The Adāb  and Dhikr of the First Kind With Explanation

The Adāb of the first kind, during the course of 24 hours: 
(To be done daily) 

(1)    For every Muslim man and woman: To repeat the Shahadah three times every day, and the two phrases of the Shahadah are an expression, of the Adāb and the Soul of everything which the Prophet (saw) brought with him (i.e. the Shari’ah) and it is obligatory for every Muslim man and woman.

(2)    Astaghfirullah: Seeking Allah’s forgiveness (70 times).

(3)    Fatihatu l-Kitāb, with the intention of sharing in the Tajallis and divine favors sent down with it when it was first revealed, in Mecca – and without this intention it will be as if we have fallen outside.
 
Our respected teacher says: “If a non-Believer should recite al-Fatihah, even if only once in his whole life, then he will not leave this world without obtaining at least part of those divine favors because Allah does not distinguish between the non-Believer and the Fasiq (Wrongdoer) or between a Believer and a Muslim, in fact they are all equal to him³, since they are all included in the Ayah: (I seek refuge in Allah:)

”And We have honored the Sons of Adam.”

Here Allah (who is Faultless and Self-Exalting) declares that He has honored all the Sons of Adam. Inasmuch as these favors and these Tajallis which descended with Suratu l-Fatihah belonged especially to the meaning of this verse, it is from this that the Kafir will get some portion of the divine favors. The Tajalli which came down with Suratu l-Fatihah will never cease and it will last forever, and it belongs especially to al-Fatihah. No one knows how much Tajalli there is except Allah (Jalla jalalahu) and His Messenger (Saw)!

The Murid will obtain a high position and a great rank. And whoever recites it without this intention gets general divine favors only and not the special ones. This Surat possesses innumerable and limitless stations (Maqamat) in the sight of Allah (Jalla jalalahu).

(4)    Bismillah and the verses ‘Amana r-Rasulu’ until the end. (Suratu l-Baqara, Surah 2, Verses 285 – 286)

Whoever recites the Ayah even a single time will attain a high rand and a great position and he will get the safety of al-Amān (Allah) in this world and the next. He will enter the circle of security in the Present of Allah and will reach all the Stations of the Most Distinguished Naqshbandi Order. He will get what the Prophets and Saints could not get and will arrive at the stage of Abu Yazîd Al-Bistāmi, the Imām of the Order who said: “I am the Truth (al-Haqq)”.
So this is the magnificent Tajalli which belongs to this Ayah and to other such Ayat also. Mawlana Khalid al Baghdadi, one of the Imams of our Order, obtained it after a good deal of time, and Allah made it special for this age.

(5)    Suratu l-Inshirah (Alam Nashrah Laka Sadrak) (Surah N° 94) 7 times. Allah says in this Surah:

(I seek refuge in Allah:) Inna ma’a ‘l-‘usri yusra. Inna ma’a l-usri yusra. (With the difficulty comes case; truly with difficulty comes ease).

On each letter and on each Ayah there is a Tajalli different from that on the others and for each letter there in as Angel from Allah, and none of Allah’s slaves, who worships in the manner of jinn and Men may attain any Station without the recitation of Surah Alam Nashrah with the intention of sharing in these Tajallis, because of what they contain of Divine Magnificence, So whoever recites an Ayah or letter of the Qur’an will obtain the Divine Grace which is particular to that Ayah or letter.

And know, my children, my brothers, my beloved ones, that I am speaking to you with the knowledge of certainty (‘Ilmu l-Yaqin), and Allah is the Guide who guides those of His servants whom He pleases.
I am telling you about these Stations not only from hearsay, rather I have tasted them and entered and I have embraced them, learning about what exists even in their most secret regions.
So, my children, you should know that if a non-Believer or a hypocrite recites this Surah or any Ayah of it, especially:

( I seek refuge in Allah) Inna ma’a l-‘usri yusran, inna ma’a ‘l-‘usri yusrā.

then he will obtain some of those divine graces, Tajallis and virtues, because Allah does not distinguish between a Kafir or a hypocrite, or between a Saint and a Prophet. All slaves are equal in the sight of Allah because they are all included in the verse:

”Laqad karramna bani Adam.”
”We have honored the Sons of Adam.”

