130 Answer From A Sufi Master

The Shaykh was sitting together with his two deputies and some ladies, and was giving them some advice: Shaytan should not rule us. The person who is ruled by shaytan will go to hell. This point is important. If the person is controlling shaytan, then he will go to paradise. Whoever is controlled by shaytan, his way is to hell. This is a sohbat. Even to say as little as this, is considered a sohbat (religious teaching). My Shaykh, Sultanu l-Awliya, may Allah sanctify his secret, told me: 'Nazim Efendi, I have given 7000 sohbats to you'. There are 7000 sohbats of his that he gave to my heart. These come to me without my needing to look for them in books. The meaning of 7000 sohbats is that they are 7000 different kinds of medicine. According to the need of a person we give from these medicines. During a sohbat, listen, pay attention to it. You may benefit. The Shaykh continued to tell of some advice that he once heard: A man said: 'O my son, regard every night as Laylatu l-Qadr (the holy night in Ramadan when the Quran was revealed) and everyone as Sayyidina Khidr (as) (the holy man known as the Green Man)'. The Shaykh looked at one of the ladies and said: Do not fight!