The Benefit is for Us

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.

Allah ﷻ wishes goodness to us. All His orders are for our good and benefit. The worship we perform is the order of Allah ﷻ, it is things Allah ﷻ wants us to do. When we perform it, there is no benefit for Allah ﷻ. The benefit is for us. Allah ﷻ wants this for our good. All of the worship we perform like praying, fasting, going to Hajj and paying Zakat is Fard (obligatory). Those who do these earn Thawab and get benefit. If people do these things without accepting Islam, they get no benefit. If they wish to try these before becoming Muslim, it has no use. It is useful and blessed when you are Muslim. Allah ﷻ put a secret in it. That secret is only revealed by saying:, “La ilaha illa Llah Muhammad RasuluLlah” and becoming Muslim.

We are now fasting in Ramadan, thank Allah ﷻ. It also has benefit and blessings Allah ﷻ willing. There is also the Zakat. Zakat is paid once a year. It can be paid any time, not necessarily in Ramadan. Next year, it can be paid in Shawwal, Dhu l-Hijjah, Muharram, Safar or Rabi’u l-Awwal; any month of the year is fine. However, people may ask why it is emphasized more in Ramadan. Ramadan has more virtues. All your worship has much more rewards. You may get 7, 10, 100, 700 times more Thawab or even more. Therefore, even if you don’t give your Zakat in Ramadan, you can arrange it and set it aside to give later. This is important. You will have separated it from your property, as it is not your right. It is Allah’s ﷻ right; Allah’s ﷻ right for His poor servants. Don’t think about using it and giving later. Put it separately as Zakat in Ramadan, you will earn its Thawab.

As we said, there is a secret in Allah’s ﷻ orders. When you pay Zakat, your property does not become less but increases. When you fast, you don’t get sick but get healthier. It’s the same when you pray. Don’t say that you are tired. It is good for your body and soul. These are the beauties Allah ﷻ gave to us. They are not hardship. Bismi Llahi r-Rahmani r-Rahim: ‘ ’, ‘Allah intends for you ease and does not intend for you hardship.’ (Qur’ān 02:185). Allah ﷻ wishes ease for you, He does not wish hardship. Shaytan wants the opposite. He says that it is very difficult to perform worship and that we can skip it. He says, “No need to do it. Be lazy and greedy”; he doesn’t wish you good. Allah ﷻ does wish you good. May Allah ﷻ make it last. May these goodnesses and beauties be upon us insha’Allah. May Allah ﷻ bless us in Ramadan. May we always be means to goodness insha’Allah.

Wa min Allah at-Tawfiq. Al-Fatiha.

Mawlana Sheikh Muhammad Adil ar-Rabbani 25 April 2021/13 Ramadan 1442 Morning Prayer, Akbaba Dergah