Don’t Cheat or be Cheated

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 Sheikh Abdullāh al-Fā’iz ad-Dāghistāni, Sheikh Muḥammad Nāẓim al-Ḥaqqānī. Madad. Ṭarīqatunā aṣ-Suḥbah wa l-Khayru fi l-Jam‘iyyah.

Prophet salla Llahu aa’layhi wa sallam says,

He who cheats us is not from us; not from Mu’mins, not from Muslims. You are the follower of the Prophet salla Llahu aa’layhi wa sallam, and what the Prophet salla Llahu aa’layhi wa sallam says we must keep. We mustn’t listen and not do. This is a Naseeha/Advice from the Prophet ﷺ and is [mentioned] in the whole Qur’an also: to not cheat and not to be cheated. You must be careful because if you’re not awake, they will cheat you a lot.

Allah ‘Azza wa Jalla also says in the Qur’an for people that if they’re doing this, cheating people with anything, they have a special hell for them; they will be there. When you buy or sell or trade, you must be honest and you must be careful. You must say “I will buy this for that much [amount].” Or when you sell, “I will sell this for this amount.” Because on Judgement Day, they will ask for everything. Like here in Dunya, when the tax department asks what is this, what is that. This also will be asked, “You sold this as 1 Kg, it is less than 1 Kg.” For this you must say, and if you don’t give it exactly, you will be asked and you will be punished for this.

These are for the daily things, but what’s worse than this is to cheat people with religion. To say, “This must be like this” especially for your benefit. If you do this, you will be punished more than who cheats by Kg or meter or yard. It is not a joke. Religion of Islam keeps every good thing for people, it is very sensitive. It says that you can put more from you, but don’t take from people. They cheat us, they cheat all Muslims saying, “You are wrong, don’t do this, you will be out of religion, you will be Mushrik, you will be Kafir.” This is worse than cheating by Kg or yard or meter. You must be careful to not be cheated. You must look when somebody tells you something, if it is accepted by Shariah and by Tariqah. If you don’t know

this even, you must think in your mind. Everybody has intelligence, less or more, they can think. If you suspect in one thing and you don’t know exactly, you must ask. Because if you are from the beginning going to the wrong way, you will end with nothing. You will be cheated and many things will be gone from you, from your belief, or from your money, or from anything else. For this, a Mu’min must be awake. May Allah ﷻ save us from these people.

Everywhere now, they are waiting like hunters to hunt people. If it was for money only, it is easy. But they want many other things. Especially money also, many people say, “We gave money for this project and after that, nothing” You must be careful for this also. You must look after your money because this is provision from Allah ﷻ that He ﷻ gave you, so don’t waste it. May Allah ﷻ help us and make us awake insha’Allah to not lose anything from what Allah ﷻ gives us.

Wa min Allah at-Tawfiq. Al-Fatiha.

Mawlana Sheikh Muhammad Adil ar-Rabbani 22 March 2022/ 19 Sha’ban 1443 Fajr Prayer, Sheikh Nazim Dergah – London