Time of Mahdiuun

Time of Mahdiuun

From the teachings of Mawlana Shaykh Hisham Kabbani (Q)
Shaykh Nurjan Mirahmadi
Sufi Meditation Center ,Vancouver, BC

A`udubillahi min ash-shaytanir rajeem, Bismillahir Rahmaanir Raheem.

Inshaa-Allah from Mawlana Shaykh's teachings is that the words of  Awliyaullah are not easy to understand. And to take them at face value is one level of knowledge; however their words are limitless (in levels of
understanding). They are taking from heavenly inspirations that are coming  from Allah (SWT) to the heart of Prophet (s), and from Prophet's (s) heart to the Ahlul Bayt, and from them to the Companions of Prophet (s) and then to the heart of Awliyaullah. From the Sultan al-Awliya all the way through the golden chain of the Awliyaullah. And Mawlana Shaykh is teaching that their words are not easy to understand. And to take what they say, just hearing it and say, "Okay I understood it," but, it is very difficult.

Because their words are from Oceans of Reality and from the Oceans of the Divine Presence that have no beginning or end, and it has no shore. It means there is no way to really understand heavenly knowledge and to say, "I have understood it." You got one understanding of it, but it cannot be something that is completely grasped because “Above every knower there is another knower.” Based upon the opening of that knower's heart, there are taking different understandings and different realities from those teachings. It is very important, in these days of difficulty when Sultan al-Awliya (q) and Mawlana Shaykh (q) are teaching; they are teaching
repeatedly about the presence of Sayyidina Mahdi (a). The time is here, and their appearance is coming, and there are signs everywhere and one level of understanding is to be prepared; that we have to be physically prepared in our lives as if we want to be with Sayyidina Mahdi (a). We are asking to be from the companions and the helpers of Sayyidina Mahdi (a), if Allah (SWT) grants us and if Sayyidina Muhammad (s) grants us, and Sayyidina Mahdi (a) will be pleased with us to even grant us such a noble honor; to be companions and helpers and from those who witness the arrival of Sayyidina Mahdi (a).

One level that the shaykh is teaching, *"Be prepared, there are signs and live in preparation that if Sayyidina Mahdi (a) or a representative of Sayyidina Mahdi (a) comes to visit us, that we are prepared,"* our homes
are prepared, and our lives are prepared, and we live a life based on faith. Prophet (s) wanted to take us to the ocean of Iman or faith and it is a very difficult ocean to enter, and once inshaAllah we enter, with their baraka, it is very difficult to sustain (our Iman) in the ocean of faith. The ocean of faith by virtue of the word "faith," means it is something you don't see, but it is something you must believe; something that you cannot touch but you know it's there. It is something emanating, but you may not see it unless your heart is open. They want to take us to that level of belief or faith, that "We are living and waiting for the arrival of holy people and we live a life based on that Iman." And that level of Iman is what we are striving to achieve and everything in this dunya is going to block that; through our eating, our work, or how we earn. Everything we do (is to be) based on this Iman. And they teach us to move into that ocean and the concept of baraka or blessings and the miraculous nature of Allah (SWT) is, "That I will provide for you from ways you never imagined." It means that although we hear these ayahs of the Holy Qur'an, and we hear these teachings of the Prophet (s,) but it is very difficult to live them. It is very difficult to enter into that ocean and to be from the people of faith whose whole lives are under Allah'S (SWT) Mercy, and that they wait every moment for what Allah (SWT) will send of sustenance, of rizk and lights, of mercy and protection.

This is where Mawlana Shaykh wants to take all of us; with this level of teaching. And that if you are asking to enter the oceans of faith, then know that this dunya is collapsing which teaches: *that the heart does not
attach itself to dunya. *And that if you really believe that this dunya is collapsing, then everything about this life would be how to protect yourself against this collapse. Everything and every moment of our life we believe, "Ya Rabbi, this is collapsing very fast, what am I to do to make sure that I am protected, and my family is protected, and my way is protected and also my faith is protected?" It means the most basic level of teaching is that Awliyaullah want to take us to this level of faith and that every moment of our life, we are contemplating that *"Ya Rabbi how am I going to perfect my faith, ya Rabbi how am I going to live through this difficulty?" *

