Everything is Created in Ranks

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.

In the presence of Allah ‘Azza wa-Jalla everything has a level and a rank. He ﷻ created all of them equal but with ranks of some higher than that of others. ‘ ’, ‘Wa-rafa‘nā ba‘ḍahum fawqa ba‘ḍin darajāt’, ‘And We have raised some of them above others in ranks.’ (Qur’ān 43:32). Allah ‘Azza wa-Jalla created some of you with higher ranks and some with lower ranks.

Everything Allah ‘Azza wa-Jalla created is as such, not only people. Nights and days, stars, the moon and the sun, time and space; all of them are created by Allah ﷻ. And He ﷻ gave different ranks to each of them. Our appreciation of the things that Allah ‘Azza wa-Jalla gave high ranks to is carrying out His ﷻ order. To honor and respect them is to carry out the order of Allah ‘Azza wa-Jalla.

We are in the month of Muharram. The fasting in the month of Muharram is very virtuous, says our Holy Prophet ﷺ. But how is its rank? Our Holy Prophet ﷺ says the most virtuous fasting after Ramadan is in the month of Muharram. The honor of the month of Ramadan is much higher. As it is Fard, its honor and worth is much higher. But the second in worth after Ramadan is fasting in Muharram.

Therefore, it is not according to our own minds. It is the way told by Allah ‘Azza wa-Jalla and shown by our Holy Prophet ﷺ. The way of Islam. The way of Shari’ah and Tariqah. Whoever goes out of it and does things according to his own mind won’t have any benefit. He will be deprived of a great virtue.

The highest in rank among people in the presence of Allah ‘Azza wa-Jalla are Prophets. No one can reach the rank of Prophets in the presence of Allah ‘Azza wa-Jalla. And the best of people after Prophets is Sayyidina Abu Bakr. The highest rank is of Sayyidina Abu Bakr, but his rank comes after the Prophets.

Some people judge according to their minds. There is nothing like someone can be greater than a Prophet. There is a principle for everything and a wisdom of Allah ‘Azza wa-Jalla. Who goes out of the word of Allah ‘Azza wa-Jalla won’t have any profit. He will be at loss.

The fasting of Muharram is the most virtuous after Ramadan. But it cannot reach the fasting of Ramadan. Even if you fast all of Muharram, it won’t be equal to a day of the fasting in Ramadan. But we are in the month of Muharram, it is very virtuous to fast in it. Tomorrow is the 9th. The most blessed days are the 9th and the 10th.

The 10th is the most blessed, but we should pay attention to a point here. You cannot fast just for a day by saying it is the most blessed. You must fast for two days; either on the 9th and the 10th, or on the 10th and the 11th. If you fast only for a day, you will go against the holy word of our Holy Prophet ﷺ. And you will have committed a sin, because to obey the word of our Holy Prophet ﷺ is Fard for us, Wajib and Sunnah.

Therefore, if you want to fast, you can fast tomorrow and the day after, or later on Monday and Tuesday. But you cannot fast for one day. May Allah ﷻ bless it. We are living in very blessed days. It is not good to skip them by saying they are less virtuous than Ramadan. We should certainly show respect to them as much as we can and fast insha’Allah.

Wa min Allah at-Tawfiq. Al-Fatiha.

Mawlana Sheikh Muhammad Adil ar-Rabbani 06 August 2022/ 08 Muharram 1444 Fajr Prayer, Akbaba Dergah

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