Don’t Miss the Matters of Akhirah

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.

As long as we live in this world, people lose material things. They get upset and say, “If only I did this, I would earn this much. If only I did that, I would earn that much”. They get upset that they couldn’t do it. Whereas worldly possessions are going to stay in this world. No need to be sad about them. If you want to be upset, be upset for the things you couldn’t do for your Akhirah. That is the eternal and permanent thing. Clever people think about that and feel sorry for the things they couldn’t do.

A big example of this is Mawlana Shaykh Nazim. During his last days, it was one Friday. He didn’t lead the prayers as Imam in his last days. We or our nephew Mehmet Nazim, or Bahauddin Efendi used to lead as Imam. On Friday, it is Sunnah to read Surat al-Sajdah and Surat al-Insan [in Fajr Fard prayer]. We forgot about it that day and read another Surah instead. He was so upset and cried, “I’ve been reading Surat al-Sajdah for sixty years and making Sajdah. I haven’t skipped this Sunnah. Today we forgot about it.” He was very sad and cried for it. Then we decided to repeat it all over again and read Surat al-Sajdah. We repeated the Fajr prayer, so he felt relieved.

Matters of Akhirah are that much important for mankind. We shouldn’t miss the smallest things from them. Mawlana Shaykh Nazim would never miss such things and he didn’t want to miss them. He used to do all of the Sunnah, Fard and Mustahabb. People assume that the gold, silver and jewels of this world are important. Whereas, those things are important. It is required for us not to miss any of them. They are the things that take people to higher stations and higher ranks. To do them brings great strength, great benefit and a lot of goodness to people. Allah ‘Azza wa Jalla gave them, so we should benefit from them.

People should do as much as they can. It is better than nothing, if they do something. Therefore, do as much as you can. May Allah ﷻ always let us attain this beautiful beneficence and beautiful Thawab insha’Allah.

Wa min Allah at-Tawfiq. Al-Fatiha.

There are recited Qur’an Khatms, Khatms of Yasin, Salawat, Ayat and Tasbihat. And there is charity and goodness done. May Allah ﷻ accept them. We dedicate them firstly to the soul of our Holy Prophet ﷺ, to his Ahlu l-Bayt and Sahabah, to the souls of all the Anbiya, Awliya, Asfiya, Mashayikh, to the souls of all of our late relatives, to the souls of all Muslims. May their good goals be reached. May they be happy here and hereafter. May the sick be cured. May the debts be gone. May there be strength for our Iman.

LiLlahi Ta’ala l-Fatiha.

Mawlana Sheikh Muhammad Adil ar-Rabbani 15 April 2022/ 14 Ramadan 1443 Fajr Prayer, Akbaba Dergah

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