Mawlana Sheikh Mehmed Adil. Translations.

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.

فَتَبَارَكَ ٱللَّهُ أَحۡسَنُ ٱلۡخَٰلِقِينَ (23:14) Allah, the Exalted and Mighty, creates in the best way. He created everything in a good way. Allah gave everything a deeper meaning. Today, according to the calendar, is the beginning of Zemheri, the onset of the harshest frost. Allah, the Exalted and Mighty, created days, years, and months, each in its own right. He gave each of them a deeper meaning. It is the coldest time of winter, the frost is now at its most biting. This period lasts for forty days. These forty days are of great benefit. Some know-it-alls appreciate sunny weather and are happy when it's not cold. Later they complain: "There is no water, the fruits are not ripening, this and that has become more expensive." This shows that Allah, the Exalted and Mighty, has given everything a deeper meaning. Allah, the Exalted and Mighty, has determined the measure and quantity of all things. When people interfere, they only cause harm. As Allah says in the holy verse: ظَهَرَ ٱلۡفَسَادُ فِي ٱلۡبَرِّ وَٱلۡبَحۡرِ بِمَا كَسَبَتۡ أَيۡدِي ٱلنَّاسِ (30:41) "All kinds of mischief have appeared on land, at sea, and in the air," says Allah, the Exalted and Mighty. All this happens because of what people have done with their own hands. When they interfere in the affairs of Allah, the Exalted and Mighty, rebel against Him, and act contrary to Him, then everything takes a bad turn. Allah is the best creator. Allah created everything in a perfect way. If people did not interfere, but followed the path of Allah, everything would be perfect for them. However, when people rise up and rebel against Allah, then Allah says: "So bear your punishment." Otherwise, there would actually be no problem. The problem lies with the people, with the bad ones among them. Therefore, one must be grateful for everything. One must also be grateful for the cold. One must also be grateful for the heat. For everything that comes from Allah, for everything that Allah, the Exalted and Mighty, has given us, we must bow down to Him and say, "He alone knows the deeper meaning." We have no other choice. May Allah protect us. May Allah bestow His blessings. We are content with what Allah does. We are powerless. We surrender to Him. We are Muslims: We have surrendered to Allah, the Exalted and Mighty, inshaAllah. We have entrusted ourselves to Allah's protection and mercy. Allah, the Exalted and Mighty, is merciful. Everything has its balance. Good is rewarded, evil is punished. May Allah protect us. Whoever thinks they can get away with their deeds in this world will atone for them in the hereafter. May Allah protect us. Even today, on this coldest day, the Zemheri, 100, 110 years ago, the tyrants sent soldiers without proper clothing into the icy cold. They all died as martyrs before they even fired a single shot. May Allah elevate their ranks. And those who caused this disaster, Allah will surely give them their just punishment. We are talking about Sarıkamış. The disaster of Sarıkamış, why did it happen? Because they had rebelled against Allah. They had overthrown the Sultan. In Sarıkamış, in Çanakkale... They shed the blood of millions of Muslims. After that, they handed over the entire Ottoman Empire to the unbelievers. Allah will hold them accountable for this. Allah does not leave the oppressors unpunished. The account for the injustice they have done will surely be demanded. May Allah protect us from doing injustice, inshaAllah. May we rather be oppressed, but never oppressors - inshaAllah.

Good friends are extremely important. الرفيق قبل الطريق Before you embark on a journey, choose your travel companion carefully. The journey is the path of life. Our path in life will either be good or bad, depending on who we have by our side. The good path is taken with a good friend. Whoever has a bad friend leads himself onto a bad path. On the bad path, one perishes, both in this world and in the hereafter. Our brothers, especially younger ones, come and ask for advice. The best advice is to surround yourself with good people. Surround yourself with good people! In the hadith, the Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, compared a good person to a shop that sells exquisite fragrances. As soon as you enter the shop, the wonderful scent envelops you, even if you don't buy anything. This pleasant scent gives you grace, inner peace, and goodness. A bad friend, on the other hand, is like a blacksmith's workshop. Of course, a blacksmith's workshop is necessary for people, but if you go in there, you will either be bothered by the stench or hit by a spark and burned. The Prophet, peace be upon him, used this parable so that we stay on the right path, with good people, in beautiful places. He is my best friend; he can always be relied upon. The greatest evil is to trust someone blindly and to feel falsely secure. That is the greatest foolishness and the greatest evil that you can do to yourself. Therefore, pay close attention to your circle of friends. If he makes a mistake, ask him, "My friend, what are you doing?" "What's the meaning of this? Why are you doing that? Is there a valid reason for it?" "Are you acting out of your own ego, or what's going on?" you should ask him. At the very least, you should correct your friend when he is wrong. One should not leave the path; one should not deviate from the course. Therefore, the greatest evil that we can observe everywhere today comes from bad friends. People see someone doing something and think they have to do it the same way. Is that the right way? Many think, "Father, mother, relatives - they don't know anything about it." "This friend is so clever, so intelligent. I will follow him. What my father and mother say is outdated; they don't have a clue about anything." "This guy knows everything; I will be like him, I will emulate him." In doing so, they ruin themselves, the country, the whole world - everything. May Allah grant them understanding and reason. May they not stray from the right path, inshaAllah.

