Look how beautiful this chain has become. Remember in Fez? Yesterday on the way to Jumu`ah he recorded a majlis of Dala’il al-Khayrat. People are sitting like this. It was posted on the Whatsapp groups. In another section of Mawla Idris’ (q) masjid, they were doing Khatmu ‘l-Qur’an. Also a circle, a loop, halaqatu ‘d-Dhikr, the chain of Dhikr.
عَلَىٰ سُرُرٍ مُّتَقَـٰبِلِينَ
ʿalā sururin mutaqābilīn
(they will be) brothers (joyfully) facing each other on thrones (of dignity). (Surah 15:47)
The characteristic of Ahlu ‘l-Jannah is they will be sitting on thrones facing each other, no up and down, “You are better. I am better. Why are you better than me? Why am I on a little chair and you’re on a big chair? I am the big one. No, I am the little one.” None of that. Ikhwanan, they are brothers and sisters,ʿalā sururin mutaqābilīn, facing each other on their own thrones.
SubhaanAllah. It came together that we are all in one chain. Alhamdulillah, you are part of that chain. You will start getting used to our associations. We try our best to follow what our teachers have taught us. Actually it is also a Hadith of Rasoolullah (s). He said, after Fajr, there will be a group of people, yadkuroonAllah, they are making Dhikr of Allah (swt) until Ishraq. He was specifying that group and our teachers told us, do as much Dhikr as you can. We read, Laa ilaaha illa ’Llahu wahdahu laa shareeka lahu. Ten times we read, Laa ilaaha illa-Llah Muhammadun Rasoolullah. We read Surat al-Ikhlas eleven times. Why? So we can wait here until Ishraq. As Awliyaullah have said, you will get the thawaab, reward, of Hajj and `Umrah if you stay up until the sunrise by fifteen minutes and then you pray two raka`ats of Salatu ‘d-Duha or Salatu ‘l-Ishraq. From sunrise until noon you can pray anything from two to twelve.
I heard from Mawlana Shaykh Nazim (q), if you pray eight raka`at of Salatu ‘d-Duha, the eight doors of Paradise will be open to you. This is voluntary, it’s not an obligation. It is a Sunnah of Rasoolullah (s). Our Way is to follow the Sunnah. Find where there is a Sunnah and try to do it. By following the Sunnah, what happens? As Allah (swt) loved Rasoolullah (s), when you are doing the same things he has done, that love will reach you. Allah (swt) loves His servant, Rasoolullah (s) because he approached Him with servanthood. How did he approach Him? That’s what you learn. How did Rasoolullah (s) approach Allah (swt)? How did the Messenger (s) approach the Divine? “Let me approach in the same way. Maybe whatever he got, I can get a little bit of it.” That’s why we follow the Messenger (s), so that love hits you too.
If you follow somebody who is not approaching the Divine, what happens? That love will not reach you. You have to always be on the path of Rasoolullah (s). Tariqah is not outside. They do it on purpose because they don’t like people getting together. What happens in the masjid? The imam prays, the imam goes home, the jama`ah goes home. Does anybody follow the imam? The imam leaves first. The jama`ah is still doing the Sunnah and the imam is gone. Hasta luego. Hasta la vista, until tomorrow. They go. Nobody follows the imam. The imam is his own place, the jama`ah is in their own place.
The shaykh, the Wali, all the jama`ah leaves the masjid and follows the Wali. Isn’t that true? Actually they don’t even come to the masjid if the Wali doesn’t come to the masjid. They pray with the Wali at his home in his room, in his masjid, in his musallah or whatever it is.
