The Time to be Fully Careful

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:

(Qur’ān 49:06). ‘Yā ayyuhā alladhīna āmanū in jāakum fāsiqun binaba’in fatabayyanū an tuṣībū qawman bijahālatin fatuṣbiḥū ‘alā mā fa‘altum nādimīn’, ‘O you who have believed, if there comes to you a wicked person with information, investigate, lest you harm a people out of ignorance and become, over what you have done, regretful.’

Allah ‘Azza wa-Jalla says that the Fasiq can be Muslim, but he is not a good Muslim. He is a liar who cannot be trusted. This is the Fasiq. If he shares news such as someone did this or someone did that, don’t believe him immediately and don’t do anything. First of all, make your research whether it is true or not. This man is Fasiq, as we said, he can tell a lie and make things up. Don’t act according to his words and regret it afterwards, says Allah ‘Azza wa-Jalla.

This is something that had happened during the time of our Holy Prophet ﷺ, in the age of happiness. There could be a couple of such people among them. But nowadays, most of the people are Fasiq. And as most of them are Fasiq, their humanity and Iman are ruined. Everything of theirs is ruined. When someone says something, as if it is the law and there is nothing right apart from it, people immediately tell each other about it “This is like this, and that is like that”.

There is this trouble now. It used to go from mouth to mouth before. But now they post something, and thousands of people, hundreds of thousands of people hear about it instantly and believe it. That person is Fasiq. His news is made up and has no source, and you are acting upon it and believing it. You commit a sin, because it is slander. Slander is a big sin. It is the right of a servant, not the right of Allah ﷻ.

Allah ﷻ will forgive His ﷻ right. But if the servant does not forgive his right, you will be accounted for it in Akhirah. Even if you repent and ask forgiveness, it won’t be useful.

So as we said, in the time we live in, most of the world is Fasiq. They have neither conscience, nor faith, nor humanity. Therefore, it is everywhere. Look at everything. No country, no people are reliable anymore. All of them are Fasiq. It is the same with buying and selling. Two days ago, our brothers came here all the way from Kazakhstan. They fell into the hands of Fasiq people here who promised to sell them an apartment and took away their money.

As we said, Turkish, Persian, English or Arabs; don’t trust them by thinking that they are reliable. All of them have become Fasiq. Therefore, be careful. When you hear some news like “This person is doing us wrong”, he may be doing them right. You will ruin yourself with the words of this Fasiq, commit a sin and be at loss.

Therefore, the Qur’an ‘Azimu sh-Shan teaches and advises us on what to do and how to protect ourselves from sins and protect ourselves from bad people. In order not to be at loss and not to have regret, Allah ﷻ tells us to be careful. Especially this time, it is the time to be fully careful. May Allah ﷻ protect us from the evil of these evil people, and may Allah ﷻ protect us from their oppression.

Wa min Allah at-Tawfiq. Al-Fatiha.

Mawlana Sheikh Muhammad Adil ar-Rabbani 06 March 2022/ 03 Sha’ban 1443 Fajr Prayer, Akbaba Dergah

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