Don’t Waste the Blessings

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.

The world is going through hardship today. The whole world is in hardship from all aspects. Everyone thinks that they have hardship only in their country and not anywhere else. There is this hardship everywhere. Wherever you go, there are complaints; in Europe, in Africa, everywhere. People say that they have financial hardship and blame it on the government, whereas all of it is people’s fault. However you are, Allah ﷻ appoints the leader accordingly. And then there are the rules of Allah ‘Azza wa Jalla. If you don’t follow them, certainly, you will have hardship too.

Allah ‘Azza wa Jalla says, “Don’t waste!” Appreciate the Ni’mah/blessing. Our Holy Prophet ﷺ says that if the blessing is offended, it won’t come. Do not offend the blessing. If it gets offended, you won’t be able to find it. This is the Dunya. They think that the blessing comes from them. They don’t make Shukr to Allah ﷻ. They don’t appreciate it and don’t give to the people who deserve it by wasting it. And then they say, “Why did this happen? It is the government’s fault. It is the municipality’s fault, and this and that.” No one blames himself. Who will do it if you or someone else doesn’t do it? No one can do it. Everyone thinks like you. When everyone thinks like you, eventually, you will lose the blessing and won’t find it. May Allah ﷻ protect us.

This is the condition of this world. But no matter what you say, people are not repenting, and are not doing as Allah ‘Azza wa Jalla has ordered and as our Holy Prophet ﷺ had said. The blessing is an important thing. It is under the command of Allah ‘Azza wa Jalla. If He ﷻ takes it away, you won’t be able to find it. Neither your tractors, nor your machines; you can work as much as you want, if Allah ﷻ doesn’t give you, you won’t have it.

They are wasting everywhere, and throwing the blessing away. They are violating it. Not only in random countries, but also in the holiest land, in ‘Arafat we saw this. People are stepping on food and walking away. They are throwing it in the middle of the road. And then they are happy saying, “We are performing worship.” You have as much sin as your Thawab [for worship] there. But people don’t think about it. Kafirs and Muslims, all of them don’t appreciate the blessing.

There is also another trouble now. The whole world is having a shortage of food, oil and sugar. It is not only here, it is everywhere. Therefore, if you know its value, with the permission of Allah ﷻ you won’t have hardship. If you don’t appreciate it, you can strive as much as you can, you won’t find the blessing. May Allah ﷻ protect us. May Allah ﷻ make us among those who appreciate and know the value of the blessings insha’Allah. Shukr to Allah ﷻ for the blessings He ﷻ gives.

Wa min Allah at-Tawfiq. Al-Fatiha.

Mawlana Sheikh Muhammad Adil ar-Rabbani 07 April 2022/ 06 Ramadan 1443 Fajr Prayer, Akbaba Dergah

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