Tariqah is the Way to Remember Allah ﷻ

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.

Bismi Llāhi r-Raḥmāni r-Raḥīm:

(Qur’ān 06:31). ‘Qālū Yā Hasratanā a’la Mā Farratnā Fīhā Wa Hum Yaĥmilūna ‘Awzārahum a’la Zuhūrihim’, ‘They will say, “Oh, [how great is] our regret over what we neglected concerning it,” while they bear their burdens on their backs.’

Allah ‘Azza wa Jalla says that people who don’t remember Allah ‘Azza wa Jalla in this world and who don’t carry out His ﷻ orders will regret their conditions in Akhirah and will question themselves how they did so. Allah ‘Azza wa Jalla says that they will regret their actions and reaching that day with sins. But their regret will be useless. Regret is useless in Akhirah. If you are to regret, when you regret the committed sins in this world, you will save yourself by repenting and asking forgiveness, and Allah ﷻ will forgive you. But if it is left for Akhirah, regret will be useless. While breathing in this world, regret can be helpful. You cannot breathe in Akhirah. Your breath will be gone. Therefore, it will be useless. You will be punished there.

People forget everything in this world. Most of all, they forget Allah ‘Azza wa Jalla. Allah ‘Azza wa Jalla says, “Don’t forget Me. ‘ ’, ‘Fā-dhkurūnī’, ‘So remember Me.’ (Qur’ān 02:152). Remember Me. Do not forget Me.” But mankind forgets. Therefore, in order not to forget, it should be on the door so that you are always reminded.

Tariqahs are for this purpose. They are something necessary for that. Some stupid people say that there is no need for Tariqah. While trying to save our Iman which is the most important, people are losing Iman. They say that Tariqah is like dessert after a meal. Tariqah is not like that. Without Tariqah, they won’t remember anything and won’t connect to anything. Because the end of Tariqah, what we are connected with is our Holy Prophet ﷺ. And through him ﷺ people are connected to Allah ‘Azza wa Jalla.

They will remember Allah ﷻ all the time then. They will say, “We have a Ders/lesson today, we have Dhikr today, we have Khatm today” and will always be together with Allah ﷻ. They won’t be wasting their time. Those who waste their time are people who are not on this way. They say “I will do it later”, and mostly skip it by forgetting.

So it is important to connect at some point during life in this world. This connection will save you with the permission of Allah ﷻ. You will remember Allah ﷻ and will be together with Allah ﷻ all the time.

Therefore, it is an important matter. Strong Iman and Tariqah are not separate. It is for strengthening Iman. May Allah ﷻ help people, as they are often cheated. They run to other places. But when it comes to here, they say this and that and find various excuses. Some even find faults. It is rather difficult for people to be on this way, as it is disliked by shaytan. Being on the bad way is easy. They ask why? Because nothing prevents you on the bad way, the shaytan doesn’t prevent you. If you want to do something good, shaytan will prevent you. But he encourages and helps you in doing badness.

Therefore, connection to Tariqah is important. It will save many people here and hereafter insha’Allah. You will be saved in Akhirah, because you want everything you do in this world to be things that Allah ﷻ loves, you will remember Him ﷻ. When you remember Him ﷻ, you will be saved insha’Allah. May Allah ﷻ let us always make His ﷻ Dhikr insha’Allah. May its Barakah give strength to our Iman.

Wa min Allah at-Tawfiq. Al-Fatiha.

Mawlana Sheikh Muhammad Adil ar-Rabbani 31 July 2022/ 02 Muharram 1444 Fajr Prayer, Akbaba Dergah

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