Life Decisions: Choosing Career, Raising Family, Getting Job or Starting Business – What to do? Q&A

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From the Realities of Mawlana (Q) as taught by Shaykh Nurjan Mirahmadi.

أَعُوذُ بِاللَّهِ مِنَ الشَّيطَانِ الرَّجِيمِ
بِسْمِ اللهِ الرَّحْمَنِ الرَّحِيمْ

A’uzu Billahi Minash Shaitanir Rajeem
Bismillahir Rahmanir Raheem

I seek refuge in Allah from the accursed Satan
In the Name of Allah, the Most Compassionate, the Most Merciful

Alhamdulillahi Rabbil ‘aalameen, was salaatu was salaamu ‘alaa Ashrafil Mursaleen, Sayyidina wa Mawlana Muhammadul Mustafa ﷺ. Madad ya Sayyidi ya Rasulul Kareem, Ya Habibul ‘Azeem, unzur halana wa ishfa’lana, ‘abidona bi madadikum wa nazarekum.

Atiullah wa atiur Rasul wa Ulil amre minkum. Always a reminder for myself, ana abdukal ‘ajeez, wa dayeef, wa miskin, wa zhalim, wa jahl, and but for the grace of Allah (AJ) that we’re still in existence.

أَطِيعُوا اللَّهَ وَأَطِيعُوا الرَّسُولَ وَأُولِي الْأَمْرِ مِنكُم… ﴿٥٩﴾‏ …

4:59 – “…Atiullaha wa atiur Rasula wa Ulil amre minkum…” (Surat an-Nisa)

“…Obey Allah, obey the Messenger, and those in authority among you…” (The Women, 4:59)

Question 1: Sayyidi how do we combat overwhelming exhaustion when we come into these talks despite our desire and our fighting the tiredness? Is something trying to take us down?

Shaykh Nurjan Mirahmadi: Yeah, to knock you out because the tajalli (manifestation) is not easy to carry.

It’s very heavy energies that are coming to uplift the soul but that at the same time knocks the physicality and the body out. Because the body can’t handle it and the soul has to receive it so it puts the body to sleep. That’s why then it’s recommended to have coffee, tea and to come on a light stomach. If you plan in indulging an immense amount of food right before zikr (Divine remembrance), you will be sleeping. So you come on a light stomach with teas and coffee and keep yourself to be energized and ready to be energized so that your body can accompany you on this journey of energy. Otherwise, if you give the body like a horse a whole bunch of food, whole bunch of snacks and then what happens? As soon as you want to race your horse falls asleep, it’s out.

So yeah by identifying these energy nights and energy practices and like what we said for Ramadan that eat light when you were breaking so that you can pray the tarawih (night prayer in Ramadan) with energies and then eat for your after tarawih prayers then eat what you want and knock yourself out. But anytime you’re about to do spiritual practices, keep a light stomach and coffee and tea and that’s why coffee was invented. That they were praying and using it for Tahajjud (Night Vigil), inshaAllah.

Question 2: How would one know when it’s necessary to be ON?

Shaykh Nurjan Mirahmadi: It’s spiritual practice. That when you’re going to do your meditation, you want to do your connection during the zikr and you want to do your muraqabah (spiritual connection) that’s a time in which you’re asking for energy to come, your ability to come, your understanding to come. Everything else is OFF.

So when talking with people, keep your energy OFF so that you’re not trying to give guidance and give suhbats (discourses) and talks. Just keep your energy OFF and be humble. At work, keep your energy OFF. With your family, keep your energy OFF so that everyone sees you as a normal person. So Prophet ﷺ described, “Ana basharum mithlukum” – ‘I’m a human like you.’ So he is the exemplar of perfected character. When Allah (AJ) describes, “Khuluqal ‘azheem,” ‘You are of a magnificent character. If these people knew that you’re owner of the universe, they would be astonished.’

