Allah ﷻ Created Us for Worship

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 says that whoever keeps his religion in the end of times is as if he is holding onto a piece of burning coal. It is hard to keep the religion. When you hold onto it, your hands get burned. When you let go, you lose the religion. This time is a difficult time. However much we can do, we should not leave it. We should perform every Sunnah, every Wajib and Fard that we can. If we say, “It is hard, we can’t do it” and leave them, that is wrong. People do even harder things. But when it comes to worship, they say that they cannot do it. They do much more difficult things than worship and for useless purposes. Not for earning a living but for entertaining their ego, for going out. The things they do are much more difficult than worship. But when it comes to worship, they leave it. They say it is hard or that they don’t have time. They have time for everything except for worship.

It is something that any normal person should keep. It is the most important thing in life. Allah ‘Azza wa Jalla created us for worship, not for other things. Not in order to become a chief or a manager. Allah ﷻ will not ask you why you didn’t become a chief. Allah ﷻ will ask you why you didn’t perform your worship. Allah ‘Azza wa Jalla says, ‘ ’, ‘And I did not create the jinn and mankind except to worship Me.’ (Qur’ān 51:56). The only duty of people and jinns is to worship. When you are with Allah ﷻ, to earn a living is worship, to have a halal marriage is worship, to look after the children is worship and to raise them well is worship. When it is for the pleasure of Allah ﷻ, everything is worship. But when you leave your worship because it is difficult, nothing you do is counted as worship. Everything is counted to your ego.

Therefore, it is hard. But the harder it is, the more valuable it gets, the more significant it is. The worship people perform in this time is more valuable. If it is harder than it was before in old times, there is more Thawab for it. There are many rewards for it. Allah ‘Azza wa Jalla gave a big opportunity to people. With difficulty, there is more profit as well. May Allah ﷻ make our worship continuous. Ahlu t-Tariqah, the people of Tariqah should be more careful. Others sometimes don’t know Shari’ah. Or if they know, they don’t show any importance to it. We should pay attention as much as we can. We should pay attention to it very much. May Allah ‘Azza wa Jalla not separate us from the right way. May He give us all love for this way and love for worship.

Wa min Allah at-Tawfiq. Al-Fatiha.

Mawlana Sheikh Muhammad Adil ar-Rabbani 14 August 2021/6 Muharram 1443 Morning Prayer, Akbaba Dergah