My question is do we inherit the punishment of sins made by our loved ones?
Is there such a concept of generational curse?
Walaykum as salaam wa rahmahtullah.
I think…
[shaykh picks up ‘A Timeless Reality’ book] you have to get the ‘Timeless Reality,’
inshaAllah, it was in Timeless Reality [Book].
I think these were the questions on the jinn (unseen beings) nations, and the child inherits
the sins of the father.
That’s one of the nice dressings that the parents give, it’s carried onto them and
inherited onto the child – that’s one.
So those difficulties and what the father did then is dressed upon the child.
And that’s why you have to know the father by… the child by his father.
Right?
So that you identify who this child is before you adopt them.
That who was the father of this because that father if he was in difficulty and did bad
things that child is inheriting that badness and that difficulty.
And the sins and the grave sins, the horrific sins – they don’t go away.
They don’t just vanish because the person left, they’re moving towards the families
and the recipients.
So it’s not only cash that people get from people when they die but you take their burdens
and their sins and what they’ve done on this earth.
Then the understanding again of the unseen nations, their life is 1000, 2000, 3000 years.
If you should harm them, their fight with you could be hundreds of generations.
Because we live 60 years, 70, 80 years, 10 generations is not even 800 years, so you
can see how that one is still alive and he’s still angry.
So he just keep coming, keep coming and that’s why you see many families with many difficulties
that just seem to pass from generation to generation.
But for that unseen world that was not even a lifetime for them.
So yes, those are… those are understood realities and they can be altered by Allah
(AJ) guiding.
And that’s when we say there’s immense blessings when Allah (AJ) wants to guide a
servant.
If He wants to guide the servant and break the difficulty of that inheritance, He guides
them to the hands of awliyaullah (saints) and by means of that guidance then they can
intercede to block that damage and that difficulty.
And that’s a najat (salvation) from Allah (AJ) to that child and to all the descendants.
When Allah (AJ) guides that child, if they had generational difficulties coming to them
just imagine then the haqqaiq (realities) and the rahmah (mercy) of Allah (AJ), because
as soon as He guides the child they immediately intercede with this love and this ishq of
Sayyidina Muhammad ﷺ.
And it’s all Qur’an because Allah (AJ) says, ‘I would never punish them while you
are amongst them and they’re asking for forgiveness.’
So when you are with a Muhammadiyoon, you are in the light of Sayyidina Muhammad’s
ﷺ presence.
Means then when they took the hand of the shaykh, the Muhammadan dress is now around
that servant.
As a result they’re teaching them, ‘Make tawbah (repentance) and istighfar (seeking
forgiveness), make lots of salawats (praises upon Prophet Muhammad ﷺ) so that this ayatul
kareem (the generous verse of Holy Qur’an) begin to dress and intercede for you.
So you see how the teaching always go back to Allah (AJ).
It’s Allah (AJ).
Through the guidance Allah (AJ) wants a system in which to bring them back.
Now the Qur’an will intercede for you because you are with the Muhammadiyoon and you’re
making your istighfar.
Now the Qur’an is activated upon you and it begin to intercede from ayatul kareem that
your punishment stops.
As a result of your punishment stopping, what happens?
All your hasanat (good deeds) begins to dress your father.
Right?
Because the ‘amal (action) of a child is brought up by the angels and the angels say,
‘Who’s he’s abu?
Means, ‘Who’s his father?’
So that the dress of his actions now dresses his father and relieves him from any difficulty
within the grave or any accounts that he’s having within the heavens, inshaAllah.
As salaamu alaykum Sayyidi Walaykum as salaam wa rahmahtullah
How does a seeker progress in spiritual path when the student gets spiritually intoxicated
and is unable to stay in senses?
If you follow their disciplines with the madad and the support, because remember there’s
always a level of disclaimer because you’re… we’re asking general questions and everything’s
not a general understanding.
You have to follow the system of their ta’weez (prayer for protection), their madad (support),
everything that they describe and all along following shari’ah (Divine Law), following
all of that is already a given.
You follow Allah’s (AJ) commands and on top of it you’re following the guidance
of the shaykhs.
You wash, you make… you have your ta’weez, you learned how to do your madad.
At that level the shaykhs block those types of faiz (downpouring blessings) and those
types of haal (spiritual state) that are uncontrolled.
Naqshbandiya tul ‘Aliya (The Most Distinguished Naqshbandi Order), that if you’re under
another tariqah (spiritual path) and you’re experiencing all sorts of things, as soon
as you take bay’ah (pledge of allegiance) with us Mawlana Shaykh Abdullah Faiz ad Daghestani
(Q) will cut all your connections.
