).
We came from Chicago particularly to give the fursa for the bereavement, the passing of our beloved shaykh as well, Shaykh Hisham Kabbani. We had the privilege of meeting with him a few years back in Chicago when he was there for a Mawlid event, alhamdulillah, when my father, Sidi Shaykh Badrudeen Qadir al-Jilani (q) was alive.
What we have witnessed and obviously what you have been witnessing continually, but from afar what we have seen, alhamdulillah, the noor of Sayyidina Rasoolullah (s) that these shuyookh continue to emanate through their teachings, through their suhbah, the tarbiya, through their education. When found out the news about his passing, one of the first things that came to mind is how he stood up and spoke for the Aqeedatu ‘l-Ahlu ’s-Sunnah wa ’l-Jama`ah and spoke against the outliers which were falsely claiming or taking over the mainstream Islam, the extremist views that were proliferating day in and day out. It is not an easy feat to stand up and face such evil, if you will, and the backlash he had as a result of that. But subhaanAllah, Allah (swt) protected him and increased his efforts and the benefit that he was able to convey.
That helped people recognize the difference in what true Islam is, which involves and includes Tasawwuf, Sufism, the righteousness, the cleaning of the heart and the nafs and the soul and how that is part of Islam and not a separate sect of Islam. Mashaa-Allah, we live in Chicago. It’s a beautiful reminder whenever we see in the inner cities, in the city of Chicago, in the suburbs when we have young brothers from all walks of life, all races with the libaas, the imama shareef that is particular to the Naqshbandiyya Silsila, a great reminder of the efforts that the shuyookh have put in.
May Allah (swt) elevate the rank of Sidi Shaykh Hisham Kabbani in the `Alaa `Iliyeen, inshaa-Allah, and give him the highest maqam in Jannatu ‘l-Firdous and accept all of his good deeds. As the Awliyaullah have said, the fuyoodh and barakat, the tassarufaat of the Awliyaullah actually increase after this dunya. Inshaa-Allah, that will be with the lineage to follow and the students, his progeny to continue, inshaa-Allah Ta`ala.
Until recently, I didn’t know that mashaa-Allah, Shaykh Hisham Kabbani also is from `Alaa Rasool (s). SubhaanAllah, this is the humbleness and humility of such great shuyookh who don’t even express who they are and only focus on what they have to do and the work that needs to be done. It is through other channels that we discover that and we have even more respect and honor and dignified understanding of such great shuyookh.
I really didn’t plan to talk but because you kindly asked, I wanted to express and this is actually for my own barakah to be able to speak for Shaykh Hisham Kabbani. May Allah (swt) elevate his rank. Jazakamullahu khayr for having us. Every moment that we’ve been here, alhamdulillah, as you mentioned brother Meraj who gave us a beautiful tour of the place. You talk about Dhikrullah and one of the best Dhikrullah is learning the deen, learning the Fiqh. Coming here, mashaa-Allah, the efforts and the arrangements and even with Shaykh Nour Kabbani’s presence and without his presence, the system that has been put in place with all the brothers and the khulafah and the murideen, they continue to be busy with themselves, with the Dhikr, with cleaning the place. There is nobody leading the thing. Everybody is taking it as their own responsibility. This was a great learning experience for us and the team that came from Chicago. Mashaa-Allah.
May Allah (swt) reward you all and bless you all. BarakAllahu feekum. Wa salaamu `alaykum wa rahmatullah.
Shaykh Nour Kabbani
Thank you. Shaykh Imadudeen Sahab, right? I think it’s the first time I met you. [No, we met you back in Mawlid.] Was it on Devon Street? It was a jalsa. [Juroos and jalsa.] Okay. I forgot. Yes. You brought me there. Mashaa-Allah. Are you still doing it, performing it every year at the same place? [Alhamdulillah. Well, the location is different but the procession is the same.]
Alhamdulillah. May Allah (swt) give you strength. Allah (swt) give you barakah in what you do. Allah (swt) give you `ilm and hikmah, inshaa-Allah. Allah (swt) give you noor to shine upon people so they can know their way.
Alhamdulillah, we are still grieving. We lost a great one. [No doubt.] I’m still receiving clips from Whatsapp groups from other TVs. Yesterday I received something from Takbeer TV. I think it’s in the UK. It was one hour dedicated to Mawlana Shaykh Hisham (q) and what he has done in America. One person has done what collectively all the `ulama of North America could not do. They were asking, “What power was behind him?” Three `ulama were trying to dissect how he worked to find out where he got that power?
Alhamdulillah. They said Awliyaullah at the end because they couldn’t figure it out, of course. Like you said, the shuyookh, Mawlana Shaykh Nazim (q), Mawlana Shaykh `AbdAllah ad-Daghestani, in our silsila we believe that they are supportive of those who carry Haqq.
I heard from my teacher that Awliyaullah have an order that never ends and it is the following. In Surah Al-Ma’idah, asta`eedhu billah:
وَتَعَاوَنُوا۟ عَلَى ٱلْبِرِّ وَٱلتَّقْوَىٰ
Wa ta`wanoo `alaa ‘l-birri wa ‘t-taqwa.