(٦) …قُلْ إِنَّمَا أَنَا بَشَرٌ مِّثْلُكُمْ

41:6 – “Qul innamaaa ana basharum mislukum…” (Surat Fussilat)

Say, O [Muhammad], “I am only a man like you… (Explained in Detail, 41:6)

(٤) وَإِنَّكَ لَعَلَىٰ خُلُقٍ عَظِيمٍ

68:4 – “Wa innaka la’ala khuluqin ‘azheem.” (Surat Al-Qalam)

“Truly, You (O Muhammad!) are of a magnificent character.” (The Pen, 68:4)

As a result of the humility of Prophet ﷺ, he didn’t want to show any of these miracles. The kingdom is Prophet’s ﷺ ownership but yet he allowed Sayyidina Sulaiman (as) to show it. Why? Because he says, ‘It’s enough for daleel (proof).’ So if somebody has a brain and they say, ‘How you say all these things about Prophet ﷺ?’ Say, ‘Well then you must not be a Muslim.’ Because you think the Prophets (as) of Bani Israel (children of Israel) had more power than Prophet ﷺ? The ‘ulama (scholars) of this nation are the inheritors of the Prophets (as) of Bani Israel, forget about Sayyidina Muhammad ﷺ. Prophet ﷺ described, ‘What are you talking about? My ‘ulama, my scholars they inherit the stations of the Prophets (as) of Bani Israel.’

عَنْ أَبِي الدَّرْدَاءِ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ قَالَ ، قَالَ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ: ” اَلْعُلَمَاءِ وَرَثَةُ الْأَنْبِيَاءِ.”
[رِيَاضْ اَلصَّالِحِينْ: ١٣٨٨]

‘An Abi Darda (ra) qala, qala Rasulullahi (pbuh): “Al ‘Ulama ye warathatul Anbiya.”

Narrated by Abi Darda (ra) that the Messenger of Allah (pbuh) said: “My scholars are the inheritors of the prophets.” [Riyad As Saliheen)

قَالَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ ” عُلَمَاءُ أُمَّتِي كَأَنْبِيَاءِ بَنِي إِسْرَائِيل .” [عَوَالِي اَلْلآلِي جُزْء ٤ / صفحة ٧٧، الحديث ٦٧]

Qala An Nabi (pbuh): “’Ulama o Ummati ka Anbiya ye Bani Israel.” [‘Awali Allaali, Juz’ 4, Safha 77, Al Hadiht 67]

The Prophet (pbuh) said: “The scholars of my nation are like the prophets of Bani Israel.” [Source: ‘Awali Allaali, Volume 4, Page 77, Hadith # 67]

What does that mean? That what they knew, what secrets they knew, what miracles they knew, the ‘ulama of this nation have that. Prophet’s ﷺ station beyond understanding but because of the humility allowed other Prophets (as) to show the miracles. Look they can talk to the birds, they can command their whole nation to fly on a carpet, they command all the wind, he can hear all the sound of the ants. This is a Prophet (as) of Bani Israel, it’s nowhere in comparison to the station and reality of Sayyidina Muhammad ﷺ.

So that’s why Allah (AJ) has it in the Qur’an not just to fill a chapter but to give the daleel and the proof of the kingdom and the authority of the kingdom. That your king is a mighty king and he gives by examples all these authorities. That everything, everything from heavens and all the Earths and seven layers below it are under the authority of Sayyidina Muhammad ﷺ and entire universes and galaxies, inshaAllah.

Question 3: Shaykh how can one effectively implement this teaching in the business world? The conditions of behavior are different. Humility and silence are considered weakness.

Shaykh Nurjan Mirahmadi: Yeah, but the business world then is something different because that’s your dunya (material world). But if you don’t have a connection in which you have a strong spiritual connection and in that connection all of its training, all of its understanding to give you that madad and support so that what you do in the business world, you’re not required to play according to the rules of the business world. So that’s something completely different.

Remember that Prophet ﷺ encouraged for us to be businessmen. Never encouraged for us to be employees. So this is a big difference. When you’re an employee, you’re bound by somebody. They tell you how to dress, how to act, how to conduct yourself. But the companions and the example of the companions was what? They’re all businessmen, merchants, traders. Why? Because then there’s no boss over you other than Allah (AJ) and His Rasul ﷺ (Messenger). So it’s highly encouraged for people to do business, to conduct themselves in business activities as merchants and traders and to do what they can so that they’re not bound to be employed by somebody and controlled by somebody.

