Awaiting Mahdi (As)

As-Salāmu ‘Alaykum wa Raḥmatullāhi wa Barakātuh. A‘ūdhu Billāhi Minash-shayṭāni r-rajīm. Bismillāhi r-Raḥmāni r-Raḥīm. Wa ṣ-Salātu wa s-Salāmu ‘alá Rasūlinā Muḥammadin Sayyidi l-Awwalīna wa l-Akhirīn. Madad yā RasūlAllāh, Madad yā Sādāti Aṣḥābi Rasūlillāh, Madad yā Mashāyikhinā, Dastūr Mawlana Shaykh Abdullāh al-Fā’iz ad-Dāghistāni, Shaykh Muḥammad Nāẓim al- Ḥaqqānī. Madad. Ṭarīqatunā aṣ-Suḥbah wa l-Khayru fi l-Jam‘iyyah.

Shukr to Allah ﷻ, we are reaching the end of the month of Sha’ban today. Tonight we pray ‘Isha, and tomorrow night there will be Tarawih prayer insha’Allah. Usually, according to the lunar calendar, we have to see the moon. There should be a crescent, of course. The moon will not show; there must be a thin crescent. The month is detected by seeing it.

Nowadays, there is no such possibility. There are mountains etc. Therefore, calculations were made on how it appears. Insha’Allah as there is Hajj ul-Akbar this year, it is accurate. When Yawmu ‘Arafah is on Friday, there is Hajj ul-Akbar. Therefore, it is this year insha’Allah. It was usually once every seven years. But this time it is very late. Sometimes it happened sooner. But this year it has completed seven full years. This year, there is Hajj ul-Akbar.

Insha’Allah when Ramadan starts on Saturday, Eid is also on Saturday, and the 1st of Muharram will also be Saturday. It is a known thing. Our Holy Prophet ﷺ says,. The beginning of fasting, the slaughtering of Qurban and the beginning of the year is on the same day, says our Holy Prophet ﷺ. Therefore, insha’Allah this year will be full of Barakah and it will be good.

Mawlana Shaykh Nazim said that Mahdi ʿalayhi s-salām will appear in the year of Hajj ul-Akbar. Insha’Allah there will be his appearance. Allahu A’lam, Allah ﷻ knows. No one knows the unseen except Allah ﷻ. What’s important is to wait for his being. Our belief, the belief of Ahlu s-Sunnah wa l-Jama’ah requires waiting for his appearance and believing in it. Who doesn’t believe in it is not from Ahlu s-Sunnah. He is from something else. Because it is among the signs of the end of times and the good tidings of our Holy Prophet ﷺ.

Mawlana Shaykh Nazim waited for him for sixty years day and night. He waited for him with such longing without waiting for Hajj ul-Akbar. Certainly, he attained its Thawab. Because waiting for him is like people waiting on the way of Allah ﷻ, people waiting as guards at the borders. They are people who wait for Mahdi ʿalayhi s-salām in order to be with him. Mawlana Shaykh Nazim didn’t wait for nothing. It is a lesson for us. We should wait for him too.

Everything signs at it. At least, we will wait as there is Hajj ul-Akbar, as it was already told as good tidings insha’Allah. We will wait insha’Allah from morning till evening. The Power of Allah ‘Azza wa Jalla doesn’t fit our minds. Whenever Allah ﷻ wants, He says, “Kun fa’yakun”, “ “Be,” and it is.” (Qur’ān 36:82). Between two letters [ ]. Not until we blink, but even before that, Allah ‘Azza wa Jalla can create new worlds ten times, million times greater than the universe. Our minds cannot comprehend or reach His ﷻ Power.

Therefore, insha’Allah these years will be the years of Islam. Now we are living in the time of the worst darkness, second Jahiliyyah/Age of Ignorance. As we said, it is much worse than the first Jahiliyyah. During the first Jahiliyyah, at least there was a bit of manners and good behavior. But people of the present time are all even outdoing shaytan. Allah ﷻ will certainly send a being who will clean this dirt insha’Allah. We hope that it happens soon insha’Allah, because all the signs and everything are showing that it is close. Nevertheless, Allah ﷻ knows, Allahu A’lam. May Allah ﷻ let us reach these beautiful days insha’Allah. Our intention is to wait for him. And may we attain its virtues insha’Allah.

Wa min Allah at-Tawfiq. Al-Fatiha.

Mawlana Sheikh Muhammad Adil ar-Rabbani 31 March 2022/ 28 Sha’ban 1443 Fajr Prayer, Akbaba Dergah

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