Make the Passed Ones Happy

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.

People who passed away to Ākhirah come on Friday nights and Mondays to visit their families spiritually. The biggest gift for them is to read the Qur’an, make Dhikr and to make charity in their names. As they are not in this world anymore, you cannot give them food or drinks. You cannot hand them money as a gift as well. You can do these things in their name. Make charity and do goodness to the needy and poor ones. It makes them happy. They wait for us to recite Ayat of the Qur’an and to make Dhikr and Salawat. It brings great joy to them. They come and watch their families spiritually. If they are fine, they are happy. There is happiness for families who are as Allah ﷻ loves and orders. Otherwise, there will be sadness. In order to make them happy, you should be on the right way. You should carry out Allah’s ﷻ orders so that they benefit from it. This is regarding the souls of believers. Because when the souls are captured, believers are in paradise and Kafirs are in hell. They cannot come to their families. Only the believers come to their families and observe them spiritually. If they are fine, they are happy. If they are not fine, they are sad.

People get sad and frustrated when someone dies. Believers are not frustrated, as it is the order of Allah ﷻ. No one can escape from it. If you want to do something, do goodness in their name. Your sadness will be gone, and their sadness will be gone too. They will be in peace. When you make a prayer while passing by a cemetery, everyone in that cemetery becomes happy. It is because most people have no one to pray for them. Allah ﷻ shows kindness to all of them. Most of the suffering people get benefit from these prayers and Allah ﷻ lightens their suffering or lifts it completely.

This is what our Holy Prophet ﷺ and all the Awliya after him say because they know in what situation people in the graves are. Sometimes they look spiritually and see the suffering of these people. They are having a tough punishment. They look once again and see that their suffering is over. Why? Because a pious person is nearby, or because people recited for them while passing by. Allah ﷻ lifts the suffering of the grave with their Barakah. It is a big favor from Allah ﷻ. Allah’s ﷻ mercy is great. He causes means for people to earn His mercy. One Ayah, one Salawat or Dhikr brings great benefit to people.

May Allah ﷻ accept all the recitations sent from all over the world. May Allah ﷻ be pleased. It has become a tradition. People make Dua and Khatms of the Qur’an. We dedicate all the Khatms, all the recited Surahs and Ayats, Dhikr and Salawat, all the recitations firstly to our Holy Prophet ﷺ and then to the souls of his family, his great Sahabah, all the prophets, saints and Mashkayikh. Whatever good wishes they have, may they come true. May it be means to happiness here and hereafter insha’Allah. For the souls of our loved ones, especially Mawlana Shaykh Nazim and Hala Sultan.

LiLlahi Ta’ala l-Fatiha.

Mawlana Sheikh Muhammad Adil ar-Rabbani 4 June 2021/23 Shawwāl 1442 Morning Prayer, Akbaba Dergah