That’s what they don’t like. They don’t like people to be together. They want to separate. Awliyaullah has taught us to follow the path of Rasoolullah (s) and be together with the Wali, the teacher who is teaching you: how he eats, how he drinks, how he sits, how he interacts with people, how he interacts with Allah (swt). What does he do during the day? What does he do during the night? Because he has learned it from his teacher and his teacher from his teacher. That’s why that silsila is important. Where did you get your knowledge? From my teacher. Where did your teacher get his knowledge? From his teacher. His teacher from where? Up the chain, up the chain, up the chain until you reach one of the Tabi`een. Who did the Tabi`een follow? They followed the Companions, so they are getting their knowledge from a pure place. Sahaabah (r) followed Sayyidi ‘l-Mursaleen, the Master of Messengers (s).
Rasoolullah (s) was with his Sahaabah (r) all the time, at home, which is the masjid, but in his own holy rooms in Madinah and outside of Madinah. Did the Companions ever leave his side? It is said they even rode the camel the same way Rasoolullah (s) rode the camel. They even turned a loop when they did not understand why but the camel of Rasoolullah (s) turned the loop, so when they reached that specific area in Meccatu 'l-Mukarrama, one of the Sahaabah turned the loop. They asked, “Why are you doing this?” He went in a circle. He said, “When Rasoolullah (s) was riding the camel, it went around and continued.”
They learned everything Rasoolullah (s) has done and they narrated it. They disseminated it. That is the theory. When you are with them, it’s practice. You practice what he has done. Alhamdulillah, we have learned a few things. We read Du`a al-Qunoot, for example. When we pray the second raka`at, after we come up from ruku`, we do du`a. Do you know why that du`a is done? That du`a was done when there was a big disaster or a big calamity that affected the Muslims. Rasoolullah (s) made Du`a al-Qunoot for one month straight. They martyred the Sahaabah (r) who went. They were all qurrah. They went to a place in Najd, eastern Saudi Arabia, to invite people to Islam. Somebody from there came and said, “Yaa Rasoolullah (s), send some of your Sahaabah with me to teach my people.” When they arrived there, the other tribes that did not like them came onto them and martyred them. Rasoolullah (s) made du`a for one month, “Yaa Rabbee. Destroy them.”
When a big disaster happened to Muslims and the Sahaabah (r) were Muslims, Rasoolullah (s) asked for one, “Yaa Rabbee. Take the zhaalims away.” And then the answer came after a month. Actually, the Hanafi madhhab and the others say there is no need, but according to Imam Shafi` (r) they continue. Whenever there is a disaster that has afflicted the Ummah, you have to make Du`a al-Qunoot, following what Rasoolullah (s) has done. Are we in that time or not? So, where is Du`a al-Qunoot? Where is asking for the support of Allah (swt) to support the Muslims who were martyred?
In our Way, in our homes, in our musallahs, in our masaajid, not on the streets, we ask Him. We ask The One Who can change everything. We don’t go on the street and ask this guy or that guy and make a rally or protest here and scream. We come to our musallah, to our prayer rooms and ask our Lord, “Yaa Rabbee. We are asking as Rasoolullah (s) asked for support. We have a big problem in this world. We need people to come together. We need peace. Yaa Rabbee. You are The Salam. You are The Peace. From You is peace. From God comes peace into the hearts.
It is said that Sayyidina Nuh (a) said to Allah (swt), “Yaa Rabbee. You are asking me to take a pair from every kind. What do I do with the lion and the wildebeest? What do I do with the lion and the buffalo?” Doesn’t the lion hunt the wildebeest in Africa? Have you ever been to Africa? You should go. It’s the lion’s favorite prey, the wildebeest.
“Do I put the lion and the wildebeest in the same place? What do I do with the wolf and the sheep? How can I put them on the same ship? What do I do with the cat and the pigeon?”
He said, “O Moses! Who put that enmity between them?”
If I am your enemy, who made the enmity between me and you? Allah (swt) did, for wisdom. He said, “You put that enmity between them.”
“Then I can put that love between them.”
