Sahabas (RA) in Istanbul!!

Today, we went to visit 11 Sahaba Karam in Istanbol, MashAllah. A Turk Dervesh took us on this amazing Hazri. Hazrat Abu Ayub Ansari, Hazrat Saeed Khudri, Hazrat Abu Zar Ghaffar, Hazrat Kaab bin Malik and many more MashAllah!! These great men came here to capture Constantinople and died fighting in the process and are buried next the great walls of this city. Another day of serene sacred journey MashAllah!!




Sayyadna Abu Ayub Ansari rests in Istanbol. Do you know how much he loved Sayyadi Rasul Allah (sm)? Just read this hair raising emotional tale of Ishq e Rasul (sm). For us, it was such an honor to visit this beloved Ashiq Sahabi of Sayyadi Rasul Allah (sm), MashAllah. Just note the acts which Sayyadi Ayub did in Ishq e Rasul (sm). These acts are not part of any fiqh nor written in books of law or ordered in Quran. Ishq e Rasul (sm) is a gift gifted to the most blessed and the closest to Sayyadi (sm). When Sayyadi Rasul Allah (sm) migrated and did Hijra from Makkah to Medina, the camel sat in front of the house of Sayyadi Abu Ayub Ansari. The house of Abu Ayyub Ansari was double-storied. When it was settled that the Prophet (s.a.w.) would stay at this place, he offered the Prophet (s.a.w.) to stay on the upper storey but the Prophet could not agree to this proposal, as he felt that people frequently coming to meet him would disturb his (Abu Ayyub’s) family. Thus the ground floor was made vacant for the Prophet (s.a.w.). Abu Ayyub (r.a.) sent meals to him twice a day and whatever he left uneaten was shared by Abu Ayyub and his wife. He would look at the marks of the Prophet’s (s.a.w.) fingers on the food and place his own fingers at the same spots as a source of blessing. Although the Holy Prophet (s.a.w.) had stayed at the ground floor according to his own wish, it was quite unbearable for Abu Ayyub (r.a.) and his wife that they should live upstairs while the Prophet (s.a.w.) was downstairs. They were much disturbed to think that in this way they were showing disrespect to the Prophet (s.a.w.). One night they could not sleep and passed the whole night sitting in a corner of the roof. In the morning Abu Ayyub (r.a.) came to the Prophet (s.a.w.) and said, “O Prophet of Allah, we could not sleep at night but passed the whole night sitting in a corner of the roof.” When the Prophet asked the cause, he replied, “Our parents may be sacrificed on you, we always remain thinking that we are committing disrespect to you. Last night this feeling grew to the utmost and we could not sleep.” After this he requested, “O Prophet of Allah, have mercy upon us and kindly shift upstairs. We are your slave and shall remain satisfied under your feet.” The Prophet (s.a.w.) granted his request and moved upstairs while Abu Ayyub and his wife moved to the ground floor. - Abu Ayyub Ansari’s (r.a.) full name was Khalid ibn Zayd ibn Kulayb. His grave lies in Istanbul where he was honoured with martyrdom during the siege of Constantinople in 48 AH. Alhamdolillah, we visited him and paid our deepest love to him for his love to Sayyadi Rasul Allah (sm). recite Fatiha....

 

A spiritual journey to turkey

Sorry for being lost :) We are in Turkey at the moment, reviving our soul and heart by visiting "Shikoh e Turkamani" -- the great Jalal and Jamal of Khilafat e Usmania and also paying our greatest of respects to Sayyadi Abu Ayub Ansari.

Here in this pic we are at the muqam of Sultan Muhemmed Fateh, the great Jannati Sultan who was blessed to be the one who captured Constantinople in 1453. A truly soul shaking experience to visit this great Sultan who was the "Salahuddin" of the time and have now become immortal as one of the greatest heroes of Islam. Turks have made an amazing movie on his life -- Fateh 1453. May Allah bless us with another Sultan Fateh today for we so desperately miss him in these times of humiliation and insult.

While we are in awe to see the grand grandeur of Khilafat e Usmania, our hearts bleed to see that what we have lost. The seat and soul of Khilafat is now just a tourist resort from the Western countries which once shook under the Jalal of this empire in Istanbul. The streets, palaces and Masjids which controlled the entire world from 14th to 19th century, have now become the humiliating remains of a lost glory we so dearly miss.

InshAllah, we will revive this Khilafat again and this visit has further ignited our passion to work for mission Takmeel e Pakistan! By Allah, we will not rest until we revive the lost glory of this Ummah.

 Our Turkish Odyssey as it unfolds. It is a magical place, transforms and transports you into a royal era when the most magnificent civilization led by the great Usmani sultan's defended the honor of the Ummah with such dignity and grace tha

t it is almost surreal! When Iqbal said that Momin will again be gifted with the "Shikoh e Turkamani", Jalal and Jamal of the Turks, then he had this vision in his heart and soul! You have to be here to be blown away by this.....

