Osmanli Nakshibandi Hakkani Muslim Sufi Order: Sohbets

Bismillahir Rahmanir Rahim

Do Not Miss Jummah for Business;
Prepare for Mahdi (as) and Isa (as)

Cuma Hutbe by Sheykh Abdul Kerim el-Hakkani el-Kibrisi

Friday, 28 RabiThani 1427
May 26, 2006
Osmanli Naks-i'bendi Hakkani Dergah, Siddiki Center, New York.

BismillahirRahmanirRahim
Medet Ya Seyyidi Ya Sultanul Awliya, Medet.
Alhamdulillah, shukr Allah, Astaghfirullah.

We are thanking our Lord Allah (subhana wa ta'ala) that He has created us from mankind, He has put us in the nation of Muhammad (salatu wa sallim) and in this Ahir Zaman, in these bad times, in the worst time that the world has never seen such a foolishness before, He is keeping us in His service. This much should be enough for believers. If you have nothing else in this world and you are just thinking this then that should be enough for happiness to enter into your heart and the whole body must be happy.

Holy Prophet (alayhi salatu wa salam) is saying, "In Ahir Zaman, in the end of times, they are going to build their mesjids so beautifully but as much importance they are going to show to their clothes, they are not going to show that much importance to their religion. If their worldly wealth is okay then they are not going to care what is going to happen to their religion." Do you need to be a saint to understand that we are in those times now? We are in it. Everywhere you are going you are finding people running building mesjids (putting so many big office buildings, not mesjids anymore), but they are not putting Holy Prophet's (sws) name and they are not putting Allah's name in it. Empty places, dry and empty places. They are putting some designs out and in but the people who are entering in it are far away from Islam. So many are far away from faith. The mesjids of Allah are to bring people, the Muslims together and to worship Allah (subhana wa ta'ala) together to prepare themselves not for this world but to prepare themselves for what is coming ahead, the other world. Another prophecy, Holy Prophet (sws) is saying, "If they know you then they are going to give salam to you but if they don't know you then they are not going to give salam to you and they are not going to take salam from you in the mesjids of Allah." Go and try. Look at how many people are entering and who is giving salam to who. If they know each other then they sit over there and they talk. They talk on the phone even if the Imam is giving khutba. It doesn't matter to them. They are busy now.

This is not the Islam that Holy Prophet (sws) has brought to us. Islam must be priority in your life. Islam. The work of Allah must be priority, doing things for the sake of Allah must be priority. You must hold it high. Holy Prophet (sws) is saying, "Spread salam among each other." People are not giving salam to each other in the mesjids of Allah. The more salam you give the more blessings come to you. You will be under that blessing. If they don't give you answer, it's okay. You still give them salam. Angels will take it. Angels will reply back to you. Don't worry.

Allah (subhana wa ta'ala) is ordering us saying "Oh believers! Be with the righteous ones. Be with Saliheen." Be with them, sit with them, talk with them, associate with them and spend time with them. The whole world east and west, north and south (exception are some places, some areas) turned into dirtiness. The jobs that they are doing are dirty, the intention of people are dirty, people even dirty the air. They are saying what? Pollution? Air pollution? Dirty air. They dirty the water. Mankind is dirtying everything now. They are dirtying the oceans, putting their wrong wastes everywhere. Small towns, go two miles down, you look and it says, "Do not trespass." They put some dirtiness there, now the gas is coming out and the people are leaving their houses. Hmm.

All these are happening because man lost his direction (and they turned) from Akhirat to Dunya. Mankind lost their way. They forgot what they have been created for and they are running top-speed for this world. They are running to own the world. They are becoming slaves to the world. Never mind about praying five times a day, (they are saying), "Praying five times? Brother, it's very hard." Huh, very hard to pray five times a day? Then what kind of Allah is that who is giving you order to pray five times a day and you are saying that it's hard? Hmm? Doesn't Allah say, "I do not put on My servants burden that they are not going to be able to carry"? He is saying to us, "Come to My Presence five times." Leave five times. We say, "Are you praying (at all)?"

"No."

I say, "Pray two rakats a day."

Then they turn and they say, "Sheykh, are you changing Islam?" I am not changing Islam but you are not praying five times a day. Pray at least two rakats a day. That will give you some energy maybe. Leave two rakats. Now it's Juma. Pray once a week. (They say,) "I am busy." You are busy? Maybe your business will become bankrupt. Every Muslim who is not going for Juma because of business, their business is going to become bankrupt from now on. You are leaving Allah's order and not going for Juma? And now there are mesjids everywhere in the world, in every corner. With a car the farthest distance is one hour. Anywhere you are in America the farthest distance you are going to find a mesjid is one hour away from you. The Sahaba-e Kiram were walking miles. They were getting up and they were walking miles to come to Fajr prayer. They were going back, finishing their jobs and they were walking miles to come back for Zuhur prayer.

Whatever happened to Muslims today? Later they say, "Oh! We are under tyranny." Of course you are under tyranny because Allah is saying to us, "If you are leaving the way of Allah then Allah (subhana wa ta'ala) will take the tyrants among you, He will make them to become your leaders and they will tyrannize you." That's what's happening to us. "If you are remembering your Lord, if you are running after your Lord's orders then Allah will make this world very easy for you and He will remember you in the Divine Presence." This news should be enough for believers, for a man who believes in Allah and His Prophet (sws) and for a man who believes in the Judgment Day. This should be enough for the man who believes that he is going to get up from the grave, he is going to come to the Judgment Place and he is going to be questioned. If he is not believing that then leave that one. Run far away from him.

You cannot change anything anymore. It is not for us to change. It needs big power to come down to change the wrong direction of this world. So Holy Prophet (sws) is saying to us, "When you reach to the end of times, when you reach to those times when you see wrong but you are not going to be able to change it with your hands, you are going to see wrong but you are not going to be able to change it with your tongue then you have turn to your heart saying, `Oh my Lord, I am not accepting this wrong thing. I am far away from that wrong thing and from that person.'" And Holy Prophet (sws) is saying, "That is the weakest of faith." But you must do that for you to find safety. And he is saying, "When you see the whole crowds running into wrong direction, then pull yourselves away to the mountainsides. Live alone, pray alone and wait for the Savior. Wait for Mahdi (as) and Isa (as) to fix this world. You cannot do anything." If all man come together they cannot change this wrong direction that it is going towards now. Isa (as) is coming down with Mahdi (as) to change it.

InshaAllah ar-Rahman we are asking our Lord to count us among those good ones to be helping those and to be helping the work of those. And we are believing that we have entered to that era. Soon these activities are going to take place in this world. We must prepare ourselves for that. Preparing ourselves is sitting and remembering Allah by Zikir for power to come to your heart. Don't think you need gun power or you need this or that. No. You need this power (Sheykh Efendi pointing to the heart). When the power in the heart is strong then you will be winning. Otherwise, tyranny is going to be taken away from this world, every tyrant is going to be taken away from this world and if we have any tyranny in our hearts then we will go with them. So we must sit, we must concentrate, we must look, we must clean ourselves, we must work for the sake of Allah and we must try to build our Akhirat. If we run to build our Akhirat then Allah (subhana wa ta'ala) will make this world easier. If we run after this world then Allah (subhana wa ta'ala) will make this world hard for us and we cannot build our Akhirat then.

Wa min Allahu taufiq

Bihurmatil Habib

Bihurmatil.

Fatiha.
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Transcribed by Yeni Osmanli