They don’t like that, they don’t operate with that, so that from their end they’ll
immediately cut all the circuits that are opened and incorrectly opened or inappropriately
opened, so that the student is not experiencing those things.
But why we mention the ta’weezs, the zikrs (Divine remembrance), the washings, the madad,
is that they’re not under the influence of again jinn which could be giving them the
false illusions, false hallucinations, false feelings of achievement.
And usually you see those people who their ‘amal is very bad and they complain…
they talk about having lots of experiences.
That’s all from the jinn because the jinn are not doing a security check on you and
they just let you to see and experience anything you want, to misguide you.
The shaykhs they have to follow through the command of Sayyidina Muhammad ﷺ.
That, all your ‘amal has to be check, check, check, check like a government screening.
If you try to get a job at the government they’re going to come and do 7 years of
background checks with you.
You think the agencies hire you and say, ‘Come here’s your security card and go now through
our offices, do what you want.’
They do 7 years, they go through all your relatives and ask every question of where
you work, what you did, what you earned.
Allah’s (AJ) much more thorough than that.
So means they have to have a complete check, background, everything for Prophet ﷺ to
sign off.
But the jinn are not doing that.
They can give anybody a haal, anything an experience.
We said that – the most possessed part of a human body is their head.
So anyone whom is thinking they hear something but they don’t have those types of trainings
that they’ve described, that they’re seeing something, that they’re understanding something
then there’s a likelihood that there is a jinn interference in them to make them feel
that they’ve achieved something.
Because the achievement we just described is an immense fire, immense difficulty, immense
testings, security checks on your character, character, character.
So that their character is good and as a result then the heart begins to open.
But shaitan (satan) is standing right on the side saying, ‘I’ll open it for free, don’t
worry.’
But what he’ll open is the hallucination with their head.
He has no access into the heart and eternity.
So then they’ll accept the hallucination of the head until they reach to the punishment
of the grave where Allah (AJ) says, ‘You had opened your head, you allowed the shaitans
to play with you and give you your hallucinations and now the difficulty you face from that
reality.’
But those whom Allah (AJ) open their hearts means their security checks were done and
as a result the grave becomes the conclusion of their khalwah (seclusion) and their achievement.
When Allah (AJ) at that time grants them to complete their ahad (covenant), ‘I’m going
to for this day complete My covenant upon you and finish the dress that I had promised
you.
That you weren’t allowed to open on earth, I’ll open in your qabr (grave).’
So there’s nothing to do with punishment anymore, this is a servant whom Allah (AJ)
has already authorized then He completes His ni’mat (blessing) upon them in the grave.
So these are very complicated issues because many people may be listening and watching.
So that’s why it always goes to the foundation, the foundation is that you’re connecting,
you’re wearing your ta’weez and you’re doing your muraqabah (spiritual connection).
In your muraqabah you have to have a very strong connection with the shaykhs and you
don’t look for any other connection, just the shaykhs, the shaykhs, the shaykhs, so
that they can connect you to that source of power.
And we talked earlier today that this whole understanding of the jinn world was based
on humans not knowing their real strength, but shaitan knows how strong humans are.
So they become powerful by your worshipping.
So when the jinns wanted to become more powerful they got the humans to worship them.
As a result of your unknown power, you would put it onto them and they became more powerful.
So if their power was this big [as a comparison], when you worshipped them they became this
big [bigger than before] and you shrunk in your reality.
So means that many realities of what they’re trying to do and impose upon human beings.
But when Allah (AJ) wants the perfected connection is that – focus on Allah (AJ), focus on
Sayyidina Muhammad ﷺ, make your connections with the shaykhs so that they take you to
the sultanate (kingdom) of Sayyidina Muhammad ﷺ.
And that that’s why we start the zikr that, ‘See ourself at Rauza e Sharif (holy burial
chamber),’ it’s the sultanate.
And then we talked about something else too is that people say that, ‘If I know the
name of this angel, I know the name of this jinn, should I call them or should I do this?’
I say, ‘I give you an example, that if you’re sitting in the presence of that king, do you
think any of his commanders would come to your rescue if you called them directly?
Impossible for any one of them to move!’
You call on all the angels you want and if they’re sitting in the presence of Sayyidina
Muhammad ﷺ and you have a different telephone line, say ‘Hey, can you come and guard my
village, we’re under attack?’
Not one will move, because of why?
They’re from an ocean of discipline.
