Paradise on Earth

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 Sadat As’habi RasuLillah, Madad Ya Mashayikhina, Dastur Mawlana Sheikh Abdullah Faiz Daghestani, Sheikh Nazim al-Haqqani. Madad. Tariqatunas sohba, wal khayru fil jamiyya.

Our Holy Prophet ﷺ states:

“When you pass by the gardens of Paradise, then feast.” If you pass through the garden of paradise, enjoy it. Get benefit from it. When the Sahaba asked where the garden of paradise is, our Holy Prophet ﷺ replied that it is the assemblies of knowledge where they make Dhikr of Allah ﷻ. Paradise on earth is the assemblies of knowledge, assemblies of Dhikr, a place where good people come together. There is benefit, not harm there. They complete people’s flaws, prepare them for paradise in Ākhirah, increase their ranks and teach them what they don’t know. It is the advice of our Holy Prophet ﷺ to his Ummah (nation). Our Holy Prophet ﷺ says to attend these assemblies.

This world is a place of tests. We have to benefit from such assemblies for salvation. We have to go there frequently. Thank Allah ﷻ, assemblies mentioned by our Holy Prophet ﷺ last until Qiyāmah. They are assemblies of goodness; no harm comes from them. They are assemblies for Allah ﷻ, not for this world, not for anything else. These assemblies are a blessing insha’Allah. May Allah ﷻ not cut them but increase them insha’Allah.

Wa min Allah at-Tawfiq. Al-Fatiha.

Mawlana Sheikh Muhammad Adil ar-Rabbani 24 April 2021/12 Ramadan 1442 Morning Prayer, Akbaba Dergah