In the Holy Qur’an it says:
عَسَى ٱللَّهُ أَن يَجْعَلَ بَيْنَكُمْ وَبَيْنَ ٱلَّذِينَ عَادَيْتُم مِّنْهُم مَّوَدَّةً وَٱللَّهُ قَدِيرٌ وَٱللَّهُ غَفُورٌ رَّحِيمٌ
ʿasā llāhu ʾan yajʿala baynakum wa bayna lladhīna ʿādaytum minhum mawaddatan
Wa’ Llāhu qadīrun wa ’Lāhu ghafūrun raḥīmun
It may be that Allah will grant love (and friendship) between you and those whom ye (now) hold as enemies. For Allah has power (over all things); And Allah is Oft-Forgiving, Most Merciful. (Surat al-Mumtahinah, 60:7)
There are among the mushriks, among the people of Qurayh, people who are your enemies but I can make between you and them love.
What happened to the mushriks who became the best of Companions? Sayyidina Khalid ibn Walid (r) was one of the worst of enemies to the armies of Muslims. After a while, he became the best commander of the armies of Muslims. How did that happen? By Allah (swt). When you ask God for peace, He will make peace between the hearts. He is able.
Say, Allahumma Anta ‘s-Salam, Yaa Rabbee. You are Salam, The Peace, wa minka ‘s-salam, from You is Peace. Why don’t you come to the musallah, O Muslim, and ask Allah (swt) to make peace on earth? That’s how you achieve peace. It comes from the source, from As-Salam. They create more problems by going out. Are they solving anything? Rather, it’s becoming worse.
That’s why at Fajr our shaykh told us to follow the Sunnah of Rasoolullah (s) and ask Allah (swt) to support the Muslims and help them achieve peace. Why don’t we ask that? We say, “Yaa Rabbee. Take the zhalims away and replace them with good ones.” There are so many good ones in this world, they just need a platform. They need a place. The cruel ones have taken over. You are able to bring them down, O our Lord. Bring down the cruel ones and replace them with good ones. It’s easy for Him.
قُلِ ٱللَّهُمَّ مَـٰلِكَ ٱلْمُلْكِ تُؤْتِى ٱلْمُلْكَ مَن تَشَآءُ وَتَنزِعُ ٱلْمُلْكَ مِمَّن تَشَآءُ وَتُعِزُّ مَن تَشَآءُ وَتُذِلُّ مَن تَشَآءُ بِيَدِكَ ٱلْخَيْرُ إِنَّكَ عَلَىٰ كُلِّ شَىْءٍ قَدِيرٌ
quli l-lāhumma mālika ’l-mulki tuʾtī ’l-mulka man tashāʾu wa-tanziʿu ’l-mulka mimman tashāʾu wa tuʿizzu man tashāʾu wa-tudhillu man tashāʾu bi-yadika l-khayru ʾinnaka ʿalā kulli shayʾin qadīr
Say: "O Allah. Lord of Power (And Rule), You give power to whom You please, and You strip off power from whom You pleasest: You endow with honour whom You please, and You bring low whom You please: In Your hand is all good. Verily, over all things You have power. (Surat Aali-`Imran, 3:26)
You make whoever You want high and You bring down to a low level whoever You want. You can give authority and power to whomever You want and You can take that power and authority from whomever You want.
Do you believe in that? It’s the Qur’an. If you say, “No, that’s impossible. We need to vote,” then you’re going out of what Allah (swt) is telling you in the Qur’an. You are not believing in Him. if you don’t believe in Allah (swt), you are kafir. You have left iman. Qul li ‘Llahumma Malika ‘l-Mulk.
O The One Who owns all, You can give whatever You want from Your Mulk, from what You own, to whomever You want and you can take it away as well. You can bring up whomever You want and you can bring down whomever You want.
Our Way is to go to Allah (swt), not to other agencies and organizations and this and that. Why? Are they Allah (swt)? Are they God? They don’t have power. You can see that. Among themselves they are struggling to assert themselves. The Creator exists. Where is He? Who is going to Him? Few. These are the ones who have followed true guides who are teaching you the Sunnah. They are telling you, Rasoolullah (s) made du`a for one month straight for the cruel ones who have destroyed or martyred these Muslims, until the answer came. Why don’t we do that? They don’t know that.
