Holy Month of Rajab coming
Sufi Med
by Shaykh Muhammad Hisham Kabbani
This month Rajabun Shahrullah, is a holy month. Allah (swt) honored
the Muslim nation with this month by saying to Prophet Muhammad (saws)
and Sayyidina Muhammad saying to us "Rajabun Shahrullah." Rajab is the
month of Allah means that it is the month that no one knows what Allah
(swt) opened for His servants opened, for His creation. In this month
it is an honor and favor for His creation which no one knows.
This month as Grandshaykh Mawlana Abdallah ad- Daghestani, said (may
Allah sanctify his soul and bless his soul) and as Mawlana Shaykh
Muhammad Nazim al-Haqqani related that Allah (swt) does not allow the
Pen to write in this month except with Yad al-Qudrah, the Hand of
Power. Allah takes the `amal of His servants. This means that `amal is
not rewarded by "fa man y`amal mithqal dharratin khayran yarah/ wa man
y`amal mithqal dharrtin sharran yarah" - "whoever does an atom of good
will see it and whoever does an atom of bad will see it."
In this month whoever does something of goodness it is directly taken
by Qalam al-Qudrah the Pen of Power, the pen that has not been given
to angels. It is a heavenly pen beyond the level of angels. That pen
which Allah ordered to write before creation la ilaha illa Allah.
As it is mentioned in the athar that the pen wrote trembling la ilaha
illa Allah for seventy thousand years. Then Allah said write
Muhammadun Rasulullah and the pen said "Who is Muhammad that you put
his name with Your name?" and Allah said "O Pen, if not for Muhammad
(saws) I would never have created anything - law la Muhammad ma
khalaqtu ahadan min khalqee."
That pen is in the Divine Presence and has not been given to angels.
That pen will be given to Prophet Muhammad (saws) in the Judgment Day.
That pen in the month of Rajab writes the `amal of human beings. So
any smallest good `amal is rewarded so much that it cannot be weighed
or put in a balance. It is rewarded from a hidden treasure that has
never been opened before.
For any `amal that is done in this month Allah opens for the Ummah
something that has never been opened before which will increase in
ma'arij. That month Allah gives ma'arij ascensions to human beings
with their `amal. Anyone who does something will have a mi`raj and
that mi`raj will raise him to a level that even if he does the best
`amal all year round he will not get rewards as he gets for the
smallest `amal in this month. That is the lowest meaning of Rajabun
Shahrullah. Allah has opened this to humanity. In every year Awliya
wait for this month. Awliya wait to make seclusion in this month
because it is the month where treasures and fountains of knowledge
will be opened to the heart of Awliya through their seclusions.
That is why seclusion has to begin in this month. If anyone wants to
do seclusion - it is not in Ramadan-- in Ramadan there is 'itikaf.
Seclusion has to begin with Rajabun Shahrullah. Awliya wait for this
month because this month the `amal will multiply tatada'afu fihi
al-'amaal. `amal in this month will be in multiplication like an
atomic reaction. What Allah gives is multiplied, but no one can even
imagine what Allah gives because it is the Pen of Qudrah which is in
the presence of Allah (swt) always in its place waiting for an order.
That pen will be given to Sayyidna Muhammad (s).
In Rajab, Allah ordered the pen to write `amal for human beings. It is
not for any malakun muqarrab, any angel, to write. That is why Allah
said to Prophet (s) and the Prophet (s) to us "Rajabun Shahrullah wa
Shabanu Shahri- and Shaban is my month." This means that whatever is
related to Prophet (saws) from `amal will be written by the pen of the
Prophet (s). There is a Prophetic pen and there is a Qudrah pen. Allah
gave Prophet a pen in dunya and everything praising salawat on the
Prophet will be written by the Prophet (saws). Allah gave him that
power to write for his Ummah and it will be added and recorded.
Angels have no authority laysa andahum salahiyyat. Angels are assigned
to write but they are not assigned to reward. Allah rewards and Allah
gave Sayyidina Muhammad (s) authority to reward also. That is why
Allah said Rajabun Shahrullah 'I reward My servant in this month' and
the Prophet (s) said wa Shabanu shahree. He did not say "wa Shabanu
shahr ar-rasul." He said "wa Shabanu shahree" means it is balancing
Rajabun shahrullah. 'What Allah gave me is for my Ummah, so what I am
rewarding is for the benefit of the Ummah.' What Allah rewards in
Rajab is for the benefit of the Ummah and Allah rewards in Rajab
without account.
Usually Allah rewards one hasana with ten. When Allah rewards without
hisab (account) no one knows. It is beyond the level of understanding
and beyond the level of account, meezaan (balance, scale). What the
Prophet (s) gives is beyond the level of counting, because when
Prophet gives he doesn't give from his level of dunya but he gives
from the level that he is in ma`arij. Do you think the Prophet (s)
made only one mi`raj? In the Night of Ascension when the Prophet (s)
was lifted up, do you think the Prophet was lifted up and then came
back and it is stopped and finished? He is in continuous ma`arij.
