As salaamu alaykum Sayyidi Walaykum as salaam warahmatullah
Can we make du’a (supplication) for those that have passed even if they have live a
non-religious life?
Yeah why could you not make du’a for anyone.
Means everything is with a common sense and our way is a very easy way if the foundation
of what we do is based on love.
When you love somebody then your natural inclination and your God given right is to pray for them
and that’s a sign of your love and you should include them.
That’s why we pray for our shaykhs because we love them.
Those who don’t love them, they don’t pray for them and they’re cheap, worst cheapness.
And that’s what Prophet ﷺ taught his companions, said, ‘Do you know which one of you is cheap?’
And then they look, ‘The one’s who’s not spending.’
Said, ‘No the one whom hears my name and doesn’t give salawat (praises upon Prophet
Muhammad ﷺ) upon it.’
Why?
Because he’s teaching that, ‘If you love me the easiest thing you can do...’
now for the shaykhs and those whom we love, pray for them.
Put their name in your prayers, it doesn’t cost you anything.
Why are you holding that back?
What do you lose from that?
So the way of love answers everything.
Of course, you should be praying for everyone you love and we are not people to judge who
achieved, didn’t achieve, who had religious life, didn’t have a religious life because
why Allah (AJ) gave somebody to be religious and somebody not to be religious?
Oh so that the one who’s religious would pray him or her.
So that is the responsibility of tariqahs (spiritual paths) and the people of perfection
and the schools of perfection.
Even Salatul Maghrib (evening prayer) we have Janazatul Ghaibeen (Funeral prayer in Absentia).
Why Naqshbandiya is upholding that?
Salatul Janazatul Ghaibeen with four takbirat that we recite a janaza (funeral prayer) for
the one whom is not visible.
Why?
Because within 24 hours there are thousands if not millions of people that are lying dead
somewhere that nobody prayed for them, nobody came to them, nobody recited over them.
They died in a ditch, they died in a hole, they died in a catastrophe and Naqshbandiya
are a class in which they are the caretakers of this nation.
The nation that has accepted Islam and the nation, because all creation is Prophet’s
ﷺ they’re all from his soul, and the nation that did not yet accept Islam.
And that’s why in Islamic life it’s mandatory to do da’wah (religious propagation).
It’s not a choice but Allah (AJ) is looking for us to be doing da’wah.
Either you do da’wah with yourself, your character, your words, your knowledge, your
money, your rizq (sustenance), your time.
There’s nobody who cannot do da’wah and we said it’s even easier than ever now.
You can take the article of a shaykh and share it and you did da’wah.
If one person comes to that and if that person receives, these are all Hadith that – if
somebody comes to Islam, all their sins will be washed away and if Allah (AJ) gave you
all the treasures of earth, it’s nothing compared to accepting Islam.
Imagine then the one who brought that person got... who got all those treasures.
What kind of finder fee Allah’s (AJ) giving to them [audience laughs].
‘You brought that one.
Oh I gave all those jewels, imagine what station I’m giving to you of light and blessings
and dressings.’
So our whole life is to do that especially if we love Sayyidina Muhammad ﷺ, of course
we want everybody to come to that love and that ishq.
It’s our…
it’s our duty upon our reality and we do it with everything that we have, with our
time, our efforts, our knowledge, our abilities, our food, drink.
Our guys are going out and giving food.
There’s more food coming to the archdioceses from Muslims and they don’t…
they can’t imagine it.
How they bearded Muhammadiyoon and they look like the guys from the Three Wise Men on Christmas
time; beards and turbans, coming and bringing food to them, to donate from our sources that
food and what they’re gathering around the US.
So alhamdulillah this an amazing da’wah.
It’s not only making Allah (AJ) happy that we’re giving food but the immensity of the
da’wah that these are Muhammadiyoon.
And when that man dies or whoever’s receiving those food the angels will ask them, ‘Have
you ever seen a Muhammadiyoon?’
And these are questions that will be coming to their soul and the soul will testify, not
the nafs and the ego.
The soul will say, ‘Definitely.
We had an interaction with this and this, this,’ and those souls will be interceding
for those people in difficulty.
So it’s the immensity.
That’s why Mawlana Shaykh (Q) would say, ‘Just take my picture and spread it everywhere,’
because they will testify, their soul will testify.
That’s why when you walk the people are staring at you.
Not because you’re strange but because their soul is saying, ‘Look at that Muhammadan
light, you’re going to testify that you saw his light in the grave or her light.’
This is the Allah’s (AJ) rahmah and mercy that nobody is going to now in this world
now say that they never met a Muhammadiyoon.
So this light of Prophet ﷺ is moving and everywhere.
So this is the immensity and the responsibility and the blessings that we have.
So definitely we are a people who pray for everyone.