One time I made du`a. I was in a country and they asked me to read Fajr. In Fajr I said, “SubhaanAllah. These people are strange. Do I make Du`a al-Qunoot or should I not make Du`a al-Qunoot?” If you do something wrong, they attack you right away. “What are you doing? It’s not done.” How do you know? How do they know? I said, “I will follow my shaykh and do the du`a.” They went and complained to the mufti of the country! Alhamdulillah, the mufti was following Aali Hazrat Barelvi. He said, “It’s okay.” Because according to the Hanafi madhhab, it does not need to be done. According to the Shafi`i madhhab, it needs to be done whenever there is a calamity. They complained to the mufti of the country but, alhamdulillah, I know that I have a sound teacher. I know that I have a teacher who does things correctly. It looks odd, “Why is he making du`a after Fajr? Where is it? Bida`” right away because they don’t know the Sunnah. There is a calamity that happened to Muslims.
Where are the Muslims making du`a at Fajr? Why don’t all of them leave the streets and go into the masjid? Maybe they don’t even know how to pray. The people who are outside and call themselves Muslims, maybe they never entered the masjid. You never know who is there. Is it a true one who is really trying to make peace or trying to make problems? You never know. What if all of these thousands and millions of Muslims went to the masjid at Fajr. Where are they at Fajr? Snoring at home or in a hotel, a casino or on the beach. They call themselves Muslims but you don’t know what they do.
Go into the masjid, all of you, millions, and make Du`a al-Qunoot as Rasoolullah (s) made that du`a. Ask support from Allah (swt). He changes hearts. He doesn’t need to send weapons, bombs or planes. He changes hearts. When the hearts come together, peace happens. Who made the hearts of the mu`mins come together? Who made the heart of Umar ibn al-Khattab (r) turn? He came in wanting to kill Rasoolullah (s). He went out wanting to support Rasoolullah (s), “I am going to declare it, yaa Sayyidi! We have to declare it.” Declare what? You came in to finish up this message. Now you came out declaring the message. What happened? His heart changed. That’s why we say, yaa Muqaliba ‘l-Quloob wal absar. Yaa Rabbee. You turn the hearts as You like. Isn’t that the Hadith?
"إِنَّ قُلُوبَ بَنِي آدَمَ كُلَّهَا بَيْنَ إِصْبَعَيْنِ مِنْ أَصَابِعِ الرَّحْمَنِ كَقَلْبٍ وَاحِدٍ، يُصَرِّفُهُ حَيْثُ يَشَاءُ"
“The hearts of the Children of Adam (as), are between the Two Fingers of ar-Rahman, the Most Merciful…”. (Sahih Muslim)
Ever come across that? That means He can change the heart any way He wants.
Why don’t we ask Allah (swt) to change the hearts of those who are giving problems? He can change hearts. They can come and say, “Yeah, maybe it’s enough. Come, let’s find a way to solve this problem.” They can change. This party’s heart changes. That party’s heart changes. They come together, they hug each other and kiss each other and everything is cool. Alhamdulillah, we’re good. We can live together. All of them can get the sticker: ‘co-exist.’ Everywhere I go I see this sticker, but only in liberal cities. ‘Co-exist.’ They have the crescent, the Star of David, the cross. The other ones I don't know, the yin-yang is there too? It spells ‘co-exist.’ The hearts can come together and we can all co-exist. Why not?
Allah (swt) created different people in different parts of the world but all of them are living on the same earth. Following the Sunnah of Rasoolullah (s) is imperative. You have to know what he has done. When too much pressure was put on Rasoolullah (s), he had to defend his home. I’m not saying, no. Yeah, he had to defend his home, but there are ways to ask Allah (swt) to change that to peace.