When Allah gives something He doesn't hold it. He doesn't say this is
for you finished you come then go back to your place- no. Allah is
keeping from that day 1400 years ago when the Prophet (s) was in
Mi`raj on Laylat al Israa'i wal Mi`raj he is still in Mi`raj to the
Divine Presence.
So what do you think the Prophet (s) is giving? Is he giving you from
the reward of 1400 years ago or is he giving you from the level that
he gives now? And Prophet said Allah is raising me mithlaini mithlain
in the higher levels double, double, double, double multiplied by
itself. In every moment it becomes doubled then it becomes quadrupled
etc like that. So from 1,400 years until now how much is the Prophet
in ma`arij going! Anyone making praising now the Prophet (s) gives him
from his level now from those anwaar (lights) that the Prophet (s) is
dipped into the Divine Presence. He is dressed with all of these
tajalli of that no one can describe. Allah is dressing His Habib
mithlaini mithlaini. In every second the tajalli is doubled and
doubled. Every moment Allah is dressing him with light and secrets
making him in the ocean of Names and Attributes. He is swimming in
bahr al asmai wal sifat.
What Allah (swt) gave Sayyidina Muhammad (s) cannot be written. It is
in the heart of awliya but they cannot even express it. That is why
Sayyidina Abu Huraira said hafiztu an Rasulillah wi'a ain - "I have
memorized two knowledges from the Prophet. One of them I told people;
the other one if I say it they will cut my neck."
Some scholars say this refers to the signs of the Last Days. This is
not true. It refers to the secrets of the level of the Prophet (s) and
what Allah gave to this Ummah. This Ummah is Ummah marhuma (given
mercy) Ummah maghfura (forgiven). They have been forgiven for the sake
of Muhammad (s).
So rajabun shahrullah shabanu shahri. 'That is my property which you
are entering,' the Prophet is saying. Shabanu shahri. He didn't say
Shabanu shahr al-Nabi or shahr rasulullah. It is emphasizing the
Prophet's ownership. Shahree means 'It is mine. You are entering my
property.' When you stand up and say as-salaamu `alayka ya Rasullallah
in shahr sha`ban you are entering the property of Muhammad (s). Can
one who enters the property of Muhammad go to hell? No, finished.
Allah will forgive him for the baraka of Sayyidina Muhammad (s).
Don't imagine that if you enter one foot into Paradise you can be
thrown into hell, because each Paradise is alive. What is related to
akhira is alive. Paradise is always alive with life in it. When you
enter something with life in it, Allah will not throw you back to
hell. So when you put your feet into the property of Sayyidina
Muhammad (s) and enter to his presence by salawat, who can take you
away? Finished. The Prophet (s) is going to say, 'Ya Rabbee, ya Allah
- this is my Ummah. This is Your servant, Your `abd. He believed in
me, he entered my property; my paradise." What is Allah going to say?
"Take him! I gave you shafa`a. Why did I give you shafa`a? Take him to
wherever you want to. Put him with you."
Then the Prophet (s) has his own paradise for all of the Ummah that
believed in him, praised him, loved him, felt his presence at every
moment, and called upon him. They are going to be rewarded. They are
going to be fi maq`adi sidqin 'aind maleekin muqtadir.
Those who believed in the Prophet and believed in Allah but did not
feel his presence - did not call him - will also be in Paradise but
they will be veiled from Prophet Muhammad (s).
When you enter into the river or ocean of this knowledge that
knowledge makes you drunk. You cannot think anymore. It is beyond
minds. Then Ramadan comes wa ramadanu shahru ummati. It means that
after Allah dipped them in His buhur ul qudra in the Oceans of Power
in the Oceans of Beauty He dressed them with these lights and
manifestations of His asmaa' and sifat - Names and Attributes. Then He
sent them to the Beloved One to dress them from his oceans. Then with
these two dressings that have been dressed in rajabun shahrullah and
in sha`banu shahri the Ummah is moved to Ramadan to be rewarded by
fasting, thanking Allah (swt) for what He has given them in shahr
rajab and what the Prophet gave them in shahr Sha`ban. Allah rewards
them. They will be dressed with these dressings in shahr ramadan and
they will be presented to angels.
Those that are keeping the adab of shahr rajab and shahr sha`ban they
are a special part of the Ummah. Not all of the Ummah is doing that.
To these special people who are keeping the adab of Rajab and Sha`ban
and coming to Ramadan the angels will be surprised what these people
are. Who are these people? What kind of tajalli are they dressed with?
The angels feel shy to write anything for them because whatever they
are going to write for them in Ramadan these people are dressed with
lights which have never been opened before; because of the tajalli of
the Prophet (s) and the ma'arij Angels will be surprised and standing
hayara confused not knowing what to do. That is why Allah (swt) said
the last ten days of Ramadan is atqun min al-nar - .
