Consultation is Sunnah

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.

A’ūdhu bi-Llāhi mina sh-shayṭāni r-rajīm. Bismi Llāhi r-Raḥmāni r-Raḥīm. Allāh ‘Azza wa-Jalla says,

(Qur’ān 42:38). ‘Wa amruhum shūrā baynahum’, ‘And whose affair is [determined by] consultation among themselves.’ People should consult with each other and learn good things. Consultation is Sunnah. If you want to do something between you, to ask and inquire is Sunnah. Especially in groups, when a person is not alone and there is a responsibility for others, certainly, they should consult and do what is right.

Sometimes people think that they are doing the right thing. And when they consult, they see that there can be a better way than what they did, or what they think is right is actually wrong. So they revert from [doing] the wrong. It brings benefit to them and to others. People who rely on their egos and say “I know everything”, and those who do things without asking anyone can sometimes do the wrong thing in the end even if they know.

This applies to people of both low and high ranks. But of course, people who are in high ranks have counselors; they can consult with them as their responsibility is great. In order to lift the responsibility off their shoulders, they should consult. Otherwise, if you don’t consult but do wrong, that responsibility will be your fault. But when you consult and do wrong, it won’t be your fault, because you consulted and thought that you were doing right. It’s not important that it turned out wrong. But when you do something without consulting or asking anyone and it turns out wrong, it will be your fault then.

This is an important matter. As we said, the ego gets in this matter also – “I know everything. I don’t need to ask anyone”. It is an order, the order of Allah ‘Azza wa-Jalla – ‘ ’, ‘Wa amruhum shūrā’, ‘And whose affair is [determined by] consultation.’ (Qur’ān 42:38). ‘ ’, ‘Wa-shāwirhum fī l-ʾamr‘ ‘And consult them in the affairs.’ (Qur’ān 03:159). Even though our Holy Prophet ﷺ was a Prophet, there was an order for him to consult. And who are you to claim that you know everything? Our Holy Prophet ﷺ was informed. He knows everything. Nevertheless, he used to consult. Even in the Battle of Badr, he had consulted, and instead of moving to the place he had in his mind, our Holy Prophet ﷺ saw the place suggested in consultation as more appropriate. So he made arrangements for it and went there. He didn’t stay by saying, “I said so”.

Consultation is good. They used to say in old times that an advice or consultation is worth a camel. But now no one wants it, especially, people of the present time. They absolutely want to do everything according to their own minds. May Allah ﷻ show them the right way insha’Allah. May we always be on the right way insha’Allah.

Wa min Allah at-Tawfiq. Al-Fatiha.

There are recited Khatms, Salawat, Surahs and Yasins. Brothers from all over the world have recited them. We dedicate them firstly to our Holy Prophet ﷺ, to his Ahl ul Bayt, Sahabah, to all the Anbiya, Awliya, Asfiya, to the souls of the Mashayikh, especially to our Shaykh Mawlana Shaykh Nazim, to Hajjah Anne and Hala Sultan, to the souls of all our ancestors. May the good goals of those who have recited them be reached. May there be strength for their Iman. May they be happy here and hereafter. May they reach everything good they ask for. May the evil be gone insha’Allah.

Al-Fatiha.

Mawlana Sheikh Muhammad Adil ar-Rabbani 04 March 2022/ 01 Sha’ban 1443 Fajr Prayer, Akbaba Dergah

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