And somebody asked, "What if you are just at peace with dying, what is the big problem?" They say, "It's not a problem, death is not the problem, but the dying (process) is the difficulty." Maraz mar nai tarsan, mordanish
sakhtey (Death is not difficult but the death-bed is difficult) They asked the lady who was going to be stoned in that movie, "Why are you crying? What are you so worried about? Death is death," because people *pretend that they have faith*, but faith is a very difficult ocean. Everybody thinks they have faith, but Allah (SWT) says, "You have to be tested with your life, wealth, your family, all of that just like the people who came before you, the prophets and truthful people." And that level of faith does not open unless many different difficult tests come to you. So then Mawlana Shaykh is teaching, "It is not the death that you have to be worried about, but the process of *dying can become very difficult*." There are all sorts of conditions of difficulty that they are taking us to that level of belief and that level of understanding to open within our hearts.

By believing in the last days and believing in the signs of the coming of Sayyidina Mahdi (a), we become dressed from the lights of the Mahdiuun from those who are living their lives in preparedness because it is from a level of faith that, "Ya Rabbi, I am believing that the signs are here and I am  asking to be with Sayyidina Mahdi (a) to be from the supporters, to be from the helpers and lovers of Sayyidina Mahdi (a) for the love of Prophet (s)." And the love of Prophet (s) is teaching us that, "I am seeing these signs as part of my faith." And the next door they are opening is that: as we believe and live our life based on that preparation, they begin to dress us from the light of the Mahdiuun.
 
Sayyidina Mahdi (a) is saying, "That if you live your life waiting for me, that (can happen) at any time," And Prophet (s) said, *"You will be with whom you love,"* and this was in the time of the Prophet (s) when someone had walked into the association and said, "All these things that you are teaching are very difficult for me Ya Rasulullah, what can you give to me?"And to make that teaching of that hadith short, the Prophet (s) said that, "You will be whom you love." It means they take you to a (deeper) sense of love, the love of Sayyidina Muhammad (s), and the love of the Ahlul Bayt, the love of Sayyidina Mahdi (a). And that your whole life, everything that you are doing, or what you are eating or drinking, everything that you are budgeting for, and everything about our lives, is in that preparation, then *don't you think that Sayyidina Mahdi (a) will be dressing us from his light?*

He is the king of the Awliyaullah, if we are saying that the Awliya are generous and the Ahlul Bayt are generous, then here is the kingdom of Ahlul Bayt that is coming, and that Sayyidina Mahdi (a) is dressing us from that light because (of*) "Your love for me, and that you are preparing for me, and you are waiting for me, then, whatever Allah (SWT) is dressing me with, I am dressing you with it." *And those who live most closely to that preparation, we are not talking about { a kebob and sending it down a hole with a note, and the note comes back and talks to you} [ is a certain country people;e visit a whole and send down items and notes and await an answer} , *but live your life based on real faith of Sayyidina Mahdi (a)*. It is a whole package that whatever you eat or what you drink or what you do and your life in your home, is ready for Sayyidina Mahdi (a).

At every moment of my life, I ask, "Ya Rabbi is my faith correct for the arrival of Sayyidina Mahdi (a) tomorrow?" Is my family correct, are my children correct? If everything that I am doing is correct for the arrival of Sayyidina Mahdi (a), then that becomes an ocean of faith that opens and Sayyidina Mahdi (a) begins to dress us from whatever he is being dressed with, from Divinely Presence, "If you are waiting for me and loving me, then I am dressing you from what Allah (SWT) is dressing me with." And then *those people who are following with that love and with that ishq, they become Mahdiuun*.

*Muhammad al-Hadi*. They are the hadi, the guides, with the meem of  Muhammad and the hadi, it means they are the most noble of guides. Mahdiuun are the ones who are inheriting the light of guidance that Sayyidina Mahdi (a) is going to be sending on earth. But before the destruction of the earth and all the calamities (come) that no one can carry, Sayyidina Mahdi (a) has a tremendous gift for us; you can become from the *Muhammadan Hadi*Allah. These are the ones who are being *given hidayat and guidance* and they guide people to goodness. “Adabana Rabbee fi ahsanul tahdeeb”.

