Be Like a Firm Building

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.

BismiLlahi r-Rahmani r-Rahim:

(Qur’ān 11:113). ‘Wa lā tarkanū ‘ila l-ladhīna zalamū fatamassakumu n-Nār, ‘And do not incline toward those who do wrong, lest you be touched by the Fire.’ Allah ‘Azza wa Jalla says, “Don’t be together with oppressors”. Who are the oppressors? They are the people who go against Allah ﷻ. Do not think that you will do goodness to yourself by being together with them. Those who are with them can only have loss. Those who are with them never have any benefit.

Therefore, a Muslim must support the Muslim, he must help him. To expect something from the Kafirs and oppressors is useless., Our Holy Prophet ﷺ says that when believers are together, they are like a firm building. They find strength in it, and they have goodness and benefit from it. When believers are not with other believers but with those who go against Allah ﷻ, and believe that they will benefit from it, they cheat themselves. They will never have any benefit, because it is clear from the beginning. It is the matter of personal interest. And their interest is that they want everything for themselves. They use you and throw you away afterwards. They either leave you, or don’t look at you at all.

Therefore, believers and Muslims can have goodness only from other Muslims. Non-Muslims may be with you for some time and leave you afterwards. They will be against you then. They can take whatever you know and use it against you. Therefore, believers should always keep the will and order of Allah ‘Azza wa Jalla and our Holy Prophet ﷺ. They should never be with the oppressors. Even if they are, they should be aware of what they are doing. They can harm you any minute, any moment, says our Holy Prophet ﷺ.

Stand like a firm building and support each other from all aspects. When you support each other, Allah ﷻ will help you. He ﷻ will give you Barakah and strength. He ﷻ will make you victorious over the oppressors. Those who are with Allah ﷻ are always victorious. And those who are with the traitors and with those against Allah ﷻ are always in disappointment and loss.

May Allah ﷻ let His ﷻ believer servants be together. We should support each other and make Dua for each other. Dua is the biggest strength and the weapon of believers. There is a weapon stronger than tanks and bombs, it is the weapon of Dua. With the weapon of Dua, everything is possible with the permission of Allah ﷻ. This is the promise of Allah ﷻ. It is the Ihsan/beneficence of Allah ﷻ given to us. Oppressors don’t have it. ‘ ’, ‘Fād’ū wa mā duā’u l-kāfirīna ‘illā fī dalāl’, ‘Then supplicate [yourselves], but the supplication of the disbelievers is not except in vain.’ (Qur’ān 40:50). Kafirs may make Dua as much as they want. Their Duas are useless. May Allah ﷻ protect us. May Allah ﷻ always be with us insha’Allah. May Allah ﷻ give us all the strength of Iman.

Wa min Allah at-Tawfiq. Al-Fatiha.

Mawlana Sheikh Muhammad Adil ar-Rabbani 14 June 2022/ 15 Dhu l-Qiʻdah 1443 Fajr Prayer, Akbaba Dergah

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