This is the du`a that we do. We have been doing it since we have known Mawlana. How many years? Forty, fifty and continue. Why not? It is said that Sayyidina Musa (a) asked Allah (swt) to take Firaun away. He waited forty years for that to happen. How many years did Sahaabah kiram (r) wait in Meccatu 'l-Mukarrama until they migrated to Madinah? Thirteen years of heavy duty torture, until Rasoolullah (s) told them, “Go.” They returned and then he said, “Let’s go to Madinah.” Thirteen years. Why is it that long? Because it polishes the hearts.
Sayyidina Nuh (a) asked, “Yaa Rabbee. How do I put the wolf and the sheep together?” “I will change their hearts,” and they were best buddies on the boat. Nobody was attacking anyone. Maybe the wolf was eating a carrot, you never know. They had to eat something, but not each other. They were eating whatever Allah (swt) sent through Sayyidina Nuh (a).
That’s what we should do, try to follow the Sunnah of Rasoolullah (s) through our teachers and guides. You have so many teachers but they don’t teach the proper Sunnah of Rasoolullah (s). They pick and choose. You should not pick and choose. You should know a hundred percent what Rasoolullah (s) brought and then a hundred percent stick to it because if you do, a hundred percent you will reach the Divine Presence. If you deviate from his way, you will be somewhere else.
That is the Du`a al-Qunoot that we do. The multitude of adhkar that we do until Ishraq, sunrise, is to gain the reward of this time and to ask Allah (swt) support for Muslims. That’s what we do at Fajr time. Inshaa-Allah, you continue with that. Don’t go out. Don’t be part of that. That doesn’t lead you anywhere. Be at home and ask Allah (swt). Go into sajdah. Mawlana Shaykh Nazim (q) said if all the Muslims around the world go to the masjid after Isha and make Dhikr of, HasbunAllahu wa ni`mal wakeel, until Fajr time, everything on earth will change, it will turn to peace. But they don’t.
[“In Bangladesh in the 1971 war, we did this du`a millions of times. In nine months we had liberation. HasbunAllahu wa ni`mal wakeel, in the families, day and night for nine months. In less than a year we were liberated.”]
Do you know where that came from, HasbunAllahu wa ni`mal wakeel? Who was the one who said that when he was thrown into the fire? Did Allah (swt) save him or not? He saved him from the Nimrood at the time. He was the most cruel tyrant at that time. He said, “I will throw you into the fire.” He said, “I don’t care. I have Allah (swt).” Jibreel (a) came and said, “Do you need any help? With one wing I can throw Nimrood and his army away.”
“No, I don’t need you. Hasbi Allah.”
That was when he was going to be thrown in the fire and now we are in the fire. Where are we? It’s fire, but by saying, HasbunAllahu wa ni`mal wakeel, Allah (swt) made that fire Paradise for him. Even if the mu`mins are in the middle of the fire, when you say, HasbunAllahu wa ni`mal wakeel, Allah (swt) will change that to Paradise. All around you is ablaze but where you are living is Paradise because of that Dhikr of Sayyidina Ibrahim (a), putting his trust in Allah (swt), the Creator. Yaa Rabbee. I cannot forget about You and go somewhere else.
When they forgot about Allah (swt), He forgot them. Nasoo ‘l-Llaha fa nasiyahum. They forgot Allah (swt), He forgot them.
ٱلْمُنَـٰفِقُونَ وَٱلْمُنَـٰفِقَـٰتُ بَعْضُهُم مِّنۢ بَعْضٍ يَأْمُرُونَ بِٱلْمُنكَرِ وَيَنْهَوْنَ عَنِ ٱلْمَعْرُوفِ وَيَقْبِضُونَ أَيْدِيَهُمْ نَسُوا۟ ٱللَّهَ فَنَسِيَهُمْ إِنَّ ٱلْمُنَـٰفِقِينَ هُمُ ٱلْفَـٰسِقُونَ
The Hypocrites, men and women, (have an understanding) with each other: They enjoin evil, and forbid what is just, and are close with their hands. They have forgotten Allah. so He hath forgotten them. Verily the Hypocrites are rebellious and perverse. (Surat at-Tawba, 9:67)
It means He left them to themselves. “Okay you don’t want to come to Me and ask, go wherever you want to go.” They are going. Every month they have to change shoes because the bottom of the shoes are all worn out from going to this one and that one. Astaghfirullahi ‘l-`Azheem.
