When previous nations became disobedient, Allah ta'ala would grant them opportunities to turn back to Him. However, when the nation became persistent upon deviation and they reached a low ebb, they are punished by Allah ta'ala.
When Allah ta'ala is displeased, He sends down punishment. When Allah ta'ala displays His mercy, He forgives the people. Furthermore, He grants us many opportunities to turn back to Him. This gathering is an indication of the mercy of Allah ta'ala and is an example of such opportunities given to us.
Nabi ﷺ said, "When a group of people assemble for the remembrance of Allah, the angels surround them (with their wings), (Allah's) mercy envelops them, Sakinah, or tranquillity descends upon them and Allah makes a mention of them before those who are near Him." [Muslim Shareef]
When Allah ta'ala makes an announcement, then every particle of dust in the universe testifies to it. Similarly, every form of creation listens to the call to prayers. The creation bears witness to those who answered the call to prayer and fulfiled the obligation.
Currently, the entire creation are focused upon us as we are very valuable. The entire creation and the angels are envious of us and we are being introduced to them. Due to attending this gathering, Allah ta'ala announces our forgiveness and converts our sins in to good deeds despite our hypocrisy and sins.
We must be grateful to Allah ta'ala due to being forgiven and we must display this gratitude through our emulation His beloved Prophet ﷺ.
Allah ta'ala is not pleased with our acts of worship. Rather, His pleasure lies in our emulation of Nabi ﷺ.
No matter the land we reside upon, we must emulate his ways and become an exemplary figure of the Sunnah. Only after this, our worship will be correct and accepted in the eyes of Allah ta'ala.
The Sunnah is not a minor thing. By adopting a single Sunnah action, we recieve the reward of a hundred martyrs. Due to our emulation of the Sunnah, in the Hereafter, Allah ta'ala will forgive us for our misdeeds and make us His beloved.
It is a shame that we fight and quarrel over wealth and inheritance as we believe that we will live in the world forever. In reality, the way we spend our lives in this world, determines the abode we choose for ourselves; Paradise or Hellfire. We must decide now where we are heading and which path we have chosen to strive for.
We should be content with Allah ta'ala's bestowal. Whenever we face a low point in our life, we should determine whether we are using this opportunity to earn Paradise or Hellfire. We should live cautiously in regards to our actions.
Allah ta'ala has granted us faith, wealth, titles and children and all phases of life are a test - to prepare for the Hereafter. We must assess whether we are earning for this world or preparing for the Hereafter and Paradise.
Sickness is a test from Allah ta'ala as well as a great gift from Allah ta'ala, such that we may earn Paradise through it. Nabi ﷺ has stated that if a person recites لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا أَنْتَ سُبْحَانَكَ إِنِّي كُنْتُ مِنَ الظَّالِمِينَ in the state of sickness and he departs this world, he is given the status of a martyr and he will be forgiven.
We should take advantage of this opportunity when faced with sickness.
"Those who believe and do good will be admitted into Gardens, under which rivers flow—to stay there forever by the Will of their Lord—where they will be greeted with “Peace!” [14:23]
What leads a person to Paradise?
The Noble Companions endured severe oppression and difficulty for the sake of their Imaan, yet they never left the Deen. Nowadays, we face minor affliction and we ending up turning to disbelief.
Rather, we should value and take benefit of our Imaan. By failing to utilise our Imaan and gaining achievements through it, we end up earning Hellfire.
We should utilise the treasure of Imaan to perform good deeds, pray on time in congregation and spend in the way of Allah ta'ala. In such a way, we earn the help of Allah ta'ala and our Imaan will lead us to the highest ranks.
After adopting faith, we must perform righteous deeds with sincerity and solely for the sake of Allah ta'ala. Any actions performed for the sake of the world, go to a waste and one does not recieve its reward.
Allah ta'ala grants us knowledge for the sake of rectifying ourselves and not for propagation and titles.
Additionally, regarding matters of Tasawwuf, we should have no intention for purifying our hearts besides for the purpose of becoming a good human being.
