Good Tidings to the Patient

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.

Bismi Llāhi r-Raḥmāni r-Raḥīm:

(Qur’ān 02:155). ‘Wa lanabluwannakum bishay’in min al-Kḥawfi wa l-jū‘i wa naqṣin min al-amwāli wa l-anfusi wa l-thamarāti wa bashiri s-ṣābirīn.’ Allah ‘Azza wa-Jalla says, “We will test you. There can be any kind of test; poverty, illness, death. Give good tidings to those who are patient”. Allah ‘Azza wa-Jalla says, “Give good tidings to the patient.”

Few people show patience in this world. To be patient is a great virtue, to be patient with believing in Allah ﷻ. And to those who don’t believe in Allah ﷻ, Allah ‘Azza wa-Jalla says, “Be patient or don’t be patient, there is no use for you”. Therefore, be from the patient ones. Some people become afflicted by the wisdom of Allah ﷻ. When troubles fall on you, be patient. There are few people who are patient. You can rarely meet such people. Everyone is rebellious, not knowing what to do.

One of such patient people passed away last night. Allah ﷻ will reward him for his patience insha’Allah. It is Shaykh Abdulsalam. Many people probably don’t know Shaykh Abdulsalam. He was in service of Grandshaykh Mawlana Shaykh Abdullah adDaghestani. He was in the household service nearly all the time. And he had served for around ten years. The house of Mawlana Shaykh Abdullah ad-Daghestani was upstairs before with the mosque downstairs. It is the same now. He would shout “Abdulsalam!” and he’d be right there. He would come running.

www.hakkani.org He had to go through a lot of tests. He went through a lot of suffering. All his life has passed in suffering and pain from illness, poverty and moving places. But he has never rebelled. He never replied or opposed people when they said something. And he had such a characteristic, whatever you say, it was ok for him. He never said “No”. It was always “Ok”. Wherever you pull him, he’d go there. And he was similar to Grandshaykh Mawlana Shaykh Abdullah al Faiz ad-Daghestani in appearance. We have known each other for more than fifty years. May Allah ﷻ bless his soul. He is one of the Awliya, we testify that. He left this world by showing patience for his illness and pain until his last moments. There are good tidings for him as Allah ‘Azza wa-Jalla says, “Give good tidings to the patient.” He is from those people.

People of the present time rebel against tiny things and raise hell. That has no benefit. You suffer and it goes for nothing. At least, show patience for your sufferings. Allah ﷻ will reward you. In Akhirah, people will say, “If only I had suffered more”. They will attain such rewards that in Akhirah they will wish they had suffered more. Therefore, sufferings and pain in this world are good for believers. They are not bad. May Allah ﷻ help us. May we not go against Allah ﷻ, against the things that Allah ﷻ gives us. May Allah ﷻ not give us something we cannot bear.

Our Holy Prophet ﷺ says, “Don’t ask for patience, for it is difficult to be patient”. However, when we face something, we have to be patient. May Allah ﷻ help us. May Allah ﷻ not give us tests, may He ﷻ give us kindness. May He ﷻ not test us insha’Allah. May Allah ﷻ make paradise his abode. Insha’Allah we will meet pious people like him in paradise. May Allah ﷻ increase their stations.

Wa min Allah at-Tawfiq. Al-Fatiha.

Mawlana Sheikh Muhammad Adil ar-Rabbani 04 February 2022/03 Rajab 1443 Fajr Prayer, Akbaba Dergah

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