Yes, they are all included in this one phrase. Allah is the Guide, He guides those whom He wishes from among His Servants. Satan was kept veiled from this news and he is ignorant of the Tajallis and great Divine Graces with which Allah guides His Slaves. And you should know that whoever wishes to get these virtues must keep to his Adab and Awrad, then it will be easy for him to gain true life and eternal life.
 
These Stations and continuous Divine Graces are closely bound together and they cannot be separated, so any deficiency in the Adab will automatically create deficiency in the Divine Graces being sent down.  As an example of that we may take Wudu’. We may wait in front of the tap, waiting for water to come out, but the large and small pipes do not connect properly and so the water does not flow out, but escapes before reaching the tap. And so we must never allow and deficiency to creep into our Adab until we obtain all the Tajallis and Divine Graces.

(6)    Ikhlas Sharif (Surah Number 112) :11 times.
And whoever recites this Surah must obtain the Tajalli of the two names of Glory (Asma ul-Jalalah): Al- Ahad ( the One) and As-Samad ( the Eternal), and even if a Kafir were to recite it, he must get a portion of this Tajalli. Even if one of Allah’s slaves worships Him in the manner of Men and Jinn, he will not get complete Divine Grace without reciting al-Ikhlas.

(7)    The two Surahs of Seeking Refuge: once each.

Qul a’udhu bi-Rabbi l-Falaq. (Surah Number113)

Qul a’udhu bi-Rabbi n Nas. (Last Surah of Qur’an)

Grand Shaykh says: The Reality of the Secret of Allah’s Greatest Name (Ismu-Llah l-‘Azam) is connected with these two Surahs and with them is also linked the Perfect ness (Kamal) of Allah’s Greatest Name and since they mark the end of the Qur’an they are linked and associated with the completion of Divine Graces and Tajallis.
By means of this Adab the Masters of the most Distinguished Naqshbandi Order became seas of knowledge and gnosis.
Oh my brothers! My children! You’ve now reaches the beginning, that every letter verse and Surah of the Qur’an al Karim has its own special Divine Graces and Tajallis which do not resemble any others, and for that reason the Messenger of Allah said:

”I have left three things with my Ummah: death which makes them afraid, true beams which give them good tidings, and the Qur’an which addresses them.”
By means of the Qur’an Allah Almighty will open up the Gates of Divine Grace in the last times, the like of which did not come down in the time of Holy Prophet, nor in the times of the companions, nor in the times of the Khalifahs, nor in the times of the Saints until the time of Mawlana Khalid al-Baghdadi. Allah has opened up for us these Stations (Maqamat) so that we may be of the Contented Ones in this world and the next.
To this we may add the fact that every night we get the Tajalli of the night of Power from the Gate which Allah has opened up fro the people of this time. This Ummah is the last of all Ummahs, and the Ummah of those who follow in the footsteps of the Messenger of Allah, for that reason, if any one of us prays humbly to Allah and makes du’a that He makes him successful in any action he wishes for the sake of the Ummah of Muhammad(s) then Allah will certainly accept it right away.

(8)    La ilaha ill-Allah: 10 times and after the last time we add: MuhammadunRasulullah Sallallahu alayhy wa sallam

(9)    Allahumma salli ‘ala Muhammadin wa ‘ala ali Muhammadin wa sallim: 10 times.

(10)Ila sharafi n-abiyi (Salla-Llahu ‘alayhi wa sallam) wa alihi wa  sahbihi l kiram, wa ila arwahi ikhwani min anbiai wa Mursalina wa ila Mashaykhina fi t-tarqati n-Naqshbandiyati l-‘Aliyah, khasatan ila ruhi imami t-tariqati wa Ghawthi l-lhaliqah, Shah Bahuddin Naqshbani Muhammadini l-Uwaysiyi l-Bukhari wa ila Mawlana Sultani l-Awliya Shaykh Abdi-Llahi l-Faizi d-Dagestan, wa Hadhrati ustadhina wa ustadhi ustadhina wa ila Arawahi Ahlil Khwajaganil-Fatihah.
(Now the Fatihah is recited with the intention of sharing in the Divine Graces and Tajallis which were sent down when it was revealed in al Madinah for the second time, and no one knows just how many Graces and special Tajallis  belong to it, except Allah (Who is without fault and is Self-Exalting) and His Prophet Muhammad (saw) 

Allahu Allahu Allahu Haqq. (Being totally present with Allah.)
Allahu Allahu Allahu Haqq.
Allahu Allahu Allahu Haqq. 

Then you may make du’a as you like. 