But either way they do their meditation, they conduct their connection. As a result of that connection, they have many intuitions that help them in work and in business and environments and their character saves them from tremendous grief. That as soon as they go into associations of work, they know when to stay silent, they know when they have inspirations for guidance, for purposes and different business meetings so many different realities come from wise people.

Even in business they recognize somebody who’s smart and somebody who’s wise. The system is rigged for people who go to school and then to college is not to produce businessmen. They train you to memorize to be a good employee and servant of somebody. But Islamic teaching and the way and the sunnah (traditions) of Sayyidina Muhammad ﷺ is not that. You’re not supposed to just memorize and listen to their facts and be trained to be an employee. But be trained on how to be a merchant, a businessman, how to conduct a business, how to run a business. So that the sky is the limit for you because Allah (AJ) give you what Allah (AJ) wants to give you based on your ability, your piety, your good character, inshaAllah.

So many, many realities in that question, inshaAllah. If you do business, you can be a consultant. So many different forms of business now. Just think of it how true it is. The greatest businesses now actually they don’t run anything. Right? The largest retailer on Earth doesn’t have a single store. So they were businessmen and they recognized they can do business better than the guy who has a store so they put all his things online. So Amazon now is the largest retailer on Earth with not a single store. The largest taxi company on Earth right now doesn’t own a single car. Right? But before everybody owned a car.

So there’s so many business opportunities when people meditate and contemplate and their heart becomes enlightened, Allah (AJ) inspires them before these things happen, that you have many ways to operate from other people’s sort of stores and products. They’re running the largest cab company without a single car. Pretty soon those cars will be self-driven and they’ll be the largest movement of automobiles with not a single driver in them, the Teslas and Ubers will be all Tesla. So it’s huge, huge organizations are being made and they don’t have a single store, they don’t have even a single car but they’re using somebody else’s car. So why?

It means they were sharp businessmen. The nation was like that until these Wahabis came. They were all traders, all merchants, all over the Earth they were trading and as a result they were everywhere. This Columbus didn’t find anything, this is the biggest lie that will be told to you. The Muslims were here first. Khalifornia [California] was from the ‘khalifa’ and the Muslim nations had already been established in this region by traders and Moors and the Muslim traders from around the world were trading. So, no, it is the haqqaiq (realities) of Islam and the strength and power and the wealth of the Islamic Nation.

But shaitan (satan) had a plan to destroy that light and enslave them and enslave their minds. But Prophet ﷺ didn’t have that. He envisioned for his nation to be powerful and strong. That after the Jum’ah (Friday prayer) they were encouraged to be merchants and they would go out and begin to trade. So Islamic Architecture, all of it was designed to encourage and enhance the business of people, inshaAllah.

Question 4: Shaykh when a person’s eyes turn black in moments of bad character or rage, what does that mean?

Shaykh Nurjan Mirahmadi: Demonic possession, I’ve seen that in movies [Shaykh laughs]. What does that mean ‘Turn black?’ It means when the white of your eye goes and you become like demon eyes? This is not a good sign. So yeah, yeah. I don’t think that happens on any type of normal basis so the eyes are the eyes.

When you become enraged, your color gets red, your blood is flowing but for eyes to change, that’s something else. That’s an energy that is coming into people and their eyes become like cat eyes. This is a demonic possession or the jinn (unseen beings), there’s a very strong jinn inside a individual and it changes. This is in our talks from the jinn realities that these 90 percent of people now are occupied by foreign entities and those entities are not stable entities. You know angelic power is like water, very stable. Jinn power is unstable. Unstable people are overwhelmed by the jinn energy within them. Right?

So imagine your life you have like gas and very flammable, any type of spark that thing is all over the place. So that’s the danger – is that when the population gives themself and now they become sort of inhabited by these foreign beings that are very fiery in nature, explosive character. As a result of their angers and their explosive character, they can’t hold their disguise.

