Hadith Lesson: Adornment of Eid and

Consequences of Immorality

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.

1Qala RasuluLlah salla Llāhu ‘alayhi wa-sallam The Messenger of Allāh ﷻ (peace be upon him ﷺ) says:

Our Holy Prophet ﷺ is saying, “Surely, Allah Almighty will look upon you with mercy from heavens to earth on the days of both Eids. To attain this gaze, go to the mosque so that mercy may reach you.” Of course, Allāh ‘Azza wa-Jalla sees everything, but His ﷻ gaze of mercy is different. Therefore, one should definitely go there for the Eid prayer so that people may receive His ﷻ gaze of mercy. In old times, sometimes people didn’t pray at all. Some would pray from Friday to Friday. They would pray from Friday to Friday, and from Eid to Eid. From Eid to Eid, that is, 90 percent of the nation used to go to Eid prayer. Now that’s gone too. May Allāh ﷻ improve them. But Allāh ﷻ doesn’t lose anything. They lose the gaze of mercy, barakah and inayah (protection). People are acting according to their own minds and it’s up to them if they want to receive that mercy or not.

2Qala RasuluLlah salla Llāhu ‘alayhi wa-sallam The Messenger of Allāh ﷻ (peace be upon him ﷺ) says:

Our Holy Prophet ﷺ is saying, “During Eid al-Fitr prayer, in the first rak’ah seven takbirs are recited, and in the second rak’ah, five takbirs are recited. And in both rak’ahs, the recitation is done after the takbirs.” Our Prophet ṣallá Llāhu ‘alayhi wa-sallam is talking about the takbirs of Eid prayer. When one begins, he recites the takbir. Then, in the second rak’ah, there is takbir. Eid prayer is different. It’s different from the regular prayer.

3Qala RasuluLlah salla Llāhu ‘alayhi wa-sallam The Messenger of Allāh ﷻ (peace be upon him ﷺ) says:

Our Holy Prophet ﷺ is saying, “Adorn your Eid with takbirs.” The more you recite takbir, the more thawāb Allāh ﷻ will give you. He ﷻ will reward you. So, the decorations of Eids are with takbirs, tahlīls, greeting people on Eid, to remind people of the barakah of Eid. There are two Eids: Eid al-Adha and Eid al-Fitr. There is no other holiday. People call every day a holiday. It is said, “Every day is a holiday for a madman.” Indeed, it has become that way.

4Qala RasuluLlah salla Llāhu ‘alayhi wa-sallam The Messenger of Allāh ﷻ (peace be upon him ﷺ) says:

Our Holy Prophet ﷺ is saying, “The two Eids should be celebrated with tahlil (Saying, La ilaha illa Allah), takbir, tahmid (saying AlhamduliLlah) and takdis.” Adorn the two Eids with these tasbihāt, so that our Eid is not wasted.

5Qala RasuluLlah salla Llāhu ‘alayhi wa-sallam The Messenger of Allāh ﷻ (peace be upon him ﷺ) says:

Our Holy Prophet ﷺ is saying, “The two Eids,” as we said, there are only two Eids; no others. “Whether male or female, it is wājib for every person who is

baligh (mentally competent).” It is wājib according to the Hanafi madhhab, of course.

There’s a point here. It’s important to clarify it. Just because you read the ḥadīth, saying “This ḥadīth says so” you can’t follow it without considering your madhhab. Whatever your madhhab says, that’s what you must do. The ḥadīth is for everyone. Otherwise, if you interpret it according to your own mind, then you need to do ijtihad. And there is no one capable of doing ijtihad in this time.

