Reward of Patience

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.

Patience is a good thing; it is a favor of Allah ﷻ on people. Those who have patience reach safety. Patience is difficult and the Holy Prophet ﷺ says: “Don’t ask for patience, only as much as you can handle”, because people of these days don’t have the slightest patience left. People of old times could carry so much more with patience. But people of today don’t want that, they want everything to be ready and done in one minute. If they wait for five minutes they get fed up, and they don’t even have patience for that. For other things and for what is beyond that, when Allah ﷻ wants it, whether you want it or not, you’ll have to go through it. So if you are patient with what Allah ﷻ wills and what He gives you, your reward will be great. ‘ ’, ‘Indeed, the patient will be given their reward without account.’ (Qur’ān 39:10). Your works will go well in this world, and it will certainly be good in the hereafter too. However, as we said, ‘ ’, ‘Man was created of haste.’ (Qur’ān 21:37). Humans have been created of haste, they want things to be done quickly.

Therefore, there is a virtue and reward with every difficulty for those who are with Allah ﷻ and for those who have Iman (faith). Those who do not believe in Allah ﷻ, their patience has no value or advantage whatsoever. ‘ ’, ‘Then be patient or impatient - it is all the same for you.’ (Qur’ān 52:16), Allah ﷻ says to the nonbelievers/infidels in hellfire. Be patient or impatient, there’s no use for it [patience] anymore, He says. So may Allah ﷻ make us amongst those who are satisfied with what He gives and what He has decreed for us insha’Allah. May He not burden us with things that we cannot carry. May He treat us with His Iḥsān, gifts and favors insha’Allah. May He reward us insha’Allah.

Wa Minallah at-Tawfeeq. Al-Fatiha.

Hazrat Shaykh Muhammad Mehmet ar-Rabbani 22 February 2021/10 Rajab 1442 Sabah Namaz, Akbaba Dargah