Iman is Saved Only with Tariqa

As-Salāmu ‘Alaykum wa Raḥmatullāhi wa Barakātuh. A‘ūdhu Billāhi Minash-shayṭāni r-rajīm. Bismillāhi r-Raḥmāni r-Raḥīm. Wa ṣ-Salātu wa s-Salāmu ‘alá Rasūlinā Muḥammadin Sayyidi l-Awwalīna wa l-Akhirīn. Madad yā RasūlAllāh, Madad yā Sādāti Aṣḥābi Rasūlillāh, Madad yā Mashāyikhinā, Dastūr Mawlana Shaykh Abdullāh al-Fā’iz ad-Dāghistāni, Shaykh Muḥammad Nāẓim al- Ḥaqqānī. Madad. Ṭarīqatunā aṣ-Suḥbah wa l-Khayru fi l-Jam‘iyyah.

Shukr to Allah ﷻ, we returned comfortably after the visit to Mawlana Shaykh Nazim. His spiritual power reaches everywhere in the world. To make Ziyarah, to go to his feet more often is to experience more respect and love. Just like Allah ﷻ invited our Holy Prophet ﷺ to Ka’bah and to Jerusalem, visiting the holy ones wherever they are is the same. It comes from them. It is nothing apart from that. As their way is the same, to make Ziyarah to them brings Barakah and goodness with the permission of Allah ﷻ. They won’t send [people] back empty-handed. They will send [them] loading with spiritual gifts, Shukr to Allah ﷻ.

Some mindless people say that ‘Awliya, let alone ‘Awliya, they say that even our Holy Prophet ﷺ was just an ordinary man like us and say not to make Shirk. Our Holy Prophet ﷺ brought this religion to us. Our Holy Prophet ﷺ is the one who taught us the religion. The Sahabah and Khalifahs followed his way. And then ‘Alims, ‘Awliya and Mu’mins are following that way. They didn’t go out of his way. Whatever was done during his time, Shukr to Allah ﷻ, nowadays people of Tariqa and Ahlu l-Sunnah wa lJama’ah completely follow everything he taught. Those who went out of it don’t accept it. They don’t accept anything. They want to control the religion as they like. They are people who rely on hearsay evidence and don’t accept any proof. Therefore, they are poor people who have no luck.

Those who are on this way are very few among millions and billions of people. Those who are on the good way are chosen ones. Certainly, there are millions of those who are Ahlu l-Sunnah wa l-Jama’ah. But the others are minority. They are making noise and confusing people and leading them astray, thus depriving them from Barakah and Thawab. Thawab is this way, the way of our Holy Prophet ﷺ, the way of Sahabah, the way of Ahlu l-Bayt. There is no doubt in them. Whoever is doubtful has weak Iman.

www.hakkani.org Shukr to Allah ﷻ, Iman increases by being with the pious ones. It increases by remembering them and remembering our Holy Prophet ﷺ. “Islam is simply to say: “I am Muslim”.”, says Allah ‘Azza wa-Jalla, “Don’t say you became Mu’min”. To be Muslim is the weakest level. When you say, “La ilaha illaLlah Muhammadun r-RasuluLlah salla Llahu aa’layhi wa sallam”, you are Muslim. There is no objection to it. But you are not Mu’min yet.

Iman is very much different. It is much more beautiful. Iman is the highest level of Islam. Therefore, shaytan doesn’t like it, and his helpers don’t like it. They always attack people to weaken their Iman. They want to weaken their religion and to make them lose it and lose the way. May Allah ﷻ protect us.

Iman is important. “Don’t say Iman is so important”, some people used to say so, we heard it a lot; “Tariqa is not necessary. It’s time to save our Iman now”. You can save your Iman only with Tariqa. Tariqa is the main way shown by our Holy Prophet ﷺ. May Allah ﷻ give strength to our Iman. May Allah ﷻ protect us from human shaytans. And may Allah ﷻ protect us from the Waswasa of shaytan.

Wa min Allah at-Tawfiq. Al-Fatiha.

Mawlana Sheikh Muhammad Adil ar-Rabbani 20 January 2022/17 Jumādā al-ʾĀkhir 1443 Fajr Prayer, Akbaba Dergah

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