Inshaa-Allah, Allah (swt) will bring peace on earth. Inshaa-Allah, we can all co-exist. I like that in New Hampshire it was, “Live free or...” What was it? [“Live free or die.”] Oh no, I don’t like the second part. I like the first part, live free. Live and let live. Is that what they say? [“Que sera sera. Whatever will be, will be.”] We don’t speak Mexican here. Astaghfirullahi ‘l-`Azheem. They say, “Do you speak Mexican?” Mexicans speak Spanish, not Mexican. Que sera sera. Yeah, it’s Spanish. Whatever happens, is happening.
But yeah, live and let live. Co-exist. Inshaa-Allah, Allah (swt) will bring peace into the hearts first as we said yesterday. The intentions of actions start in the heart. If the heart is pure and full of mercy and compassion, your body will reflect that. If the heart is impure and full of cruelty and hatred, your body or your physicality will reflect that, your actions will reflect that. That’s what Tariqas target. They target the heart. Correct that heart. Improve that heart. Purify that heart so all the actions become pure. Some of the Muslim leaders have good hearts, some have not good hearts. You can see. Some non-Muslim leaders are goodhearted, some of them are not. The good hearted ones try to do good but the bad hearted ones are trying to do bad. Unfortunately, badness has overtaken the goodness in this world.
With the little things that we know, we try to get the goodness out to people. Learn goodness from the Messengers. Learn goodness from the saints, from the good teachers. Why not? The wolf can co-exist with the sheep under the protection of the Prophet. That holy man has taken both of them in. The characteristic of one of them is to devour and the characteristic of the other is to submit. The sheep submits. The wolf tears apart, not only kills, tears apart. But both of them in the boat or the abode of the holy man became best friends. Under safinatu ‘n-najaat, the boat of Nuh (a) was representing whoever follows the Messenger and submits to, Laa ilaaha illa-Llah. When the wolf enters, Laa ilaaha illa-Llah, and the submissive, simple one enters that ship, both of them are co-existing. Inshaa-Allah, we can be like that. May Allah (swt) forgive us.
[“Does the wolf still want to devour if he’s hungry?”] Yeah but that rage does not come out. Basically, the power of Islam, the power of iman allows you to control ghadab. The wolf has ghadab, anger, rage. The power of iman tells you to control that ghadab and change it to courage. Basically, that characteristic that you have, let’s say you are full of rage, but that rage becomes for the goodness of people against the tyrants of people. It can be changed with the guidance of the shaykh. Ghadab can be changed into courage. You can become the most courageous one with your anger but the submissive one might not be courageous.
Did you ever see the sheep getting angry? Maybe the goat. Allah (swt) knows best. But we are supposed to turn the bad characteristics we have into good characteristics, to channel them. Even stinginess, bukhul, if you channel it in the right way, it is accepted. When you don’t support the desire of your ego, when you don’t waste, when you’re not extravagant or when you don’t support evil, you withhold your money from bad organizations for example, or bad societies, you’re not contributing anymore into their evil work. They will say, “Oh you have become stingy. You’re not supporting us anymore.” But that stinginess is accepted. Bukhul is accepted in certain instances.
Or your son, all he does is drugs and he says, “Baba, mama, daddy, give me money.” You say, “No, I don’t give you money.”
“I thought you were generous, dad? I thought you give money.”
“No, I don’t give you money. I am stingy with you this time.”
