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BEARING HOSTILITY AGAINST THE AWLIYA

Sohbet given by Sheykh Abdul Kerim el-Hakkani el-Kibrisi

Thursday 12 Rajab, 1426

August 18, 2005

Osmanli Naks-i'bendi Hakkani Dergah, Siddiki Center, New York.

Medet Ya Syyidi Ya Sultanul Awliya. Medet.

Tariqatuna sohbet wa khayru fi Jamiat. Alhamdulillah wa shukr Allah.

The biggest problem that people are in, and for which they are

receiving punishment on themselves, or they are not being happy with

their lives, is not because they are not worshipping or they are not

doing so many of the orders of Allah (subhana wa ta'ala). That is a

big reason, but in these days people are attacking those who are

beloved to Allah. The person who is worshipping and doing so many

things may not find safety, but maybe intercession will come from

someone who is beloved to Allah for a person who is not worshipping,

praying or doing so many things, and he will reach to safety.

Allah is saying to us, "Don't think that your prayers and your deeds

are enough to save you." But Shafa'at, intercession is enough for

safety, the intercession of the Holy Prophet (sws) and the

intercession of those who are given permission. And Allah (subhana

wa ta'ala) is ordering us saying, "Be with the Saliheen. O people!

Be with those righteous ones." Anyone who is with the Saliheen finds

safety. They find safety in Dunya and they find safety in the

hereafter. Anyone who is against them has not found safety in this

world at all, and in the hereafter, eh, if you don't believe (me now

about their final end), then when everyone of you will go to the

hereafter life you will see if they found safety.

Holy Prophet (sws) is saying that Allah (subhana wa ta'ala) says, "I

will declare war on those who touch the ones that I love." The

Waliullah. The Friends of Allah. He says, "I will declare war on

that person." If a man sits down and thinks just a little bit, "What

is the meaning of Allah's declaring war on me?" Uff! Your declaring

war to Allah is not the same as Allah's declaring war on you. A

little kid may say to a wrestler, "I am declaring war to you." The

wrestler is not going to take him or his words in counting. A weak

man may say, "I am declaring war," or a weak nation may say, "I am

declaring war," to a great powerful nation. That great powerful

nation will say, "I am not taking you in counting. You can say as

much you want, I am not moving my finger. You can declare war." But

if that great nation says, "I am declaring war on you," what's going

to happen to that little one?

This is not even a close example of what we are saying. Allah

(subhana wa ta'ala) is saying, "Anyone who touches those whom I

love, I declare war on them." By His declaring war, their lives are

crumbling twenty-four hours a day but they are still not

understanding. So it's not too intelligent to touch the ones that

Allah loves. If you don't know who those are, (Sheykh Efendi

pointing to a picture of Mevlana Sheykh Nazim on the wall), there's one

standing over there. He is always smiling; but anyone who touches

that one, Allah is declaring war on those people. (If they touch)

anyone who is holding on tightly to that one, war is still coming to

those because he is representing that holy one. When you are given

some permission (to represent) you are under the protection.

So when people run into so much difficulties in their lives they

should sit and think to say, "What's happening to me? Isn't it the

same Allah who created me as the other one? Why is He doing like

this to me and He is doing like that to the other one?" In reality

without His permission nothing can happen. If a person is in a

suffering situation or his life is sour then there must be something

cut off from him from the Lord of the Heavens. If a man sits down

and thinks just for five minutes he will understand this reality.

But Sheytan is not letting him. Eh, who says to you to serve

Sheytan? Allah says, "You must serve Me. I have created you to serve

Me, not Sheytan."

So the way to safety to a man is to hold onto the prophets. The way

to safety to a man is just to say the Shahadat, what Prophet (sws)

brought. There are so many Sahabis who just said that they accepted

the Prophet (sws). Then they died and they reached to the highest

stations. There was a war (in the time of the Holy Prophet sws) and

one Bedouin came there saying, "What's happening here?" They

said, "We are preparing. Our enemies are coming to attack us." He

said, "Why are they coming to attack you?" They said, "Look, we

don't have too much time for you. The Prophet (sws) is there. Go

speak to the Prophet (sws)." So he came to the Prophet (sws) and

asked, "Why are they attacking?" Prophet (sws) said, "Because of

this." He asked, "What is that you are giving to people?" Prophet

(sws) said, "I am calling them to their Lord." He said, "This is the

reason they are coming to attack you, to kill you?" Prophet (sws)

