The Pharaohs of This Time

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 Sheikh Abdullāh al-Fā’iz ad-Dāghistāni, Sheikh Muḥammad Nāẓim al-Ḥaqqānī. Madad. Ṭarīqatunā aṣ-Suḥbah wa l-Khayru fi l-Jam‘iyyah.

We are in such a blessed day. Allāh ﷻ calls it Yawmu t-Tarwiyah. Not ttarbiyah, but t-Tarwiyah - the day before Yawmu ‘Arafah. These are holy days, shukr to Allāh ﷻ. Allāh ‘Azza wa-Jalla gave them to Ummati Muḥammad for them to earn more thawāb. In order to treat them more, Allāh ‘Azza wa-Jalla gave these days. These are the days that we must appreciate.

Tomorrow is Yawmu ‘Arafah. Certainly, ḥajjīs started going up the ‘Arafāt mountain today. And tomorrow, people present there will carry out their duty of ḥajj. They will carry out this order which was made farḍ by Allāh ‘Azza wa-Jalla. Those who can. Many people cannot, of course. For those who can this burden will be lifted. Because farḍ is a big debt. It is a big burden for people. Whoever can should do it immediately. They must not delay it for later. Because it is more difficult to be deprived from its barakah due to the fault or mistake of not doing it.

Therefore, who can perform this farḍ should do it as much as he can without delay. Certainly, it is not done easily nowadays. You can go everywhere in the world. But this matter of ḥajj, by the wisdom of Allāh ﷻ, there is an obstacle or something. In old times, the distance was too far. There were people who blocked the way. Ḥajjīs were reported. There were diseases and all. Therefore, by the wisdom of Allāh ﷻ, there is always some hardship. People who are able to go, who can overcome those hardships must certainly go. They must not skip it. "I will go next year." Not only next year, we cannot decide on even after a second.

Therefore, we must make intention. And Allāh ‘Azza wa-Jalla will grant your intention. When people intend to go to ḥajj next year, they will do it if they can. If they cannot, Allāh ﷻ will reward them for their intention. Allāh ‘Azza waJalla is the most merciful.

Therefore, this matter is important. And for those who couldn't go there, it brings great thawāb to them to be busy with worship on Yawmu ‘Arafah. Their thawāb is ten fold, seventy fold, 700 fold, 7,000 fold in the presence of Allāh ﷻ. Allāh ﷻ knows how much He ﷻ will give. People must do as much as they can. At least, they must fast. If they have missed prayers, they should make up. They should make ṣalawāt and recite 1,000 x Ikhlāṣu sh-Sharīf until the evening. Rewards for all of them are in the presence of Allāh ﷻ.

Also, ‘Īdu l-Aḍḥá is coming. ‘Īdu l-Aḍḥá is the day of of holy worship. After the ‘Īd prayer sacrifice is made. Not before the ‘Īd prayer, but it is wājib to make qurbān after the prayer according to Ḥanafī madhhab. According to other madhhabs, it is sunnah mu’akkadah. As they don't have wājib, they call it sunnah mu’akkadah. They make qurbān if they want it, or don't make it if they don't want. But those in Ḥanafī madhhab who have money may make qurbān. It is wājib to do so. They both earn thawāb of wājib and may keep all meat to themselves if they can't afford too much. They may keep it or eat it. It is not like a vow/offering. People confuse them a lot here. You cannot eat from the offering but you can eat from ‘aqīqah.

People mix these as well. They have deranged learnt scholars, not scholars but ḥojjas who have no idea about fiqh or religion. They tell people that ‘aqīqah qurbān cannot be eaten. That is not reliable. That is not right. The right thing is that is edible. The only qurbān which can't be eaten is the offering. The rest can all be eaten. As we said, those who can't afford it may keep all of it to themselves. They will earn thawāb and keep their rizq for a year, or as they like. And they may eat it.

Also, there will be takbīr made starting from tomorrow morning. Every day until ‘aṣr of the third day of ‘Īd, we will make takbīr starting after fajr prayer tomorrow. It is also wājib for us to make it after farḍ of each prayer. Many people forget to do it. If they don't forget, they must certainly do it. They can't make it up. Congratulating each other on these days of ‘Īd, celebrating and coming together also become the means of thawāb. People get to see each other, pray for each other and communicate. ‘Īd is spent nicely then. It is also nice to make children happy on ‘Īd. In old times, new clothes were bought only on ‘Īds. They would also take children out, and it was a real feast.

Nowadays, people don't do so anymore. They have added hundred other holidays close to ‘Īds. Such a holiday, pickle holiday, chicken holiday, I don't know what holiday. There are many nonsense things only for people to spend money on them. That is a plot of shayṭān for people to forget the value of ‘Īds. May Allāh ﷻ give guidance to people. May Allāh ﷻ give guidance, because people have gone wild.

They used to say Pharaoh was so. Compared to people of this time, Pharaoh is little and poor. At least, he'd say to Sayyidinā Mūsá that he was in trouble and tell him "Tell your Creator that if He removes this suffering from us, we will repent." He knew about the existence of Allāh ﷻ. When Mūsá ‘alayhi ssalām removed their suffering, they managed for some time. But afterwards, people glorified him once again and gassed him up. He swelled more and more, and claimed, "I am your biggest God." Sayyidinā Mūsá came, and another punishment came from Allāh ﷻ. They got confused and asked Sayyidinā Mūsá once again, "O Mūsá, pray to your Allāh ﷻ. If this disaster goes away, we will believe once again." So many disasters came to them. They knew why and repented. But then they broke again. That was Pharaoh. But people of this time don't know anything about Allāh ﷻ. May Allāh ﷻ protect us. All people of this time have become Pharaohs. They are worse than Pharaohs.

That’s why we have what we have today. The whole world is having it. This hot temperature is the hotness of hell. They say “Reehu Jahannam” about this hotness. There has not been such hotness. Stand up now. You don't like Muslims so much. You don't recognize Allāh ﷻ. You don't respect our Holy Prophet ﷺ. Let us see how you can make it cool now. "We have made a hole in ozone layer, we will cut this and do that." All dirt has come from your ego and has hit the dirtiness outside. You have made everywhere dirty.

Therefore, may Allāh ﷻ protect us. May Allāh ﷻ protect us from their evil. We are not from them. We don't accept what they do. We don't accept anything what they say. We don't accept all their words and actions against Allāh ‘Azza waJalla. We will not curse them. But we ask that Allāh ﷻ improves them. Otherwise, the misfortune of this thing is enough for everyone and the whole world. May Allāh ﷻ protect us. May Allāh ﷻ help us to protect our īmān. There is big oppression. There is enormous badness in this world now. All these things are because of that.

The temperature is around 50 degrees today. Fruit and vegetables have all burnt. And people are another matter. People with two pennies think they rule over the world. "I will cover the sun. I will do this and that." Do it now if you can, O kafirs, O faithless, O oppressors. May Allāh ﷻ protect us from their oppression in shā’a Llāh.

Wa min Allah at-Tawfiq. Al-Fatiha.

Mawlana Sheikh Muhammad Adil ar-Rabbani 14 June 2024/ 08 Dhul Hijjah 1445 Lefke, Cyprus