There is a saying, I don't know if it is a hadith or something else: أحبب من أحببت فإنك مفارقه Whomever you love, in the end there will surely be a separation. Ultimately, everyone in this world will have their time and leave this world. He separates from his loved ones and those close to him and goes. This world is simply not an eternal place. Eternal is Allah, the Exalted and Mighty. In the hereafter, eternal life awaits. Before people go to the hereafter, they pass through earthly life. Life goes on somehow in a way. People struggle in vain and say, "If we had done this, that would have happened; if we had done that, that wouldn't have happened." What Allah, the Exalted and Mighty, wills, happens. Allah creates various reasons - Allah forbid, be it illness, war, violence, accident, or something else - that lead to a person's departure from this world. Therefore, the Muslim, the believer, must necessarily surrender to Allah in order to be content with everything. Everything that comes from Allah will return to Allah. What Allah wills will happen. This is the truth that the Muslim, the believer, must know. Our Prophet, peace be upon him, also proclaimed this to the people. Our Prophet, peace be upon him, went through the most difficult trials. His children died while he was still alive. No one can say that he suffered greater difficulties than our Prophet, peace be upon him. Therefore, our Prophet, peace be upon him, is the greatest example. It is necessary to follow his blessed path. Whoever follows this path will find peace. No one will drive a stake into this world forever. These were once the words of Sheikh Baba. He was ill, he was not well. He said, "Don't worry, none of us will drive a permanent stake here." Everyone will go to the hereafter. Therefore, act accordingly. In the hereafter, there is no separation. In this world, there is separation. In the hereafter, there is no separation. May Allah not separate us all from each other. On the right path, we will all be together in Paradise, inshaAllah. May Allah have mercy on the deceased. May He grant their families patience. Tonight, a brother whom we loved very much died in an accident in Sri Lanka. May Allah have mercy on him.

أَلَآ إِنَّ أَوۡلِيَآءَ ٱللَّهِ لَا خَوۡفٌ عَلَيۡهِمۡ وَلَا هُمۡ يَحۡزَنُونَ (10:62) The friends of Allah, the Almighty and Exalted, know neither fear nor sorrow. They are under Allah's protection, guiding people to the path of righteousness. The Awliya are the servants loved by Allah who follow His commandments. There are great saints, but sainthood does not only mean being able to perform miracles. There are both saints with miraculous powers and great saints, but anyone can become a servant loved by Allah. Those who follow Allah's commandments are His beloved servants. The servants who fulfill Allah's will are His beloved servants. Everyone asks, "How can I become a saint?" It begins with following Allah's commandments. It is not about necessarily performing miracles. What is the greatest miracle? أجلُّ الكراماتِ دوامُ التوفيقِ The greatest miracle is the consistency in good deeds. If you pray, remain faithful to prayer. To continue good deeds until the end of life, that is the true miracle. There have been many great saints who have shown people the way to righteousness. The Sheikhs, companions of the Prophet, scholars, and wise men, all of them belong to these great saints. One of the greatest among them is undoubtedly Maulana Jalaluddin Rumi. Millions of people have benefited from him. Some found guidance and accepted Islam, others returned from the wrong path to the right path. Through his wise advice and teachings, he is recognized by the whole world, Muslims and non-Muslims alike, and his words are read. They read his advice and books. Through him, people recognize the truth. And the truth means being on the path of Allah, the Almighty and Exalted. That is it. Some people portray Rumi differently. Rumi's goal was to keep the doors open so that people could find Islam, come to faith, and repent. One of his famous blessed words is: Even if you break your repentance, come again. Even if you break it a hundred times, come again, come again. This door is open. If a person does something bad, makes a mistake, or sins, the door does not close. The door remains open. You just have to let go of the evil. Do not chase after evil. The door is open to you. People make mistakes, no one is without fault. Some people cannot control their ego. When they commit a sin, some think, "Now I am a sinner, I am no longer good for anything, they will not accept me. Then I will make it even worse." That is not the case. Out of mercy, he continues to invite: "Come anyway. Whether once, twice, five times, ten times, or a hundred times... In the end, Allah willing, you will give up these sins and evil." This is Rumi's beautiful saying. He has written thousands of such pieces of advice and a magnificent book, the Mathnawi. He describes the state of man in minute detail. Maulana Rumi is one of the great saints. The great saints have truly accomplished wonderful things to show people the way to righteousness. Through their blessings, millions of people have found guidance, have come to faith, and those who were already Muslims have been purified. They were cleansed of their sins. Through the intercession of these saints, they came before Allah pure. This blessing will be credited to them as merit. May Allah bring their blessings upon us. May their beautiful states and their beautiful words also be granted to us, inshaAllah.

