Haqqani Suhbats: ' Protection in These Highly Political Times ' by Shaykh Hisham Kabbani q.s

Haqqani Suhbats: ' Protection in These Highly Political Times ' by Shaykh Hisham Kabbani q.s

Protection in These Highly Political Times
Mawlana Shaykh Hisham Kabbani
4 March 2011      Burton, Michigan





Jumu`ah Khutbah at As-Siddiq Mosque


Alhamdulillah, alhamdulillahee nasta`eenuhu wa nastighfiruhu was nastahdeehi wa na`oodhoo billaahi min shuroori anfusinaa wa sayyiaati `amaalinaa wa nashadoo an laa ilaaha illa-Llah, wahdahu laa shareeka lah, wa nashadu anna Muhammadan `abduhu wa habeebuhu wa rasooluh,...
ayuhal muminoon al-hadiroon, ittaqullaha wa ati`ooh. inna Allah ma` alladheenattaqaw walladheena hum muhsinoon.

Allah revealed to the Prophet (s) and the Prophet (s) mentioned to us in hadith that there will be confusions like chunks of dark nights; that means there will be huge confusions. Prophet (s) said:

laa yadree al-qaatil limaa qatal wa ’l-maqtool la ya`lam limaa qutil.
There will come a time when the one who kills does not know why he killed and the one being killed doesn't know why he was killed.

That is exactly what we are seeing today. The killer doesn’t know why he killed, except that he as pushed into it. And the one who was killed doesn’t know why he was killed, he was trying to make things better. During these confused and chaotic times, Prophet (s) said, “The one sitting is better than the one walking and the one standing is better than the one walking.” This means these days, don’t get involved in anything or take sides, because both sides have their own problems, defects, and faults. You cannot support one side over the other, leave the judgment to Allah (swt).

Prophet (s) said:
man ra’a munkaran fal-yughayyiruh bI-yadih fa in lam yastat`i fa-bi lisaanihi wa in lam yastat`i fa bi ’l-qalbi wa dhalika ad`afu ’l-imaan.
Whoever sees a wrong, try to change it with your hand; if you are unable, then try to change it with your tongue; if you cannot, then change it with your heart, and this is the lowest level of imaan.

So just sit and pray. Allah (swt) said:
كُلَّمَا دَخَلَتْ أُمَّةٌ لَّعَنَتْ أُخْتَهَا حَتَّى إِذَا ادَّارَكُواْ فِيهَاجَمِيعًا
kullama ja’at ummatun la`anat ukhtahaa hatta idhaa addarakoo feehaa jamee`an.
Every time a new people enters it curses its sister-people (that went before), until they follow each other, all into the Fire. (al-`Araf, 7:38)

wa hazama ’l-ahzaaba wahdah.
He is the One that demolished all different parties.

Allah doesn't like parties, He created human beings to worship Him. So we will go back to one of most important hadith of the Prophet (s):

“If there is a tyrant of a country (king or president), pray to Allah to change his heart from tyranny to moderation and peacefulness.”

Do not go and fight tyrants as you will end up in bloodshed. How many people have now been killed in the Middle East and for what benefit? One tyrant goes and another comes. We are now in the Last Days and there is fitnah everywhere, like dark nights with no end in sight. It started with Tunisia and began moving from there. So our duty is to sit in our places and make du`a. Today awliyaullah or sincere and pious shaykhs and scholars--not politicial shaykhs, they are running for their positions--will tell you, “Don’t be part of it as Allah (swt) will curse both sides, which are doing bloodshed.” And all of that comes from what? From corruption, it persists for a long period of time and at the end, blows up.

O Muslim Leaders! Those who don’t have problems in your country, try to give the rights to your citizens in order to avoid problems, confusion, and bloodshed!

The Prophet (s) was passing and saw someone whose cheeks were swollen and face red from anger. He said (s), innee `alamoo, “I know two sentences that this person can say that will bring him back to normal, ‘a`oodhu billahi min ash-Shaytaani ‘r-rajim. Bismillahi 'r-Rahmaani 'r-Raheem.’”  When Shaytan comes and you begin to feel angry you cannot stop yourself, you become like a drunk person.

Prophet (s) said to Abu Bakr as-Siddiq (r), al-ghadabu kufrun yaa Abu Bakr, “Anger is disbelief.” Anger turns a believer into an unbeliever as they might swear and may not even know what they are saying. Take anger away from your hearts! Give advice and let people live in peace, without making bloodshed for no reason! Everyone who killed an innocent is going to be responsible on the Day of Judgment Day. Muslims must not kill anyone! If you see people demonstrating, don’t join them. Also, don’t glue yourself to the chair; today leaders do not want to give that chair away. Allah doesn’t like someone who is so connected to something zail, not eternal, and these chairs are not eternal. Just sit on it for five, six, or seven years. Why do you want to sit for thirty or forty years and pass it on, from child to child? Give someone else a chance and the responsibility.

May Allah keep us away from these chairs and keep us connected to the love of Sayyidina Muhammad (s). That is the best of what we can try, in our meetings and in our congregations; to praise whom Allah praises. Allah (swt) said in the Holy Qur'an:
سُبْحَانَ الَّذِي أَسْرَى بِعَبْدِهِ لَيْلاً مِّنَ الْمَسْجِدِ الْحَرَامِ إِلَى الْمَسْجِدِ الأَقْصَى الَّذِي بَارَكْنَا حَوْلَهُ لِنُرِيَهُ مِنْ آيَاتِنَا إِنَّهُ هُوَ السَّمِيعُ البَصِيرُ
subhaan alladhee asraa bi `abdihi laylan minal masjidil-haramee ilal masjid al-aqsa.
Glory to (Allah) Who took His servant for a journey by night from the Sacred Mosque to the Farthest Mosque. (al-Isra, 17:1)

Allah is praising Himself, and one can praise Allah as He praises Himself, to show the greatness of Israa and Mi`raaj, as that is not something you can just talk about. “O human beings! It is not as easy as you think! I am bringing the Prophet from Earth to qaaba qawsayni aw adnaa, by praising Myself by Myself.”