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Specialty ofRajab
by Shaykh Muhammad Hisham Kabbani
This month Rajabun Shahrullah, is a holy month. Allah (swt) honored
the Muslim nation with this month by saying to Prophet Muhammad (saws)
and Sayyidina Muhammad saying to us "Rajabun Shahrullah."Rajabis the
month of Allah means that it is the month that no one knows what Allah
(swt) opened for His servants opened, for His creation. In this month
it is an honor and favor for His creation which no one knows.
This month as Grandshaykh Mawlana Abdallah ad- Daghestani, said (may
Allah sanctify his soul and bless his soul) and as Mawlana Shaykh
Muhammad Nazim al-Haqqani related that Allah (swt) does not allow the
Pen to write in this month except with Yad al-Qudrah, the Hand of
Power. Allah takes the `amal of His servants. This means that `amal is
not rewarded by "fa man y`amal mithqal dharratin khayran yarah/ wa man
y`amal mithqal dharrtin sharran yarah" - "whoever does an atom of good
will see it and whoever does an atom of bad will see it."
In this month whoever does something of goodness it is directly taken
by Qalam al-Qudrah the Pen of Power, the pen that has not been given
to angels. It is a heavenly pen beyond the level of angels. That pen
which Allah ordered to write before creation la ilaha illa Allah.
As it is mentioned in the athar that the pen wrote trembling la ilaha
illa Allah for seventy thousand years. Then Allah said write
Muhammadun Rasulullah and the pen said "Who is Muhammad that you put
his name with Your name?" and Allah said "O Pen, if not for Muhammad
(saws) I would never have created anything - law la Muhammad ma
khalaqtu ahadan min khalqee."
That pen is in the Divine Presence and has not been given to angels.
That pen will be given to Prophet Muhammad (saws) in the Judgment Day.
That pen in the month ofRajabwrites the `amal of human beings. So
any smallest good `amal is rewarded so much that it cannot be weighed
or put in a balance. It is rewarded from a hidden treasure that has
never been opened before.
For any `amal that is done in this month Allah opens for the Ummah
something that has never been opened before which will increase in
ma'arij. That month Allah gives ma'arij ascensions to human beings
with their `amal. Anyone who does something will have a mi`raj and
that mi`raj will raise him to a level that even if he does the best
`amal all year round he will not get rewards as he gets for the
smallest `amal in this month.
That is the lowest meaning of Rajabun
Shahrullah. Allah has opened this to humanity. In every year Awliya
wait for this month. Awliya wait to make seclusion in this month
because it is the month where treasures and fountains of knowledge
will be opened to the heart of Awliya through their seclusions.
That is why seclusion has to begin in this month. If anyone wants to
do seclusion - it is not in Ramadan-- in Ramadan there is 'itikaf.
Seclusion has to begin with Rajabun Shahrullah. Awliya wait for this
month because this month the `amal will multiply tatada'afu fihi
al-'amaal. `amal in this month will be in multiplication like an
atomic reaction. What Allah gives is multiplied, but no one can even
imagine what Allah gives because it is the Pen of Qudrah which is in
the presence of Allah (swt) always in its place waiting for an order.
That pen will be given to Sayyidna Muhammad (s).
InRajab, Allah ordered the pen to write `amal for human beings. It is
not for any malakun muqarrab, any angel, to write. That is why Allah
said to Prophet (s) and the Prophet (s) to us "Rajabun Shahrullah wa
Shabanu Shahri- and Shaban is my month." This means that whatever is
related to Prophet (saws) from `amal will be written by the pen of the
Prophet (s). There is a Prophetic pen and there is a Qudrah pen. Allah
gave Prophet a pen in dunya and everything praising salawat on the
Prophet will be written by the Prophet (saws). Allah gave him that
power to write for his Ummah and it will be added and recorded.
Angels have no authority laysa andahum salahiyyat. Angels are assigned
to write but they are not assigned to reward. Allah rewards and Allah
gave Sayyidina Muhammad (s) authority to reward also. That is why
Allah said Rajabun Shahrullah 'I reward My servant in this month' and
the Prophet (s) said wa Shabanu shahree. He did not say "wa Shabanu
shahr ar-rasul." He said "wa Shabanu shahree" means it is balancing
Rajabun shahrullah. 'What Allah gave me is for my Ummah, so what I am
rewarding is for the benefit of the Ummah.' What Allah rewards
inRajabis for the benefit of the Ummah and Allah rewards inRajab
without account.
shahrrajaband what the Prophet gave them in shahr Sha`ban. Allah
rewards
them. They will be dressed with these dressings in shahr ramadan and
they will be presented to angels.
Those that are keeping the adab of shahrrajaband shahr sha`ban they
are a special part of the Ummah. Not all of the Ummah is doing that.
To these special people who are keeping the adab ofRajaband Sha`ban