They only take their command from their king.
That’s why when you watch the movies of dynasties and kings you understand that your
request has to go to the king, has to be to Allah (AJ) Almighty but to His sultanate of
Sayyidina Muhammad ﷺ.
Only then will madad and support be dispatched.
So you don’t need to know everybody’s name.
You don’t need to know the name of this angel, the name of this jinn, the name of
this, the name of that.
You need to know that you have to be connected to the king.
You have to be connected to the heart of Sayyidina Muhammad ﷺ, ‘Ya Rabbi by the haqqaiq and
the reality that You dressed upon Sayyidina Muhammad ﷺ ishfa'lana – that look upon
me, guide upon me.
Ya Sayyidi ya Rasulul Kareem (The Most Generous Messenger) send this madad and support.
That send this of this difficulty coming to me, send support.’
So this whole concept of madad, of madad, of madad is to show our connection to this
kingdom.
So when all day long you’ve practice your madad, you’re with the shaykhs, you visualize
the shaykhs, you feel their presence, that they’re in the presence of Sayyidina Muhammad
ﷺ.
You’re a part of that kingdom.
What do you have to ask for?
The king already sees it.
Ayatul Kusri (The Verse of The Throne) describes the power of Sayyidina Muhammad ﷺ, ‘Neither
sleep nor slumber overtakes him.
This king sees everything ﷺ.’
The sultanate of Sayyidina Muhammad ﷺ when you’re connected, you’re connected to
his awliya (saints), you’re connected to his Sahabi (Holy Companions of Prophet ﷺ),
you’re connected to his family and most supreme you have an immense love for his holy
presence, and Allah (AJ) as a result loves you.
Why you have to call on anything?
You just keep making your connection, they’re guarding these areas.
They see what you don’t see and they dispatch the support that’s needed all around you,
your home, your family and your communities.
When you want to call individual person and say, ‘Hey would you dispatch an army to
come and help me?’
[Response] Say, ‘Who are you?’
We don’t operate like that.
We operate from an order under tawheed (oneness).’
Order come from Allah (AJ) to Sayyidina Muhammad ﷺ and then out to all the Ulul Amr (saints).
This we described in Surat Al-Qadr - the amr (command) has to come in a chain.
So in our lives is the same way.
Don’t need to keep emailing, ‘If I call here, call that, who do I call this?’
No, that you just make your connection to the shaykh.
If you made your connection to that shaykh, you’re hearing their teachings, you’re
making your heart connected, they’re connecting you now to this ishq and this love of Sayyidina
Muhammad ﷺ, and that all times you’re seeing yourself at Rauza e Sharif.
You don’t even have to see it, and say, ‘In my heart I can’t see it yet.’
You don’t have to.
You just have to know you’re there and that you’re holding the Rauza e Sharif and that
you’re asking Sayyidina Muhammad ﷺ that, ‘Your nazar (gaze) be upon me, your dress
be upon me, that your gaze be upon me.’
And that’s it, that’s enough.
If we do that with love, “Qul in kuntum tuhibbon Allah fattabi’uni.”
This is the secret of “fattabi’uni, Yuhbibkumullah.”
If you’re doing it right and you’re feeling this ishq, and you’re feeling this love,
you feel that fire of testing and burning.
And only through when you’re burning, you know that you’re close to Prophet ﷺ because
the only one who can bring a coolness to your tears.
If you’re not burning, you don’t really know who Prophet ﷺ is.
That’s why we said that Madina is for the brokenhearted, not happy people.
Those whom been tested by Prophet ﷺ severely, they feel the joy and the immense love of
entering into Madinatul Munawwara (luminous city of Prophet ﷺ) because they know they’ve
been tested, and they’re going into the presence of Rasulul Kareem ﷺ who relieves
all sadness from their heart, all difficulties from their heart, make all their tears to
be something cool and peaceful and beatific, to get their realities and their blessings
from that reality.
So that happens in every salawat, every majlis (gathering) as-salawat an-Nabi ﷺ is to make
everything to be cool and peaceful through the difficulty of this world.
Subhana rabbika rabbal ‘izzati ‘amma yasifoon, wa salaamun ‘alal mursaleen, walhamdulillahi
rabbil ‘aalameen.
Ila sharifin Nabi (SallAllahu ‘alayhi wa Sallam) wa ila aalihi wa sahbihil kiram, wa
ila mashayikhina fit tariqatin Naqshbandiyatil ‘aaliyah wa sayiri wa sadatina wa Siddiqin.
Al Fatiha.