Mawlana Sheikh Mehmed Adil. Translations.

Tonight, the first Thursday of the holy month of Rajab, which transitions into Friday, we celebrate Laylat al-Raghaib. The day itself is also blessed. It brings great blessings. Allah, the Almighty and Exalted, is full of generosity and goodness. In His goodness, Allah wants to give. Allah, the Almighty, wants to give to those who ask Him. He invites us: "Come and avail yourselves of My gifts." But people do not accept these precious gifts. Instead - Allah forbid - they gather dirt and impurity and take pleasure in it. They carry it on their heads, in their eyes, and in their hearts. They pay no attention to the true treasures. They do not see them, they do not recognize them. Allah, the Exalted, has given us these blessed days as a gift. Every Friday is a blessing. All the days of these three months are also blessed. And as a special grace, Allah, the Exalted, has given us these special days. Raghaib is the night in which wishes and desires are fulfilled. This night is for all that we should yearn for. And what should we yearn for? For the Hereafter. We should yearn to follow Allah the Almighty and the path of our Prophet - peace be upon him. Our yearning should be: to follow the example of the Prophet and to live as Allah wishes us to live. That is it. These are the things we should yearn for on the Night of Wishes. What we should wish for are good things. Allah, the Exalted, has established what is permissible and what is forbidden. Allah says, direct your wishes towards what is permissible. What is permissible will also benefit you. It will elevate your rank. What is permissible are the good things we should wish for. Pure things also benefit the human body. They benefit the soul even more; they elevate spirituality. We should be grateful to Allah for making these days known to us. Many people know nothing about them. Neither about Rajab, nor about Shaban, the three months, the prayer - there are many people who know nothing about all of this. They are people who only yearn for worldly things. May Allah guide them. May He also grant them His grace, inshaAllah. Our task is to deliver the message; To tell people about these blessed days and good things. These are the good things. The good thing is to be grateful for Allah's gifts. To nourish our body and soul with these gifts. What is nourished by forbidden things brings no benefit: Neither to the body nor to the soul - it only brings harm. May Allah let these gifts continue. Blessed be these days and nights. Thanks be to Allah, this is our first blessed night in the holy three months, even though all nights are blessed. Today is the first of the blessed nights of the holy three months. Then follow Laylat al-Miraj and Laylat al-Bara'a. Then in Ramadan comes Laylat al-Qadr. Thanks be to Allah for that. Anyone who wants to can have their share in it. There is no limit. It is not only intended for one person; it is enough for everyone and more. Even if there were a thousand, million, or even billion times more people than on Earth, Paradise would be enough for everyone. There is room for everyone, do not worry. May we stay on Allah's path, inshaAllah. May these days and nights be blessed for us, inshaAllah.

O Allah, bless us in Rajab and Sha'ban and let us reach Ramadan. Blessed be they: The holy three months have begun today. Praise be to Allah. Regarding the month of Rajab, Allah, the Almighty and Exalted, says: 'It is my month.' Sha'ban is the month of our Prophet. Ramadan is the month of the Ummah. Praise be to Allah. We have reached the beginning of the holy three months. In peace, with faith, praise be to Allah, a thousandfold thanks. He has brought us to this state and given us such a beautiful path. What Allah wills, happens; what he does not will, does not happen. We could have been like the people of last night as well. Praise be to Allah. One must also be grateful for this. May Allah forgive them and us all and have mercy. For where there is sin, one must repent and ask for forgiveness. Even if others sin, we all must repent and ask for forgiveness. We do not agree with these sins, whether they are our own or those of others. May Allah forgive us. May Allah be merciful to us all. May He guide us. Guidance is the greatest gift. To be on the path of Allah is the greatest gift. May He grant guidance to those who are not. One must have pity on them, for Allah has not destined it for them. We could have been like them as well. By Allah's grace and generosity, we will, Allah willing, remain steadfast and be on the path of Allah until the end of our lives, Allah willing. May we, Allah willing, not follow Satan and not fall for his tricks, with which he makes evil appear good, and may he not deceive us. We pray in honor of these blessed three months. These are the important things. As for the others, they would not have behaved like this if Allah had granted them guidance. Allah has created things as they are. One cannot oppose Allah's will. One cannot oppose Allah's wisdom. Allah knows what He is doing! We cannot, by Allah, interfere in Allah's affairs. Some people say: 'If it were up to me, I would give guidance to all people, I would bring all people to the right path.' Allah, the Almighty and Exalted, wanted something else. Allah's wisdom must not be questioned. Allah does not wrong anyone. He does not treat anyone unjustly. This month is the month of Allah, the Almighty and Exalted. If you believe in Allah, then do not interfere in his affairs and do not say: 'It could have been like this or like that.' Be on the path of Allah. Be as Allah has commanded you. Thank Allah. Thank Allah at all times. May He make us steadfast. May He not make our feet falter. May He protect us, Allah willing. Blessed and blessed be they. May they bring blessings to the Ummah, Allah willing. We await the Sahib. The state of the world is bad. The one who will put it in order is the Sahib, the Mahdi, peace be upon him. We ask Allah that he comes. May Allah send him. The Ummah has been left without guidance. May He bless these days, Allah willing. May they be rich in blessings. May they be blessed. May they lead to good, Allah willing.