So we’ve shown the videos on those people in which they get angry, all of a sudden their eyes start to change. They get too excited and you can see that there is being showing through the illusion of their flesh. So they’re not able to hold their false identity when they have too much excitement, either anger or happiness or joy; they lose their ability to cloak themselves. Those that are occupying within people, the people have less and less ability to control their emotions. ‘Lunacy’ and ‘lunatic’ is like that, it’s actually a being inside the person making them do and say and emotional and all over the place.

But in the last days they become more and more violent because the nature of those creatures are violent and dirty and bad character and they begin to have the same appearance. They begin to have a dirty nature, a very vulgar character and a bad sort of energies. So that becomes important in the understanding of the last days when they described that 90 percent of people now are inhabited by something and that thing is what is driving their emotions – their anger, their rage, the bad desires, bad appetites, bad foods. So these are not the human characteristics anymore. Paradise realities are not like that, inshaAllah.

Question 5: The prostration in the world of light to Adam (as), was it to Adam (as) or to alif, daal, meem?

Shaykh Nurjan Mirahmadi: Is it SMC Plus? [Shaykh laughs] Trying to ask like these super loaded questions, yeah. The prostration for Adam (as) was the knowledge, so it was a prostration of ihtiram (respect). That the realm of this light was veiled. When Prophet ﷺ gave hint of it that, ‘I was a Rasul – messenger of Allah (AJ) before Adam was created.’

قَالَ رَسُولَ اللَّه ﷺ َ: “كُنْتُ نَبِيًّا وَآدَمُ بَيْنَ الْمَاءِ وَالطِّينِ.”

Qala Rasulullahi ﷺ:“Kuntu Nabiyan wa Adama baynal Maa e wat Teen.”

The Messenger of Allah, Prophet Muhammad (pbuh) said: “I was a Prophet and Adam was between water and clay.”

So means that he represented Allah (AJ) in the world of light and the angels had not yet seen him. As a result they understood the light, they understood the realities of that light because nobody sees Allah (AJ). They hear Allah (AJ) behind a veil. So all of a sudden a creature appears – Sayyidina Adam (as) – with these lights and these knowledges. As a result of that light and knowledge shining out, the angels went into sujood (prostration) as a Divinely light. They went into prostration for respect and everywhere Adam (as) went, they kept making prostration because of their ihtiram and respect for that Muhammadan light that was coming. Because that knowledge was a drop of Prophet’s ﷺ reality that was given. It means that who taught Adam (as) the names, “Isma kullaha” and haqqaiq?’

(٣١) وَعَلَّمَ آدَمَ الْأَسْمَاءَ كُلَّهَا

2:31 – “Wa ‘allama Adamal Asma a kullaha…” (Surat Al-Baqarah)

“And He taught Adam the names of all things…” (The Cow, 2:31)

Prophet ﷺ taught Sayyidina Adam (as) because Sayyidina Moses, Isa (as), Adam (as) none of them knew Allah (AJ). They’re behind a pardeh (veil). So this is a part of their ma’rifah (Gnosticism). So Prophet ﷺ taught these realities to Sayyidina Adam (as). When Allah (AJ) put that light of Muhammadun Rasulallah ﷺ into the forehead of Sayyidina Adam (as) then everything went into creation. Everything was always in prostration from that reality. So this was a deep reality. I think believe the light was in the back then the angels were continuously making sujood then the light was in the fingers and then Sayyidina Adam (as) asked for the light to be where he could see it. As a result he would see the light and kiss his thumbs to put that light within his eyes because everywhere he was walking, everything was going into sujood and prostration because of the Muhammadan light in their realms that it was entered.

It has a deep reality of Sayyidina Adam (as). The name of Sayyidina Adam (as) it denotes that. That this is a gift from Allah (AJ) to dunya and it’s a Muhammadan reality. So ‘Adam’ is a gift from the alif that has to come to dunya and manifest through dunya and it is a part of the Muhammadan kingdom and the Muhammadan haqqaiqs. That what angered shaitan because that was not his reality. That he was expecting that he would be the vessel or the container of such a reality but describes in his ma’rifah was not strong enough to know that he wasn’t even dealing with Allah (AJ). Because if he knew that he was dealing with Prophet ﷺ, he would not have thought that he is the one. So that describes also a reality towards shaitan not knowing who he was addressing or knowing the Divine reality. As a result of his nafs and desires and himself wanting to be the khalifa (representative) then the anger of finally seeing the khalifa and the Muhammadan light emanating from the representative of Allah (AJ). InshaAllah.

