7 September 2010 Lefke, Cyprus
(Mawlana Shaykh stands) Laa ilaaha illa-Llah, Laa ilaaha illa-Llah, Laa ilaaha illa-Llah Muhammadun Rasoolullah `alayhi salaatullah wa nahnu `abeedullah faq bal maadhiratanaa yaa Rabbanaa yaa Khaliqunaa yaa Raaziquna. Anta 'l-Hadi Anta 'l-Haqq laysa 'l-Hadee illa Huwa! Shukr yaa Rabbee, shukr yaa Rabbee, shukr alhamdulillah. Tawbah yaa Rabbee, Tawbah yaa Rabbee, Tawbah astaghfirullah. A`oodhu billahi min ash-Shaytan 'r-rajeem. Bismillahi 'r-Rahmani 'r-Raheem. Thumma as-salaat wa 's-salaam `ala jamee`i 'l-anbiyaa wa 'l-mursaleen wa man tabi`aa hum bi ihsaan ilaa yawmi 'd-deen. Allahuma thabitna `ala 'l-Haqq. Keep us on Haqq, O our Lord! Subhaanak, Subhaanak, Subhaanak, Anta Subhaan, Anta Sultan! (Mawlana Shaykh sits)
As-salaamu `alaykum! How are you today, our attenders? When you collect so many things, then what is going to happen? You are collecting them, but finally you are leaving and going. Which mentality are you using? What is that? We may say, that is the mentality of lowest level people, yes. Think that there is a heap of gold and, the king is bringing and putting a heap of gold in a big square of the city, saying, "O People! Come and take, come and take." People are running, running and taking and bringing from that treasure as much as they can to their home and putting there. What happened? What has changed from that heap of gold, from that treasure which you were just carrying from that place and putting it to another place? Instead of being for the king in that place, you are taking and carrying and putting it here, making a smaller heap of treasures. What did you do? You are only taking from there as much as you can carry and bringing and putting it here. And the whole day, perhaps for one week, you are busy carrying those treasures to here. Then you are getting tired. What happened? Nothing happened. Only you are working as a donkey by bringing that treasure and putting it here. What has changed in your life? Why are you running?
O our Attenders! They are making me to ask you, what is the exchange rate of money today on the Internet?
"Yesterday it was 100,000 Turkish."
"Don't say Turkish money, yaa Shaykh! You should say that this money is American dollars." American dollars are also losing their value. Better to collect and save, misri don't sleep, we are running after Euro. Euro is better but, "O my brother, Euro is also always changing, we may save and carry English Pound."
"Yes sir, but I think if we can save gold it is better."
"It doesn't matter, you are saying better, I am saying it doesn't matter to bring English Sterling, English Pound, so that you can use it easily and if you are saving, save real money, gold is for using, you should collect paper money."
"O my brother, who is bringing that paper money? Do you think that you heard about paper money at the time of our fathers or grandfather's?"
"O my brother, I never heard but they were always using golden coins, that was valuable money, you can say that was money."
"I never heard about paper. And people say that there is economical crisis. What is the reason?"
"It is because nations are following shaytanic ideas or shaytanic projects, that they should not use golden coins. They put it in their case and use paper money. Paper money is easy for people to use. Therefore, main reason for economical crisis is paper money."
"O my brother you are so clever one, you must be a savior for nations because of your good ideas."
"Yes, that is true but how can we carry our gold all the time? Paper money is so easy for using."
"Yes, it is easy but it is not something which is feeding the economy."
"If I give you paper for eating, you will like it?"
"No, I will not like it."
"If I am giving you grass or paper money to eat. Which one will be better?"
"O my brother! Straw is much better we can eat that but what about these paper money, I can't eat that!"
And people now are claiming there is an economical crisis," and millions of economists are looking to find a way to save people from economical crisis but they are never coming to real savior. They are always trying to bring solution through paper money.
The Lord of Heavens is giving value to two minerals. One gold, second silver and He is ordering to use gold then silver. If you are leaving this, you may fall in such a crisis that no one can find a way to save you. Now all the people are running to find a solution. Use your mind!
