A Blessed New Hijri Year

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.

May this year be Mubarak/blessed for all of us insha’Allah. We hope that it is the year of goodness and the year of Islam insha’Allah. May it be full of Barakah with the virtues and kindness of Allah ‘Azza wa Jalla. May it bring victory to Islam insha’Allah.

This year is 1,444 in Hijri. A very interesting year insha’Allah as it was seen since the beginning. It is the time when our Holy Prophet ﷺ left the hardships, left Makkah Mukarramah and reached Madina Munawwarah. It started from that. Insha’Allah there will be victory for Muslims and Islam in the same way.

It is an important time. Everything is like a terminal. Life is passing; that is nothing. It is normal. Allah ‘Azza wa Jalla gave a lifetime for everything. So it must pass. But what’s important is that it passes with Iman. When it is passes with Iman, it is not in vain. Otherwise, it passes in vain, in uselessness and in loss.

Shukr to Allah ﷻ, the beginning of our Islamic year starts with worship. They fast on the end of the year, and they fast on the beginning of the year. The year starts with Dua. People start the other year with Haram, badness and sins. Many people start the Gregorian New Year in such a way. They get prepared very much and start planning on how to do badness and commit sins. They think through where they should go and what they should do months in advance. And they spend that night as the worst night of the year.

Shukr to Allah ﷻ, the Hijri New Year is the opposite of it. It is started with worship, Dua and beauty in order to have Barakah. Therefore, this is what is acceptable in the beginning of this year. Many people are not aware of it. It is not important if they are aware or not. What’s important is that you are aware of it. Others are not important. What’s important is that people, one by one, know these years and honor them. All of our worship, all the Sunnahs, Fards and Wajibs ordered to us by Allah ‘Azza wa Jalla are calculated according to this year.

When the Islamic Hijrah was done, all the months were put in their places. Because in old times during the Jahiliyyah, people changed the order of months and replaced them the way it was suitable for them. It was completely mixed up. But in order to make it perfect, Allah ‘Azza wa Jalla put them one after the other. He ﷻ put them in alignment and order to know when is fasting, when is Zakah, when is Hajj and when is Qurban. They are done according to that order. Therefore, our new year is important. We should calculate accordingly.

May our Duas be accepted. May we have good years. May it be the year of Islam. We should always make Dua. Making Dua brings us goodness. Some people say that their Dua is not accepted. Ḥāshā (far from it), Allah ‘Azza wa Jalla does not break His ﷻ promise. Your Dua will certainly be accepted. It is accepted immediately, or later, or on the Day of Judgment. When their Dua is accepted on the Day of Judgment, people will say if only all their Duas were accepted there. While in this world, they hopelessly say that their Dua is not accepted. It will be accepted insha’Allah. Therefore, Dua is important. May Allah ﷻ give us all good years. May He ﷻ give us Iman insha’Allah, strong Iman. May He ﷻ give us happiness here and hereafter insha’Allah.

Wa min Allah at-Tawfiq. Al-Fatiha.

Mawlana Sheikh Muhammad Adil ar-Rabbani 30 July 2022/ 01 Muharram 1444 Fajr Prayer, Akbaba Dergah

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