Offering Salat in famous Blue Mosque (Sultan Ahmed Jamae)

Sultan Ahmed Jamae

Top Kapi Palace which hoses our precious Tabarrukaat

Paying Haziri to Hazrat Abu Ayyub Ansari (RA)

Paying Haziri to Hazrat Abu Ayyub Ansari (RA)

Hazri at our beloved Mohammad Fatih (The conqueror of Constantinople

Sultan Mohammad Fateh had cursed the man who would revert Hagia Sophia into a Cathedral. The Great Sultan captured Constantinople at the age of 26 and died at the age of 49 after achieving what no Muslim General could in the last 900 years - capturing Constantinople.

At the Sulaimaniya Mosque

Over looking Basphorus from Top Kapi Place, which was the seat of Khilafat e Usmania

Love for Pakistan is over flowing in Turkey MashaAllah, we get visible expressions of love and respect when Turks see the Pakistani Flag on our chest

Water Fountain in Front of Top Kapi Palace, every Sultan and his Queen built such fountains as sadqah e Jariah

Water Fountain in Front of Top Kapi Palace

In Front of 1000 year old Former Cathedral of Hagia Sophia  which was converted into Masjid by Sultan Fatih in 1453. In 1924 Mustafa Kamal converted into a museum and today no salat is offered in this masjid.

This is the Top Kapi Palace, the most sacred place after Haramain in Makkah and Medina ! Do you know why??? The entire sacred collection of Prophets, Sahabas and our beloved Sayyadi Rasul Allah (sm) are preserved here. You wont believe this but let us list a few sacred relics which are available for ziarat and display. 1. The Sword of prophet Dawood (as). 2. The Turban of Prophet Yusuf (as). 3. The cup of prophet Ismail (as). 4. The famous stick of prophet Moosa (as). 5. Swords and weapons of our beloved Sayyadi Rasul Allah (sm). 6. Clothes, hair, tooth and footmark of beloved Sayyadi Rasul Allah (sm). 7. Swords of All four Khulfa e Rashideen. 8. Swords of Hazrat Khalid Bin Waleed, Hazrat Jaffar Tayyar, Hazrat Musab Bin Umair and many other Sahabas. These are the relics which were kept with the Khalifa for 1300 years and are now preserved here till the Khalifa returns again. What hurts and bleeds the heart is that these most sacred treasures which were kept as closest guarded relics by the Khalifa are now being displayed for tickets and money to all and sundry especially the non-Muslims from the western world who have no respect towards these sacred treasures. These are NOT show items for semi nude western hippies who come in thousands everyday to see them. The treasures of Ummah are now being displayed for those who despise them while the ummah waits for their rightful Khalifa! This hurts, truly hurts......

 

While in the compnay of brothers take your choice -- Difficult or Fatal ?

Went to visit our Mohsins in the army graveyard in Pindi. Our finest sons MashAllah! The afternoon sun was paying its last respects to these noble souls for the day and the air was heavy and the environment so intense that it shook my soul. This is the most beautiful and serene place in entire Pindi -- in the company of the Shuhada e Ummat e Rasul (sm).

There are times when the nations have to chose between taking the difficult path or the fatal path.  Great nations chose the difficult path while those destined for destruction take the path of least resistance and perish as a civilization.

When it was told to our elders that making Pakistan would be an extremely difficult project, they replied that not taking the difficult path would mean taking the fatal path. We had only two choices back then -- Make Pakistan or perish under Hindu Zionists. Making Pakistan was indeed difficult. We gave 5 million shuhada and over 10 million were dislocated from their homes, the biggest human migration and the bloodiest slaughter of humans in human history. But it was worth it. The alternate would be total annihilation of our faith, dignity, honor, language, culture and civilization. Our great leaders took the difficult decision but saved us from fatal course.

In 1979, we again had two choices. It was difficult to fight and push the Soviet Union out of Afghanistan but the alternate was the fatal option of leaving the Soviets in Afghanistan which would have meant future generations of Pakistan would become slaves just as Muslims of central Asia and Afghanistan had become. Over a million died, 5 million left their homes but Muslims of Afghanistan and Pakistan staood united to take the difficult course and prevented a fatal annihilation.

Today, we are again confronted with 2 options. One is difficult. Other is fatal!

Either we remove this corrupt government, bring in patriotic government, clean up the country of all traitors and terrorists and eject the US/NATO from Afghanistan or we sit back, wait and let the war come to us for a bitter end. First option is difficult, would demand sacrifices and great hardships but the second option is fatal.

The war is upon us. We have given finest of our sons -- From Generals to Jawans to ordinary innocent, men, women and children - almost a 100,000 dead and wounded already.

 

It is said that to be enemy of US is dangerous but to be its friend is fatal! Who would know better than us?

When I see our leaders, media, Ulama, political parties and so called thinkers avoiding the difficult path and taking the path of least resistance, I feel that we have betrayed our sons and brothers like those who rest here.

It is so difficult not to cry in the company of such band of brothers! 

Visit them. You will feel the impact!

