Do Goodness for Allah ﷻ Not for Your Ego

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 99:07-08). Allah Azza wa Jalla says, ‘Faman Ya’mal Mithqāla Dharratin Khayrāan Yarah (7) Wa Man Ya’mal Mithqāla Dharratin Sharrāan Yarah (8)’, ‘So whoever does an atom’s weight of good will see it (7) And whoever does an atom’s weight of evil will see it (8).’ Nothing you do goes in vain. Don’t think that you will not be accounted for your deeds. If you do goodness, certainly, you will see it. In Akhirah, in the presence of Allah ﷻ, Allah ﷻ will certainly give you Thawab and reward for it.

Many people want appreciation from others in return for their actions in this world. They want to be praised. When you do something, it doesn’t get lost in the presence of Allah ﷻ. You should do it for Allah’s ﷻ pleasure, not for showing off. If you do goodness to show off, it won’t be in vain but your reward will be less then. Anyways, people don’t care about what you do. If you do something to get their appreciation, you will not get it. Even if they appreciate it a little, the goodness you did will be forgotten instantly. But in the presence of Allah ﷻ, an atom’s weight of it won’t be forgotten. If you do goodness as tiny as an atom; certainly, Allah ‘Azza wa-Jalla will give you its reward.

It is the same with badness. Don’t think that if you do evil, it will be forgotten. Some people did bad things throughout their lives, and they passed away without anything happening to them. They did evil to everyone and caused harm to everyone. But they lived well in this world. No one punished them and no one could say anything to them. They died and went to the other side. They must have thought, “I am saved now. No one punished me. No one dared to come up to me and say something. I escaped by dying”. They shouldn’t think that they escaped. They will be accounted for every atom in Akhirah. This will certainly happen.

www.hakkani.org Therefore, we shouldn’t get upset for Dunya during our life in this world. You should do goodness not for people but for Allah ﷻ and for yourself. When you do goodness, every good deed will return to you. And every evil deed you do will also return to you. May Allah ﷻ protect us. May Allah ﷻ not let us obey our egos. The ego likes to be flattered and likes showing off. But this has no benefit. The benefit is in not flattering it. When you don’t flatter your ego, it doesn’t want to do goodness. Do it for Allah ﷻ, not for your ego. If you do it for your ego, you will have goodness too; but when you do it for Allah ﷻ, you will have even more. May Allah ﷻ let us do more goodness and may He ﷻ help us insha’Allah.

Wa min Allah at-Tawfiq. Al-Fatiha.

Shukr to Allah ﷻ, from all over the world there are many recited Khatms of Qur’an, Surahs, Tasbihat and Salawat. Our brothers have recited all of them to be dedicated today. May Allah ﷻ accept them.

Ila sharafi’ ‘n-Nabi, sallaLlahu `alayhi wa sallam wa Alihi wa Asahabihi l-kiram, wa ila arwahi jamee’i al Anbiya’i wa l-Mursalin wa Khudamai sharai’ihim wa ila arwahi al Aimmati al arba’a, wa ila arwahi Mashayyikhina fi t-tariqati n-Naqshbandiyyati l-Aliyyah, khassatan Imamu t-tariqah wa Ghawthu l-khaliqah Khwaja Bahauddin Muhammad alUwaisiyi l-Bukhari, Sayyidina Abdul Khaliq al Ghujduwani, Mawlana Shaykh Sharafuddin al Daghestani, Mawlana Shaykh Abdullah al Faiz al Daghestani, Mawlana Shaykh Muhammad Nazim Adil al Haqqani.

[(Translation) To the honor of the Prophet (Prayers and Peace be upon Him), and his family, and his companions, and the souls of all the prophets as well as of His envoys and of those who served their Sharia, and to the souls of the four Imams. And to the souls of our Mashayikh of the Most Distinguished Naqshbandi Tariqa, in particular to the soul of the Imam of the Tariqa Ghawth al-Khaliqa (the Help of Creation), Khwaja Bahauddin Muhammad al-Uwaisiyi l-Bukhari, Sayyidina Abdul Khaliq al Ghujduwani, Mawlana Shaykh Sharafuddin al Daghestani, Mawlana Shaykh Abdullah al Faiz al Daghestani, Mawlana Shaykh Muhammad Nazim Adil al Haqqani.]

And to Hala Sultan, to the souls of all deceased relatives. May all the good goals of those who have recited be reached. May there be cure. May there be means to goodness. May there be Barakah. May they be protected from Fitnah. May they always be in this circle insha’Allah. May everything they recited be accepted insha’Allah. May they become means to happiness here and hereafter.

Al-Fatiha.

www.hakkani.org Mawlana Sheikh Muhammad Adil ar-Rabbani 17 December 2021/13 Jumādā al-Awwal 1443 Fajr Prayer, Akbaba Dergah

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