23 December 2012 Fenton Zawiya, Michigan
Zhuhr Suhbah
A`oodhu billahi min ash-Shaytani 'r-rajeem. Bismillahi 'r-Rahmani 'r-Raheem.
Nawaytu 'l-arba`een, nawaytu 'l-`itikaaf, nawaytu 'l-khalwah, nawaytu 'l-`uzlah,
nawaytu 'r-riyaadah, nawaytu 's-sulook, lillahi ta`alaa fee haadha 'l-masjid.
أَطِيعُواْ اللّهَ وَأَطِيعُواْ الرَّسُولَ وَأُوْلِي الأَمْرِ مِنكُمْ
Atee`oollaha wa atee`oo 'r-Rasoola wa ooli 'l-amri minkum.
Obey Allah, obey the Prophet, and obey those in authority among you. (Surat an-Nisa, 4:59)
Dastoor, madad yaa Sultan al-Awliya, Mawlana Shaykh Muhammad Nazim al-Haqqani.
In continuation of the other two suhbahs, we will further discuss the topic of divine healing. Any kind of dhikrullah, verses of Holy Qur’an or prayers, will heal us because they are Allah’s Holy and Divine Words and every word carries unlimited miraculous power. The Holy Qur’an is not an ordinary book that people read and then put aside on the shelf. The Holy Qur’an is the Holy, Divine Words of Allah, His Uncreated Ancient Words, Kalamullahi ’l-Qadeem.
Today you go to so-called “healers” and they give you a different set of exercises to do and different forms of meditation that you can also perform in order to be healed, that is the goal. Sometimes that might work but not every time, because they are using their own blend of different ideas and different beliefs that they put together and they try to make you focus on that. Sometimes it works because there is an “influence.”
As I mentioned before, a long time ago in Los Angeles I was in a conference on healing organized by Harvard University. They had conducted different experiments, and in one they placed a few sick people in a room and a healer from outside used different kinds of words, voices and sounds. The sick people in the room began to feel a change in their system. When the treatment ended after many such sessions, some people felt they had been healed, but there is always a question mark about such treatments. I am not going into a discussion about the conference, but it was very beneficial to present this form of healing in a scientific exposition.
One of the experiments they conducted was to use the recitation of the Holy Qur’an for healing. They placed a different machine all over the body to see if sickness responded to recitation of Holy Qur’an and they found organs began to respond and heal. Of course we know this for a fact, as they are Allah’s Divine Words. I know one doctor from Florida who treats his patients only with the recitations of the Holy Qur’an. He places headsets on his patients, they listen to the recitations of the Holy Qur’an and get healed. So yes, it is possible to cure with what we explained yesterday, by dhikrullah.
As mentioned by Ibn Qayyim al-Jawziyya, who is from the school of Ibn Taymiyya, as long as Holy Qur’an is read by someone who is experienced and authorized, a patient can be healed by reciting dhikrullah and the verses of Qur’an and du`as. A person may be healed, but both sides must believe in the process: the patient has to believe that the holy verses are going to cure and the healer has to believe that dhikrullah is going to heal. If the healer does not have this belief and only heard from someone and tries to cure by reciting dhikrullah, it may or may not work because it depends on the one authorized to use it. That is why you see many people who use it without authorization might not cure their patients.
It is said the recitation is going to heal, as there is no doubt in dhikrullah and Holy Verses of Qur’an.
Sometimes doctors give medicine and it doesn’t work on you or it might poison you as it has side effects. Also, if you give a strong dose of the verses of Holy Qur’an, because the verses carry a lot of energy and heavenly powers, so when it comes on someone who is not ready for it you may harm him or her, as Allah (swt) said in Holy Qur’an:
لَوْ أَنزَلْنَا هَذَا الْقُرْآنَ عَلَى جَبَلٍ لَّرَأَيْتَهُ خَاشِعًا مُّتَصَدِّعًا مِّنْ خَشْيَةِ اللَّهِ وَتِلْكَ الْأَمْثَالُ نَضْرِبُهَا لِلنَّاسِ لَعَلَّهُمْ يَتَفَكَّرُونَ
Law anzalnaa haadha ’l-quraana `alaa jabalin la-raaytahu khaashi`an mutasaddi`an min khashyatillaahi wa tilka ’l-amthaalu nadribuhaa li ’n-naasi la`allahum yatafakkaroon.
Had We sent down this Qur'an on a mountain, verily you would have seen it humble itself and cleave asunder for fear of Allah. Such are the similitudes that We propound to men that they may reflect.
