Watch Your Step

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,

“Part of the perfection of one’s Islam is his leaving that which does not concern him.” There is something for Muslims to be good and for Islam to be complete. And that is to leave and not to interfere in things that don’t concern you. Mankind doesn’t see their own faults and see the faults of others. “This one is like this. That one is like that”. This is not your business. First of all, you should reform yourself. When you don’t do the same thing, you may say so regarding others’ deeds. But it is best for you not to interfere in unnecessary things, not to mess with unnecessary things.

‘ ’, ‘Enjoining good and forbidding evil’ is different. But people say without thinking, “This is like this. Look at how that one is”. This is the attitude of people. They give advice to others and don’t look at themselves, as if they are angels without flaws. In fact, their flaws are a thousand times worse than those of the people they judge. It is the first rule of Tariqah. Shukr to Allah ﷻ, our Tariqah is the way of our Holy Prophet ﷺ. What his ﷺ path was, the Tariqah follows it. The Naqshbandi Tariqah says “Nazar Bar Qadam”, “Watch Your Step”. Look down at your steps, and don’t raise your head to look at others’ faults. This is important.

The hadiths and words of our Holy Prophet ﷺ are the light that brightens our way. They are short, but they show people what to do. The point is not to talk for hours without understanding anything. With a short sentence, we both read a Hadith Sharif and people understand it. It gives great benefit and advice to people. Whoever follows this will reach happiness. Whoever doesn’t follow this looks at people’s faults and spends all his time watching everyone but himself. Such a person harms himself. And the harm is not only spiritual, but also physical. The physical harm is envy that will kill him. May Allah ﷻ protect us. May Allah ﷻ let us reform our egos insha’Allah.

Wa min Allah at-Tawfiq.

Today is the Urs of Hajjah Anne. For that, people have recited Khatms and Yasīn. We dedicate them first of all to our Holy Prophet ﷺ, to his Ahl ul Bayt and Sahabah, all Anbiyah, Awliya, Asfiyah, to souls of our Mashayikh, especially to Mawlana Shaykh Nazim, Hajjah Anne Hajjah Amina Sultan, to the souls of the deceased and our brother Abdushakur Efendi who passed away today, to the souls of all Muslims and believers.

LiLlahi Ta’ala l-Fatihah.

Mawlana Sheikh Muhammad Adil ar-Rabbani 16 November 2021/11 Rabīʽ al-Thani 1443 Fajr Prayer, Akbaba Dergah