gave up his sinful activities, repented and embarked on the path of his father’s order.
According to sources, one night Sadeddin dreamt that eleven men on white horses appeared before him and his friends. One of these horsemen recited the following Ayet (Qoranic verse): “Has not the time come for the believers to chant the name of Allah and feel a deep shudder due to the Qoran that has been revealed through Him?” (Hadid 57, 16). Whereupon Sadeddin and his friends fainted and fell from their horses. Later, when they regained consciousness, one of the horsemen said: “Sadeddin! I am your Prophet Muhammed (mPbuH) and these are my ten companions”, whereupon he anointed Sadeddin’s chest and asked him to repent, suggesting that he should chant to God (zikir). He put a mantle around Sadeddin’s shoulders and brought out three dates sent by His Holiness Ali over which he had exhaled, and gave these to Sadeddin to eat, saying, “Oh Sadeddin! Take these. They are for you and all your descendants until doomsday comes.”
This event depicts the innate inheritance of the order by Sadeddin Cibavi directly from Our Prophet (mPbuH). The details of this event were later to become elements that determined the character, modus and practices of the Sadiyye Order.
After this event, Sadeddin went to Mecca where he started to traverse the path of the Order and finished his education on Sufism at the side of his father Yunus esh-Sheybanî, founder of the Sheybaniyye branch of the Medyeniyye order. After receiving the mantle of the Order from his father, he returned to Ceba, where he constructed a mosque and a hermitage, and set about his duties for the Order.28
Oruc Bey was the Sheikh of these six29 orders and known as ‘Sheikh Ezel’ (The Eternal Sheikh).
ORUC BEY’S PRAYER30
Euzubillâhimineshsheytânirrajim
Bismillâh-irrahmân-irrahim.
Elhamdu lilâhi rabbil’âlemiyn.
Errahman-irrahiym.
Mâliki yevmiddin.
İyyâke na’budu ve iyyâke neste’iyn.
İhdina-siratal-mustekiym
Sirâtalleziyne en’amte ‘aleyhim gayrilmagdubi ‘aleyhim veladdâliyn. (Âmin)
Innallâhe ve melâiketehi yusallune alen nebiyyi yâ eyyuhellezine amenu sallu aleyhi ve sellimu teslimâ. (Âmin)
Allâhumme salli ve sellim ve bârik âlâ seyyidinâ Muhammedin ve âlâ, âlihi ve eshâbihi ejmain.
Subhane rabbike rabbil izzeti ammâ yasifune ve selamun alel murselin velhâmdulillâhi rabbil âlemin.
Esselatu vesselam aleyke yâ Resulullah
Esselatu vesselam aleyke yâ habîballah
Esselatu vesselam aleyke yâ halilallah
Esselatu vesselam aleyke yâ nebiyyallah
Esselatu vesselam aleyke yâ safiyallah
Esselatu vesselam aleyke yâ hayre halkillah
Esselatu vesselam aleyke yâ nure arshillah
Esselatu vesselam aleyke yâ emine vahyillah
Esselatu vesselam aleyke yâ men zeyyenehullah
Esselatu vesselam aleyke yâ men sherrefehullah
Esselatu vesselam aleyke yâ men kerremehullah
Esselatu vesselam aleyke yâ men azzemehullah
Esselatu vesselam aleyke yâ men alleme hullah
Esselatu vesselam aleyke yâ seyyidel murselin
Esselatu vesselam aleyke yâ imâmel muttakin
Esselatu vesselam aleyke yâ hâtemen nebiyyin
Esselatu vesselam aleyke yâ rahmetellil âlemin
Esselatu vesselam aleyke yâ shefiul muznibin
Esselatu vesselam aleyke yâ rasule rabbilâlemin
Salavatullâhi ve melâiketihi ve enbiyâihi ve Resulihi ve hameleti arshihi ve jemii halkihi âlâ seyyidinâ Muhammedin ve âlâ, âlihi ve eshâbihi ejmain.
(Allâhumme salli âlâ seyyidinâ Muhammedin abdike ve Nebiike ve Resuliken nebiyyil ummiyyi ve âlâ âlihi ve sahbihi ve sellim) x 3
(Allâhumme salli âlâ seyyidina Muhammedin innebiyyil melihi sahibil makamil âlâ vellisanil fasih) x 3
Allâhummej’al efdâle salavâtike ebedâ ve enmâ berekâtike sermedâ ve ez kâ tahiyyatike fadlan ve adedâ âlâ eshrefil halâikil insâniyye ve mejmâil hakâikil imâniyye ve turit tejelliyâtil ihsaniyye be mehbitil esrârir rahmâniyye ve arusil memleketir rabbâniyye ve vasitati ikdin nebiyyin ve mukaddimi jeyshil murselin. Ve kâidi rekbil enbiyâil mukerremin ve efdalil halki ejmain hâmili livâil izzil âlâ. Ve mâliki ezimmetil mejdil esnâ shâhidi esrâril ezel. Ve mushâhidi envaris sevâbikil uvvel. Ve terjemâni lisânil kidem, ve membail ilmi vel hilmi vel hikem, mazhâri sirril judil juziyyi vel kulli ve insâni aynil vujudil ulviyyi vesuffli.
Ruhi jesedil kevneyn x 3
Ve ayni hayatid dâreyni el mutahakkiku bi a’lâ rutebil ubudiyye vel mutahalliku bi ahlâkil makâmâtil istifâiyye.
(Selam) El halilil âzam vel habibil ekrem seyyidinâ Muhammedin Ibn-i Abdillah Ibn-i Abdil Mutallip ve âlâ Sâiril enbiyâil murselin ve âlâ melâiketikel mukarrabin.
Ve âlâ ibadillâhis sâlihin, min ehlissemâvâti vel ehlil erdin ve gafele an zikrikel gâfulune, ve sellim ve radiyallâhu ta’alâ an eshâbi Resulillahi ejmain.
12 A gathering of Sufis to perform the whirling rituals of the Mevlevite and other orders. I will give detailed explanation on this in the following chapters.
13 Dergah is a sacred place where dervishes of a certain order gather or live.
14 A monthly magazine that was published by the above-mentioned Meta Psychic Investigations and Scientific Research Association.
15 The practice of regression to past lives under hypnosis.
16 A great Sufi and a virtuose Ney player known for his satirical poems targeting politicians and the general state of affairs. A Ney is a reed flute, usually associated with the Mevlevite order or Sufism in general. Neyzen means ‘Ney player’.
17 Imam is a religious minister who leads the prayers and who also has other duties.
18 Agabey literaly means elder brother and is used very commonly for show respect to people who you are close to and are older in terms of age.