Guns and Babas

When I used to read Alakh Nagri and Shahab Nama and would hear Ashfaq sahib talking about powerful fuqara, Babas and Kharqa posh dervesh who are present on the most humblest of places but are powerful part of the divine spiritual world, I would always long to find a baba myself. Many people have doubted the presence of such Babas and have made mockery of Ashfaq sahib and Mumtaz Mufti. But the fact is that these amazing mysterious souls exist, living a life of divine disdain, working under cover for the spiritual world, unknown to the world but managing its affairs through incredible spiritual powers. Baba Ashfaq and Baba Shahab and Baba Mumtaz had not lied. How could they when they themselves were part of this strange and mystical world!

Then one day, I found a baba too. All day long, Khan baba cuts grass for his cows and collects firewood for cooking at home in a remote village of NWFP. He sits on the roadside on broken charpais, wearing only a thin cotton Kurta without any warm clothes except his torn chaader which hardly covers his huge frame. He is 90 plus in age, MashAllah, but fit enough to shame the youngsters of today. He is illiterate from the worldly sense, never watches TV or listen to radio nor reads the newspapers. He is no different from millions of ordinary illiterate pashtun villagers we see every day and pass without even noticing. But then when he starts to speak, he starts to shake your soul with profound wisdom, vision, knowledge and spirituality which actualy stuns you every time. He speaks the knowledge of the unknown and the unseen which is not written in any book but can only be a direct gift from Allah (swt). Baba is the Operational Commander of the spiritual world.

Today, when I met the Baba, he was very sad, serious and concerned for Pakistan. He said "Lots of blood will spill now but we are trying to stop this and ask for mercy from Allah. People want to replace filth with more filth" he referred to the upcoming elections. "The rulers have become beyghairat, rizq of leaders is Haram and they are milking even the bones of Pakistan!" Baba went on in Jalal. "The files of the rulers are now open and decision about them will come soon", he looked towards the heavens and spoke as if in trance. "We need a ruler who has ghairat", he continued. "why they have not yet seized the Maal e Ghaneemat?", he asked me angrily, referring to the NATO supplies. He was angry with the Chief Justice and the army leadership for delaying the critical decisions of NRO, Memo and NATO. He said that army does not have much time also. If the army does not take brave and bold decisions, then the war would come upon them. He clearly warned that do not be afraid of America. "Amrika ko cancer ho gia hay", He conveyed the spiritual message with unshakable confidence. Wait for a few days. You will start to see what Allah decides about these people, he referred to Zardari and his gang.

It was clear after today's meeting that Allah and His Special Operations Teams are in Jalal on this government and on the judiciary and wanted the army to clean up the mess and were not happy because army had already delayed it for so long. There were clear signs that a severe punishment for this nation is now due and Baba was begging Allah for mercy.

Our mood was deadly serious when we took leave. It still is.

On our way back, we came across our firing range and decided to refresh our battle skills and prepare for what might come towards this nation now. If we have to go down, we will go down fighting and with honor but would never betray Rasul Allah (sm). But for now, we have to carry on the fight. The dice has been thrown, chess board has been set. Forces of evil and soldiers of Rasul Allah (sm) are armed and standing against each other, even in the spiritual plane.

On the ground level, we took out our rifle and prepared to do our duty even in the battle field. The leaders, judges, political parties and mediamen of this nation would go down in history as the most treacherous, corrupt and soulless monsters Ummah has ever seen. The price for freedom, dignity and honor would now be paid in blood, unless Allah decides to have mercy and hear the pleas of his Fuqara like Khan Baba.  





 

Basheer electronics and paint shop, neez desi ghee bhi dastiab hai !

You know what? we have started the Urdu translation of the book and only now it becomes painfully obvious that what great zulm we have done with our beautiful language. Writing good kitabi urdu has become such a challenge and we are at a loss to translate so many English terms into good Urdu. It is truly heartbreaking to see Urdu being systematically being killed at all levels and new terms are not being added but simply English words are written in Urdu script. The state media, private channels, and education system is involved in this slaughter of our history, language and identity.

Just notice this around - in every road sign, shop signs and even TV adds, there is either roman Urdu or pure English written in Urdu script. The simplest words for carpenter, plumber, Mason, electrician, repairing, workshop, mechanic, painter or road are not available in Urdu at all.

 

It is heart breathtakingly painful :( . A nation without language is without any history, identity and ideology -- just a lost crowed of low lives with no sense of direction and purpose. It must be a capital offense to destroy Urdu language. 

 For the last couple of days, flu has brought me down a bit, so spending time closer to home and doing Nakhras for no reason and enjoying the attention I am getting. I guess, one should fall sick more often or pretend to be unwell, just to enjoy the pampering :)

Fazal, our chaukidar, came back from leave and that's a great relief, so now he will be handling the civil war in the farmhouse between chickens, ducks, cats and Maxi. Our lawn is in a mess. Winters had already dried it and then the ducks and Maxi dug it out deep, turning into a mud pond. I really hope our Malik Makan do not show up in these days. I do not want him to get in the fight with Maxi or ducks !