“Alladhee” goes back to Allah. He didn't say “subhaanAllah,” that is for us to say. He said, subhaanalladhee, (which means) Subhaanee maa `azham shaanee, “Glory be to My Greatness, how I brought My servant to qaaba qawsayni aw adnaa.”

Our duty to is to give praise to Prophet (s). Why be worried about, “This one made me a servant, disrespected me, made me a slave.” If that person made you a servant, then Allah made you higher, so be happy and open your hearts. I am speaking especially to African-Americans. Don’t keep that resentment in yourself that, “we were slaves;” that is a temporary position to take you to servanthood. Those who didn't taste slavery will taste it on the Day of  Judgment, and those who did will be raised to servanthood. So don’t put in your heart, “we are slaves,” when in fact we are all slaves to our ego.

Praise the Prophet (s) instead, saying, allahuma salli `alaa Sayyidina Muhammad (s). Man salla `alay marran salla biha `ashara, “Whoever praises the Prophet (s) one time, Allah will pray on him ten times.”

Allah's praises have no limits! Love whom Allah created. He created Creation and is the Best Judge. May Allah forgive us and bless us on this Friday.

istaghfirullah al-`azheem alladhee laa ilaha ill-huwa wa atooboo ilayh.

[Du`a]

Uways al-Qarani

Uways al-Qarani

Abu Amar Owais Bin Harb Bin al Muradi bin al Qarn  [d.37H/ 657CE] 'alayhi al-rahmah wa'l-ridwan 
His name was Owais, he was known as Owais al-Qarni because he lived in a town called "Qarn" in Yemen.  

Hadrat Owais Qarni (Allah be pleased with him) was a very pious and noble person. Although his life was insignificant from a worldly point of view, he is renowned and honoured amongst all Muslims, Sufis in particular, for his piety, practice of zuhd (asceticism), as well as a deep love and affection for the Beloved Messenger of Allah (Peace & Blessings upon him).

It is said that he spent all his hours in solitude, fasting, night vigil and salat (prayers). He had embraced Islam while the Beloved Prophet (Peace & Blessings upon him) was still alive. He naturally had a very strong desire to see the Prophet but since his mother was very old and she needed his constant care and attention, he could not visit the Beloved of Allah.

As a reward of his service to his mother, he was treated as a Sahabi (Companion of Prophet) by the Prophet (Peace & Blessings upon him) even though he could not see him personally. His name entered the list of Sahaba only because of his strong intention to see the Allah's Beloved Messenger (Peace & Blessings upon him). 

Once the Companions asked the Beloved Prophet: "Has Hadrat Owais Qarni ever visited you? The Beloved Prophet (Peace & Blessings upon him) replied: "No, He never watched me physically, but spiritually he met me."

Sufism is based on the spiritual connection or link that was between the Beloved Prophet (Peace & Blessings upon him) & Hadrat Owais Qarni, in Sufism that spiritual connection is known as "Nisbat-e-Owaisiya". When Hadrat Owais Qarni (Allah be pleased with him) received a message about the Beloved Prophet (Peace & Blessings upon him), that he had lost a tooth in the battle of "Uhud", Hadrat Owais Qarni pulled one of his own teeth out (because of his love towards the Beloved Prophet).

Thinking that he might not have pulled out the right tooth, and because he loved the Beloved Prophet (Peace & Blessings upon him) more than he loved himself, he pulled out all of his teeth to make sure that he had lost the same tooth as the Beloved Prophet Muhammad (Peace & Blessings upon him).    

During his last days, the Beloved Prophet (Peace & Blessings upon him) asked Hadrat Umar and Hadrat Ali (Allah be pleased with them) to take his shirt (Jubba Mubarak) to Hadrat Owais and ask him to pray for the forgiveness of my followers (Ummah). The reason for this was to show his companions the very high status of Hadrat Owais.

Hadrat Umar and Hadrat Ali (Allah be pleased with them) asked the people if there was anyone from Qarn. One man came forward and told them how to find the place. They set out for Qarn. When they arrived, they asked the people where Owais was. The villagers answered their questions, but were very surprised to see the two prominent Companions asking for an unknown camel shepherd.

When Hadrat Umar and Hadrat Ali (Allah be pleased with them) reached to him, they saw Hadrat Owais saying his prayers. As he finished his prayers, he said, "It is the first time anyone has ever seen me praying. The two men passed on to him Beloved Prophet (Peace & Blessings upon him)'s message asking Owais to pray for the forgiveness of the followers of Muhammad. This he did.

After a while he said, "Allah has forgiven and rewarded as many of Muhammad's followers as the hair of the sheeps of the Rabia and Mazhar tribes. They asked Hadrat Owais, "If you loved Muhammad so much, why didn't you visit him more often during his life time?" He did not answer, but asked if they took part in the battle of Uhud?