With faith, and sincere righteous deeds, a person earns Paradise.
سَلَامٌ
Refers to being welcomed in this world, as well as being welcomed by Allah ta'ala in to Paradise.
We must promise to fulfil the rights of Imaan, which are upholding the five pillars of faith.
We must build our Imaan and recitfy our deeds. We must sacrifice everything at the time of prayer and fulfil our obligation to Allah ta'ala. The Sunnah includes praying in congregation.
We should select a job which accommodates prayers in the Masjid and in return, Allah ta'ala will grant us abundant wealth.
When the call to prayer arrives, we should priortise our prayers, for no worship is greater at that time. We should be alert and detach ourselves from everyone and everything.
Allah ta'ala tests us to view our level of obedience to Him. No matter how hard the test, we must uphold the orders of Allah ta'ala without comprising His deen and finding loopholes. Even in the face of hardship, we must remain firm upon deen. Eventually, Allah ta'ala will remove the hardship and grant ease. This is the way to utilise our Imaan correctly.
The purpose of this gathering is dhikr. Allah ta'ala invited us to this gathering in order to forgive us.
On the day of Qiyamaah, the Dhaakireen will be granted a very high status and their faces will be illuminated like the radiant moon. In the Hereafter, others will be envious of them and their rewards.
We should attend the dhikr gatherings, morning and evening. These time frames have been allocated by Allah ta'ala for the sake of His remembrance. No other acts of worship during these moments will earn you blessings besides dhikr.
After Jumuah prayer, we must perform Muraqabah and we will earn the grace of Allah ta'ala. Thereafter, when we go out to earn, we will gain many blessings in the world.
Abundant dhikr earns us the mercy of Allah ta'ala and
Han is impacted by the filth and evil around us and it is difficult to protect ourselves. This is why we have been commanded to perform dhikr daily wherever we may be and Allah ta'ala has not placed a limit upon dhikr.
Dhikr is our fort of protection from sins. It benefits our Imaan but not our sincerity.
"O believers! Be mindful of Allah and be with the truthful." [9:119]
How to gain sincerity in our deeds?
We must connect ourselves to a waliAllah and follow his guidance. Through the guidance of the teacher, one learns and aquires sincerity! A student should be immersed in his teachers company for the sake of Allah ta'ala. In return, Allah ta'ala will make the student closer to Himself.
The AwliyahAllah do not desire fame, status or seek acts of service from their students. Rather, they are humble and sincere in fulfiling their duty. We should respect them for the sake of Allah ta'ala.
The beloved student is he who has the most Taqwa and the student who sacrifices Haraam and purifies his heart is the one who earns most respect.
If we desire an Islamic upbringing for our children, we should assign them to the service of the Sheikh.
Every waliAllah is a scholar whose teachings do not oppose the Shariah. They always take guidance from the Sunnah.
There are two sources of knowledge. One is the apparent source of knowledge which is aquired from the Darul Uloom. The other refers to spitritual knowledge which Allah ta'ala Himself grants the Sheikh directly.
We must connect ourselves with a Sheilkh from the Naqshbandi order. This order traces back to Hadhrat Abu Bakr رضي الله عنه. Through this order, a student is taken to the heights of Imaan and is quickly connected to Allah ta'ala.
Allah ta'ala Himself selects the students for the company of His beloveds! He selects those He desires to reward.
"O Prophet ﷺ! When the believing women come to you, pledging to you that they will neither associate anything with Allah...." [60:12]
We should connect our womenfolk with a Sheikh and encourage them to learn dhikr too, for they are the leaders of the home and they raise the children.
يُشْرِكْنَ
What does Shirk refer to?
There are two types of Mushrik. The one who bows in front of the idols. They are the disbelievers. The second is the believer who worships his inner idol (his desires) and this is worse than disbelief. Such a person fails to obey the order of Allah ta'ala. Only when taking bay'ah with a Sheikh, his inner idols are crushed, for the waliAllah is given the power to break both forms of idols!