The month of Rajab begins, if Allah wills, this evening. The three blessed months: Rajab, Sha'ban, Ramadan. Rajab has another special feature, it is one of the Haram months: Rajab, Dhul-Qa'da, Dhul-Hijjah, Muharram. These four months are the Haram months. They have a special status. Rajab is one of them. It has both the merits of the three blessed months, as well as the merits of the Haram months. In the month of Rajab, one should take the opportunity and benefit from this blessed month. It begins, if Allah wills, from this evening. This evening after sunset, the first day of the month of Rajab begins, if Allah wills. Of course, one has to observe the moon, but people nowadays don't even know where the moon rises and sets. Therefore, we go by what the state says. May Allah accept it, if Allah wills. In this month there is also a partial Khalwa, an hour, two hours, as much as one can manage. The other type of Khalwa is currently not allowed. That is, sitting there for 40 days and doing a Khalwa, an ascetic practice, is not allowed now. Because people cannot endure that. For this reason, one can, by seeking refuge in the mercy of Allah the Almighty, retreat to worship every day, for example, between Salāt al-Maghrib and Salāt al-ʿIsha', between Salāt al-ʿAsr and Salāt al-ʿIsha', or between Salāt al-Tahajjud and Salāt al-Ishraq, with the intention of a "partial Khalwa". There are supplications that are to be recited during these times, and there are Dhikr that are to be performed. There are tasks that one can do, and one attains their blessings. There is no one in the Naqshbandi order who does not do Khalwa. Grand Sheikh Mawlana Sheikh Nazim showed leniency in every respect, because it is difficult for people to endure hardship. Therefore, he said that this partial Khalwa also takes the place of the great Khalwa. Our Prophet, peace be upon him, said to his companions, so that there would be mercy for those who will live in the end times: You are obligated to fulfill something 100%, and if you omit even 1% of it, you will be held accountable for it. "In the end times, it is enough for them if they do even 1%," he says. Therefore, thank Allah, one should take advantage of this relief where it exists. Of course, there is also fasting. Whoever can fast the three months should fast. Whoever cannot fast them completely can fast the first day tomorrow. Then on Thursday, Laylat al-Ragha'ib, one should also spend it fasting. Furthermore, one can fast on Mondays and Thursdays throughout the month. Whoever can fast more should fast. This will bring you great benefit. It will benefit people, if Allah wills. In addition, there are daily prayers. In the month of Rajab there is a special Salat consisting of 30 Rak'a. This Salat can be performed every two days in two Rak'a. In each Rak'a, one Fatiha and 11 Ihlas are recited. Thus, 30 Rak'a are completed for the entire month. That is, it is not absolutely necessary to pray every day. By performing two Rak'a every two days, one can also benefit from the merits of the month of Rajab. There are special supplications for the month of Rajab. These include: 'Subḥāna l-Ḥayyi l-Qayyūm', 'Subḥāna llāhi l-Aḥadi ṣ-Ṣamad' and 'Subḥāna r-Ra'ūf', which are changed every ten days. The exact instructions for performing this and other Dhikr are available in writing. That is what is coming up now. May Allah bless you. May these three months be blessed. May they lead to good, if Allah wills. May our faith be strengthened. May it be guidance for the Muslims and protection from the evil of Satan. May it be protection from the evils and temptations of the end times, if Allah wills. With the intention that we reach Mahdi, peace be upon him, if Allah wills. May Allah bless you. May even more beautiful days come, if Allah wills. May the days of trial end. May beautiful days come with Mahdi, peace be upon him, if Allah wills. May Allah enable it for all of us.