Question 6: Can you please tell us as a woman what is the sunnah of Hazrat Fatima Zahra (as) as we can carry as a barakah (blessing) in the last days?

Shaykh Nurjan Mirahmadi: The sunnah was to follow Prophet ﷺ. It means that to read on her life or even the Hadith of Prophet ﷺ is the love and the respect she had for Sayyidina Muhammad ﷺ and the love and respect she had for Imam Ali (as). So the good manners, good character, that’s what the tariqah (spiritual path) teaches because it’s all connected to their hearts. So whatever you’re learning from the tariqah is their sunnah, there’s no two, it’s but one.

Tariqahs are the schools of manners from these great souls. So that to have respect, have good character, to keep the way of the husband, to keep the honor of the husband, all of the characteristics that we don’t see today. So whatever you see in social media, do the exact opposite. Whatever you see of social media teaching, know that it’s completely false and wrong and it’s the way of shaitan and the way of jahannam (hellfire). So to keep the honor of the husband, keep the way of the husband, keep the respect of the husband, to stand guard, stand silent and keep the presence is a great battle against the nafs. Shaitan, all that shaitan wants is to reverse the roles in this world to teach women that, ‘No, you should have a nafs and you should go out and be a man.’

So we described in other talks all of these realities. So how to destroy a family? Tell the kids what? ‘Put them in a room and don’t put them in your room to grow up so teach them to scream themselves to bed.’ Why? So the bond of the child and the mother breaks. Then tell the woman, ‘You’re a great person you know. you should be paid the same amount. You should actually go and work. Instead of cleaning your home and feeding your home, go clean somebody else’s home and feed them and get paid for it.’ So then the woman said, ‘Huh, this sounds smart for me. I’m going to go out and work.’ So then now the woman’s out of the house, the man by his nature has to go out of the house to work then nobody’s raising the kids and that’s exactly what they wanted. They said, ‘Let us disorient them and reorient your children, we will teach your kids.’ Then they break down the entire structure of civilization and the heavenly realm, the heavenly guidance.

What Mawlana Shaykh (Q) would describe, no, the heavenly realm and the barakah of the home is not that. Right? But if you increase your desires then they need two incomes. Well lower your desires so that you can suffice with one income. As a result, the barakah of raising your children, your sustenance will last, your food will last, all of these things will open to the servant.

But shaitan puts in a system, make them have desires so as soon as they’re all watching television, ‘We want all these things, well then go out and get a job and you can help pay for it.’ That becomes then the system the woman is out working and amongst people and inappropriate contact and nearness to other people and then divorce and problems and battles and all of this system is a satanic system. It’s not the heavenly system. It all has a purpose – was to break everything down and come against the commands of Allah (AJ) and what causes peace and unity and tranquility. So that every home now that is doing what it does, has no tranquility, has no peace and has no unity. So whatever they listen to, it definitely didn’t work and 90 percent is all divorce and separations. There’s no peace, there’s no tranquility and there’s definitely no unity.

So the way of Sayyidatina Fatima tul Zahra (as) is the teachings that she’s inspiring for the tariqahs. It is to keep the adab, keep the manners, keep the way of being at home, keep to raising your children in tariqah and in good manners and good character. What we talked about last night, spend time teaching the children good manners so that when they go out people can see your kids are trained. They don’t talk back, they don’t talk loud, they know how to conduct themself. I know every parent train their kids on how to go to library. Right? It’s extremely embarrassing if your kid comes to the library the librarian throws them out. Right? So the masjid is a thousand times more severe. They should have somebody in a masjid that anytime someone talks, throw them out. Just come up to him, ‘Today you have to go home, get up and go.’ But they don’t care because they want to show a rudeness to Allah (AJ) and then they want to show a politeness for the library. Why?