To follow the desires is a very dangerous thing and it takes a person to disbelief. We should sacrifice everything for the sake of obeying the orders of Allah ta'ala. Whoever does not sacrifice, he is a disbeliever and he is worshipping his own desires.
Hadhrat Maulana Ashraf Ali Thanwi Rahmatullahi alayh states that it is Fard Ain to pledge allegiance to a Sheikh. He was a Great Aalim himself, however, he took Bay'ah at the hands of his Sheikh, Hadhrat Haji Imdadullah Muhajir Makki Rahmatullahi alayh who was not an Aalim and when he did, he said, "Today I have become a Scholar."
Our Imaan is delicate without the connection and companionship of a Sheikh. When you submit yourself as a student to your teacher, then your desires are crushed. Pride and anger are idols of sins within us which must be crushed via the connection and company of a Sheikh.
We must make effort upon this path which is prescribed to us. Even if we do not succeed, we will be forgiven by Allah ta'ala for our efforts due to His mercy. We should not be despondent.
When it comes to the laws of Allah ta'ala, we must not question why such matters are lawful or unlawful and debate over them. We should simply implement His instructions and imitate the Sunnah ways without hesitation and without seeking proofs and benefit, for true success lies in emulation of the Sunnah.
We should respect the people in this country and respect the laws. We should not oppose and spread hatred. Rather, we should spread the deen and display our good manners to others.
We must promise to adorn ourselves with the Sunnah and implement the ways of the Sunnah in our life as well as teaching the Sunnah to our children. We must also assign our children to the company of the Sheikh for their reformation.
May Allah ta'ala allow us to implement these beautiful and precious pearls.
When previous nations became disobedient, Allah ta'ala would grant them opportunities to turn back to Him. However, when the nation became persistent upon deviation and they reached a low ebb, they are punished by Allah ta'ala.
When Allah ta'ala is displeased, He sends down punishment. When Allah ta'ala displays His mercy, He forgives the people. Furthermore, He grants us many opportunities to turn back to Him. This gathering is an indication of the mercy of Allah ta'ala and is an example of such opportunities given to us.
Nabi ﷺ said, "When a group of people assemble for the remembrance of Allah, the angels surround them (with their wings), (Allah's) mercy envelops them, Sakinah, or tranquillity descends upon them and Allah makes a mention of them before those who are near Him." [Muslim Shareef]
When Allah ta'ala makes an announcement, then every particle of dust in the universe testifies to it. Similarly, every form of creation listens to the call to prayers. The creation bears witness to those who answered the call to prayer and fulfiled the obligation.
Currently, the entire creation are focused upon us as we are very valuable. The entire creation and the angels are envious of us and we are being introduced to them. Due to attending this gathering, Allah ta'ala announces our forgiveness and converts our sins in to good deeds despite our hypocrisy and sins.
We must be grateful to Allah ta'ala due to being forgiven and we must display this gratitude through our emulation His beloved Prophet ﷺ.
Allah ta'ala is not pleased with our acts of worship. Rather, His pleasure lies in our emulation of Nabi ﷺ.
No matter the land we reside upon, we must emulate his ways and become an exemplary figure of the Sunnah. Only after this, our worship will be correct and accepted in the eyes of Allah ta'ala.
The Sunnah is not a minor thing. By adopting a single Sunnah action, we recieve the reward of a hundred martyrs. Due to our emulation of the Sunnah, in the Hereafter, Allah ta'ala will forgive us for our misdeeds and make us His beloved.
It is a shame that we fight and quarrel over wealth and inheritance as we believe that we will live in the world forever. In reality, the way we spend our lives in this world, determines the abode we choose for ourselves; Paradise or Hellfire. We must decide now where we are heading and which path we have chosen to strive for.
We should be content with Allah ta'ala's bestowal. Whenever we face a low point in our life, we should determine whether we are using this opportunity to earn Paradise or Hellfire. We should live cautiously in regards to our actions.
Allah ta'ala has granted us faith, wealth, titles and children and all phases of life are a test - to prepare for the Hereafter. We must assess whether we are earning for this world or preparing for the Hereafter and Paradise.