There is no permanence except with Allah. There is nothing that endures except Allah. Allah, the Almighty, is the only one who is eternal. Everything passes away. Everything has an end. Good and bad things pass away. Whoever is with Allah, the Almighty, wins. The other loses. Allah created everything so that people may learn lessons from it. Man can learn a lesson from everything. But man does what his ego desires and only looks at that. He doesn't even think about learning lessons. Life passes him by. As if he is doing something good, he rejoices in the new year and makes some plans. Instead of doing good, he does bad. To whom does he do bad? Man does bad to himself. Man's greatest enemy is himself, that is, his ego. That is why one must be with Allah, the Eternal. Another year is coming to an end. Tomorrow is the last day. What does it mean that tomorrow is the last day? Man should take stock. Have we done good or bad this year? Where have we made mistakes, where have we done good? One should think about it and ask Allah, the Almighty, for forgiveness for one's mistakes. If one has done good, one should continue it even more. The good is what endures. Bad has no permanence. Everything imaginable has already happened to every person in this world. Those who have tormented, oppressed, and done bad things to others, these tyrants, who have existed since Cain, the Pharaohs, and Nimrods, where are they now? They have passed away. What has remained? Their oppression has remained. Their deeds will be held against them. Even if those who have done good have passed away, they will find their reward with Allah's permission. Man believes he will live forever in this world. But that is not so. Act accordingly and take stock appropriately. At the end of each year, stock is taken. In trade, one takes stock: What was our profit, what was our loss? The real trade is the trade for the Hereafter. Let's take stock for that, inshaAllah. May Allah help us to do good deeds. And may Allah forgive us our sins, inshaAllah.

قُلۡ هَلۡ نُنَبِّئُكُم بِٱلۡأَخۡسَرِينَ أَعۡمَٰلًا (18:103) ٱلَّذِينَ ضَلَّ سَعۡيُهُمۡ فِي ٱلۡحَيَوٰةِ ٱلدُّنۡيَا وَهُمۡ يَحۡسَبُونَ أَنَّهُمۡ يُحۡسِنُونَ صُنۡعًا (18:104) Allah, the Almighty and Majestic, explains who the greatest losers among people are: They do something, think they have done it very well, and boast and rejoice. They think, 'We have done very good deeds.' But in reality, they have achieved nothing. What they do harms themselves, harms others, they are useless things, they commit sins. They consider it an advantage, believing they have gained a benefit for themselves. They boast, rejoice, and say: 'We have accomplished this.' But their actions are sins, harming people and above all themselves. It has always been like this, but now, with the new year approaching, everyone is in a frenzy. 'How should we celebrate New Year, what should we do?' They decorate their houses and everything around them. They believe it will bring them benefit. On this night, they sink even deeper into sins. They think, 'If we start the new year like this, it will be good.' They confuse the thoughts of all people. They mislead others into doing the same. What they do brings no benefit. In the Hereafter, they will be held accountable. Unless they repent. If they repent, Allah is certainly forgiving. Whatever you do, the gate of forgiveness is open. Allah, the Almighty and Majestic, says: 'Repent, so that I may let you enter Paradise.' 'Avoid Hell and enter Paradise,' says Allah. Allah invites people to Paradise. Satan, however, invites them to Hell. But people turn away from Paradise and follow Satan's invitation to Hell. There is a chance until the gate of repentance closes. The gate of repentance remains open until the last breath. After death, there is no more possibility of repentance. Repent before you die. Ask for forgiveness for your sins. Allah, the Almighty and Majestic, is forgiving. May Allah forgive us all. Let us recognize good as good and evil as evil, and let us avoid evil. If we have done something bad, we should be ashamed and repent. Let us ask Allah for forgiveness, inshaAllah. Man makes mistakes and asks for forgiveness. Perhaps he was misled and could not distinguish between good and evil. Allah's will is done, everything is under His command. We must pray to Allah that He does not mislead us. May we not belong to the wrongdoers, inshaAllah.