And if so, which tooth had Muhammad lost there? Hadrat Umar (Allah be pleased with him) was greatly impressed by this simple person and asked Hadrat Owais to pray for him. Hadrat Owais replied, "I pray for the forgiveness of everyone at the end of every prayer. If you keep your faith in Allah and His Messenger Muhammad, you will receive my prayers in your graves."

 Shaykh FARID AL-DIN ATTAR tells us about Oways al Qarni ra:

"During his life in this world, he (Oways) was hiding from all in order to devote himself to acts of worship and obedience" ('Attar 1976, p. 2). 'Attar also relates that the Prophet Peace & Blessings upon him had declared at the time of his death that his robe should be given to Oways, a man he had never met in this life.

When 'Umar Radi Allahu anhu looked for Uways during his stay in Kufa, he asked a native of Qarn and was answered "there was one such man, but he was a madman, a senseless person who because of his madness does not live among his fellow countrymen. He does not mingle with anybody and does not eat nor drink anything that others drink and eat. He does not know sadness nor joy; when others laugh, he weeps, and when they weep, he laughs" (ibid., p. 29).

Many times in the company of his followers, the Beloved Prophet (Peace & Blessings upon him) stated: "I can smell the beauty of my fried from the land of Yemen'". This statement is in direct reference to the spiritual greatness of Hadrat Owais. The prophet also said: "I feel a sweet, peaceful breeze (naseem-e-rehmat) from Yemen". Concerning the hadith of the Prophet, upon whom be peace and blessings, "More people shall enter Paradise through the intercession of a certain man from my Community than there are people in the tribes of Rabi'a and Mudar," AL-HASAN AL-BASRI said: "That is Owais al-Qarni."

Hadrat Umar ra (Allah be pleased with him) quotes the Prophet as saying "Oh! Umar. From Yemen a man will arrive whose name is Owais and he has signs of Leprosy on his body, he cares for his old and frail mother. If for anything, he takes an oath in the name of Allah, Allah will fulfill his oath. If you can ask from him prayers for your own forgiveness, then you must do so."

Hadrat Ibn-e-Sa'd (Allah be pleased with him) quotes the Beloved Prophet (Peace & Blessings upon him) as saying "In my ummah (followers) I have a friend whose name is Owais al Qarni"Uwais al-Qarni says, "Keep watch over thy heart",  "Alayka bi-Ghalbik". Uwais al-Qarni said, "Hidden invocation (al-du'a fi dhahr al-ghayb) is better than visiting and meeting," because hypocrisy (riya) might enter in the latter two.

Translation of the Invocation of Owais al-Qarni:

"O Allah, You created me when I was not worthy of mention. And You provided for me when I had nothing. And I wronged my soul and sinned, and I confess my guilt. If You forgive me, that will in no way diminish Your sovereignty. And if You punish me, that will in no way augment Your authority. You can find others to punish besides me. But I can find no one to forgive me but You. Truly, You are the most merciful of those who show mercy."

Haqqani Suhbats: ' Rasulullah (s) Give His Jubah to Sayyidina Uwais al-Qarani (ra) ' by Shaykh Hisham Kabbani q.s

Haqqani Suhbats: ' Rasulullah (s) Give His Jubah to Sayyidina Uwais al-Qarani (ra) ' by Shaykh Hisham Kabbani q.s


Rasulullah (s) Give His Jubah to Sayyidina Uwais al-Qarani (ra)
Mawlana Shaykh Hisham Kabbani qs
30 March 2013 - Upper Saddle River, NJ USA




Bismillahir Rahmaanir Raheem

Look at Sayyidina Uwais al-Qarani (r), what happened? You know the story? What is the story? What happened? His mother said to him, “Don’t leave me to go and see the Prophet (s); for Allah’s sake stay with me.” He was going to see Prophet (s) and his mother said, “For Allah’s sake, for Prophet’s sake, don’t go!” Allahu akbar. And he stayed back. What did he get in reward? He listened to his mother and didn’t go to see his Prophet (s). And when he decided to go, the Prophet (s) had passed away.

When Prophet (s) was dying, and this is a story from Grandshaykh (q), because awliyaullah, like many common people, they see the Prophet (s) in dreams and when you see the Prophet (s) in dreams telling you something that is correct! No question. He said he saw in a vision, when the Prophet (s) was leaving dunya he called Sayyidina `Umar (r) and Sayyidina `Ali (r), and said, “This is my robe, thawb,” the long dress that Arabs wear, like jalabiyya.

When Prophet (s) was leaving dunya he was sweating, sweating, sweating, sweating, sweating, until his clothes became very wet and if you squeezed it like that, drops would come out, from the sweat he was sweating. Tell them not to repeat that story, quote me about it. He said to Sayyidina `Umar (r) and to Sayyidina `Ali (r), “When I leave dunya take that one and give it to Uwais al-Qarani.” Sayyidina `Umar (r) and Sayyidina `Ali (r), of course when the Prophet (s) passed away, of course they cried, they were busy, but later they took the robe and it was still wet, the sweat of the Prophet (s) doesn’t dry.

That is similar to when I had one hair of Prophet (s) in London, we were making ziyaarat and many Pakistani’s have Holy Hairs of the Prophet (s). And one had a long hair, it was in a jar, and there is the Holy Soil from the Grave of Prophet (s) in it too. And I said, “Yunus.” He said, “Yes?” And I said, “Do you know what is coming to my heart?” He said, “Yes.” And I said, “Okay, go get scissors, I need half of it.” And he didn’t say “No,” he did it, and gave me half. I put it in a tube.