Sickness is a test from Allah ta'ala as well as a great gift from Allah ta'ala, such that we may earn Paradise through it. Nabi ﷺ has stated that if a person recites لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا أَنْتَ سُبْحَانَكَ إِنِّي كُنْتُ مِنَ الظَّالِمِينَ in the state of sickness and he departs this world, he is given the status of a martyr and he will be forgiven.
We should take advantage of this opportunity when faced with sickness.
Mashallah
29th Dec, 2025
وَأُدْخِلَ الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا وَعَمِلُوا الصَّالِحَاتِ جَنَّاتٍ تَجْرِي مِن تَحْتِهَا الْأَنْهَارُ خَالِدِينَ فِيهَا بِإِذْنِ رَبِّهِمْ ۖ تَحِيَّتُهُمْ فِيهَا سَلَامٌ.
"Those who believe and do good will be admitted into Gardens, under which rivers flow—to stay there forever by the Will of their Lord—where they will be greeted with “Peace!” [14:23]
What leads a person to Paradise?
The Noble Companions endured severe oppression and difficulty for the sake of their Imaan, yet they never left the Deen. Nowadays, we face minor affliction and we ending up turning to disbelief.
Rather, we should value and take benefit of our Imaan. By failing to utilise our Imaan and gaining achievements through it, we end up earning Hellfire.
We should utilise the treasure of Imaan to perform good deeds, pray on time in congregation and spend in the way of Allah ta'ala. In such a way, we earn the help of Allah ta'ala and our Imaan will lead us to the highest ranks.
After adopting faith, we must perform righteous deeds with sincerity and solely for the sake of Allah ta'ala. Any actions performed for the sake of the world, go to a waste and one does not recieve its reward.
Allah ta'ala grants us knowledge for the sake of rectifying ourselves and not for propagation and titles.
Additionally, regarding matters of Tasawwuf, we should have no intention for purifying our hearts besides for the purpose of becoming a good human being.
With faith, and sincere righteous deeds, a person earns Paradise.
سَلَامٌ
Refers to being welcomed in this world, as well as being welcomed by Allah ta'ala in to Paradise.
We must promise to fulfil the rights of Imaan, which are upholding the five pillars of faith.
We must build our Imaan and recitfy our deeds. We must sacrifice everything at the time of prayer and fulfil our obligation to Allah ta'ala. The Sunnah includes praying in congregation.
We should select a job which accommodates prayers in the Masjid and in return, Allah ta'ala will grant us abundant wealth.
When the call to prayer arrives, we should priortise our prayers, for no worship is greater at that time. We should be alert and detach ourselves from everyone and everything.
Allah ta'ala tests us to view our level of obedience to Him. No matter how hard the test, we must uphold the orders of Allah ta'ala without comprising His deen and finding loopholes. Even in the face of hardship, we must remain firm upon deen. Eventually, Allah ta'ala will remove the hardship and grant ease. This is the way to utilise our Imaan correctly.
The purpose of this gathering is dhikr. Allah ta'ala invited us to this gathering in order to forgive us.
On the day of Qiyamaah, the Dhaakireen will be granted a very high status and their faces will be illuminated like the radiant moon. In the Hereafter, others will be envious of them and their rewards.
We should attend the dhikr gatherings, morning and evening. These time frames have been allocated by Allah ta'ala for the sake of His remembrance. No other acts of worship during these moments will earn you blessings besides dhikr.
After Jumuah prayer, we must perform Muraqabah and we will earn the grace of Allah ta'ala. Thereafter, when we go out to earn, we will gain many blessings in the world.
Abundant dhikr earns us the mercy of Allah ta'ala and
Han is impacted by the filth and evil around us and it is difficult to protect ourselves. This is why we have been commanded to perform dhikr daily wherever we may be and Allah ta'ala has not placed a limit upon dhikr.
Dhikr is our fort of protection from sins. It benefits our Imaan but not our sincerity.