"Victory from Allah and an imminent conquest" (61:13) Allah, the Exalted and Majestic, proclaims glad tidings. Whoever is with Allah will always achieve victory. This world is certainly a place of trial. And because it is a place of trial, there will also be difficulties. Man will be tested. The more good he can do, the more righteous deeds he performs, the greater will be Allah's reward for him. People wish that everything in life were easy and effortless. Yet earthly life is a test. Allah does what He wills. He gives to whom He wills and withholds from whom He wills. Therefore, be with Allah so that you always achieve victory over your ego. The ego is in constant battle with you. If you ask when this battle ends - it only ends when you enter the grave. Therefore, always be with Allah, for only in this way comes victory over our greatest enemy, our ego. To achieve this victory, one must be with Allah. Allah, the Exalted and Majestic, is capable of all things. Whoever forgets Him will be defeated. Thus, man cannot win. Whoever does not forget Him has won. Allah, the Exalted and Majestic, has promised victory. Therefore, as our Prophet (peace be upon him) said: "We are returning from the lesser jihad and are now going to the greater jihad, the struggle against the ego." May Allah help us. Let us not follow our ego. May we, if Allah wills, be victorious over our ego.

Alhamdulillah, praise be to Allah for giving us Islam. All thanks and praise are due to Allah, who created us in the religion of Islam. In honor of the Prophet, may Allah's blessings and peace be upon him, this religion continues in its original form, without any alteration. The people who came before us changed the religion that was conveyed to them, which even then was Islam. They did things that had nothing to do with religion, just as it occurred to them and as they pleased. They corrupted everything. They made everything inauthentic. Therefore, the acts of worship of the Muslims correspond to the commands of Allah, the Exalted and Almighty. With the others, however, nothing is correct. They did everything according to their own discretion; they even changed and corrupted the books. They added things that have absolutely nothing to do with religion. They even say so with their own words. They claim that December 24th is the birthday of Prophet Jesus. That has nothing to do with it. He was born at a different time, at a different point in time. The designation of December 24th as Jesus' birthday is a custom that has its origin in pagan traditions. They have also adopted this custom. Many elements of Christianity actually originate from pagan cults. They added it under the pretext of religion, although they are things that have nothing to do with religion. People believe they are doing something meaningful. But they do things that have no benefit and no value. Thanks be to Allah that the one who accepts Islam attains the grace of the Almighty. Because through this grace, he is enabled to perform deeds that bring him blessings, rewards, and recompense in the hereafter. InshaAllah, he will be granted high ranks in the hereafter through these good deeds. But the others celebrate New Year's Eve and do this and that, thinking they are "doing something". They have no intention at all of earning rewards or attaining His pleasure. Therefore, their deeds are empty and harmful. May Allah protect us from that. InshaAllah, may Allah reward us abundantly on the path of Islam. Thanks be to Allah that we are on the right path. We must be grateful. Many people toil in vain and waste their lives. InshaAllah, we will not be among them. InshaAllah, may they be guided.