Honor Everything Related to Him ﷺ

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.

Shukr to Allah ﷻ, we are done with the month of Rajab and entered the month of Sha’ban. Many hidden and apparent events took place in Rajab. And this month is the month of our Holy Prophet ﷺ. It is a blessed and merciful month insha’Allah. May it be means for goodness insha’Allah.

The Tasbihat and Wazifah/Duties of Rajab are over. And now insha’Allah there are the Wazifah/Duties of the month of Sha’ban. And the greatest of it is to make Salawat on our Holy Prophet ﷺ. If you were reciting 100 times, now you should recite 1,000 times. If you were reciting 1,000 times, recite 3,000 times now. The more you can do, you may do; there is permission, Shukr to Allah ﷻ.

This is the month of our Holy Prophet ﷺ. To honor him ﷺ is to honor Allah ‘Azza wa-Jalla. A Salawat made on our Holy Prophet ﷺ is heard by him ﷺ, and he ﷺ does the same and returns it for us. It is an indication that he ﷺ is Hayy, he ﷺ is alive. It shows the greatness of our Holy Prophet ﷺ to the Ummah. Allah ‘Azza wa-Jalla has favored us so much by making us from his ﷺ Ummah. Therefore, we have to honor his ﷺ month and everything related to him ﷺ.

It is said about our Holy Prophet, “Rain is sought by

virtue of his honorable face.” [The saying of Abu Talib] Even rain is granted by Allah ﷻ for his ﷺ beautiful face. His ﷺ miracles are everlasting. They are everlasting since he ﷺ was born and until forever. To honor him ﷺ is Fard for Muslims. Those who don’t honor him ﷺ will perish, may Allah ﷻ protect us. It is not a joke. Mawlana Shaykh Nazim used to say that it is not a joke. He used to always stand up when his ﷺ name was mentioned despite his age, even though he was 90 years old. We cannot do like him. We have our flaws. No one can honor him ﷺ like Mawlana Shaykh Nazim did. No one can do like him. May Allah ﷻ forgive us for our shortcomings. May he have done it on our behalf as well, because no matter how much we talk and no matter how much we do, we cannot show as much respect to our Holy Prophet ﷺ.

But what’s important is love him ﷺ. The more you increase your love to our Holy Prophet ﷺ, the more profit you attain. Our Holy Prophet ﷺ said from his holy mouth, , “Al-mar’u ma‘a man ahabb”, “A man will be with whom he loves.” [Hadith]. One of the holy Sahabah had cried and said, “We are together here in Dunya.” How lucky are they for being together with our Holy Prophet ﷺ in this world. They didn’t care about hunger, thirst or Jihad, as the greatest happiness was to be with him ﷺ. So this Sahabah said, “I thought about this. We are together here. But when you pass away to Akhirah, we will be separated.” Our Holy Prophet ﷺ said, “No. A person is with whom he loves”. So when you love our Holy Prophet ﷺ more, you will be with him ﷺ in Akhirah, in paradise insha’Allah.

These good tidings came out from the holy mouth of our Holy Prophet ﷺ. It is the true word. It is certain. The shaytan is his ﷺ biggest enemy. He ﷺ asked him, “Who is your biggest enemy?” Allah ‘Azza wa-Jalla had sent the shaytan to be asked this question. So he couldn’t lie and said “It’s you” to our Holy Prophet ﷺ. Who doesn’t love our Holy Prophet ﷺ is an enemy of Allah ﷻ and an enemy of our Holy Prophet ﷺ. He is from the unfortunate people. May Allah ﷻ protect us.

During these days, later on and always, the love of our Holy Prophet ﷺ is what we need the most. May Allah ﷻ increase his ﷺ love in us. May this holy month bring goodness and be the means to goodness. May it be good for us, may it be protection for us and may it give strength to our Iman.

Wa min Allah at-Tawfiq. Al-Fatiha.

Mawlana Sheikh Muhammad Adil ar-Rabbani 05 March 2022/ 02 Sha’ban 1443 Fajr Prayer, Akbaba Dergah

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