O `ulamas! Why are you not asking your mulook to say, "Don't use paper money." Don't say, "This is five riyals, this paper is ten riyals, this paper is one-hundred dhirhams." No, everything that Mankind are asking to change of mizaan, the heavenly scales, there will be no success for them, it is just locked down. People must use gold and silver to buy and sell, then in only 40 days, the economical crisis will finish. If they insist not to use gold and silver, even after 40 years they will never get up. Allah Almighty is giving mentality with good understanding. Also heavenly books are arranging Man's life on this planet; they are taking the books and putting it up, saying, "We are not using heavenly rules but we are using new rules according to our understanding and mentalities, and we can do everything, we can save, we can take away every crisis, and first of all the economical crisis!" But you can't do that!
O Salafi `ulamas! Who are claiming, "We are holy ones," that means you are much closer to Heavens and heavenly rules. Why are you not making this clear for Mankind? There are safe ways, so why are you not making it? And in your countries also there is economical crisis. Even Allah Almighty granted you countless gold and silver, and real values for Mankind, and you are not using it but you are using paper money! That is haraam. And you are claiming, "We are 'amar bil maroof people'." If you are believe what we are saying is truly a heavenly order, why are you not ordering it? Why are you not preventing people and your kings or `amirs or shaykhs? Why are you not saying, "Don't use paper, it is forbidden, haraam." You are cheating people by buying and selling. Why are you not saying that you have amr bi 'l-ma`roof nahiyy `ani 'l-munkar, to prevent people from wrong things and to bring true things? That is a bombardment on your foolish ideas. Where are the "amr bi 'l-ma`roof people"? Say! Wahhabis and people of amr bi 'l-ma`roof, you must say that paper money is haraam! If you are not saying, you are going to be Shaytan's agents, working for Shaytan and not for Allah Almighty! Khaaf Allah, fear Allah!
O People! Those who are claiming, "We are people of amr bi 'l-ma`roof wa nahiyy `ani 'l-munkar," why are you using paper? Was the Seal of Prophets (s) using paper or gold and silver? The Lord of Heavens is giving a takreem, honor, to so many minerals. He is not giving the honor granted to gold and silver but iron or tin are not honored from Heavens. Why are you not saying the key for saving all the nations from bad conditions, and saving them from crisis? Say the truth! The Seal of Prophets (s) is making it clear through Holy Qur'an: in order to make a system of life, or the best lifestyles or scales, is to use gold and silver. That is amr bi 'l-ma`roof wa nahiyy `ani 'l-munkar, so why are you not saying this to your kings? All of them are using this paper money and there are hundreds of tricks to take gold from people, to save and to make, so what is that? They are storing gold in safes but not paper money! Why are you not using gold for your dealings with people, buying and selling with gold and silver. And you are saying, "We are `ulamas." You are not `ulamas! A true `alim will speak the truth and follow the way of truth!
O mulook (kings), shaykhs, `umaraa (princes), and others! You must follow Shari`atullah, heavenly rules. It is not a heavenly rule to use paper money, no! Now there is coming a malik who will take all the paper money, burn it, and restore the use of gold and silver to its rightful place! That is Islam! All nations and all people of the world must understand what heavenly orders are coming. You will never be able to save people from economical crises until you are burning and throwing away that paper money and putting golden coins and silver and copper. When you do that, you will find within forty day every economic crisis disappeared. If not, you may write this or that (commentary on the situation) but the only way is to use gold and silver, honored minerals. Among minerals, gold and silver are honored.
Marhaban, yaa marhaban, yaa marhaban `ulamas! Where are the `ulamas to give this fatwa, where is the mufti? Azhar ash-Shareef, where are you? (What is your position?) Why are you not speaking? You are sleeping and saying, "Change this page, don't look on this page, change it to another page." No, you are responsible for all the trouble coming on people, because you are not saying the way of saving people from economical crisis and you are looking at billions of people falling into poorest situations, with nothing in their pockets!
O People! Beware of heavenly orders! Don't bring such useless rules that you are bringing from your wrong mentality. Leave them and use heavenly orders so that you would be saved here and Hereafter. May Allah forgive us for the honor of the most honored one, the Seal of Prophets, Sayyidina Muhammad (s)! (Mawlana Shaykh stands and sits).
Fatihah.
(35 minutes) What we are saying is easy for understanding. We are not making like this like that, no. Shari`atallah, heavenly orders are so bright and so clear, but Shaytan is making people to not understand. And I hope that the Lord of Heavens may send someone for teaching people, for ordering, and who has extra ordinary powers and to take away all those against heavenly orders.
(Mawlana Shaykh prays two raka`at Salaat ash-Shukr.)
(Mawlana Shaykh speaks to Shaykh Hisham Effendi and Hajjah Naziha on the phone.)