(Surat al-Hashr, 59:21)
“If We had sent down the Holy Qur’an on a mountain it would have shattered completely,” because it cannot carry the manifestation of the Holy Qur’an. So when you give an ayah which has a strong influence on a patient who can take only a small dose you will destroy them with the big dose, and you cannot know the (proper) level. That is why in hospitals they say not to give an injection without a doctor’s prescription, because they are responsible. Similarly, awliyaullah are responsible and are not given this knowledge to kill people, but to heal. So if you don’t give the right dose you might not heal but kill; a bigger dose may kill and a lower dose might have no effect. Therefore, don’t say the Holy Qur’an did not have an effect because it is your mistake, as you were unable to find the right dose to give from dhikrullah and verses of Holy Qur’an and du`a. That is why we say:
رب اشعث اغبر لو اقسم على الله لأبره
Rubba ash`ath aghbara law aqsama `ala allahi la-abbarah.
There may be a disheveled, dusty person who, if he swears an oath by Allah, Allah will fulfill it.
(Muslim)
It means Allah (swt) will not reject anyone through his outside appearance because He looks at the inside.
إن اللّه لا ينظر إلى اجسادكم ولا الى صوركم ولكن ينظر الى قلوبكم. رواه مسلم
Inna ’Llah laa yanzhuru ilaa ajsaadikum wa laa ila soowarikum wa laakin yanzhuru ila quloobikum.
Verily Allah does not look at your bodies nor at your appearances but He looks at your hearts.
(Muslim)
So for example, in some of the Subcontinent countries, you may go to a healer dressed in a technicolor outfit like a rainbow, sitting on a couch with incense in front of him that he drops on fire to make smoke, then you suddenly hear him say, “ALLAH!” and everyone present becomes afraid and worried. Such people are charlatans. They cheat you by giving you herbal medicine that can make you drunk and is not a painkiller. They use an herb in Yemen similar to marijuana that makes you feel okay for a while, then you come back for more in a few days, but in reality you are poisoned. And although the place looks nice with big pictures all around, in reality you are being cheated. Instead, if you go to a poor and humble person sitting in a masjid, his recitation will cure you. This is because while he seems poor, his heart is not. That is why it depends from whom you are taking these adhkaar or who is reciting it for you. It is Allah Who cures and that one is advising you and cures by Allah’s Divine Words.
So the first issue that we explained yesterday is du`a. Allah likes that His servant asks, and if you don’t He is angry! Also, Allah is not happy with a servant who complains to someone other than Him. Today we go and complain everywhere and Allah does not like that, as He said:
وَقَالَ رَبُّكُـمْ ٱدْعُونِى أَسْتَجِبْ لَكُمْ
Wa qaala rabbukum ad`oodnee astajib lakum.
And Your Lord says, “Call on Me, I will respond to you.” (Surah Ghaafir, 40:6)
But you have to keep asking as it is said in Islam:
Ajall al-karamaat dawaam at-tawfeeq.
The best of miracles is to be consistent.
This means constancy in your daily dhikr, so don’t say, “I see no benefit,” as it will come. You think doctors can give you benefit when they like? Allah gave them knowledge of different cures for physical medicine. He gave awliyaullah different divine verses from the Holy Qur’an not only to cure the physical body, but your soul as well. The importance is to the soul, as it returns to Allah and the body goes back to the earth. Look at how sick our soul is. That is why you must connect yourself to a guide who will guide you to different awraad in order to cure your different spiritual illnesses!
That is why we must al-ilhaa fi ’d-du`a, be persistent in asking. For example, if you go to a person and knock on their door saying, “I need a favor from you,” they open the door and then close it. You come back another time and knock. They close the door again. Then you come back and keep coming back, until finally they open the door and say, “What do you want?”
You say, “Please, I need this favor from you.”
Finally they say, “Alright, come in.”
Allah likes His servant to keep bugging, so keep bugging and knocking (at His Door) and don’t stop! Allah is never unhappy with someone who is begging and asking. That is why Sayyidina Abayazid (q) was knocking and bugging consistently, although Allah (swt) left him (without a reply) for many years. Does Allah not know His servant is knocking? He wants to see how much you keep bugging, because some people ask once or twice and then they stop. Allah does not like you to stop because He is the Creator and we are the servants, we are dependent on Him, so ask! And so Abayazid (q) kept knocking and bugging, asking, “I’m here, I’m not going until You open Your door!” Allah sent an angel to ask him, “You want to come to Me?”
Kayf al-wusool ilayk? “How do I approach You?” as he didn’t even know how to come to the Divine Presence. And because he was persistently bugging, Allah opened to Him sent him an angel telling him, Utruk nafsaka wa ta`al, “Leave your ego and come! If you want Me, that (ego) is your enemy.”