And the next year I came and asked Yunus to bring the Holy Hair of the Prophet (s) as it was Mawlid. And he brought the hair and it had grown back to its original length. Everyone was surprised because they saw last time I cut half of it. And I wanted to make sure, so we brought a flashlight and I shined it on the hair, there was no shadow. There was a small pebble, to hold it, which showed a shadow but no shadow of the hair. It is Hayy, alive. So also the sweat of the Prophet (s) is alive.

So they took that robe, wrapped it and they went to where Prophet (s) told them they can find him, and they were asking for him. His name was `Abdullah, he was known as `Abdullah, and they were asking;“Where is Uwais al-Qarani?” Asking, asking, then they asked a child, who was clever, “Do you know where is Uwais al-Qarani?” And he said, “I don’t know of Uwais al-Qarani, but can you describe him?” And they said, “Yes, someone who wanted to go and see Prophet (s), his mother...”And he said, “O that is `Abdullah! Yeah, yeah, yeah! Come, come, I will take you!” He took them. And Sayyidina Uwais al-Qarani (q) was sitting on a rock looking after the sheep, and he had his back to them.

And as they came near he said, without looking, “Yaa `Umar bring me the amaanat.” He took it, stood up, kissed it and put it on his head. Sayyidina `Umar (r) always likes questions, he wants to ask, he wants to know, `Umar (r) said to him, “Yaa Uwais, did you see Prophet (s)?”. And Sayyidina Uwais (q) said, “I ask you the same question,” and he didn’t answer, he said, “Did you see the Prophet (s)?”. Sayyidina `Umar (r) said, “Of course I saw Prophet (s)! I was with him day and night.”And Sayyidina Uwais said, “Yaa `Umar you did not see the Prophet (s), describe him to me.” So `Umar described his shamaail, different characteristics, eyes, ears etc.
Uwais said, “Everyone saw Prophet (s) like that. Yaa `Ali did you see the Prophet (s)?”

And he said, “Yes, one time in my life.” He said, “I saw Prophet (s), he called me when my eye was having problems, on the battlefield. And he looked at me and said, ‘Yaa `Ali, look at my belly and up.’ I looked and found the whole universe disappeared, and Prophet (s) filling the whole universe and his head is under the `Arsh. Then the Prophet (s) said, ‘Look from my belly and down.’” And Sayyidina `Ali (r) looked and found him filling, to his knees, the seven earths, and below that he did not see. “Then he said, ‘Look at all of me.’” He looked and found everything disappeared and wherever he turned his face he saw Prophet (s).

And Sayyidina Uwais (r) said, “Yaa `Ali, you are correct, you saw him.” So Sayyidina `Umar said, “Yaa Uwais, what is this robe’s speciality that Prophet (s) sent it to you?” He said, “Yaa `Umar, in this robe, Prophet (s) did not leave dunya without asking forgiveness on behalf of everyone of his ummah. And he sweated for everyone of his ummah, for each person, so each drop of sweat represents one person he interceded for when he was leaving dunya. And this robe, this dress, contains all of them, the whole ummah, from beginning to end, the sweat represents each member of his ummah, where the Prophet (s) interceded in front of Allah, that’s why he was sweating, ashamed from his Lord.” And he got acceptance that they are all under the shafa`ah of Prophet (s). So, who is then the bankrupt? When you know these Islamic Principles, and you know that you are going to be in front of Prophet (s), ashamed, because you are spreading false rumors, and Allah will not forgive you because they involve the rights of people; your `amal:

Wa qadimnaa ilaa maa `amiloo min `amalin faja`alnaahu habaa’an manthoora.And We shall turn to whatever deeds they did (in this life), and We shall make such deeds as floating dust scattered about. (Surat al-Furqaan, 25:23)

“We come to what they have done and we throw their `amal in their faces,” Allah said. That’s why their `amal is not accepted; let them pray as much as they like! Their `amal is not accepted. They are going to be asked and questioned:

`An abi hurayratata (r) anna rasoolullahi (s) qaala atradoona maa al-muflis? Qaaloo al-muflis feenaa man laa dirham lahu wa laa mata`. Faqaala inna ’l-muflis min ummatee yaatee yawm al-qiyamati bi-salaatin wa siyaamin wa zakaatin wa yaatee wa qad shatama hadhaa wa qazhafa hadhaa wa akala maala hadhaa wa safaka dam hadhaa wa daraba hadhaa fa-yu`tee hadhaa min hasanaatihi wa hadhaa min hasanaatihi fa in fanayta hasanaatahu qabl an yuqdaa maa `alayhi aakhadha min khataayaahum fa-turihat `alayhi thumma turiha fi ’n-naar.

The Prophet (s) said: Do you know who the muflis (bankrupt one) is? The muflis from my Ummah is one who comes on the Day of Judgment having performed prayer, fasting, and giving zakaat. However, along with all of this, he abused this person and slandered that person, ate the wealth of this person and unlawfully spilled the blood of that person. These people will take from his good deeds. If, however, his good deeds become exhausted, then their sins will be put upon him and he will be thrown into the Fire.  (Muslim, Ahmad, Tirmidhi)

So, let us pray for everyone to say, “Yaa Rabbee, we are all weak servants, us and them. Those who backbite us, we forgive them and we keep going, doing our job,” and try to close the door that the wind comes from, we don’t need to smell their bad smell, then you are going to fall into the dirty smell. No, stay in the perfumerie, al-`attaar, you will get some perfume on your hand. If you go to a blacksmith you get some fire sparkles on your body.  No, it is better to save ourselves and we say, “May Allah forgive us all, wa as-salaamu `alaykum wa rahmatullaahi wa barakaatuh.

