The Way of Eternal Happiness

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 way, Shukr to Allah ﷻ, is the way that goes to Allah ﷻ. This way is the best way for people. There cannot be a better way. A person on the way of Allah ﷻ is a lucky person. To keep on this way is a great favor, a great virtue.

They ask what they should do. Allah ‘Azza wa Jalla showed us this way and the beauty of this way through our Holy Prophet ﷺ. It is of benefit for everything. It is beneficial for life in this world, and the biggest benefit and profit is for Akhirah. People on this way reach eternal happiness.

This way has its method and pillars. Everything is clear and transparent. Nothing is hidden on this way. If something is hidden, that means it is not good. This way is the way of love, the way of beauty, the way of service and the way of happiness. People on this way are lucky people from all perspectives. But of course, shaytan doesn’t leave them. He certainly bothers those who are on this way. He wants to cheat them as much as he can without giving a chance.

The shaytan told Allah ‘Azza wa Jalla, “I will take these people out of the way. And I will take them to hell together with me.” Therefore, he attacks people who are on the right way. He targets them, for they are his enemies. Otherwise, he doesn’t attack people who are with him; saying, “Good, they are together already.” You look and see that they have their Jama’ah and communities, but they have no disputes. But people who are on the way of Allah ﷻ and on the right way are certainly attacked. He puts Fitnah among them; he doesn’t try to but literally does it. And you see that people who are on the right way always have disputes and Fitnah among them. But in general, the majority is with them. Even if divided, they are the majority with the permission of Allah ﷻ. This way is the way that they won, and shaytan loses.

Nevertheless, as we said, many people want to do goodness but cannot. When people come together, he immediately divides them and brings up dispute between them. He brings up something bad and divides them. People ask why it happens so. It is because you are fighting with the enemy. You don’t deal with those who are together with the enemy. He doesn’t care about someone who is like him or worse than him. There’s no need to deal with them. It is like, “A bird in the hand.”

People think that this way is difficult. Whatever is difficult has as many rewards. They say, “We struggle while praying and so on”. If you struggle, you will have much more rewards. Therefore, as we are on this way, people get tested and there may be difficulties. You should not pay attention to them. You should not care about them, for we are on the way of Haqq/truth, Shukr to Allah ﷻ. May Allah ﷻ make it everlasting. May Allah ﷻ help us insha’Allah. May He ﷻ always be with us and may we be with Him ﷻ insha’Allah.

Wa min Allah at-Tawfiq. Al-Fatiha.

Mawlana Sheikh Muhammad Adil ar-Rabbani 01 June 2022/ 02 Dhu l-Qiʻdah 1443 Fajr Prayer, Akbaba Dergah

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