The Deceased on Friday

Assalamu Alaykum wa Rahmatullah wa Barakatuh, Auzu Billahi Minashaytanir Rajeem. Bismillahir Rahmanir Raheem, Wassalatu Wassalamu ala Rasulina Muhammadin Sayyidul Awwalin wal Akhirin, Madad Ya Rasulallah, Madad Ya Sadat As’habi RasuLillah, Madad Ya Mashayikhina, Dastur Mawlana Sheikh Abdullah Faiz Daghestani, Sheikh Nazim al-Haqqani. Madad. Tariqatunas sohba, wal khayru fil jamiyya.

Allah ‘Azza wa-Jalla gave this holy day of Jum’ah as a holiday to the Ummah of our Holy Prophet ﷺ. The Ummah attains Barakah of this day both here and hereafter. And the biggest thing is... Many people ask if the deceased ones see them. They wonder about the deceased ones. The souls of those who are Muslim wait by the tree in paradise. And they come every Friday night to visit their families. It is something good for them. They see how their families are. When they see them on a good way, on the way of Allah ﷻ, they get very happy because the Thawab of these people reach them too. When it is otherwise, they get upset. They get very sad and say, “They don’t gift us anything. And they don’t do anything useful for themselves. They are away from Allah ﷻ.” They get upset for this. This is how the world of the dead is. They visit their homes on Friday nights and watch their families and children.

Many people ask, “Do they see us? What are they doing? How is their life in the grave?” Moreover, some of them wonder not about their souls but their corpses. The body is finished. When the soul is gone, the corpse hears and feels. But it loses its functions. Does it get cold? No, it doesn’t. Of course, while in the ghusl room with water and everything... But after that nothing remains.

Some people say that the grave is cold. We went to a couple of funerals in Cyprus with Mawlana Shaykh Nazim. Some stupid people put a blanket in the grave. Mawlana got angry then and said, “Remove it. Take it to the Dergah. No need for it anymore. Only the shroud is necessary for this person from this world. Nothing else is required”. What is important is the soul. If you want to do something good, don’t put a blanket but read Qur’an for them, give Sadaqah and make charity in their name. Don’t think that you are done with your duty and that you’re doing something good by putting a blanket. It is not good. Moreover, it is Bid’ah to put a blanket. Everyone will put blankets and do useless things afterwards thinking that it is Thawab. This is what Bid’ah is. People interfere in other things, saying “Bid’ah” to what is not Bid’ah. Therefore, Mawlana Shaykh Nazim directly removed what was actually Bid’ah, and he said this in order to be a lesson for us and for others.

Today is their holiday insha’Allah. They receive from the Thawab. Many people all over the world have recited for our father-in-law. May Allah ﷻ be pleased with you. First of all, to the great soul of our Holy Prophet ﷺ and his Ahl al Bayt and Sahabah, to the souls of all the Prophets and Awliyah, all the Mashayikh, to the souls of our deceased close ones and especially to Mawlana Shaykh Nazim, Hajjah Anne, Hala Sultan and to the souls of the parents of all who have recited; may all their good goals be reached, may they be happy here and hereafter, may there be cure to the sick ones, for goodness to come and for badness to be gone.

LiLlahi Ta’ala l-Fatihah.

Mawlana Sheikh Muhammad Adil ar-Rabbani 5 November 2021/30 Rabīʽ al-Awwal 1443 Fajr Prayer, Akbaba Dergah