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Advice for Many Questions
Jan01 1980 English 30min
Mawlānā answers letters from different people on different issues including - how to treat non-Muslims, du‘ā’ and janāzah; how to raise children in the US; how to deal with criticism; how to follow the Shaykh.
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Shayṭān’s Generosity
English 25min
Shayṭān is generous with and teaches the unbelievers. That is why the West is technologically advanced. But he has no adab and without adab there is no entry into the Divine Presence. Good adab is to be without a trace of love for this world.
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Meditation
Nov30 1984 English 4min
All religions are the same. Meditation is a training used by many to help a person focus inside rather than outside.
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The Purpose of Life
Nov02 1998 Turkish 41min
The purpose of life is to be beloved by Allāh. Only this brings happiness and peace. To achieve this is easy. Just follow the Sharī‘ah, which is the scale that rates all actions according to whether they take to or away from Allāh.
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Girlfriend, Boyfriend
English 8min
Marriage is best. You have from 3-40 days to decide to marry or not. Only in marriage will your thirst be satisfied.
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Ḥaḍīratu l-Qudus
Dec06 2001 Turkish 16min
Every Friday Allāh invites the people of paradise to Ḥaḍīratu l-Qudus; a beautiful journey through the heavenly realms where everyone receives according to their rank. On that day, when Allāh Almighty will show His beauty, the faces of the believers will shine like the sun.
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The Limits of the Mind
Oct27 1998 Turkish 32min
The Prophets were sent to answer the important questions of who we are and why we were created. These questions are beyond the limits of the mind. Man was meant to look in and up, not like an animal always looking at the ground for grass.
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To Swallow a Mountain
Nov30 1985 English 30min
You must believe that with your Lord’s support you can do anything. With that hope and that intention all things become possible, like the prophet who was asked to swallow a mountain.
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Divinely Music
English 12min
Mawln retells the story of the Pied Piper but with a beautiful ending. In such a way, Allh gives the Awliy a divine music that no one can resist.
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Imm Mahd ()
Nov30 1996 Turkish 5min
A short summary of the coming of the Mahdī (as) to Istanbul and Damascus and the descent of ‘Īsá (as), who will follow the Mahdī (as) in Fajr prayer.
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Ādam and Ḥawwā’
Dec08 2001 Turkish 49min
A man’s weakest moment is in the presence of his wife. Then he is open to shayṭān. A‘ūdhu biLlāhi is the weapon that will make shayṭān flee. All the troubles of the world arise from people making bad ones their leaders.
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Shayṭān's Donkey
Dec25 1996 Turkish 11min
The people of today have been captured by shayṭān. They think they are free but he rides them like a donkey. Beware of those people who have become allies of shayṭān.
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Association
English 6min
Mawlānā begins an association in the name of Allāh, making it holy and protected. An association is not like a lecture in school.
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New Name, Same Game
Dec25 1994 Turkish 19min
They cannot bring Sharī‘ah back. Zia-ul-Haq could not do it with his army, a woman cannot do it, a nation state cannot do it. Allāh will send one man and there will be Sharī‘ah across the world. Until then nothing changes - new name, same game.
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Know Your Limits
Dec25 1994 Turkish 40min
Keep respect for the Qur’ān and the Aḥādīth. You must know who you are and what are your limits. Interpretation of the Qur’ān is for the Prophet (sas) and the great saints. The Prophet (sas) said: in the last days there will be many preachers but few scholars.
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Al-Qābiḍ and Al-Bāsiṭ
Jan01 1989 Turkish 24min
Mawlānā expands on the sixth farḍ that good and evil - both are from Allāh. He talks about the causes of depression and its cure. Allāh can remove anything, and everything has its appointed time to begin and to end.
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Spiritual Perfection
Jan12 1997 English 17min
Growing older results in a spiritual perfection. We must never be saddened by changes because Allāh has honored us by making us human and that never changes. S. Yūsuf in his prison was never sad. As we get older it is as if we are returning home.
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This Too Will Pass
Jun24 1993 Turkish 5min
Time is passing quickly. Neither the past nor the future is in our control. We can only be careful about the present and be thankful to Allāh for allowing us to remember Him.
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Shadow Play
Jan01 1986 English 32min
Like in a shadow play, shayṭān is the puppeteer and all people, East and West, follow his lead without knowing. People run for the hungry of Abyssinia when they should waste less food. Religious people must be patient and tolerant. If they can save one person from shayṭān that is enough. The only shelter is with the Awliyā’.
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