6Qala RasuluLlah salla Llāhu ‘alayhi wa-sallam The Messenger of Allāh ﷻ (peace be upon him ﷺ) says:

Our Holy Prophet ﷺ is saying, “On this day, there are two Eids. A Eid prayer and a Friday prayer.” When it coincides on a Friday there becomes two Eids. So some people say that between two Eids there must be no nikah done. They misunderstand that. So, it is not between Eid al-Adha and Eid al-Fitr. It is if it coincides on a Friday there becomes two Eids. If you performed the Eid al-Adha prayer in the morning. It would be difficult to make nikah in between it and Friday prayer. So it’s unnecessary. It’s not invalid but rather unnecessary. “On this day, there are two prayers, Eid prayer and Friday prayer coincided.” Our Prophet ﷺ says. That’s what happened that day when he ﷺ stated this ḥadīth. “Those coming from villages,” that is, those coming from far away, “may perform Dhuhr prayer but skip the Friday prayer. The Eid prayer is sufficient for them.” So, if they performed Eid prayer, it is sufficient for the other prayer, says our Prophet ṣallá Llāhu ‘alayhi wa-sallam. That depends on the situation, of course. As we said, you must follow one of the four madhhabs. You will do as they say. But our Prophet ṣallá Llāhu ‘alayhi wa-sallam says, “In shā’a Llāh we will perform Friday prayers.” Our Prophet ﷺ prayed Eid prayer and he ﷺ also said, “We will perform Friday prayer that day.” He ﷺ didn’t say, “We will only be performing Eid prayer just because it’s Eid. We won’t be performing Friday prayer.” He ﷺ said, those who want, who have work can go. But our Prophet ṣallá Llāhu ‘alayhi wa-sallam said, “This Friday, we will make Friday Khutbah and pray Friday prayer.” Our Prophet ṣallá Llāhu ‘alayhi wa-sallam taught us, showed us everything, even the smallest detail.

7Qala RasuluLlah salla Llāhu ‘alayhi wa-sallam The Messenger of Allāh ﷻ (peace be upon him ﷺ) says:

Our Holy Prophet ﷺ is saying, “The two Eid prayers are wājib for every woman who wears a belt.” That is also according to the madhhabs.

8Qala RasuluLlah salla Llāhu ‘alayhi wa-sallam The Messenger of Allāh ﷻ (peace be upon him ﷺ) says:

This is exactly the state of our time now. Our Holy Prophet ﷺ is saying, “Allāh ﷻ has sent a group of people,” people, a nation, “When He ﷻ wishes to bring about a famine, a caller calls from heaven,” that is, an angel from heaven. “He calls: O stomachs, expand. O eyes, do not be satisfied.” Exactly as our time now. “O barakah, leave them and rise up.” This is exactly our time, the end of times. There is no barakah left, no water left. Drought is everywhere. There are fires also everywhere. It’s like that all over the world. It’s not just in our country. This is something that has happened to all of humanity. Why? Because people no longer believe in Allāh ﷻ. And Allāh ﷻ is angry with them. If they repent and seek forgiveness, Allāh ﷻ will give them barakah again.

9Qala RasuluLlah salla Llāhu ‘alayhi wa-sallam The Messenger of Allāh ﷻ (peace be upon him ﷺ) says:

Our Holy Prophet ﷺ is saying, “If immorality appears, there will be tremors everywhere.” Immorality is every disgraceful and shameless action. When such things appear, earthquakes and tremors happen everywhere. “If the rulers are unjust, there will be little rain. If promises towards the non Muslims, the minority, living under Islām ruling are not fulfilled, the enemy will appear.” Our Prophet ṣallá Llāhu ‘alayhi wa-sallam advised people not do these things so that they may live in peace.

10-Qala RasuluLlah salla Llāhu ‘alayhi wa-sallam The Messenger of Allāh ﷻ (peace be upon him ﷺ) says:

Our Holy Prophet ﷺ is saying, “Five things are against five” So, these five things that are done, have five things against them. They are openly done everywhere by people anyways now. “When people renounce their covenant, they are surely attacked by enemies.” Those who break their promises are surely attacked by enemies. Those who break their promises, who promise saying, “We will do this and that,” and do not do so, Allāh ﷻ will send them an enemy to attack them. “Those who rule by something other than what has been sent from Allāh ﷻ, poverty will surely spread among them.” Whoever does something against and outside the order of Allāh ‘Azza wa-Jalla, will surely become poor. “If adultery increases among them, death will increase among them.” Adultery is the cause of increased death. “If they make a mistake with the measurements, they will be deprived of some of their plants and crops, and experience drought.” So if they’re messing with the measurements of scales putting things inside, you’d think they’re winning whereas there will be both drought and crops will be damaged there. “Those who forbid zakat will not be given rain.” Zakat is also important.