Wa qeela li-Salman al-Farsi awsinaa fa-qaala man istata` minkum an yamootu haajan aw ghaaziyan aw `amiran li-masjida rabbihi fal-yaf`al wa laa yamootanna taajiran wa laa khaa’inan.

They asked Salmaan al-Farsi to advise them and he said, “whoever among you is able to die on hajj or fighting as a soldier (against an aggressor) or building a mosque, then let him do so, but do not die as a trader nor as a traitor.

We are squeezed here, but on Day of Mahshar we will not be squeezed inshaa-Allah. And we are squeezed here because we are listening to something that makes us happy and on Judgment Day, inshaa-Allah we will not be squeezed but saved with no account and enter Paradise with no account!

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Haqqani Suhbats: ' Consistency with your awraad is the key ' by Shaykh Hisham Kabbani q.s

Haqqani Suhbats: ' Consistency with your awraad is the key ' by Shaykh Hisham Kabbani q.s



Consistency with Your Awraad is the Key
Mawlana Shaykh Hisham Kabbani
2 November 2013   New Jersey


Suhbah at Private Residence (Suhbah in progress.)


Every one of us has a goal in his life; for some, their goal is Allah and His Prophet (s) completely and they give all their time. Some have (intention for) Allah and His Prophet (s) according to their capacity, which is also very good. Some have one day thumma amanoo, one day thumma kafaroo, which means one day they are on the right way, and one day they make mistakes.


I was going to go and rest, but Mawlana Shaykh Nazim (q) sent a message, “No! These are one of the best times, because in two days it is the first of Muharram, the beginning of the New Year,” and awliyaullah in these days are busy in preparation for this coming year, which is a heavy condensed year with too many changes going to happen. So he said, “Don’t miss that opportunity to convey a message to everyone seeking Allah and his Prophet (s), because people came here for...they can pray at home and they do not take the difficulty of travelling in order to sit and do their prayers.”

Such associations are important not because the person who is speaking is important, no, and not because the materials are important, no. It is important because of the tajalli, the manifestation that Allah sends at certain times. No one knows when it happens, and this morning Allah’s manifestation of His Rahmah, as Allah wants His servants to learn, not through Alif, Baa, Taa, or through reading and communicating through books, but through certain light that Allah throws in the heart of those who are present in this association.


Like Sayyidina Musa (a) and Sayyidina Khidr (a)... Why did Sayyidina Musa (a) go to Sayyidina Khidr (a) although Sayyidina Musa (a) is higher in knowledge? Yes, Sayyidina Musa (a) is higher in knowledge and had `Ilm ash-Shari`ah, Knowledge of Shari`ah, as Allah gave Shari`ah to Musa (a) for one reason: because he was Kaleemullah and any question he asks, he gets answers. But `Ilm al-Haqaa’iq was with Khidr (a) and that does not mean that Sayyidina Musa (a) is not higher; of course he is higher, he is one of the Oolu ‘l-`Azam, the Five Main Prophets.


So the importance is not who is who, or who is there, but the importance is that tajalli that Allah (swt) sent and awliya always look for it, and this morning we have such tajalli here. That will come to you, because someone asked me yesterday about that; they want to learn this kind of knowledge and how can they achieve it? That is to be achieved by patience, not reading books, not studying, nothing else, as Allah opens to the heart.


Our duty in order to be on the right track is to do three things, and awliyaullah recommend three things that if you do them, you are going to get that Reality for those who are asking for it. If your shaykh asks you and tells you that, “In this spot of Earth, under the Earth, inside, there you can get your amaanat, they are ready for you there!” Grandshaykh, Allah bless his soul, said, and I am quoting Grandshaykh, “There are seven spots in the world that are very important for us.”

People mine for diamonds underground, maybe deep under the ground, two kilometers or three to four miles down, to get these diamonds of one, two or more carats. He said, “There are seven in this world,” and awliyaullah are saying this, what you cannot find in books. He said, “There are seven diamonds that have the touch of Sayyidina Jibreel (a) and no one knows where they are except one, which is in the hands of Mahdi (a). Six are hidden and when Mahdi (a) comes they will appear.”


How important is it if someone told you that diamond is in this spot in the Earth? “Go and dig,” and gives you a broken shovel to take out the earth to reach that diamond. “Go and dig,” would you do it? (Yes, sir!) Mashaa-Allah, you are a wali then! (Laughter) You will do it, because he told you there is a diamond there that has a touch of beauty from Sayyidina Jibreel (a), and everyone will dig but you will come with a question mark, “Why is my shaykh giving me a broken shovel to dig? It means he doesn’t want me to reach it,” as after two or three minutes the shovel is broken and you cannot dig. But the shaykh said, “Do it!” and your job is to do it.

So don’t ask, “How I can do it?” He knows you cannot do it, but he wants you to do it. “You want your treasures? Your treasures are there, so dig with a broken shovel in order to get your treasures from where they are hiding!"

Yeah, for sure you cannot get it by your dunya calculation, but by Akhirah calculation, you inherit, you inherit from Prophet (s), and awliyaullah inherit this kind of power from Prophet (s)! You put 1+1, it equals 1, and they say, “It equals 2,” but in reality it equals 1, by logic it equals 1. They say, “How it equals 1?” If you put one drop of water together with another drop of water it equals one. So put 1 +1 and you will find the reality that Prophet (s) threw in the hearts of awliyaullah:


وكلّ من رسول الله ملتمسا غرفا من البحر أو رشفا من الدّمي

Wa kullun min rasoolillaahi multamisun, gharfan min al-bahri aw rashfan min ad-diyami.
All of them partake from the Prophet of God a handful of his oceans or a sip from his continuous rains. (Imam al-Busayri, Burdah ash-Shareefa)


And Prophet (s) will not say no, he will give as much as your capacity because as much you can take, he gives.

