Specialty of Rajab

Specialty of Rajab
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 Sayyidina 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 Sha`banu Shahree - 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 Sha`banu shahree. He did not say "wa Sha`banu shahr ar-rasul." He said "wa Sha`banu 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 hisaab (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 Ummatan marhuma (given mercy) Ummatan maghfura (forgiven). They have been forgiven for the sake of Muhammad (s).

So Rajabun shahrullah shabanu shahree. 'That is my property which you are entering,' the Prophet is saying. Sha`banu shahree. He didn't say Sha`banu 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 - Firmly established in the favor of a Mighty King.

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 ummatee. 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 sifaat - 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 shahree 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 `itqun min al-naar -.