Living Honorably in a Dishonorable World

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

أَعُوذُ بِاللَّهِ مِنَ الشَّيطَانِ الرَّجِيمِ
بِسْمِ اللهِ الرَّحْمٰنِ الرَّحِيْمِ

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)

Seeking Divine Lights and Satisfaction Through the Holy Month of Qamaron

Alhamdulillah, that Allah (AJ) granted for us to enter this holy month [Jumadal Thani] and the blessed birth of Sayyidatina Fatima tul Zahra (as) the ‘urs Mubarak (Holy anniversary of passing) of Sayyidina Abu Bakr as Siddiq (as). That Allah (AJ) grant us from the immense lights and blessings of the reality of the qamaron. Those whom, through the love of their blood and Ahlul Bayt (Holy Family) of Sayyidina Muhammad ﷺ and the immensity of their love, and the Holy Companion that represents the immensity of that love and companionship and also the family of Sayyidina Muhammad ﷺ. We pray that their rida and satisfaction be upon us, our families, and our communities. That our remembrance of them that they remember us in much holier associations, in the presence of Allah (AJ), presence of Sayyidina Muhammad ﷺ. That they dress us from the kholoq and character.

Upholding Truth in a Time of Deception

That the immensity of Sayyidina Hazrat Abu Bakr as Siddiq (as) and what we always mention that the Siddiq al-Mutlaq (the absolute truthful), the one whom is the servant of truthfulness. The example of truthfulness. Alhamdulillah, that they describe their truthfulness is their truth to love in a world that every day becomes more unloving and more deceitful. They talk about good manners, but they lack any good manners and any actions. They talk about every type of goodness, but everything they do is evilness.

This is the dajjal (man/system of deceit) time, in which everything is a deceit and deception. This love of Sayyidina Abu Bakr as Siddiq (as), the madad, imdad – the support of such Holy Companions (as), that to support our heart through every type of darkness that this dunya (material world) offers. To support our heart to be sincere with our love through our actions and through our deeds, that Allah (AJ) grant us. It means that with every difficulty, we walk the path in this dunya filled with difficulties. That Allah (AJ) grant us with their du’as (supplications) supporting us and pushing and taking our support, that not to fall back. With their support and their du’as, they inspire within our heart that every step in our lives, try your best to move towards the love of Prophet ﷺ. To be sincere with the love of Sayyidina Muhammad ﷺ. That, that love and the sincerity of love grants the immensity of the kholoq and the character.

Be Sincere With Your Love!

When we put a note on our lives that we put a Post-It note for everything that, ‘Ya Rabbi let me be sincere with my love.’ That in every deed and every action that I’m doing it is not that I prayed and then I made my namaz (daily prayer) and I went for Jum’ah (Friday Prayer) that those would put aside that You asked this to do. But the detail of my actions do they show sincerity for the love of Sayyidina Muhammad ﷺ? That if I truly love Prophet ﷺ more than I love myself or at least taking a path in which to enter into that deep reality? Then it is every step that I’m taking a step that is moving in that direction. Am I moving towards that haqqaiq and that reality? That’s when we have our our madad (support) and our meditation, our tafakkur and contemplation asking for the support of Sayyidina Abu Bakr as Siddiq (as) that, ‘Support me; support me in my love for Prophet ﷺ to be true.’

The Only True Honor is Living with Holy Sunnah (Traditions) of Sayyidina Muhammad ﷺ

That every time I want to wear the sunnah of and, ‘Grant me the honor to wear the sunnah. Grant us an honor. Grant us an honor.’ That in the this dishonourable life that the only honor that Allah (AJ) grant to us is to carry the way of Sayyidina Muhammad ﷺ. Everything other than that is of no value to Allah (AJ). How we walk, how we talk, how we look, how we act, how we eat, how we sleep, everything is in the way of Sayyidina Muhammad ﷺ. If we don’t look at it as a burden, we look at it as an honor. That, ‘Ya Rabbi You granted me this honor to carry this flag,’ whether it is popular or not, but to the face of truth means it represents the face and the kingdom of truth. That everywhere we go in a land of falsehood, whom the people are hungry for the truth. It means the devils are the false and the souls are the truth and the souls have a yearning for the Heavenly Kingdom.