You cannot have two in your heart, your heart has to carry One. Can a heart carry two people? It will fail. Allah gave every person one heart and that heart is inhabited by Allah (swt), Prophet (s) said:
قلب الموءمن بيت الرب
Qalbu ’l-mumin baytu ’r-rabb
The heart of the believer is the House of Allah.
And He said:
ما وسعني أرضي ولا سمائي ولكن وسعني قلب عبدي المؤمن
Maa wasi`anee ardee wa laa samaa'ee wa laakin wasi`anee qalbi `abdee al-mu'min.
Neither My Heavens nor My Earth contain Me, but the heart of My believing servant contains Me.
(Hadith Qudsee, Al-Ihya of al-Ghazali)
So if you want to come, come! But keep asking, keep bugging, “I will open,” that is al-ilhaa fi ’d-du`a.
From from Anas (r) that the Prophet (s) said:
حَدِيثِ أَنَسٍ عَنِ النَّبِيِّ - صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ : لَا تَعْجِزُوا فِي الدُّعَاءِ فَإِنَّهُ لَا يَهْلِكُ مَعَ الدُّعَاءِ أَحَدٌ .
Laa t`ajazoo fi ’d-du`a fa innahu laa yahlaku ma`a ad-du`ai ahad.
Don’t be lazy with du`a, don’t lose hope with du`a. No one will be destroyed with du`a. No one will lose when making du`a. (Haakim’s Sahih)
“Halak” means destruction; no one who keeps on making du`a will be destroyed. Du`a keeps everyone safe. Too many people come and I will mention this story. Once Diomande brought a lady to see me in New York, she was carrying a child in her arms and she was crying. She is from Ivory Coast, his country.
He said, “She needs du`a.” Alhamdulillah, with Mawlana’s barakah, I have permission to do that or else it will be difficult on you if you have no permission.
I said, “What is your difficulty?”
She said, “They found a tumor in my head and it is not benign, it is cancer. They have given me two or three months to live.”
What to do? As we are saying, make du`a. So I read Surat al-Fatihah on her head and on water seven times for her to drink and said, “May Allah make it easy, inshaa-Allah.”
She said, “I have an X-ray next week, an MRI.” She went to take the X-ray and they called me by phone, ask Diomande. The doctors checked the MRI and the tumor was gone! That is one case of many.
The week before last, there was one lady who comes from New Jersey and she has a daughter-in-law who for many years was not becoming pregnant. Every time I go there she says they have no children. So I said, “Be patient and keep making du`a.” This time she came and said, “My daughter-in-law is pregnant!” How many hundreds and thousands came to Mawlana (q) and Grandshaykh (q) and were cured? The cure is not because of yourself, but because you are connected to awliyaullah who gave permission on their behalf; the cure was not even coming from them, but they are a means to take that petition to Prophet (s) and he takes it to Allah (swt), Who cures you as Allahu ash-Shafee! Guides take you to reach there and they teach you how to ask through du`a.
Sayyida `Ayesha (r) said that Prophet (s) said:
قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ - صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ : إِنَّ اللَّهَ يُحِبُّ الْمُلِحِّينَ فِي الدُّعَاءِ .
Inna ’Llah yuhibbu ’l-mulihheenu fi ’d-du`a.
Allah loves those who are always persistent in du`a. (al-Awza`ee)
It means asking non-stop. Don’t say it didn’t happen! It is happening, it is written and it will happen according to how much you persist! I don’t want to give this example, it is a bad example, but there are many people who I see at grocery stores buying the lottery tickets and they have never won, but are persistent, thinking, “One day I will win.” How do they have that determination for the lottery, which Allah forbade for Muslims, and you don’t have such faith in Allah? You have to say to yourself, “Allah will respond to me,” but you must persist, ilhaa bi-du`a, “to be persistant in du`a,” that is the topic of this chapter.
He gave an example in Kitaab az-Zuhd by Imam Ahmad (r):
وَفِي كِتَابِ الزُّهْدِ لِلْإِمَامِ أَحْمَدَ عَنْ قَتَادَةَ قَالَ : قَالَ مُوَرِّقٌ : مَا وَجَدْتُ لِلْمُؤْمِنِ مَثَلًا إِلَّا رَجُلٌ فِي الْبَحْرِ عَلَى خَشَبَةٍ ، فَهُوَ يَدْعُو : يَا رَبِّ يَا رَبِّ لَعَلَّ اللَّهَ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ أَنْ يُنْجِيَهُ .
`An-Qataada qaal, qaala mooriqun: maa wajadtu li’l-mu’mini mathalan illa rajulun fi’l-bahri `alaa khashabatin, fahuwa yada`u: yaa Rabb! ya Rabb! la`ala ’Llaha `azza wa jall yunjiyyahu.