When Prophet's uncle Abu Jahl invited him to his house in order to get rid of him and he dug a ditch, a hole, and covered it so when Prophet (s) would come he would fall inside, when Prophet (s) came to the invitation Abu Jahl was so happy, not because he was coming to eat, but because he was going to fall in the hole without seeing it.

So Abu Jahl was running and he fell in the hole, Prophet (s) didn't fall in the hole, but he fell in it! He forgot about it. Who saved him? Prophet (s)! Books say it was Prophet (s), for sure. Awliyaullah say that Prophet (s) extended his hand into the well to pull Abu Jahl out and if it was not for the hand of Prophet (s), Abu Jahl would have been falling to the End of Days, to the Day of Judgment, falling down into that hole, never coming out!


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Haqqani Suhbats: ' Uways Al Qarani (r.a) ' by Shaykh Mehmed Effendi q.s

Haqqani Suhbats: ' Uways Al Qarani (r.a) ' by Shaykh Mehmed Effendi q.s

Uways Al Qarani (ra) 
Shaykh Mohammad Effendi qs
2 March 2012 – Lefke Cyprus


Audhu Billahi min al shaytan al rajim, Bismillahi r-Rahman r-Rahim. Assalatu wasalamu ala Rasulina Muhammad Sayidil Awwalin wa al Akhirin. Madad Ya Shaykh Muhammad Nazim al -Haqqani, dastur! Tariqatuna sohbah wa l-khayri fi jamia'.

Our way is through association & blessing is in the gathering. Now we may say here a few words. Of course we make sohbat everyday after noon but to say in Juma, we find it a bit difficult to do. Insha Allah Mawlana gets better soon that he comes & talks to us that we won't have to talk. Insha Allah he will be with us for long years. Mawlana sends salams. Now Insha Allah, slowly he is getting better insha Allah. This test, it was not a test for  him but for us: for all his followers it was a great test.  

There are big lessons in this. This is also bringing out the illnesses people have in them. It was good to see Mawlana even from a distance. But people wanted to speak to Mawlana personally no matter what. Ok, you have come all the way here but still you don't need to. Already Mawlana has hundred thousands of follow ers, Masha Allah. If he was to speak to each one of them one by one, even hundred years would not be enough.  

Now with the wisdom/ Hikma of Allah, people are not able to see him at all but they are still coming. All who come, they are welcome. Visiting an ill person is already big sawab, reward & from Sunnah. And when that ill one is your Shaykh, multiple times of sawab for people. It is very good but now, some who come they still are not able to remove that illness from themselves. They say "I may see Mawlana no matter what!" Already Mawlana never cared for his self, his health, his tiredness -he sacrificed, he sacrified everything. Mawlana gave all.

He has seen everyone. He didn't even break the heart of the smallest person. Although he was 90, although he was sick,he still saw people.. And when you come here now, don't do this anymore! Meaning, whoever comes here should not think about it either. When they think about it, a heaviness comes on Mawlana. Heaviness comes "because this man's heart is broken, he came all the way, traveled thousands of kms & couldn't see Mawlana". If Mawlana was able to see you, he would see all of you 100x! But now the situation is not like this.  

So doctors, with Allah's permission. They say "Allah send doctors to the one who is to heal". Insha Allah Mawlana will get better that Allah has sent 100s of doctors, professors to Mawlana. But counting on doctors.. Still, dua is more important than the doctors. Our Turkish people have a beautiful saying: "Don't speak big, This doctor has come, Mawlana healed", don't say like this. With Allah's Hikma, Divine Help he heals. When Mawlana takes each medicine, he makes dua, for it to be shifa for him. 

There is no one among our Turkish people who don't know the Qasida-Uways al Qarani, in the land of Yemen. Uways al Qarani Hz had come all the way to Madina & returned without seeing the Prophet. Our Prophet saw his nur, light & realised that he had come. He is such a valuable person that, he gave his cloak, jubba to him. Till now it is being visited in Istanbul. Meaning, he is such an honourable person. Because who insists "I will see Mawlana", it means his ego is riding on him, nothing else!

May Allah give Mawlana long life. We should already not tire Mawlana from now on as well. Insha Allah we see him, you see him too but with dua. Make dua that Allah gives him health & wellness. Because if Allah says "they forgot me & counted on the doctors" it is no good. Really our Shaykh is the most beloved servant to Allah in this time with the honouring of the Prophet (sas) & Allah (awj). So he can conquer whole world,everything come to him with Allah's permission. But don't say "this doctor, that doctor".

He always asks for dua! Already it was Mawlana's habit, to ask anyone who comes to him, for dua. Whoever he sees, he would say "make dua for me". Make dua for him. Insha Allah with duas soon may he be with us again & make these sohbets on Jumaas. We speak about Shaykh Effendi, he is sending salams for everybody. Alhamdulillah, he is getting better. Slowly slowly he is getting better. And, he is the beloved servant for Allah (awj). And in Turkish they say: "the ill man who will be cured, doctor coming to his feet". Alhamdulillah Allah send many doctors for him. And he is getting better, Alhamdulillah. But we are not saying only for getting better with doctors, with dua.

