Don’t Rebel but Make Shukr

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.

People of this time are teaching by thinking that they are learned. They say that they are educated. And what they studied is, as our Holy Prophet ﷺ said, in the end of times, they will forbid goodness and order evil. This time is like that. We are living in that time. Everything has become reverse. They are teaching to object to everything, and to go against everything. This is what they teach. “You must oppose. People who oppose, men, women or whoever they are, will be shown respect.” This is what they teach.

And Allah ‘Azza wa-Jalla is teaching to make Shukr. Make Shukr for the favors. You should make Shukr for every moment you are living and every breath you are taking, for you are in a good state. There are many people in worse situations than you are. But whatever you give people, as people nowadays teach this, they say “I deserve more”.

Before, people used to work for seven days in Europe. They reduced it to six days, then five days. And then they said 35 hours a week is too much and that it should be less and less. No matter how much you reduce it, they still don’t like it. They don’t appreciate the favors. They don’t appreciate what Allah ‘Azza wa-Jalla gives them. They are always rebelling. They don’t recognize Allah ﷻ anyway. So everyone is in rebellion.

This thing is not a good thing. How long does a person live? It is not nice to spend those years and live in rebellion. People are not in comfort then. They don’t like anything and don’t accept anything. If they live as Allah ‘Azza wa-Jalla wants them to, they will be in comfort and peace. And all their lives will be good.

Sometimes you see a person without a penny living happily. And a person with billions has no peace and no happiness. Therefore, we should acknowledge this favor, we should appreciate this favor. We are breathing healthily. And we breathe even when we are sick. We have Rizq that is coming. We should appreciate this. Allah ﷻ is giving us breath from His ﷻ kindness and grace. He is the one who gives us the breath we are taking and the water we are drinking. We should make Shukr.

As Mawlana had said, the fish in the water thinks that it is normal, whereas those living outside are breathing too. And if they go under water, they will drown. If the fish comes out, it will die. And if people go under water, they will die. Allah has given everyone their favors. Allah ‘Azza wa-Jalla distributed everything with computation. We have to appreciate it. Rebellion is not nice. It is not good. It has never been accepted. The first one who rebelled was shaytan. Don’t be like shaytan. May Allah ﷻ protect us.

Wa min Allah at-Tawfiq. Al-Fatiha.

Mawlana Sheikh Muhammad Adil ar-Rabbani 07 February 2022/06 Rajab 1443 Fajr Prayer, Akbaba Dergah

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