Qataada said, “One person said, ‘I found an answer, a way for mu’mins, an example of persistence. If someone is in the middle of an ocean and a storm came and broke the boat, what would he do to save himself? He would jump on one of these wooden boats/planks and then he would float. Is that enough? No, he would also say, ‘Yaa Rabb!’ How many times would he say it? He would keep saying, ‘Yaa Rahman, yaa Allah, yaa Raheem!’ and he would never stop until he reaches safety. But if you say it once and stop, you might not reach safety.’”
Allah likes someone who is persisting, al-mulih fi ’d-du`a, as when He asked, “What do you want, yaa Abayazid? You are knocking, knocking, what do you want?!”
“I want You.”
“Okay, come to Me but leave your ego behind! You want Me? My Door is open.” He said this at the end after He had given him a hard time, like He gave Sayyidina Ahmad Badawi (q) a hard time.
He kept knocking on the door, “Yaa Rabbee, yaa Rabbee, yaa Rabbee!” and he heard a voice say, “What do you want?”...
Before when he was knocking, one person came and said, “Yaa Ahmad! You need the key to enter the Divine Presence? I have the key for you.”
He said, “No, no, I’m not taking the key from you!” this is arrogance, he was on that level of arrogance.
“From whom do want it then? I have the key for you, come and take it!”
“No, I want it from Allah, the Key-Maker!”
He said, “Okay.”
Allah left him like that, and every moment he kept saying, “Yaa Rabbee open, yaa Rabbee open, Yaa Rabbee open!”
After six months Allah opened and he heard a voice saying, “Yaa Ahmad, you want the key?”
He said, “Yaa Rabbee, I want the key!”
Angels are saying to him, “Okay, the key is with that man (you turned away), go and find him.”
Now he was at the mercy of that man. Allah had sent the key but he hadn’t taken it. Don’t let you arrogance play with your ego, it will change you easily! After six months that man showed up again and said, “You want the key?”
“Please!”
“Okay,” look how long they kept him persisting to open, to get something. He said, “Now I want the price, before it was free.”
He said, “How much?”
He said, “I don’t want your money, all the money of dunya is not enough for the key. I need your knowledge. That knowledge you built on arrogance, we don’t like it, we want to take it away from you.” Today all scholars build on arrogance, but not awliyaullah they are not arrogant and that is why their du`a is accepted immediately that is why you need to go to a wali and ask him to make du`a for you. That’s why we got to awliyaullah; look for them, where are they? There are 124,000 awliya in every time; one dies, one comes. There are not only the forty walis at high level, but you cannot refuse the others, you cannot disrespect them, you have to respect them. Out of 124,000 there are only 7,007 Naqshbandi and the rest are from other tariqahs, so you have to respect everyone. Sayyidina Ahmad Badawi (q) was from the Badawiyya Tariqah, not the Naqshbandi Tariqah, and this is his story. We don’t respect it? There are 3-4 million who go to his masjid/maqaam every year in Egypt!
So he said, “Okay, look into my eyes,” and Ahmad (q) looked into his eyes and he took all his knowledge, he didn’t even know how to recite Fatihah, and then he left him. But he was persist even when the children used to run after him and throw stones at him, saying, “Shaykh al-Islam went crazy!” He was beaten up but he was persistent, so be persistent!
After another six months that wali came back and poured into Ahmad Badawi’s (q) heart all this heavenly knowledge, then no one in his time could look in his eyes and thereafter he always wore a burqah covering his eyes so no one could look or they fainted from the light in them (that he received) because he was persistent and for two years he never stopped asking. So we must not stop asking, keep asking and Allah will open!
This is al-Ilhaa fi-Du`a. Next time we will go into (the chapter) Al-Afaat Alatee Tamn`a Athara ad-Du`a, “The different kind of affliction or bad things that prevent the acceptance of the du`a and prevent it from doing its job (being accepted).”
Wa min Allahi 't-tawfeeq, bi hurmati 'l-habeeb, bi hurmati 'l-Fatihah.
Be what? Be persistent in du`a! Don’t say, “I didn’t get an answer,” never mind, because if you don’t get an answer you are not losing when you make du`a to Allah (swt)! He will grant you many rewards because He knows you are humble and you are asking.
May Allah forgive us, may Allah cure us, may Allah clean us, may Allah keep us with Prophet (s), may Allah keep us with Mawlana Shaykh Nazim (q) in dunya and Akhirah, with Grandshaykh (q), yaa Rabbee, yaa Allah, and give us from what He gave to Prophet (s) and dress us from the manifestation of His Prophet (s) and extend our life to see Mahdi (a) and `Isaa (a)!
Bi hurmati 'l-habeeb, bi hurmati 'l-Fatihah.
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