The Prophet (s) was given that by Allah (SWT) and that (hadith), "I was given the best of manners and adab from Allah (SWT)." And Sayyidina Mahdi's (a) gift to us is that, "If you love me and are waiting for me, then I am going to dress you from whatever Allah (SWT) is dressing me from.” And you become Mahdiuun and these big Awliyaullah are the Mahdiuun, they are the owners of the time Sahib az-Zaman. This zamana must always have a Sahib az-Zaman; there must always be an owner on this earth and these are the Awliyaullah, they are the martyrs of dunya. It means they have opened their hearts and they are witnessing in dunya (just)as you witnesses in Paradise. *They have died from all or most of their desires*.

The Prophet (s) describes about the dead, *"Don't think they are dead, no, they are very much alive in their grave. " These big shuhada*, these big martyrs their desires have dropped and their level of faith is like a
mountain [ Awtad} . And that everything they do is based on this faith and Allah (SWT) is granting them like mountains (of knowledge and understanding) and based on that (Iman) the light of Sayyidina Mahdi (a) is
dressing them and they are Mahdiuun. And Allah (SWT) is making them to be the owners of the time, owners of the zaman, owners of the reality. It means that everything about us is to become Mahdiuun. Everything about us (should be) to be dressed from the light of Sayyidina Mahdi (a) that, "Ya Rabbi let me live a life based on the faith that is required for my heart to be opened, and with the opening I want to be with those whom we love." If you are with the bad things and your heart opens, you will be with the bad things.

That is why they make you clarify, *"What is it that you want?"* "I want to be with Sayyidina Muhammad (s). I want to be with the Ahlul Bayt, I want to be with the companions, I want to be with the Awliyaullah, I want to be halal and ready for Sayyidina Mahdi (a)." And Mawlana Shaykh's duty is to teach and take us to that level of belief that, “You must believe with every cell of your body that he is coming.” And if he does not come
tomorrow, he will be coming the day after, or the following day, until the perfection of faith and you will become a *witness that he has come for you.

Allah (SWT) and the reality which is always a reminder for myself*, Allah (SWT) has no time , everything and every story from the Divine Presence has a timeless reality.* We are a "timed" creature, but at the level of Iman, the level of light, the level of reality there is no time. So then the level of faith grows that you are living beyond your physical understanding, *beyond the capacity to think, that this one and one makes two, but no, in Allah's (SWT) world one and one makes whatever Allah (SWT) wants it to be*. But the aql is blocking us.

The brain is saying, "This can't be," because it is very limited. Do you watch those movies on physics? How many dimensions are there? How many parallel universes are there? How do you know that you are seeing a wave or a particle.

This level of understanding is not something that this aql is understanding right now, maybe Allah expands it. They are taking us to *a level of timelessness*. And in *Allah's (SWT) level of light, there is no time*, so
we break through the physical barrier and you are now believing with your light. Your light has no more *(dimension) of time and you witness what you need to witness and you will be with whom you love.* And you don't need the world to collapse and you don't need everyone to die to get there.

But what they are trying to teach us is that, *"As long as you are holding on to this dunya, it is like a monkey holding on to nuts."* Holding on to this dunya has a very broad description; dunya can be people, places and
things. As long as you hold to that dunya, that soul does not come out, and the dunya is blocked and you see only with your eyes and that is it. If I don't see it with my eyes, I don't believe it. They say, "If you haven't
seen a million dollars, you say 'it doesn't exsist.'" Is it just because your eyes did not see it? It means they take you beyond the ability to understand. Your eyes don't have to see it, you are going to see it with your heart, and your ears have never heard it. You are going to hear with your soul, you are going to feel with your soul. You are going to taste and experience with your soul.

We pray that in this year and the opening of Muharam, is the beginning of our journey, and every twelve months we journey all the way to the month of Hajj, and moving towards the marifa of Allah (SWT). And stepping forward with the right foot, moving in Muharam asking, "Ya Rabbi, grant me to be Mahdiuun." Grant me to have the love of Sayyidina Mahdi (a) and live a life based on faith and that open my heart to witness those whom I love. Prophet(s) is teaching that, "You will be with those whom you love."(Our goal is
that) "I want to witness them, I want to be with them, I want them to see them, feel them and want to taste from that light, that ishq and that presence." Subhaana Rabbika Rabbil ama yasifoon wa salaamun mursaleen wal hamdu lillahi Rabbil Alameen.