We must  make dua, everybody must make dua. Because not only medicine, it is cure. And when he take every medicine, he make "Bismillahir -Rahmani r-Rahim, insha Allah this is cure by the order of Allah". And, thank you for people who coming. Alhamdulillah, many people coming from everywhere. And, he is happy. But there is one point. That people who coming, most of them everytime they ask to see him. And, he is 90 years old. And when he is ill, or tired, every time he was speaking to people.

And people, they want to speak one, to one also. They put all the details and..Alhamdulillah, he was doing many people like this. But now he become very tired, very ill. And when you say this word: "I want to see him now!", you just make this for your ego. You make this for ego and better for you, don't come here. Because this is giving, even by your heart you say "I want to see my Shaykh" no, it is not good. Because making, what they said, bad energy. Making burden on him. He is feeling this. No, you come here to visit ill person. It is Sunnah & big sawab. How you are visiting Sultan Al-Awliya, your Shaykh, your Master, coming from long distance. 

So Allah, already He give you all what you come for this purpose. All what you need insha Allah, Allah give you here & in Akhirat more & more you can't imagine how it is. But to put this in your heart, it is bad Adab and not good, especially for Mawlana not good, become burden on him. Insha Allah, I don't like to sit here Juma time, to speak here. Other days we speak 5 minutes every afternoon. But Juma, I don't like at all to speak. Insha Allah he come after short time insha Allah. We hope this insha Allah. But this point very important. Many people from love, they mix..mix between ego & between love. Ok, you love your Shaykh. But no, even 1 minute you can't see him. If 1 minute, 1 minute...100 000 minutes you must look for him.

But insha Allah  with dua, because when he was meeting with people, every time ask dua for him. Insha Allah all who listen to here & where they are listening, make dua. Insha Allah with dua, Insha Allah very soon coming among us, make sohbat for us insha Allah. But what we do insha Allah, waiting. And this is, his maqam become more high & high & high for him insha Allah. And when he become like this, he also he is not.. Awliya, Prophet they are not selfish at all. You cannot find this in Awliya. When they took this, they give for people, for murid, for ummah.

Insha Allah this is illness of ego. Everybody have but you must know this. Especially this time: I can, even 5 minutes morning, 5 minutes evening we see. When he speak, he is becoming tired in his lungs. The doctor he said, this illness coming for old people, fast like a horse but when to cure, like ant. Slowly slowly slowly slowly. So people they saw, maybe this is influence: "After 1 week I can see him, when we see he is good, oh, quickly we can see Mawlana" No. Allah give him health & we can see him. After 2 months also, it is ok for us insha Allah. Because insha Allah he is getting better, but he must rest after when he is getting better also. And at least needs 2 months to come out, for seeing people.

So who want to come to see, maybe after 2 months. But if he just come here also, he said "this is Maqam". More than 25 year, they make this ibadat, worshipping in this place. So when coming here, he is like what he want, he make dua Allah insha Allah accept this. Allah give him long life insha Allah. Especially for Jumaa, there is time for accepting dua. Insha Allah, this is time for this. Allah give him strength, health insha Allah, long life with Sayyidina Mahdi & Isa (as). Bi Hurmat AlFatiha.

We forgot. In Turkish we said about Uways Al Qarani. There is song, every time they make this song, Turkish people. Mawlana, he likes "Yemen ellerinden Veysel Karani". This is because, Uways al Qarani he was coming to see Prophet (sas). And he didn't find him.

He kissed his door & go back. Because his mother told him, come quickly. When Prophet (sas) come to house, he looked & see his light, nur. And after, sending Sayidina Omar & Sayidina Ali, giving jubba. And this jubba, still until now visiting in Istanbul, there is a special mosque for this. So, this is from his pureness. No ego, nothing. Just with adab coming & going. Even he couldn't see the Prophet but he was all time with him, Alhamdulillah. There is lesson, too many lesson from this illness of Mawlana. So insha Allah, very soon he will cure insha Allah. Fatiha.

The Turkish Qasida about Uways al-Qarani

"Yemen Ellerinden, In the land of Yemen".
"When he was born & came to this dunya,
angels spread out their wings under him.
He is the friend of the Beloved of Allah,

Uways al Qarani, in the land of Yemen.
Uways al Qarani, in the land of Yemen.
He would never  lie.
Would never eat from Haram.

Uways al Qarani, in the land of Yemen.
Uways al Qarani, in the land of Yemen.
He would herd a camel for a silver coin.
And would immediately give it out for charity.

He would say Tawheed so much
that even camels would learn.
Uways al Qarani, in the land of Yemen.
Uways al Qarani, in the land of Yemen.
Qarani Qarani, Uways al Qarani.
Uways al Qarani, in the land of Yemen.

Subhanim Allah, Sultanim Allah
Nabim Muhammad Alayhi Salam.
Subhanim Allah, Sultanim Allah
Nabim Muhammad Alayhi Salam.

Haqqani Suhbats: 'Everyone is Taking from the Prophet (s)' by Mawlana Shaykh Hisham Kabbani qs

Haqqani Suhbats: ' Everyone is Taking from the Prophet (s) ' by Shaykh Hisham Kabbani q.s

Everyone is Taking from the Prophet (s)
Mawlana Shaykh Hisham Kabbani qs
14 December 2013 - Masjid Taman Keladi Sungai Petani, Kedah Darul Aman




Salam 'alaykum wa rahmatullahi wa barakaatuh.  Alhamdulillah, whomsoever Allah guides no one can lead astray whoever Allah sends astray cannot be guided. Ashadu la ilaha ill 'Llah wa ashadu anna Muhammadan rasoolullah  Before we begin speaking, in any action, we must first renew our Islam and Iman and first we must praise our Prophet (s). And speaking about the Prophet (s) it is not possible for any human beings to know the value and greatness of the Prophet (s). His Value to Allah is unbelievably expensive and no one can understand it, except his Companions and the Guided Caliphs.