Those whom Allah (AJ) grants an honor, their honor is in the sunnah of Sayyidina Muhammad ﷺ. There is no honor in money, there is no honor in knowledge and education. There is no honor in anything that this dunya offers us if the foundation of that honor is not based on Sayyidina Muhammad ﷺ. If it is not based on the holy sunnah, the way the eating, the drinking, the breathing, the dressing, the appearance, everything, the foundation of that honor and the way of Sayyidina Muhammad ﷺ. Everything on top of that becomes honorable when the servant tries their best to carry the way and the example through love for Prophet ﷺ. Everything they do becomes honorable. The foundation of their existence if it is based on the holy sunnah.

Actions Gain Light Through the Love of Sayyidina Muhammad ﷺ

When they dress honorably, everything they do should have a dress of honor. When they eat honorably, when they think honorably, when they have the love for Prophet ﷺ, then all their knowledges and ‘uloom have an honor. It means, Allah (AJ) grants the light of every action based on the immensity of the love of Sayyidina Muhammad ﷺ. If we take that love away and we dishonor the way of Sayyidina Muhammad ﷺ or that we don’t hold it to the esteem that it deserves, then our actions are devoid of that light and devoid of that honor.

Ask for the Support of Siddiq al-Mutlaq in the Path of Love

Sayyidina Abu Bakr as Siddiq (as) is in immense support within our hearts. That, ‘Grant me, Ya Siddiq al-Mutlaq, this immense love that you had for Prophet ﷺ. Grant this love within our hearts, sincerity within our character. Istiqam and firmness through every tufan (storm) and every, every wind and tornado of difficulty that faces us.’

That, ‘Plant our feet firm in the ‘ishq (love) and muhabbat (love) of Sayyidina Muhammad ﷺ and be my ‘asaa (cane). Be my support in which I can lean upon you. Be my support in which you come to help me in guidance of everything in my life that Allah (AJ) has given to me to keep me as someone guided. So, all those who follow me and with me, my family, my loved ones, and my communities, to be rightly guided by your light and by your prayers. By your love and your companionship with Sayyidina Muhammad ﷺ. For every difficulty that confronts me, that you be the opener of my difficulties. That you relieve me from hardship and that you plant me firm within the grasp and the handhold of Sayyidina Muhammad ﷺ.’

Spreading the Light and Nobility of the Prophetic Kingdom

We pray that Allah (AJ) grant us their holy love, their holy nazar (gaze). That all our people worldwide with all the good deeds they do, all the food they do, all the meat they give away. All the people’s hearts in which they touch with their loving actions and good deeds. MashAllah with all the knowledges being spread, all the realities that are being propagated with beatific images of the holy sunnah, holy beard, holy turban, holy ‘asaa. That everything of these images represents the nobility of the heavenly kingdom, ‘Thy kingdom will come upon this Earth.’ It means the kingdom of Sayyidina Muhammad ﷺ to be exemplified, to be propagated. Its knowledges to be propagated, and this beatific light that keeps spreading everywhere.

We see now the result of other tariqahs (spiritual paths) copying exactly what we said they would do. They would take the example of Naqshbandiya tul ‘Aliya (The Most Distinguished Naqshbandi Order), which is the soul of all tariqahs the soul of the love of Prophet ﷺ, as an example. Their master – Naqshbandiya tul ‘Aliya, whom its master is Sayyidina Abu Bakr as Siddiq (as), which is the immense support for the way and the lovers of Sayyidina Muhammad ﷺ. That now other tariqahs to see that: ‘We should too also be putting these images out and showing the example of the heavens, the beatific images of Sayyidina Muhammad’s ﷺ sunnah. So that other people find and rise and stand to its nobility that this is a noble sunnah. This is an immense gift from Divinely Presence for us, and is an honor.’ Whom Allah (AJ) grants that honor, inshaAllah Allah (AJ) grant within their hearts to keep that honor.

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: January 1, 2024