Hurry Up in Repentance

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.

“Hurry up to perform prayer before the time passes, and hurry up in repentance before death comes.” [Hadith]. They always say this. The things that people should hurry up for are to pray before its time is up and to repent before you die.

Don’t say that you will pray later. If you miss the prayer, you won’t find its virtue anymore. And if you miss repentance, things will be completely hard for you. If people repent for all their sins during their lives, Allah ﷻ will forgive them. They still have time. But if they die without repenting, their account is tough. Therefore, don’t say, “I am young, I will repent later” and hope for it. Allah ﷻ knows. Many people visit others when they are sick, thinking that they are on their deathbed. But they don’t die, and go on with their disease, while a healthy person passes away. You never know when death comes. Therefore, to repent is a big favor and opportunity. Allah ‘Azza wa-Jalla granted it to us.

The Door of Repentance is open. But in the end of times, the Door of Repentance will be closed. It is one of its big signs. Even if you repent, it won’t be accepted. When will it happen? When the Qur’an ‘Azimu sh-Shan is taken away and the sun rises from the West, the Door of Repentance will be closed. The Qur’an ‘Azimu sh-Shan will be taken away, and then there will be Qiyamah. To repent and ask forgiveness is cleansing and beneficial for us. Shukr to Allah ﷻ, He gave us such a chance to repent and ask forgiveness, and to get rid of our sins and burdens. May Allah ﷻ forgive us all. May we repent insha’Allah.

Wa min Allah at-Tawfiq. Al-Fatiha.

Mawlana Sheikh Muhammad Adil ar-Rabbani 03 March 2022/ 30 Rajab 1443 Fajr Prayer, Akbaba Dergah

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