A Pagan Holiday

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.

Bismi Llāhi r-Raḥmāni r-Raḥīm:

Sadaqa Llahu l-‘Azim. (Qur’ān 03:64). ‘Kul Yā ahla l-kitābi Ta‘ālū ilā kalimatin sawa’ baynanā wa baynakum ala na‘ubuda ila Llāha wa la nushrik bihi shay’a’, ‘Say [O Muhammad SAW]: “O People of the Scripture! Come to a word that is equitable between us and you - that we will not worship except Allah and not associate anything with Him”.’

It is written in the Qur’an with the addressing to the Prophet ‘alayhi s-salam, “O people of the Book! The common thing between us is not to pray to anyone but Allah ﷻ, not to worship anyone but Allah ﷻ. Come and let us carry out this order”. This is because they follow one of the Books sent by Allah ﷻ, but they changed it and worship someone apart from Allah ﷻ. They worship the cross and idols. And then they claim to be carrying out Allah’s ﷻ orders. What they do is a lie from the beginning to the end.

Why are we telling this? Because today is the 24th of December. They say that it is the birthday of Sayyidina ‘Isa. That is a lie and a fabrication. The main point of this day is that it is a pagan holiday. Sayyidina ‘Isa was born later, either in March or in April. He was born during that time.

As there is no work in winter season and as it was the holiday of some idol that pagans used to worship, they had joined them together and made people believe in it. Billions of people think that they are worshipping and do different things, go to church and other places on this day and night.

www.hakkani.org They have misled people since the beginning. If the way was on this side, they’d shown completely the opposite direction. They did things that were not ordered by Sayyidina ‘Isa ‘alayhi s-salam. Who did so? The Jews did this. They realized in the beginning that Sayyidina ‘Isa was ruining their works and disrupting their interests. People had believed Sayyidina ‘Isa and started following him. So they brought this matter up 6070 years after Sayyidina ‘Isa. There had not been such a thing before that; there hadn’t been the claim to be God. They made this Fitnah afterwards. They took all the people from the right way and turned them to a false way.

When it comes to our Holy Prophet ﷺ, many people who saw the truth became Muslim. They started following Islam, because Islam is the same word - (Qur’ān 03:64) is the word of Allah. It is the word of Allah ﷻ that came down to Sayyidina ‘Isa. It is the word of Allah ﷻ that came down to Sayyidina Musa and Sayyidina Dawud. All the words that came down to all the Prophets are the words of Allah ﷻ. It is the word of truth. They had changed all of them as they liked, but they could not change the Qur’an ‘Azimu sh-Shan.

Whoever comes to Islam will be saved, and whoever doesn’t come will perish. No matter how educated, rich and powerful someone is, if he is not following Islam, eventually, he will perish. And the reason for their destruction is their going on the wrong way. Their separation from the right way became the means for their destruction.

People say that they are honoring this day and celebrate it so much, whereas it is for nothing. It is not the right time. It has no benefit. It has no holiness. It is a useless thing. They have turned it into entertainment and trade. There is nothing else. There is no spirituality at all and no benefit. There is only harm and evil in it, nothing else.

May Allah ﷻ protect us. May Allah ﷻ give them guidance. May Allah ﷻ give them minds and understanding. They claim that they are clever, but they have no mind. Clever people will think a little and choose the right way. May Allah ﷻ give guidance to all of them. We have many brothers who became Muslim, who have converted because of this. Their greatest wish is that their families reach guidance as well. May Allah ﷻ give them guidance as well insha’Allah.

Wa min Allah at-Tawfiq. Al-Fatiha.

www.hakkani.org There are recited Qur’an Khatms, Surahs, Yasins, Salawat and Dala’il Khayrat. We dedicate all of them first of all to the soul of our Holy Prophet ﷺ.

Ila Ruhi Nabiyyina Muhammadin sallaLlahu `alayhi wa sallam wa Alihi wa Asahabihi l-kiram, wa ila arwahi jamee’i al Anbiya’i wa l-Mursalin wa Khudamai sharai’ihim wa ila arwahi al Aimmati al arba’a, wa ila arwahi Mashayyikhina fi t-tariqati nNaqshbandiyati l-Aliyah, khasatan Imamu t-tariqah wa Ghawthu l-khaliqah Khwaja Bahauddin Muhammad al-Uwaisiyi l-Bukhari, Sayyidina Abdul Khaliq al Ghujduwani, Mawlana Shaykh Sharafuddin al Daghestani, Mawlana Shaykh Abdullah al Faiz al Daghestani, Mawlana Shaykh Muhammad Nazim Adil al Haqqani, wa Ahl al Khwajagan, wa ila sairi Sadatina wal Siddiqiyun, wa ila ruhi Aba’ina wa Ummahatina.

[(Translation) To the soul of our Prophet Muhammad (Prayers and Peace be upon Him), and his family, and his companions, and the souls of all the prophets as well as of His messengers and of those who served their Sharia, and to the souls of the four Imams. And to the souls of our Mashayikh of the Most Distinguished Naqshbandi Tariqa, in particular to the soul of the Imam of the Tariqa Ghawth al-Khaliqa (the Help of Creation), Khwaja Bahauddin Muhammad al-Uwaisiyi l-Bukhari, Sayyidina Abdul Khaliq al Ghujduwani, Mawlana Shaykh Sharafuddin al Daghestani, Mawlana Shaykh Abdullah al Faiz al Daghestani, Mawlana Shaykh Muhammad Nazim Adil al Haqqani and to the people of Al Khwajagan, and the rest of our masters and Siddiqiyun, and to the souls of our Fathers and Mothers.]

To the souls of all of our deceased relatives, for goodness to come and for evil to be gone.

LiLlahi Ta’ala l-Fatiha.

Mawlana Sheikh Muhammad Adil ar-Rabbani 24 December 2021/20 Jumādā al-Awwal 1443 Fajr Prayer, Akbaba Dergah

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