Rizq: a Favor of Allah

Assalamu Alaykum wa Rahmatullah wa Barakatuh, Auzu Billahi Minashaytanir Rajeem. Bismillahir Rahmanir Raheem, Wassalatu Wassalamu ala Rasulina Muhammadin Sayyidul Awwalin wal Akhirin, Madad Ya Rasulallah, Madad Ya As’habi RasuLillah, Madad Ya Mashayikhina, Sheykh Abdullah Daghestani, Sheykh Nazim al-Haqqani. Dastur. Tariqatunas sohba, wal khayru fil jamiyya.

Allah ﷻ gave humanity Rizq (sustenance). Wherever that sustenance is, that’s where they receive it and should receive it. That’s why son of man thinks: ‘How did I come here? How did I arrive at this situation?’ Wherever Allah ﷻ has provided the Rizq for him, that’s where he’s supposed to be and that’s where he’ll be receiving it. Therefore, people go from one place to another and it’s the preordination of Allah ﷻ. It’s the will of Allah ﷻ for that to happen. We cannot fully comprehend the will of Allah ﷻ and His greatness. Wherever one’s Rizq is, that’s where they’re going to be. However, sometimes it is difficult and people might go through difficulties, but these difficulties can be overcome by trusting Allah ﷻ and going on His path, that time it is not hard.

If you go to countries of nonbelief for your sustenance, thinking you have sustenance there, you shouldn’t let go of your religion, Adab (good manners) and Haya (shyness/ modesty). You should think: ‘We came here for sustenance. Rizq is a favor of Allah ﷻ, so we should be grateful to Him and we should not be rebellious towards Him.’ Most people now go for sustenance but they later leave their religion and faith (iman). What’s important is for them to be helpful to each other where they are. What we mean by being helpful is to pay attention to their worship and obedience, to get together and worship Allah ﷻ and to preserve and protect their families; it is a duty upon them.

What sometimes happens there is that instead of people helping each other, they talk badly of each other just to look good in front of others, they bash and put down their own Muslim brothers and they keep away from other Muslims. If you keep away from other Muslims, you’ll just dissipate there. While if you get together in Dergahs and mosques, it would become a favor of Allah ﷻ upon you and you can protect and preserve yourself insha’Allah. After all, the world is in end times now, the Fitnahs (dissensions/ discords) have increased and it is more difficult. They go to these places, as we said, for sustenance and it’s a test from Allah ﷻ; people go to Ghurba (foreign lands) for these purposes. Some go to other Muslim countries and that’s one degree better, but those who go to nonbelieving countries it’s hard for them there, they need to be more careful.

Now we hear: “They did such and such in the country and it has become harder in these Muslim countries, so I’ll go to nonbelieving countries where there’s more money and more work”, but that’s not left either. People are just fooling each other and they’re deceiving themselves. If you can find a dry piece of bread in your own country, it’s better than going to nonbelieving countries. But as we said, sometimes it happens; it could be that sustenance pulls one there and that’s a test. But when one goes there, the things that they need to be careful of are as we said: to be together with Muslims and to look after your children. Allah ﷻ gives according to one’s intention and then Allah ﷻ preserves that person. Similar situations exist in Muslim countries too, Kufr (nonbelief) and Zandaqa (getting out of Islam) is everywhere. May Allah ﷻ protect us all. Not just young people but even adults, who you think are grownups and are 40, 50 and 60 years old, can deviate. May Allah ﷻ protect us from the evils of shaytan and from the evils of Kufr (nonbelief).

Wa Minallah at-Tawfeeq. Al-Fatiha.

Hazrat Shaykh Muhammad Mehmet ar-Rabbani 16 February 2021/4 Rajab 1442 Sabah Namaz, Akbaba Dargah