So means Prophet ﷺ brought all of these for us, that manners is from childhood. That teach them manners, keep them to be humble, keep the goodness of character. That was the struggle for the family, that was the struggle for the mother. The mother taught them realities, the mother taught them manners, the mother taught them all of these good characteristics, inshaAllah. InshaAllah.

Question 7: Can we help people that are inhabited by these creatures you just spoke about?

Shaykh Nurjan Mirahmadi: Can you help them? Get a shaykh, do your muraqabah, wear your ta’weez (prayer for protection) and hope they don’t jump into you. Right? Because they’re looking for a home. If you take them out of a home means now they’re homeless. What happens? They’re going to jump into you.

That’s why people busy themself fixing themselves. Solidify your own home. You have your ta’weez, you have your spiritual practices, you have your energy, all of that and pray for Allah’s (AJ) Grace to dress you and bless you. So it’s important that each person take care of themselves, build themselves and inshaAllah pray for the best.

But if we busy ourself going around trying to help people, most likely as a result of doing that we lose our connection for ourself and we lose the focus on building ourself. Eventually you get zapped or you become a part of a bad character group of people in which they go out into the parks and they yell at people about their religion and they begin to exhibit the satanic characteristics. Although they think they’re doing something pious. So shaitan fools pious people with acts of piety. Right? Doesn’t have them smoking crack. He makes them to do da’wah (religious propagation) but in a vulgar obnoxious way in which angers Allah (AJ) and has absolutely no benefit and probably 20 people run from Islam as a result of it. Because Allah (AJ) said in Qur’an, ‘Don’t talk harshly least they talk harshly about what you believe.’

(١٠٨) …وَلَا تَسُبُّوا۟ ٱلَّذِينَ يَدْعُونَ مِن دُونِ ٱللَّهِ فَيَسُبُّوا۟ ٱللَّهَ عَدْوًۢا بِغَيْرِ عِلْمٍ

6:108 – “Wa laa tasubbul lazeena yad’oona min doonil laahi fa yasubbul laaha ‘adwam bighairi ‘ilm..” (Surat Al-An’am)

“And do not insult those they invoke other than Allah, lest they insult Allah in enmity without knowledge…” (The Cattle, 6:108)

So when you see these people they talk very bad, rough and then that person turns around starts saying horrific things about Allah (AJ) and Prophet ﷺ. It is exactly what Allah (AJ) warned in Qur’an, ‘Don’t do that.’ You speak a harsh word with somebody, that’s their belief. If you do that, they’re going to say a harsh word about what you believe now you’re in a big sin because this person now is cursing what you believe. So means shaitan fools people in acts of piety. The real easy ones then you know they do bad things but the tougher ones, he comes and fools them on thinking that what they’re doing is good and pious. Breaking a jama’ah (congregation), big one. You have a jama’ah and somebody come and just want to come and make a fitna (confusion) and break the group up. So that’s just, you know, it’s not working for Rahman (The Most Compassionate), that works for shaitan.

You saw that in all the masjids. They have 30, 40 people nice and then shaitan whisper into them, ‘Let’s go build our own masjid.’ Then they go next door and they build a masjid, now they went from 40 people to 20, 20. Then they built another one then they went to 10, 10. Then they built another one and there’s 5, 5 until shaitan will be happy when there’s what – 40 masjids with one person in there because each one wants to be the president of the council. Each one wants to be the imam (religious leader) that will speak and before you know they’re not masjids, they’re just selfish centers of themselves. So shaitan fools people with perceived images of piety and good actions. So it’s best to be alhamdulillah under guidance – is how to maneuver around satanic influence and the nafsani (egocentric) desires, inshaAllah.

Subhana rabbika rabbal ‘izzati ‘amma yasifoon, wa salaamun ‘alal mursaleen, walhamdulillahi rabbil ‘aalameen. Bi hurmati Muhammad al-Mustafa ﷺ wa bi siri Surat al-Fatiha.

Special thanks to our transcribers for their help with transcribing this suhbah.

Original Date of Suhbah: April 22, 2023

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