“𝑹𝒂𝒋𝒂𝒃 𝒊𝒔 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒎𝒐𝒏𝒕𝒉 𝒕𝒐 𝒔𝒐𝒘 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒔𝒆𝒆𝒅𝒔; 𝑺𝒉𝒂’𝒃𝒂𝒏 𝒊𝒔 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒎𝒐𝒏𝒕𝒉 𝒕𝒐 𝒊𝒓𝒓𝒊𝒈𝒂𝒕𝒆 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒄𝒓𝒐𝒑; 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝑹𝒂𝒎𝒂𝒅𝒂𝒏 𝒊𝒔 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒎𝒐𝒏𝒕𝒉 𝒕𝒐 𝒓𝒆𝒂𝒑 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒉𝒂𝒓𝒗𝒆𝒔𝒕." So let’s prepare ourselves by doing righteous deeds in Rajab, and pay extra attention to making them perfect in Sha‘baan, so that he will be able to do them in a perfect manner in Ramadan. The scholars refer to this idea in several ways, including the following: it was said that Rajab is for a person to stop drifting away, Sha‘baan is for striving and sincerity, and Ramadan is for truthfulness and purity. Rajab is the month of repentance, Sha‘baan is the month of love, and Ramadan is the month of closeness to Allah. Rajab is the month of sanctity, Sha‘baan is the month of service, and Ramadan is the month of blessing. Rajab is the month of worship, Sha‘baan is the month of turning away from this world, and Ramadan is the month of increase. Rajab is the month in which Allah multiplies the reward of good deeds, Sha‘baan is the month of expiating bad deeds, and Ramadan is the month of waiting for gifts and honours. Rajab is the month of those who are excelling, Sha‘baan is the month of those whose progress is moderate, and Ramadan is the month of the sinners [in which they can mend their ways]. Allahumma balighna Ramadan! #rajab #shaban #ramadan

Purify Your Hearts Before the 15th of Shaaban! The Prophet ﷺ said: "Allah looks at His creation on the night of mid-and He forgives all His creation (minor sins) except for the muskrik (idolater) and the mushahin (one bent on hatred). Source: Sunan Ibn Majah 1390 Al Mushahin includes: • Having envy or hatred in your heart for someone • Desiring revenge or the worse for others • Breaking ties (family, friends etc.) May Allah give us the ability to seek His pleasure by praying to Him and seeking His forgiveness in this night. Ameen! #shaban

𝐓𝐨𝐝𝐚𝐲 𝐦𝐚𝐫𝐤𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝟕𝟓𝟏 𝐝𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐡 𝐚𝐧𝐧𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐚𝐫𝐲 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐠𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐭 𝐒𝐚𝐲𝐲𝐢𝐝 𝐒𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐭 𝐇𝐚𝐣𝐢 𝐁𝐞𝐤𝐭𝐚𝐬𝐡 𝐕𝐞𝐥𝐢, 𝐥𝐞𝐭'𝐬 𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐝 𝐚𝐛𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐥𝐢𝐟𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐥𝐞𝐠𝐚𝐜𝐲! Haji Bektash Veli (1209-1271) or Wali (in the Ottoman Turkish) : حاجی بکتاش ولی. – was a Muslim mystic, saint, Sayyid, and a Sufi Master who was born in Nishapur city of contemporary Khorasan and later migrated to Anatolia where he preached Islamic Faith to the Christian and Turkish masses. His original name was "Sayyid Muhammad ibn Sayyid Ibrāhim Ātā". He was one of the figures who flourished in the Sultanate of Rum and had an important influence on the Turkish nomads of Asia Minor. He is also referred to as the Sultan of Hearts and the Derwish of the Derwishes. Haji Bektash Veli was a descendant of Sayyidina Musa Al Kazim the Seventh Imam of Ahle Bayt (The Celestial Prophetic Household). And thus his lineage reached back to the Leader of the Youth of Paradise Sayyidina Hussain Ibn Ali, Noble Grandson of Prophet Muhammad ﷺ. Haji Bektash Veli is rightly considered one of the four poles (Aqtab) of Anatolia by all the Sufi Orders of Anatolia. With the rest being Mevlana Rumi, Shaban-i Veli, and Haji Bayram-i Veli May Allah have mercy upon all. These four greay Aqtab (singular Qutb a high ranked Sufi and Wali Allah) played a rather instrumental role in the Islamization of Asia Minor or modern Turkey. Selçuk rulers were able to exterminate the Byzantine power in Asia Minor however they cooperated with these great Sufi Masters for spreading Islam all over Anatolia using Sufi culture & Dawah (preaching). Today, Haji Bektash Veli is falsely perceived as some Alevi figure who had heterodox beliefs. This is a misnomer since the Alevis began to associate with Bektash longtime after he had passed away. Ibn Khallikan (1211 – 1282), was a 13th century Sunni Shafi'i Islamic scholar and historian who reports that the Shi'ite or Alevi tendencies belonged not to him but rather to some of his murids, who took refuge in his Tekke (Sufi Lodge at Suluca Kara Oyuk in Kirşehir. So, in reality Haji Bektash was a Sunni Saint and Sufi Master. The Ottoman Elite Corp Yeniçeri had a great attachment to Haji Bektash Veli whose name was invoked in official ceremonies. He was seen as the Spiritual Mentor of the Yeniçeri troops. For this reason few of the modern researchers falsely regard the Yeniçeri Corp and its troops to be Shia or Alevi in Faith. But this myth is easily debunked since Yeniçeri were always at the forefront of defending the Ottoman Sunni Creed. During the Safavid Twelver aggression in 1500s, Yeniçeri were alarmed of the dangers of forced spread of Shiaism by Safavid Shah Ismail and thus they supported and helped Ottoman Caliph Yavuz Selim 1 to secure the throne. After this a mighty Persian campaign was launched in which Ottoman military including Yeniçeris laid waste to Safavids at Chaldiran. This is an undeniable historical fact which proves that religious Orientation of Yeniçeris was Orthodox Sunnism same as Ottoman rulers. May Allah bestow mercy and blessings upon the soul of Sayyid Haji Bektash Veli. May the Divine Nur illumine his grave. Amin 🤲 Sources: TDV İslam Ansiklopedisi (in Turkish) Ibn Khallikan, Shakāyik