Rabbil mumineen wa Rabbil kafireen (Lord of the Believers and Unbelievers), Rabbil ‘Aalamin
(Lord of All Worlds), inshaAllah.
As salaamu alaykum Sayyidi Walaykum as salaam warahmatullah
Sayyidi what is meant by Naqshbandiya inherit from Hazrat Ali (as) and Hazrat Abu Bakr (as)?
Oh that’s like a two… two week series [Shaykh laughs].
Naqshbandiya tul Aliya (The Most Distinguished Naqshbandi Order), that go into our Muharram.
You can google the Muharram talks and that’s when the first month is the first khalifa
(representative) and the reality of the first of the Imams (religious leaders).
Every month is under 12 Imams and every month under 12 khalifas.
The first khalifa Sayyidina Abu Bakr as Siddiq (as) and the first Imam is Imam Ali (as) and
they represent the two moons, the two sides of the moon.
The face of the moon – Sayyidina Abu Bakr as Siddiq (as) qamaron and the reality of
the physical guidance and the first of those to represent the Muhammadan guidance upon
this earth.
And Imam Ali (as) represents then the spiritual inheritance of that guidance and the inheritance
for Ahlul Bayt and the family and prophetic secret and they bring that secret together
in Naqshbandiya tul ‘Aliya.
So that has a immense, immense reality for Naqshbandiya that they carry the secret of
Imam Ali’s (as) prophetic inheritance not as a Sahabi (Holy Companion of Prophet ﷺ)
because 42 tariqahs are with Imam Ali (as) and those are like the secrets of a Sahabi
because he’s also a companion of Prophet ﷺ.
But under Naqshbandiya tul ‘Aliya we carry the secret of Sayyidina Abu Bakr as Siddiq
(as) and then Imam Ali (as) plants his family inheritance in Naqshbandiya tul ‘Aliya with
Sayyidina Qasim (as), Sayyidina Salman al Farsi (as) and Sayyidina Imam Jafar as-Sadiq
(as) and Imam Jafar as-Sadiq (as) brought the two rivers into the tariqah by order of
Imam Ali (as).
So the tariqah holds the two rivers of realities and that’s why Naqshbandiya tul ‘Aliya
– the most high and alhamdulillah the soul of all other tariqahs, inshaAllah.
As salaamu alaykum Sayyidi Walaykum as salaam warahmatullah
Sayyidi if we wear a blue evil eye bracelet and people can’t see it, will it still catch
the negative energies?
Better to see it, that’s why you have it or you put a feroze (turquoise) ring.
If you feel there’s a lot of negativity, you put a feroze or you can have a necklace
that has the blue feroze, so yeah.
It’s something that you want people to see so on the bracelets then they see amongst
each other if females are wearing their bracelet then the other females will see it and acknowledge
it.
But those are things that that have to catch the eye so it’s different than the ta’weez
(prayer for protection).
So that the bracelet itself has no power.
So that’s when they say, ‘Oh…’ that’s when these ‘ulama (scholars), external ‘ulama
are very disturbed by that.
So yeah the blue has no power, it’s not a ta’weez.
So the ruqya (blessing), the ta’weez is something different – those are writings
of Qur’an and Ismullah (Name of Allah (AJ)), Ismur Rasul (Name of the Messenger ﷺ) and
awliyaullah (saints).
Those are given by Prophet ﷺ and they come from the heavens with a Divine light and there
are angels attached to each letter and those powers that are emanating from the ta’weez
into the car, the home or onto the person.
And they don’t need anyone to see it and those whom need to see it, they see it and
they choose to go somewhere else.
Those bring out a light from paradise, from heavens.
These are for spiritual battles.
So these are the armoury and armament that come from the heavens so that the believers
are not alone.
Now the colour blue it’s from a haqqaiq and a reality.
That Allah (AJ) is teaching us – your eyes are like weapons, so you know in battle they
have a shield.
So if you’re standing in front of an archer, best you have a very nice shield because he’s
just going to be firing arrows into your head, into your body.
So they have actually very big shields and they keep standing there [Shaykh imitates
dodging arrows sound].
So Allah (AJ) teaching, ‘Yeah more dangerous than that archery is that guy’s eyes over
there.’
When they look at you they have hasad (jealousy), they have an energy they don’t know how
to control and what about the one who knows how to control and they send a very bad energy.
That then becomes the reality of the blue.
So blue is like a shield that you catching something.
So it by itself is not something holy but this has to do in the battling of light and
energy.
The blue has an ability to deflect so you keep [Shaykh imitates deflecting sound] putting
the blue because as soon as you put the blue the person’s eye went to that blue and that
was the objective was to deflect the eye of that person onto that object and many times
it will crack.
So these are different.