As for the Imams and the Successors and the Successors of the Successors...Imam al-Busyari, who was a knower about some of the secrets said, "Everyone is taking from the Prophet (s) either in gulps from the ocean or drips from the mist. And in this saying that every creation must take from the blessings of Sayyidina Muhammad (s), because he said all, kull everything is taking from the Prophet (s). And nothing is outside of al-kull, everything, so all things are.

Therefore in need of the Prophet (s), both in this life and the Next Life. Sayyidina Muhammad al-Busayri (r) said, “gharfan min al-bahri aw rashfan min ad-diyami - Either they are taking in buckets from ocean or in handfuls from the constant rain.”

Ibn `Ajeeba said, and he was from the great scholars of the Ummah, so that people understand said, "knowledge is of two types: knowledge of papers and knowledge of taste." And Sayyidina Bayazid al-Bistami (q) said "O my Lord, how can I come to You?" and the voice came "leave your self and come!" and Sayyidina Bayazid said, "how do I leave my self?".  "Leave your will and let your will be what Allah's Will is for you".
Who does not do that is in fact showing shirk al-khafee, hidden shirk, for hidden shirk in fact is to show your will in preference to Allah's will. Purify oneself of anger. Therefore Allah mentioned those who put down their anger and the ones who forgive others. Allah does not like us to be angry but to put down our anger. so we must not ever let anger control us. If we prevent anger from controlling us then our selves will be divested of and you will become pure and you will begin to hear what no one can hear and see what others cannot see, as the hadith of the Prophet (s),"My servant does not cease to approach Me through voluntary worship until I love him and when I love him I will become the eyes with which he sees, I will become the ears with which he hears..to the end of the hadith.

At that time that hadith will be realized in us.  Among the people today who can claim I hear what others don't hear and I see what others dont see.  and if someone denies that a person can do that is denying the words of the Prophet (s) and they are described by the Holy Qur'an as those will. We cannot say that is bid'ah and shirk. We don't know what that man sees, we cannot say he doesn't see, what we don't see. No, he is devoted to Allah and spends his entire time in His worship. Allah is the Most Merciful of the Merciful and the Generous, so He gives to whom He pleases, how can you deny Your Lord's Power to make that man a wali of Allah, and the Prophet (s) says in holy hadith ...
Imam Isma`eel al-Bukhari, author of the hadith book, Sahih al-Bukhari, is there anyone more truthful than him? no. Therefore we cannot deny his vision of the Prophet (s) and this is something to common Muslims, not only for Sayyidina Imam Bukhari. It is possible right here there are people who have seen the Prophet (s) in the dream.
Until the end of the Salat al-Faatih, haqqa qadrihi wa miqdaarihi al-`azheem. Muhammad Talmaysani was told in a vision by the Prophet (s) to recite that salawat and that it would be as if you recited 100,000 times Dalail al-Khayrat. Reciting it only one time. That will be equal to 800,000 times Dalail al-Khayraat, ie. If you lived 100 years in worship you could do that. The angels and the Prophet (s) said, from His Lord:

anaa jaleesu man dhakaranee, I am present with those who are remembering Me, meaning I am with them supporting them and that hadith begins, Allah has angels roaming the streets seeking out the sittings of remembrance of Allah and when they find these circles of dhikr they sit with them and make dhikr with them.

And there is another hadith about circles of dhikr,  when you find the gardens of Paradise, sit among them, and the Sahaba asked what are the gardens of Paradise and the Prophet (s) said, the circles of Dhikr. And such a gathering like this one ia a piece of Paradise and such will take place up to Judgment Day. Who wants better than that that His Lord is with him? and your Lord is with you as long as you are remembering Him. "Remember Me and I remember you. Thank Me and dont be ungrateful."
"Those who remember Allah standing, sitting and lying down and ponder on the creation of heavens and earth." it is essential to ponder on Allah's creation until you become aware of His Greatness. Then that Greatness will be dressed on you. and you will be able to see what others cannot see. You cannot be described in this dunya, and the tongue it melts under the descriptions of such stations which are mentioned in Holy Qur'an that after Dhikr they contemplate
Hadith of revelation of Surat Maryam, that when Jibreel came to the Prophet (s) with Surat Maryam and said to him kaf, the Prophet (s) said, I know it.

O Mawlana we don't pretend we are scholars. "Above every know there is a higher knower." We want only to be at the threshold of the Prophet (s). That is what we seek. That is what we ask. That is what we want.

O our Lord, you know us and our hearts. make our Prophet with us in every moment. That is what we seek and that is what the brothers and sisters and young people seek. And who love the Prophet (s) will be under his shafa`a. that is what we want to have the love to the Prophet (s). Everyone will be with the one they love.

So we want to be with the Prophet (s). and we ask Allah to forgive us and to renew our iman and that we raise our hands and altogether we recite ashadu la ilaha ill 'Llah wa ashadu anna Muhammadan rasoolullah. ashadu la ilaha ill 'Llah wa ashadu anna Muhammadan `abduhu wa rasooluh. ashadu la ilaha ill 'Llah wa ashadu anna Muhammadan `abduhu wa rasooluh. (Bay'a`)

Wa min Allah at tawfeeq