Hurry to Do Good Deeds

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 what distracts people during their life in this world is their long-term hope. Death won’t leave you any hope for this world. There will be no time left. Allah ‘Azza wa Jalla made such a thing by His ﷻ wisdom, that while living in this world mankind thinks he will never die. Therefore, they say, “I have a lot of time. I can do these things later. No hurry for them”; whereas, you should hurry for good things. You should do them immediately. If you delay them for later, you won’t be able to do them. You will lose that chance. And you may not catch another chance.

Therefore, our Holy Prophet ﷺ underlined three lines under them; one of them is death, the other is hope. Our Holy Prophet ﷺ says, “Death will never let people reach their hopes. They should not delay out of hope.” The more you delay, the less is the chance you’ll be able to do it later. You cannot do things you delay. Good deeds should not be delayed. Don’t say you will do it later. When you have ordinary things to do, don’t hurry. You may regret it when you do your work in a hurry. But when you hurry for good deeds, you will never regret them.

You say, “I will pray later”. Until later comes, its time will be up and you will have to make it up. You plan to go to hajj and say, “We will go later in the future. We are still young. We will do it when we get old”. And if death comes when you get old, you won’t be able to go. Or you may not be able to walk when you get old. You may have money but no good health; you may not be able to go. Everything is like this. Hurry to do good deeds. Our Holy Prophet ﷺ used to say in Khutbah, “Hurry up to perform prayer before the time passes, and hurry up in repentance before death comes.” Hurry to pray before its time is over. Repent and ask forgiveness before death comes.

These two things are very important; to hurry in good deeds and not to hurry in ordinary things. You may think them over and take time, but make sure you do good deeds as soon as possible. Don’t be lazy. Laziness is not a good thing. May Allah ﷻ give us Himmah (support) to be away from laziness insha’Allah.

Wa min Allah at-Tawfiq. Al-Fatiha.

Mawlana Sheikh Muhammad Adil ar-Rabbani 11 October 2021/5 Rabīʽ al-Awwal 1443 Fajr Prayer, Akbaba Dergah