يَا أَيُّهَا الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا اتَّقُوا اللَّهَ وَكُونُوا مَعَ الصَّادِقِينَ
"O believers! Be mindful of Allah and be with the truthful." [9:119]
How to gain sincerity in our deeds?
We must connect ourselves to a waliAllah and follow his guidance. Through the guidance of the teacher, one learns and aquires sincerity! A student should be immersed in his teachers company for the sake of Allah ta'ala. In return, Allah ta'ala will make the student closer to Himself.
The AwliyahAllah do not desire fame, status or seek acts of service from their students. Rather, they are humble and sincere in fulfiling their duty. We should respect them for the sake of Allah ta'ala.
The beloved student is he who has the most Taqwa and the student who sacrifices Haraam and purifies his heart is the one who earns most respect.
If we desire an Islamic upbringing for our children, we should assign them to the service of the Sheikh.
Every waliAllah is a scholar whose teachings do not oppose the Shariah. They always take guidance from the Sunnah.
There are two sources of knowledge. One is the apparent source of knowledge which is aquired from the Darul Uloom. The other refers to spitritual knowledge which Allah ta'ala Himself grants the Sheikh directly.
We must connect ourselves with a Sheilkh from the Naqshbandi order. This order traces back to Hadhrat Abu Bakr رضي الله عنه. Through this order, a student is taken to the heights of Imaan and is quickly connected to Allah ta'ala.
Allah ta'ala Himself selects the students for the company of His beloveds! He selects those He desires to reward.
يَا أَيُّهَا النَّبِيُّ إِذَا جَاءَكَ الْمُؤْمِنَاتُ يُبَايِعْنَكَ عَلَىٰ أَن لَّا يُشْرِكْنَ بِاللَّهِ شَيْئًا
"O Prophet ﷺ! When the believing women come to you, pledging to you that they will neither associate anything with Allah...." [60:12]
We should connect our womenfolk with a Sheikh and encourage them to learn dhikr too, for they are the leaders of the home and they raise the children.
يُشْرِكْنَ
What does Shirk refer to?
There are two types of Mushrik. The one who bows in front of the idols. They are the disbelievers. The second is the believer who worships his inner idol (his desires) and this is worse than disbelief. Such a person fails to obey the order of Allah ta'ala. Only when taking bay'ah with a Sheikh, his inner idols are crushed, for the waliAllah is given the power to break both forms of idols!
To follow the desires is a very dangerous thing and it takes a person to disbelief. We should sacrifice everything for the sake of obeying the orders of Allah ta'ala. Whoever does not sacrifice, he is a disbeliever and he is worshipping his own desires.
Hadhrat Maulana Ashraf Ali Thanwi Rahmatullahi alayh states that it is Fard Ain to pledge allegiance to a Sheikh. He was a Great Aalim himself, however, he took Bay'ah at the hands of his Sheikh, Hadhrat Haji Imdadullah Muhajir Makki Rahmatullahi alayh who was not an Aalim and when he did, he said, "Today I have become a Scholar."
Our Imaan is delicate without the connection and companionship of a Sheikh. When you submit yourself as a student to your teacher, then your desires are crushed. Pride and anger are idols of sins within us which must be crushed via the connection and company of a Sheikh.
We must make effort upon this path which is prescribed to us. Even if we do not succeed, we will be forgiven by Allah ta'ala for our efforts due to His mercy. We should not be despondent.
When it comes to the laws of Allah ta'ala, we must not question why such matters are lawful or unlawful and debate over them. We should simply implement His instructions and imitate the Sunnah ways without hesitation and without seeking proofs and benefit, for true success lies in emulation of the Sunnah.
We should respect the people in this country and respect the laws. We should not oppose and spread hatred. Rather, we should spread the deen and display our good manners to others.
We must promise to adorn ourselves with the Sunnah and implement the ways of the Sunnah in our life as well as teaching the Sunnah to our children. We must also assign our children to the company of the Sheikh for their reformation.
May Allah ta'ala allow us to implement these beautiful and precious pearls.