قُلۡ إِن كُنتُمۡ تُحِبُّونَ ٱللَّهَ فَٱتَّبِعُونِي يُحۡبِبۡكُمُ ٱللَّهُ (3:31) Allah, the Exalted and Majestic, commanded our beloved Prophet in the glorious Quran to say this: "If you love Allah, then follow me, so that Allah, the Exalted and Majestic, will love you." The only desire of a Muslim in this life is to attain the pleasure and love of Allah, the Exalted and Majestic. Our beloved Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, shows us this path. Allah, the Exalted and Majestic, says about the Prophet: "Follow him, love him, walk the path he has shown, love him." Everything revolves around the love for our beloved Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him: to love him, to honor him, to show him respect. This is our greatest duty; it is Fard (obligatory). Those who do not do this are not of sound mind. Their minds are not intact. There were such people in the past, but today they come up with new things: He was just a human being, his time is over. He brought the Quran, his task is done. We look into the Quran and act according to it. We do not need the Prophet. Where does this come from? From the Devil. The Devil has sworn to lead people astray and into Hell. That is why he uses all possible means to lead Muslims away from the right path and into Hell, while non-Muslims are already misguided anyway. Lately, people keep appearing who claim: "We only orient ourselves by the Quran and act exclusively according to it." We are guided by it. "Hadith, Sunnah, and so on, we do not need that," they say. Those who say, "We do not want Hadith," are not of sound mind. Because both the Hadith and the Quran came from the blessed mouth of our beloved Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him. People followed him. How can one accept one and reject the other? A person with reason would not do that. One must be crazy to say such a thing. Today, there are people who sow doubts in the hearts of people in such a way. Those who listen to them have a bad fate and have strayed from the right path. Allah, the Exalted and Majestic, is angry with them and has excluded them. They think they are particularly clever and try to instill these thoughts in others as well. And those who listen to them are also led away from the right path. Their end will not be good. The most important thing is to honor our beloved Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, to believe in him, to listen to his blessed words and to follow his path. There is no: "I accept that, I accept this half, not the other half." That is not how it works. May Allah protect us from evil. These are the deviations of the End Times. This is what the disbelievers undertook after the collapse of the Ottoman Empire to destroy Islam. Those who do this are traitors, hypocrites. May Allah protect us all from their evil, inshaAllah.

Today is the blessed Jumu'ah. InshaAllah, by the next Jumu'ah, we will have already begun the blessed three months. The blessed months are Rajab, Sha'ban, and Ramadan. May Allah the Exalted grant every person to recognize the value of these months. Unfortunately, there are many people who do not know the value of these months. You are aware of the New Year, but you know nothing of these blessed months. The truly valuable ones are precisely these blessed months. These months are what will bring you lasting benefit, months full of good deeds and merits. Therefore, the reward for fasting in the months of Rajab, Sha'ban, and Ramadan is great. Fasting in Ramadan is obligatory anyway. Our Prophet also fasted a lot in the other two months. The rewards for this are great. Of course, fasting in Rajab and Sha'ban is voluntary. However, if you have days of fasting to make up, you must make them up first. The qaḍāʾ fast is farḍ. Farḍ is more valuable than voluntary acts of worship. Not fulfilling farḍ has punishments. However, neglecting voluntary acts of worship has no punishment. Making up missed prayers and fast days is farḍ. To make up for missed prayers, you simply make the intention for the make-up prayer and perform it. However, the situation is somewhat different with fasting. If you owe farḍ fasts, you must first perform kaffāra for them. That is, whether you have not fasted for one day, one month, two months, three years, or five years, in any case, you must fast for 60 days as atonement. Whether you have not fasted for one day or ten years, the situation is the same. The kaffāra fast is observed once before the qaḍāʾ of the owed fast days, before making up the individual missed days. The kaffāra fast is farḍ. Otherwise, the fasting debt is not considered settled. Therefore, we would like to