Be Patient and Steadfast

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.

Bismi Llāhi r-Raḥmāni r-Raḥīm:

(Qur’ān 03:200). ‘Yā ayyuhā lladhīna amanū asbirū wa ṣābirū wa rābiṭū wa t-taqū Llāhu la’allakumu tuflihūn’, ‘O you who have believed, be patient and endure and remain stationed and fear Allah that you may be successful.’ Allah ‘Azza wa-Jalla says, “Be patient and be with patient ones. Patience is necessary on the way of Allah ﷻ. Steadfastness is necessary on the way of Allah ﷻ. Also do goodness”. When you do goodness, you will win in the end with the permission of Allah ﷻ. This is the promise of Allah ﷻ.

Certainly, to be patient... There are all kinds of hardships in this world. There are problems of Dunya and troubles caused between people. They cannot tolerate each other. Some people dominate over others’ property and dominate over everything. Therefore, we should be patient and steadfast against them and dismiss them.

Shaytan is cheating people everywhere. He is tricking everyone. Do charity work. Charity will not be lost in the sight of Allah ﷻ. If others think that they are benefiting from cheating people, they are cheating themselves. They will not have any benefit or Barakah.

Very often people come and say, “This man cheated me and took a lot of money from me. He is not giving it back. Please make Dua for me”. That money is usually a lot. And they ask, “Can I take it back?” Mawlana Shaykh Nazim used to often say to drink a glass of water on top of it. Why would he say so? It may sound like a joke. But when they take money in a Haram way, by cheating, it won’t remain in their hands as well. It will be gone without any benefit. Therefore, if people use it on good purposes, on the way of Allah ﷻ, Allah ﷻ will accept it. If it is for other things, due to their lack of attention, their money will be stolen.

Therefore, we should be careful. When you give, you should make a good intention. When someone says, “I am doing this and that. I am giving to the poor ones. I am building a Dergah. I am building a mosque” and takes money by cheating, he will have no benefit from it. And when someone takes others’ money to invest in business and says that he will give it back, people shouldn’t think that they will get it back, because what you gave is Halal, and what he took is Haram. And there is no Barakah in Haram. Barakah is only in Halal things.

Therefore, people should think thoroughly. If they think, “I am cheating these people. I will make profit from what people gave to me”, these people who think they are cunning and smart are absolute idiots. The money they take has no Barakah and is a poison to them. May Allah ﷻ protect us. May He give us from Halal provision. May Allah ﷻ not let us be in need of anyone.

Wa min Allah at-Tawfiq. Al-Fatiha.

Mawlana Sheikh Muhammad Adil ar-Rabbani 29 November 2021/24 Rabīʽ al-Thani 1443 Fajr Prayer, Akbaba Dergah