The Stingy is the Enemy of Allah ﷻ

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.

Allah ‘Azza wa-Jalla says, Bismi Llāhi r-Raḥmāni r-Raḥīm:

(Qur’ān 59:09). ‘Wa man yuqa shuh-ha nafsihi fa ula’ika humu l-muflihun.’ Those who protect themselves from the stinginess of their egos, they are people who have saved themselves.

An attribute that Allah ﷻ dislikes in this world is stinginess. [With] This attribute, when people are rich, they can still be stingy. Poor people are not known for this. But when people who have money cannot do charity, it is not good for them. It is a burden for them. They carry the burden for nothing.

We see many people who have big amounts of money. But it is shameful; they do things that even poor ones wouldn’t do. They keep saving money and don’t spend a penny. They spend neither for Dunya, nor for Akhirah. Their only concern is to save money. And money cannot do anything for them. It has neither benefit here, nor benefit hereafter. They don’t care about the Haram/forbidden and the Halal/permissible. They are not afraid of the Haram, and they don’t ask about the Halal.

They are not saved ones. The saved ones are those who spend in charity, who are able to give for good purposes. Allah ﷻ has given them this quality. Sometimes you see a man and think that he is very rich. He does so much charity and goodness. But then you see that he doesn’t have so much wealth. But Allah ﷻ has granted him such a generosity that people think that he is rich because of his attitude. And some people are very rich, but because they don’t give anything, people think that they are poor.

As we said, there is wisdom of Allah ﷻ in this. May Allah ﷻ not let us become prisoners of our egos. May we not be slaves of our egos. May we be slaves and servants of Allah ﷻ so that He grants us Nasib/to be destined to give on His ﷻ way. It is Nasib/destined, as we said. We have heard about several people who say, “I cannot give. I have enough, but somehow I cannot give. I don’t have the heart to give. Take my life but don’t take my money”. There are such people.

May Allah ﷻ protect us. May we not be like them insha’Allah. May Allah ﷻ give us so that we give in charity and goodness. May we do goodness insha’Allah. And may deserving people get from it all over the world insha’Allah. May Allah ﷻ give this beautiful attribute to all of us., “Al-karimu ḥabību Llāh” – A generous person is Allah’s ﷻ beloved one., “Wa l-bakhilu ‘aduwwu Llāh” – And the stingy one is the enemy of Allah ﷻ. May Allah ﷻ protect us.

Wa min Allah at-Tawfiq. Al-Fatiha.

Mawlana Sheikh Muhammad Adil ar-Rabbani 10 February 2022/09 Rajab 1443 Fajr Prayer, Akbaba Dergah

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