remind you now that you have until Wednesday to begin the 60-day kaffāra atonement fast. In the 60 days after Wednesday, the lunar months sometimes have 29 days, sometimes 30 days. Therefore, you should begin the atonement fast one or two days earlier. MashaAllah, the days are also quite short this year. That means fasting will not be difficult these days. Now is the perfect time for the atonement fast. Therefore, if you have an atonement debt, you can begin fasting. You can begin tomorrow or the day after tomorrow if you wish. You must begin by Monday at the latest, so that your atonement fast is completed before Ramadan. After that, the Ramadan fast is observed. After Ramadan, there are still voluntary fasts such as the six days in Shawwal and fasting in Dhū l-Hiddscha. If you still have fast days to make up, you can also make the intention for the make-up fasts when observing these voluntary fasts. Most importantly, however, the atonement fast must be observed continuously for 60 days, because this is farḍ. Before voluntary fasts, this obligation must be fulfilled. There is still time until the Ramadan fast, and now is the right time for it. There are still more than two months until Ramadan. To fulfill the kaffāra, one must fast continuously for two months. As long as there are no health problems, this fast must be observed continuously for 60 days. After that, may Allah forgive. Even if a person fasts his entire life, he can never achieve the reward of a missed obligatory fast day without a reason. Nevertheless, may Allah forgive. The sooner one turns away from harm, the better. Therefore, if you have an atonement debt, inshaAllah, begin your kaffāra fast as soon as possible. InshaAllah, may this burden of debt be taken from you. May Allah forgive us all. May Allah protect us all from following our ego and suffering such harm, inshaAllah.

Our Prophet, peace be upon him, explains in his hadiths how a person should follow Allah's commandments. Some people say - it has become modern now - "The Quran says everything, we don't need hadiths." Well, if you don't accept the hadiths, how will you know how to perform Salah? How will you live your faith? How will you perform Wudu? How will you perform Ghusl? The detailed explanations for implementing what is proclaimed in the honorable Quran can be found in the hadiths of our Prophet, peace be upon him. The hadiths show us how to perform Salah and which rules must be observed. This is very important. Now there is another problem. Those who reject the hadiths act according to their own discretion. These people have neither logic nor understanding. But our topic is somewhat different. Now there is the following situation: There are live streams of prayers from the Kaaba, from Medina, from here or from somewhere else. Some people then perform Salah by following the Imam in the live stream. That is not possible. Since you are outside the mosque, you cannot be part of the Jama'ah in the mosque; Only if you are outside the mosque and no street separates you from the Jama'ah and the Imam, then you can follow the Imam and perform Salah with the Jama'ah. But if there is a street between you, which separates you from the Jama'ah, you cannot follow the Imam in the mosque and perform Salah with the Jama'ah. This is important. So that neither we nor others commit a sin, one should know: If one intends to perform Salah with the Jama'ah, but is not next to or behind the Imam, this prayer is not valid. In this case, everyone must make their own Niyya for Salah. You will not be part of the Jama'ah in the broadcast. The reward for Salah in the Jama'ah is 27 times higher than for praying alone. Therefore, you go to the mosque for Salah in the Jama'ah or perform Salah where there is a Jama'ah, then you will receive this blessing. But if you try to follow the Imam remotely via mobile phone, television or live stream, for example with headphones, this Salah is not valid. These people want to receive more blessings, but in doing so, their Salah becomes invalid. May Allah protect us from that. These things must be taught and explained. There are people who watch these broadcasts. When Salah begins in these broadcasts, they should not make the Niyya to be part of the Jama'ah and follow the Imam, but for their own prayer. One should not say that one is following the Jama'ah and the Imam in the broadcast. If you perform Salah and say, 'I am following the Imam in the broadcast,' then this prayer is not valid. Then you are performing Salah in vain. Allah will also hold you accountable for that. Those who have done it ignorantly should now repent, and may Allah forgive them, inshaAllah.