That is accepted. You have to know how to turn these bad characteristics that we see into their proper channels. That’s what Anbiya and Awliya have come for. Allah (swt) knows best. I try to say what I’ve understood from our shuyookh and their practices. Inshaa-Allah, we can practice the right way. The right way leads you to Daru ‘s-Salam. Isn’t that the invitation of God? In the Qur’anu ‘l-Kareem, Allah (swt) says:
وَٱللَّهُ يَدْعُوٓا۟ إِلَىٰ دَارِ ٱلسَّلَـٰمِ وَيَهْدِى مَن يَشَآءُ إِلَىٰ صِرَٰطٍ مُّسْتَقِيمٍ
W’Allahu yad`oo `illa Dari ‘s-Salam.
But Allah calls to the Home of Peace: He guides whom He pleases to a way that is straight. (Surah Yunus, 10:25)
Allah (swt) is inviting you to the Abode of Peace, to the Land of Peace. What is Daru ‘s-Salam? It means when there is no more quarrel or fight, rather we are all sitting together watching each other. Ikhwanan `alaa sururi ‘m-mutaqaabileen. How do you reach Daru ‘s-Salam? By following the Messenger (s). By following the Messenger (s), we are trying to reach peace here and over there, externally and internally. That is the way of prophets, to take you away from that turbulent heart, turbulent ego and turbulent ideas to peaceful thoughts and ideas. Some people don’t like that. They say, “Shaykh, you’re crazy. That’s not fun. It’s fun to do tit for tat. You say, I say. She said, he said. You did, I do.” They like that. You leave them alone. In due time Allah (swt) guides them also to the way of peace, Daru ‘s-Salam.
W’Allahu yad`oo `illa Dari ‘s-Salam wa yahdi man yasha`oo. And He guides whomever he wants, `illa Sirati ‘l-Mustaqeem, on that path of Anbiya. Sirati ‘l-Mustaqeem is the path of Anbiya. That’s why in Surah Fatiha you say, “Yaa Rabbee. Guide me on that path.” Ihdina ‘s- Sirata ‘l-mustaqeem. Guide us on that path. Which path? Sirata ‘l-ladheena anamta `alayhim, the path of those on whom You have bestowed favors upon them. Who are they? Nabiyeen, Siddiqeen, Shuhadah, Saliheen. Prophets, those who have believed and followed the prophets, the martyrs and the pious ones.
That is the true way of Islam, not the other way that they are inventing. They call us ahlu ‘l-bida` and they don’t see what they’re doing that is outside of the true teachings of Islam. Alhamdulillah, we followed Mawlana Shaykh Hisham (q), we followed Mawlana Shaykh Nazim (q). Mawlana Shaykh Hisham has compiled all of this in books, the ways to reconcile, the ways to correct, to improve society, but nobody looks there. They like the other stuff because there’s money there. Sell, buy. Buy, sell.
“Oh you need weapons? Oh yeah, we can help you.”
“I don’t have money.”
“No, we loan you.”
That is all from the destruction of humanity. Mawlana Shaykh Nazim (q) said they are racing in finding out how to destroy this planet, blowing it to smithereens with nothing remaining. Not only this planet, they have developed enough weapons to destroy the whole solar system probably or this earth one thousand times around or whatever they say.
That is not the way of humanity. The way of humanity is not to erase earth from the universe, rather to preserve earth in the universe. Their way has gone to destruction. Our way is for building. Alhamdulillah. “Building bridges,” they say. More than bridges. May Allah (swt) forgive us. We don’t delve into politics. Politics have their own people but we try to teach what we learned from our shuyookh, from the ways of peace. Subulas ‘s-salam. Inshaa-Allah, Allah (swt) will grant humanity how to find the way of peace, Daru ‘s-Salam, the way of Paradise. Ameen.
[Du`a]
Wa min Allahi 't-tawfeeq, bi hurmati 'l-habeeb, bi hurmati 'l-Fatihah.
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