Mu’mins are Brothers

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.

A’ūdhu bi-Llāhi mina sh-shayṭāni r-rajīm. Bismi Llāhi r-Raḥmāni r-Raḥīm:

(Qur’ān 49:10). Allah ﷻ states in the Holy Quran: ‘The believers are but brothers, so make settlement between your brothers. And fear Allah that you may receive mercy.’ Allah ﷻ says that Mu’mins (believers) are brothers, so if there are disagreements amongst them, lift that disagreement and make them get closer to each other, let them make up. Now ever since the time of the Holy Prophet ﷺ, they’ve always made Fitnah (discord) amongst Muslims and sowed the seeds of discord so that Muslims would fall weak and not unite, because there is strength in unity.

Of course Allah Glorious and Exalted Be He created people in different forms and shapes, and their understanding is also different. Yet that difference shouldn’t be a means for disagreement. Everybody has a different nature and as long as everybody is on the way of Allah ﷻ, it should not be used for animosity against each other. This only weakens Muslims and Islam. It only makes shaytan and his soldiers, those who are with shaytan, happy. It says that Mu’mins are Ikhwan (brothers), they’re brothers, so get along well together and don’t be cross with each other, says Allah ﷻ. In the end when you’re together, you would be obeying Allah’s ﷻ commands. Allah ﷻ will give you strength and Barakah (blessing) and nobody will be able to stand in front of you. However, if you fall weak, they can use you as they like and they wouldn’t give you value or importance. Don’t think that being with them and being an enemy towards Muslims is going to make you gain anything. Be with Allah ﷻ and be with those who love Allah ﷻ.

To do good works is the command of Allah ﷻ. Yet while you’re trying to do good things, there are many people who will try to stop you from doing it. When it comes to doing evil, people can do bad things [easily]. They say: “Yes, we commit sins and it’s not difficult.” Why is it not difficult? Because there’s nothing that stops you from doing it, there’s no Nafs (ego) or shaytan that stops you from doing it. On the contrary, the ego and shaytan get happier. However, when you try to do something good, it’s hard. It is easy to ruin something but hard to fix it. So before things get ruined, people should think. We need to obey Allah’s ﷻ commands, we need to be together and united. It could be someone from a different Tariqa, a different Mathhab (school of thought) or a different nationality. Those are differences, but as long as they’re Muslims and they’re saying: ‘ ’, [Lā ʾilāha ʾillā llāh muḥammadun rasūlu llāh] they can be as they like and you should not have animosity towards them; that’s not right. May Allah ﷻ give us unity and give strength to our Iman (faith).

Wa Minallah at-Tawfeeq. Al-Fatiha.

Hazrat Shaykh Muhammad Mehmet ar-Rabbani 1 March 2021/17 Rajab 1442 Sabah Namaz, Akbaba Dargah