The beloved Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, said the following about the signs and indications of the end times: إعْجَابُ كل ذي رأي برأيه The beloved Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, said that in the end times, everyone will only consider their own opinion to be correct and reject the opinions of others. This exact situation we are talking about also exists in so-called democracy: everyone casts their vote but does not accept the opinion of another. He will exclusively consider his own opinion to be correct. The other person's is wrong. One's own truth must be accepted by everyone. This way of thinking has spread everywhere. The scholars of the past did not immediately issue a fatwa when an Islamic-specific question arose that required a fatwa. They said, "There is someone who has a fatwa on this topic, go and ask him." "Abide by it." They did not simply issue a fatwa themselves, but said, "Abide by what the responsible fatwa issuer stipulates." But the people of today are very different, they consider what they themselves know to be the absolute truth. And they impose their opinions on others. Whether people feel uncomfortable with it or not is completely irrelevant to them. For example, we have been sitting here for an hour now for the morning prayer: A know-it-all has sprayed some kind of fragrance, you can hardly breathe because of the smell. He thinks he's doing something good. But in doing so, he is disturbing others. That's just an example. People need to be careful. Is what we are doing correct? Is it not correct? Does it bring us benefit or harm? If it benefits us, does it harm others? Are we aware that what we perceive as beautiful can actually be ugly? We should think about that. But the people of the end times only consider themselves to be correct. But what you consider to be correct is often not correct, but wrong. These people who think they are something better constantly attack others: "I am this, I am that." If you say "I", there is nothing to you anyway. You are nothing. Without saying "maybe," they directly say "I." There is nothing good about a person who is selfish. Nothing but harm. May Allah give us all understanding and improve us. May Allah protect us from falling into our ego and imagining that we are something, inshaAllah. https://youtu.be/AruKVNk6jL8?si=Pu7AWS_xSnpQAj92

وَيَعۡبُدُوۡنَ مِنۡ دُوۡنِ اللّٰهِ مَا لَا يَضُرُّهُمۡ وَلَا يَنۡفَعُهُمۡ (10:18) Allah, the Almighty and Sublime, says: people serve according to their own ideas things that do not bring them any benefit. Neither benefit nor harm comes from them; these people tailor their religion according to their own ideas. Today they celebrate the supposed birthday of Prophet Jesus, peace be upon him. The Christian world itself knows that this was actually once a pagan holiday. They have attributed a pagan holiday to the Prophet Jesus, peace be upon him. They claim that he is - may Allah forgive! - the son of God. These are things that fit neither into the mind nor into the imagination. No one can know the essence of Allah. To attribute a child to Allah the Almighty and Sublime has - may Allah forgive! - nothing to do with logic or reason. And they even consider themselves to be the smartest. No trace of intelligence. The mind is in the heart, the mind is in the head. The mind in the heart is the decisive one. And unbelievers do not have it. Those who do not belong to Islam do not have it. Who belongs to Islam? All prophets belong to Islam. All prophets said: "We are servants of Allah." They said: "We are people sent by Allah to serve the people." The Prophet Jesus says: "I have never claimed divinity - may Allah forgive!" "I never said such a thing," says Prophet Jesus, peace be upon him. These are things that were invented later to destroy the religion. Therefore, this so-called holiday that they celebrate has nothing to do with the truth. Even that is a fake. They have changed the entire religion and shaped it according to their own ideas. They have made the permissible forbidden and the forbidden permissible. These things were done back then to guide and exploit people according to their own ideas and for their own benefit. The Christians know this, too. It is a day without any relation and without any holiness, but the devil has seduced them. They have fallen for it and deceived themselves. It suited them that way. They consider this day a blessed day. Complete nonsense. Some naive Muslims think: "Maybe today is the birthday of the Prophet Jesus, should we also do something?" This is completely absurd. Do not be confused, do not give credence to such things, no attention - may Allah forgive! Whoever pays attention to this knowingly or unknowingly makes a mistake and sins. May Allah protect us from this. May Allah grant us all, humanity, guidance. They are all servants of Allah. And Allah has opened His door to them all. Do not follow your ego, but turn to the truth, call upon Allah, the Almighty and Sublime. Whoever turns to the truth will be saved. There are many people who have turned to the truth. They have left the worldly behind and have not allowed themselves to be confused despite all the pressure. There are many people who, after recognizing the truth, have turned to Allah. May Allah grant them all guidance, inshaAllah.