The ruqya and the things that bring light and energies, they don’t have to be visible.
The ta’weez can be in the corner of the window and its scaring the one’s outside
because they see.
Those… those things, those nefarious creatures when they come across these Naqshbandi houses
they see lights emanating from all directions.
They don’t want to go close enough to inspect the light because by virtue of coming near
to it, it draws them in to burn them.
So from a distance like a criminal they say, ‘This is a… alarm company there.
Why we want to go there?’
Just … this guy’s house has no lights coming from it, we’ll go there.’
So this is the reality and the blessing that Allah (AJ) gives to the nation, inshaAllah.
As salaamu alaykum Sayyidi Walaykum as salaam warahmatullah
Sayyidi how can I stay gentle around harsh loving people?
It always makes me tense and tires my heart.
Yeah, we try our best.
Keep your wudu (ablution), keep your salawats and try your best to you know… do your practices,
do your salawats in that area, something that Allah (AJ) melt them to become softer.
And then you spend whatever time that you can and you know get your break and your distance
and try to tolerate so that you don’t overwhelm yourself in a negativity.
And whatever Allah’s condition, “Ufawwidu amri inAllah, innAllahu basirun bil ‘ibad.”
Anything that Allah (AJ) puts us in, Allah (AJ) knows the condition that we’re in.
You have to acknowledge that Allah (AJ) knows my condition.
‘Wa ufawwidu amri inAllah, innAllahu basirun bil ‘ibad, Ya Rabbi please you see my condition
it’s overwhelming me.’
That becomes then your najat (salvation) and Salatul Najat (Prayer of Salvation) and asking
Allah (AJ), ‘Grant me a relief.
I’m being oppressed.’
The du’a of an oppressor is accepted so there must be a hikmah (wisdom) that you’re
under difficulty, Allah (AJ) accepting your du’a, now start making du’as.
So it’s not so much about always trying to change your condition but that to acknowledge
this condition is happening maybe Allah (AJ) wants me to pray for people because the prayer
of an oppressed person is accepted.
So many pious people are oppressed so if you read the history of these shaykhs.
We’re now celebrating Imam Jafar as-Sadiq (as) who was martyred and he was… and the
immensity of his station and how much he was tortured by al-Mansur and the khalifas who
were running the Islamic government, how much they were torturing them, how much they were
hiding, how much they were trying to avoid being sort of in the eye of these people but
yet they still killed them.
So if these pious people are going to be killed by Muslims then me and you we can expect a
little bit of difficulty and not to worry about it.
Means they didn’t have lives of comfort, they had lives of immense difficulty.
So they give for us a precedent and an understanding, ‘Don’t complain.’
Be content with your life, nobody has killed you yet so you’re ahead.
Be com… content in your life, be patient in your life, have the best of characters
and love them whom they suffered and they know what difficulty is.
And that’s why they are Mushkil Gusha (remover of difficulties).
Means if you put this whole system again together and you understand this system of tariqah,
you’ll understand how they’re teaching.
So Bahlul (as) was selling people houses of paradise made out of sticks.
Have absolutely no value but as soon as you gave him something, there has to be an exchange
Allah (AJ) describes.
It’s not you say, ‘I believe in you and I’m going to go to paradise.’
Allah (AJ) says, ‘No, get an exchange from them.
If they believe in you, they’ll buy that nothing house for your claim of paradise.’
So means this is the oceans of faith.
How much faith these people had that they would see these awliya, because they’re
Mushkil Gusha – they take away difficulty because they were tormented in their life.
As a result of people participating with them, being with them, interacting with them, they
are not normal people, many difficulties will be taken away by your participation.
If he could give you a home for a dirham in paradise, what 400 years ago.
What do you think people are capable now in the last days and dajjal (man of deceit) is
upon this earth.
What type of bargain do you think if you make with these awliya, what Allah (AJ) will dress
you from, what Allah (AJ) will bless you from is something that you can’t even imagine.
If a house in paradise was one dirham, imagine what’s being given now for those who come
and heed the call and participate and activate their heart and their reality and their faith.
And by love of these holy souls and listening to their life it gives us a shame that, ‘Don’t
complain.
They suffered greatly in this way of Allah (AJ).’
What you have to do is meditate, contemplate and then ask Allah (AJ), ‘Wa ufawwidu amri.
Ya Rabbi for verily You see my condition.
Give me strength.’
The madad (support) of these awliyaullah, they’ll come and give strength, they’ll
give a light and a blessing onto the soul, inshaAllah.
Subhana rabbika rabbal ‘izzati ‘amma yasifoon, wa salaamun ‘alal mursaleen, walhamdulillahi
rabbil ‘aalameen.
Bi hurmati Muhammad al-Mustafa wa bi siri Surat al-Fatiha.