Cleanliness is a Great Favor

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 07:82). ‘Qālū ‘akhrijūhum min qaryatikum, innahum ‘unāsun yatatahharūn’, ‘They said, “Evict them from your city! Indeed, they are men who keep themselves pure”.’ They had said about Lut ‘alayhi s-salam and his family, “They are pure people. Cast them out from your land and the town you live in.” It means that those who had said this were dirty people who didn’t like cleanliness.

Sometimes people get upset when others are saying something. No. If the words are coming from bad people, it is an honor for you. They had said, “They are clean people. Cast them out. We are dirty. We don’t want cleanliness. Our job is dirtiness, and nothing else. These people don’t suit us.” Which of them do people want to be with: clean people or bad ones? And the fault was cleanliness.

Therefore, many people when told that they are bad, even though they are on the right way, they get upset. No need to get upset. You are good. You are on the way of Allah ﷻ. You are from the Ummah of our Holy Prophet ﷺ. Be happy with it. Whoever they are, don’t get upset. You are on the right way. If you say that they are with you and do what they want, you won’t actually succeed then. Be with the good ones and don’t care about what the bad ones want.

An Arab poet says, - Its meaning is, “If bad people say a shameful word about me, it is an honor for me. It is good for me”. You have to say “It’s good that I’m not like them. I am different” and make Shukr to Allah ﷻ. It is a great favor to know what cleanliness is and to be with the clean ones, to stay away from dirty ones.

The religion of Islam is the religion of cleanliness. And all Prophets are Muslim. Islam means the religion of Allah ‘Azza wa-Jalla. So as they were clean, they weren’t welcome. Therefore, be clean and be with Allah ﷻ so that Allah ﷻ makes this favor last. It is a great favor.

Mawlana Shaykh Nazim used to always give an example; rats and mice live in the sewage. Nothing happens to them. They jump into the sewage, swim around, eat and drink inside it. And if clean people do something there, they will directly die from a disease. But animals which spread the disease are happy there. They live there. Therefore, don’t be like rats, be like lions. May Allah ﷻ give us all a clean life. May we stay away from dirtiness insha’Allah. May we stay away from filth. May we stay away from impurity.

Wa min Allah at-Tawfiq. Al-Fatiha.

Mawlana Sheikh Muhammad Adil ar-Rabbani 08 March 2022/ 05 Sha’ban 1443 Fajr Prayer, Akbaba Dergah

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