said, "Yes." So he said, "What will happen to me if I come alongside

you and I go to war with them?" The Prophet (sws) said, "You cannot

come alongside us to go to war. First you have to become a believer

to fight with us." He said, "How will I become a believer?" Prophet

(sws) said, "This is what you say, `I believe in Allah and His

Prophet.'" And he said, "Then what happens? If I go to war and if I

die in that war, what happens?" Prophet (sws) said, "You will reach

to the station of the martyrs which is the highest station after

sainthood." He said, "I accept what you say." He accepted right

away. He pulled out his sword, he ran and before he could put down

the sword on anybody, a spear came, hit him and he fell down. He

didn't even put down the sword one time on anybody.

After the war when they were collecting the dead bodies Holy Prophet

(sws) said, "This one just said the Shahadat and he made the

intention to fight for the sake of Allah and he went to the highest

station." He didn't make Sejdah yet. Some are saying, "Oh, I am

praying so good," or "I am fasting, I am doing this and that." All

these are for us. But that one pulled out the sword for the sake of

Allah. He said, "They are attacking you because you are saying this?

That's not fair. I will be along your side."

That's how it was at that time and after that time centuries have

passed and that's still how it is. Nothing has changed. Anyone who

attacks the Friends of Allah must prepare themselves to be under

that curse. Anyone who attacks innocent people may be under the

curse too but Allah (subhana wa ta'ala) is saying, "Don't touch

those that I love. They are My friends and I will declare war on

you. You cannot escape then."

There was a dervish who went to a barber. He took off his turban and

said, "Shave my head." So the barber started putting the soap and

shaving the head. When half was done and the other half still had

lots of soap on it, another person came into the barbershop. He

looked very strong, a tough and rough guy. He came next to the

chair, knocked on the bald head of the dervish saying, "Hey

squashhead, get up from here. He has to fix my hair first." The

barber was a small guy. So he couldn't fight or say anything. The

dervish was also a pretty heavy guy but he was humble. So he looked

at him and said, "As you like your majesty." He got up and he sat on

the other chair, half of his head with soap on it and half of it

clean. The other one was wearing nice clothes. It looked like he is

a very wealthy one. He was saying, "Cut my hear like this, do this,

do that," and the barber was doing it but he wasn't liking what he

did to the dervish.

After he finished, he gave the barber the money with pride and he

was passing next to the door where the squashhead was sitting and

waiting. He came to him, knocking on his bald head again on the side

that was shaved, and said, "Squashhead, you are very smart that you

got up from that chair. If you would've said, `I wouldn't,' then I

would've broken this squashhead of yours." He said, "Yes, your

majesty. I know you would have. I have no business (pending). I am a

dervish. I can wait. You must be very busy, rushing, going

somewhere. So I gave you the chair."

That one didn't understand so much. So he went out, sat on his

horse, started going top-speed and inside the shop the barber blew

up (at the dervish) saying, "What kind of an idiot are you! He

cursed at you first, you got up from your chair, you gave your right

to him, then he says this to you and you say, `Yes, your majesty'?

You look strong like him but what a scared person you are!" He

said, "Nah, I am not rushing. I am not going anywhere. I am a

dervish. I am waiting for my time to go out from this world. The man

must be rushing." The barber said, "What do you mean?" He said, "I

don't know. We will see."

While they were talking the horse circled around, came in front of

the barbershop again. The man had fallen down from the horse. His

feet got locked in the stirrup and the horse dragged him around

the whole town; and the head that the barber fixed so nicely is now

smashed. He came in front of the barbershop and he got released. It

was Divine order. So that one fell right in front of the barbershop.

The barber ran out, everyone ran out and the dervish was sitting

nice and comfortable, not looking. The barber looked (and

exclaimed), "This is the man that was just here earlier!" The barber

understood, he looked at the dervish and said, "You are something

else. You put a curse on him." He (the dervish) said, "Don't get me

upset now. I didn't say anything. I didn't put any curse on him. But

didn't you see? The Owner of this squashhead didn't like what that

one did to this squashhead. He is the one who punished him, not me.

Don't put the blame on me."

Wa min Allahu taufiq

Bihurmatil Habib

Bihurmatil Fatiha.

Transcribed by “Yeni Osmanli”.