Good Tidings for the Strangers

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.

“When you mention the righteous ones, mercy descends.” It is either a Hadith, or a saying of our elders; Allah ﷻ knows. It is not good to say that it is a Hadith without knowing. The knowledge of Hadith is important.

Our Holy Prophet ﷺ says, “Good tidings for the strangers.” How lucky the strangers and those don’t have anyone are, says our Holy Prophet ﷺ. They are the beloved servants of Allah ﷻ. They are patient in this world and are in gain in Akhirah. They didn’t care about Dunya at all. They are content with everything in this world. They are pleased with everything Allah ﷻ gives them so that Allah ﷻ is pleased with them.

We went to bury the late holy Shaykh Abdulsalam yesterday. He is buried in the cemetery on the other side of the world. There were not many people. Even not all of his relatives came. We buried him with a couple of brothers. But it was his disposition that Allah ‘Azza wa-Jalla kept him on until he passed away from this world. It was like this in this world, and the hereafter will be completely the opposite. If only you saw the people who are greeting him there. Even in his Janazah prayer, there were thousands of invisible ones present there, Shukr to Allah ﷻ.

Therefore, he never objected asking why it had happened so. And we have submitted, as it was the will of Allah ﷻ. Besides, Allah ‘Azza wa-Jalla created people from soil. Wherever his soil is, a person is buried there. Wherever it was taken from, he will certainly be buried there. You cannot say from where and to where. It happens not the way you want, but the way Allah ﷻ wants. The holy ones are happy with it.

www.hakkani.org One of his beautiful sayings... He was a stranger, never talking much. People used to ask him about matters. He’d say “I don’t know. The best thing is “I don’t know anything”.” Rather than making Fatwa and saying something which could be wrong, he preferred to say “I don’t know”. To say “I don’t know” is a great virtue. Not everyone can do so, because many people make Fatwas even though they don’t know at all. They give advice to people according to their own minds, of course. They make non-existing things existing, and non-permissible things permissible. Therefore, his beautiful saying should be a lesson for everyone. He used to say it in Arabic, “The best thing is “I don’t know anything”.” It is a beautiful saying. A nice memory remains after him for people. May Allah ﷻ bless his soul. May his abode be in paradise.

He is one of the great Awliya. He wasn’t quite hidden, he was known. But by the wisdom of Allah ﷻ, he wasn’t given much in this world. He had lived in Jordan for a couple of years. May Allah ﷻ be pleased with him. He was favored there. But apparently, he was favored too much there that in order to complete his seclusion in this world, Allah ‘Azza wa-Jalla let him come here, and he completed it here. So he passed away to Akhirah from here. May Allah ﷻ bless his soul. May his Maqam increase. May his Barakah be upon us. There is a wisdom in his burial here. He is buried near the new airport. There will be both Barakah and protection for that area insha’Allah.

Wa min Allah at-Tawfiq. Al-Fatiha.

Mawlana Sheikh Muhammad Adil ar-Rabbani 06 February 2022/05 Rajab 1443 Fajr Prayer, Akbaba Dergah

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