11-Qala RasuluLlah salla Llāhu ‘alayhi wa-sallam The Messenger of Allāh ﷻ (peace be upon him ﷺ) says:

Our Holy Prophet ﷺ is saying, “Your Lord, Allāh ‘Azza wa-Jalla, says: If My servants obey Me, I will send rain upon them at night.” So, Allāh ‘Azza wa-Jalla says, “I will make it rain all night long.” What is happening now? It rains in the day, and everything is ruined. And somewhere else they are experiencing drought. “I will also bring out the sun during the day.” So it will rain all night and be sunny during the day. “I will not let them hear the sound of thunder so they won’t be afraid.” So, it’ll rain that much. And so that they don’t get afraid and be at ease, it will rain at night and there will be no sound of the thunder. When they wake up in the morning, everything is watered and green. This is if only they would obey the commands of Allāh ‘Azza wa-Jalla, He ﷻ says.

12-Qala RasuluLlah salla Llāhu ‘alayhi wa-sallam The Messenger of Allāh ﷻ (peace be upon him ﷺ) says:

Our Holy Prophet ﷺ is saying, “Riba (usury) will not appear among any people without their being punished by famine. And bribery will not appear among any people without their being punished by terror.” So, everything has its punishment. Those who engage in usury, interests and in countries where bribery is prevalent, there is always both poverty and fear.

13-Qala RasuluLlah salla Llāhu ‘alayhi wa-sallam The Messenger of Allāh ﷻ (peace be upon him ﷺ) says:

Our Holy Prophet ﷺ is saying, “The sultan is God’s shade on the earth to which each one of His servants who is oppressed is protected.” Of course, there is no shade of Allāh ﷻ. It means the one who must fulfill Allah’s ﷻ commands, who must obey Him ﷻ. There are two types here. “When he is just he will have a reward.” So, the just ruler will be rewarded. “Those under his rule must be grateful to him.” He is a just person, those under his rule should thank him. “But when he acts unjustly and oppresses them, the burden rests on him,” So, the ruler, the sultan, whoever he is: if he oppresses there is a sin upon him. Allāh ﷻ will hold him accountable for that sin. And what should those under his rule do? Should they stand up and take him down? No. He ﷺ says, “And it is the duty of those under his rule to be patient.” They should not go against the Sultan. Whether he is an oppressor or oppressed, it is wājib upon the people to obey him and be patient. “When a ruler oppresses, the sky stops raining. When zakat is not given, animals perish. When adultery increases, poverty and misery increase. If agreements with nonMuslims are broken, the rule of kafirs continues in Islamic countries.” That’s what happens. May Allāh ﷻ improve us all. May Allāh ﷻ not separate us from the right way, in shā’a Llāh.

Sadaqa RasuluLlah fi ma qal, aw kama qal. The Messenger of Allāh ﷻ says the truth in what he ﷺ said or as he ﷺ said.

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Ihda’ – Dedication:

Ziyadatan ila sharafi’ ‘n-Nabi, sallaLlahu `alayhi wa sallam wa Alihi wa Asahabihi l-kiram, wa ila arwahi jamee’i al Anbiya’i wa l-Mursalin wa Khudama’i sharai’ihim wa ila arwahi al ‘Aimmati al arba’a, wa ila arwahi Mashayyikhina fi t-Tariqati nNaqshbandiyyati l-Aliyyah, khassatan 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 sai’ri Sadatina wa s-Siddiqiyun, wa man nahnu fi hadratihim wa jiwarihim, for the souls of all our past ones, for the souls of all Shaheeds. Li-Llahi Ta’ala, Al-Fatiha.

[(Translation) To the honor of the Prophet, 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 the rest of our masters and Siddiqiyun, and to whom we are in their presence and near them, for the souls of all our past ones, for the souls of all Shaheeds. To Allah Almighty. Al Fatiha.]

Mawlana Sheikh Muhammad Adil ar-Rabbani 29 July 2025/ 04 Safar 1447 Beylerbeyi Dergah, Istanbul