Help ye one another in righteousness and piety, but help ye not one another in sin and rancour: fear Allah. for Allah is strict in punishment. (Surah Al-Ma’idah, 5:2)
Help each other for good work and for piety. That is an order for Awliyaullah. They carry that order and they look among the Ummah who is trying to do good work, who is trying to do pious work, who is trying to do sincere work. The order for them is, “Help him.”
وَلَا تَعَاوَنُوا۟ عَلَى ٱلْإِثْمِ وَٱلْعُدْوَٰنِ وَٱتَّقُوا۟ ٱللَّهَ إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ شَدِيدُ ٱلْعِقَابِ
Wa la ta`wanoo `alaa al-ithmee wa ‘l-udwan. (Surah Al-Ma’idah, 5:2)
Look among the Ummah who is doing bad work, who is making enmity, who is producing fitna and generating fitna and don’t help him, whether it’s an imam or not an imam, whether it’s a religious one or not a religious one. Whoever helps for goodness and piety, there is an order to help them achieve their goal. Whoever is doing fitna and corruption and using the deen for that, there is no help from Awliyaullah.
I always remember that. We try our best to stay focused on doing goodness. If you do good, we know definitely that Awliyaullah are following the Order of Allah (swt) will help us through. If you lose the way, they leave you to the ego. The ego will take you right and left.
Is Imam Sahib here? The other day we recited this ayah.
حُنَفَآءَ لِلَّهِ غَيْرَ مُشْرِكِينَ بِهِۦ وَمَن يُشْرِكْ بِٱللَّهِ فَكَأَنَّمَا خَرَّ مِنَ ٱلسَّمَآءِ فَتَخْطَفُهُ ٱلطَّيْرُ أَوْ تَهْوِى بِهِ ٱلرِّيحُ فِى مَكَانٍ سَحِيقٍ
Wa man yushrik billahi faka anama khara min as-sama’i fatakhtafuhu ‘l-tayroo tahwee bihi ‘reehu fee makan.
Being true in faith to Allah, and never assigning partners to Him: if anyone assigns partners to Allah, is as if he had fallen from heaven and been snatched up by birds, or the wind had swooped (like a bird on its prey) and thrown him into a far- distant place. (Surah Al-Hajj, 22:31)
The minute you change your course that you are doing the work for Allah (swt) and now you are doing it for a gain, that is shirk. The minute an `alim or somebody who is leading does that, it’s as if he has dropped from Heavens. That means he was a heavenly being supported by heavenly creatures. They let him go. They cut him off. That person comes down. Either he will be snapped by a bird or eagle or whatever and be eaten or he will fall by the wind of hawa, desires. That wind of desires will take him way down away from Allah (swt). That is the shirk that we are afraid of. That is shirk al-khafee.
In tariqah, we focus on shirk al-khafee. There is no shirk al-jalee. We are not making outright shirk, no. But in the human heart, especially in so many Muslim hearts, there is hidden shirk which is basically partnering your ego and your gains together with the work that you’re doing for Allah (swt). “Will this work that I’m doing for Allah (swt) make me more famous, more rich, more powerful?” The minute you think of that and say, “Yes, it will, let me continue,” Allah (swt) will just let go.
In our tariqah, in our silsila we know that Awliyaullah will help the sincere ones and they will cut off their help from the ones who are not sincere. That’s what we try to do. Inshaa-Allah, with your help, with Meraj’s help and all the rest, with everyone's help we try to continue the work of Mawlana Shaykh Hisham without asking for gain, without asking for advantage, without asking for a position or some kind of dunya gain.
We want to continue his pure work purely and inshaa-Allah, also will allow you to continue the work of your esteemed father, your respected father, rahmatullah `alay. Whatever he started from goodness, inshaa-Allah, you can continue. Whatever he achieved from `ilm, inshaa-Allah, you can continue with sincerity, not asking for praise and not afraid of blame. Blame and praise are the same for you. It does not matter whether they curse you or kiss your feet. It’s the same. If these two become the same in your heart, you are sincere. If you only ask people to kiss your hand and never insult you, you have work to do. The blame and the praise become equal in your heart as the gold and the stone becomes equal in your heart.
If you continue the pure work of pure piran, the piran will help you. We believe that Mawlana Shaykh Hisham (q) will help us, Mawlana Shaykh Nazim (q) will help us, your father will help you. We believe Sayyidina Abdal Qadir al-Jilani (q) will help everybody. We believe Sayyidina Shah Naqshband (q) will help everybody that is trying to do their best for Allah (swt) and for Rasoolullah (s). May Allah (swt) make us on that path, inshaa-Allah.
I don’t want to talk too much. If I take the mic, astaghfirullahi ‘l-Adheem wa atubu `ilay. We will do a short Dhikr. I have never been to a Qadiri Dhikr, so I don’t know how you do it. Is it long, short? Here it’s only a five second attention span and then you find everybody sleeping. They present to close their eyes but actually they are sleeping.
Shaykh Imadudeen Sahab
Alhamdulillah. Dhikr, be it Tariqat Naqshbandiyya, Al-Qadiriyya, Chishtiyya, Soharwardiyya or any tariqah, it is the Dhikr of Allah (swt) in just different ways with different lazza and different forms but it is the same, inshaa-Allah. I ask our brothers to sit as you normally would in adab and inshaa-Allah repeat along with us.
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