These are the basic of those Adab which are considered necessary and if the Murid does not bind himself to it, then his Guide will be embarrassed to have to accept such a deficient gift from his Murid.

This Adab must be performed once in every twenty-four hours. Everything which the Prophet (saw) brought was founded on this Adab and it is the way that the slave reaches the key to being very close to Allah. It was also by means of it that the Prophets, Messenger and Saints reached their Creator. And it is also by means of it that we reach to Allah and take all the Stations of the most distinguished Mariah.

The Masters of the most Distinguished Naqshbandi Order say that whoever claims that he is affiliated with one of the forty orders or to the Most Distinguished Naqshbandi Order, but nevertheless has not entered Kiawah even once in his life, the such a person should be ashamed of connecting himself with the People of the Path.  But Mawlana, our great guide, says: Whoever of the People of the Last Time wishes to attaining a high rand and an exalted stage, and to get what a Murid normally gets only by means of Kiawah and spiritual exercises, then he must continuously perform this Adab and also the Wassail. With this Adab we have set the foundation for the higher Stations, and now we are ready to build on this foundation.

First of all we shall start with the Wazaif for the People of Determination from among the Ummah of Muhammad (saw) The Murid ought to know that if he fails to attain an exalted Station and high Grade in this world because of his lack of effort, then he shall not be separated from this world but that the Shaykhs make him reach it, and reveal for him his Station at the time of the seventh to last breath during the agonies of death.  You should also know that nothing Haram should intervene between the Adab and other spiritual practices. If anyone performs these Adab and then performs an action which is forbidden, then that person will be like a person who builds the foundation of his house on the side of a cliff, and his house then collapses down the cliff. So w should always be aware of our actions, gauging them to see if they are Halal or Haram: “Is Allah going to be angry at our actions or not?” And we need to think about every action which we are about to do so much that ultimately we simply do not do any Haram thing which might weaken our foundation,. By thinking carefully about our actions the Hadith:  

“Tafakkaru sa’atin Khairum min ‘ibadati sab’ina sanah.”

One hour’s contemplation is better then seventy year’s worship,”

will manifest itself in us.

By way of an example of what we are saying: if a tailor is given a piece of cloth to sew, then he must continue working at it until he finishes it in the evening. In the same way we must perform the Adab In the morning and persevere with the Wazaif and other good deeds until the evening. We should perform them actions in the correct way, that is to say without any Haram deeds intervening. On this basis Allah has divided the day into three parts: eight hours for worship, eight hours for earning a living, and eight hours of sleeping. Anyone who does not accept and follow this division of energies will exemplify the Hadith which says:

”He who is erratic will be erratic forever in the fire.” 

He who goes according to his own will and reasoning does not progress, and he who wishes to obtain exalted Station, Levels and Stages which previous generations earned by means of retreats and other spiritual exercises, must remember Allah throughout the course of the day.

 The Awrad 

(11)Dhikr ul-Jalalah: Dhikr of the Majestic Name with the tongue: Allah. Allah. Allah. (minimum 1500 x upto 5,000 x maximum).

(12)Dhikr ul-Jalalah: Dhikr of the Majestic Name in the heart: Allah. Allah. Allah. (minimum 1500 x up to 5,000 x maximum).

Any having concluded both of these you may then the prayer on the Prophet:

(13)Salawat: Allahuma salli ala Muhammadin wa ‘ala ali Muhammadin wa sallim. (minimum 100x up to 1000x maximum)
On Mondays, Thursdays, and Fridays (minimum 300x up to 2000x maximum).

(14)Reading of one juz of Qur’an ( a juz is one-thirtieth of the Qur’an)

(15)Reading of one hizb (one chapter) of the Dalail al-Khayrat by Imam Jazuli (Q.S.)

And these two things, the recitation of the Qur’an and Dalail Khayrat may not be omitted unless there is a very good excuse for doing so. The Shaykh gives the following example of what constitutes a good excise. If a person were offered two gold liras to recite one juz of the Qur’an but nevertheless were to refuse because of some weakness or other, then this would be a good excuse. And if he does not recite them because of some good excuse, then he should recite Ikhlas Sharif 100 times in place of the recitation of the Qur’an and 100 times Salawat Sharifah (same as 13) in place of Dalail Khayrat.

If, for example, one cannot read enough Arabic to recite from these books, he should undertake that task and, in the meantime reach the substitute formulas.