Strength is in Community

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.

Our Holy Prophet salla Llāhu ‘alayhi wa-sallam says,

“The believer to another believer is like [the bricks of] a building, each strengthens the other.” Our Holy Prophet salla Llāhu ‘alayhi wa-sallam says that Mu’mins/believers should help each other. Because when together, there is strength and goodness. When alone, there is no benefit. For something to work out, there should be a lot. A house cannot be built with one stone. Our Holy Prophet salla Llāhu ‘alayhi wa-sallam is talking about this. People should stick together so that good things are done and so that it is means for goodness. It will be good for both themselves and other believers.

When a believer does something, he should help others as well. To help the needy from all aspects, both physically and spiritually is the order of our Holy Prophet ﷺ and Allah ﷻ. He says, “Stick together”. Believers should stick together so that they support each other. When they don’t, there is no benefit either to themselves or to their Jama’ah/community or to other Muslims. It works when they gather for the goodness of believers.

Otherwise, when unbelievers gather, they don’t do so for goodness. Most of the times, it is for their egos and personal interests. Therefore, they want to divide the believers and don’t want them to come together. They spread Fitnah and immorality between them. If someone is good among them, they feel jealous and envy him. To envy brings no benefit; it is nothing but loss. It is one of the attributes that Allah ‘Azza wa Jalla hates and dislikes the most. For believers to cleanse their hearts from it, they should always do goodness to others. Allah ﷻ will give them spiritual power. If they don’t do goodness, their spiritual power will weaken, and they will be in loss. May Allah ﷻ protect us.

Our Holy Prophet ﷺ says,. Allah’s ﷻ Hand of Power is upon the Jama’ah, the community. It is not with the individual but with the community. Therefore, shaytan doesn’t like gatherings and communities, but Allah ‘Azza wa Jalla loves them. The gathering that shaytan likes is a bad gathering that makes up evil things in order to mislead people. The community of believers is for the pleasure of Allah ﷻ. It is for their goodness, the goodness of Muslims and the goodness of people. It is for all people, no matter if they are Muslim or not. The communities of Muslims are good for everyone. May Allah ﷻ bless our Jama’ah/community and our gatherings. May Allah ﷻ protect them from the evil.

Wa min Allah at-Tawfiq. Al-Fatiha.

Mawlana Sheikh Muhammad Adil ar-Rabbani 26 March 2022/ 23 Sha’ban 1443 Fajr Prayer, Akbaba Dergah

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