Goodness and Badness are from Allah ﷻ

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.

We always say, “Khayrihi wa sharrihi min Allahi Ta’ala”, “The good and the bad are from Allah Almighty.” We know that the good and the bad are from Allah ﷻ, but people say it more with the tongue. All Muslims say it, of course. People of Tariqah should know its meaning better. When they know it, they put their trust in Allah ﷻ in everything and their Iman becomes stronger. When Iman is stronger, a person is stronger spiritually and is at peace in terms of Dunya.

How should people of Tariqah be? As Mashayikh said, and our Holy Prophet ﷺ said it too, if a person praises you, don’t pay attention to him. Our Holy Prophet ﷺ even says to throw dust in the face of someone who praises you so that your ego doesn’t get bigger, so that your ego doesn’t get proud. Mashayikh say that if you treat those who belittle you and those who praise you equally, you will reach the rank of Murid. People think that they are all Murids. It is not easy to be Murid in its true meaning. If someone praises you, you become so happy. And if they don’t say anything bad but just comment by saying, “You did this like this, it is not like this. You should do like that”, you go mad. You don’t accept it at all and say, “I know the best” by criticizing and getting angry at them. Whereas in Tariqah, you should not get upset about it. If you are happy when someone praises you, it is not good as well. It is the same.

This is the Adab of Tariqah and the method of our Holy Prophet ﷺ. When you praise your ego, when you are happy or upset for your ego, it is not good. But people are giving more importance to these matters and themselves more and more. They never think that it should be another way, that they shouldn’t be angry or upset, that they shouldn’t be happy with someone praising them. To those who praise us, we should say, “We didn’t make it. Allah ﷻ favored it to us. It is not from our skills”.

This is important because, as we said, all people are put in such a mold now that you have to praise them every minute, agree with them every minute. And you can’t criticize or object to them. You can’t say that they did wrong or that they failed. People of old times used to accept everything. But now, the egos are so bizarre, they are wilder and worse.

Therefore, we should pay attention to this. At least, if the brothers in Tariqah apply this, they will be in more comfort. They won’t get angry and upset at everything. When they are angry, they are harming themselves. And when they are happy, they are doing it unfairly. Therefore, if they know and understand that goodness and badness are from Allah ﷻ, these things will be easy for them. May we be from those who see the truth and may we follow it insha’Allah.

BismiLlahi r-Rahmani r-Rahim. There are recited Qur’an Khatms, Surahs, Tasbihat and Duas. With the permission of Allah ‘Azza wa-Jalla, we dedicate them all to our Holy Prophet ﷺ, his Ahl ul Bayt, Sahabah, all Anbiya, Awliya, Asfiya, the souls of Mashayikh, to the souls of our deceased close ones, especially our Shaykh, Shaykh Nazim, Hajjah Anne, Hala Sultan. May all the good goals of those who have recited be reached. May they be protected from the evil of this world; for the goodness to come and evil to be gone.

The father of one of our brothers passed away last week. There is Shaykh Ali Efendi. There is Mahmud Efendi. Many people passed away during these days. May Allah ﷻ bless all their souls. May our Khatms reach them all insha’Allah. For Dunya and Akhirah of all Muslims, for peace here and hereafter; may all the evil be gone insha’Allah. May goodness come. For the honor of our Holy Prophet’s ﷺ face.

LiLlahi Ta’ala l-Fatihah.

Mawlana Sheikh Muhammad Adil ar-Rabbani 26 November 2021/21 Rabīʽ al-Thani 1443 Fajr Prayer, Akbaba Dergah