How to Guard Your Iman

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 02:195). ‘Wa Lā Tulqū Bi’aydīkum ‘Ila t-Tahlukati Wa ‘Ahsinū ‘Inna Allāha Yuĥibbu Al-Muĥsinīn’, ‘And do not throw [yourselves] with your [own] hands into destruction [by refraining]. And do good; indeed, Allah loves the doers of good.’

Allah ‘Azza wa-Jalla says, “Do not do things that will put you in danger”. “Beware of all kinds of danger and guard the trust we gave you”, says Allah ‘Azza wa-Jalla. Allah Azza wa-Jalla says protect both yourself and your family. Protect yourselves from apparent dangers and more importantly mind your worship and the matters of religion and Akhirah. Do not put them in danger. Look well who you are following and who you are with, if they are good or if they are doing things outside the religion according to their own minds. Do not be with such people. That is even a bigger danger in this world.

When you have Iman, if something happens - may Allah ﷻ protect us - you will pass away with Iman. The other danger is more important: losing your Iman. Do not put your Iman in danger, says Allah ‘Azza wa-Jalla. Your Iman should be firm. Guard yourself from that danger. How can we be guarded? There is Sadaqah. Sadaqah has many types, not only with money. If you take a stone or something dirty away from the way, that is counted as Sadaqah. That Sadaqah protects you from dangers.

Allah ‘Azza wa-Jalla loves beneficent people. And He ﷻ protects the servant He ﷻ loves. As we said, His ﷻ protection will guard our Iman insha’Allah. This is important. The rest is not important. When you say danger, people think of only worldly dangers that may come physically. A bigger danger is which may come to spirituality and Iman. Guard yourself from them and stand firm.

As we said, give all kinds of Sadaqah, both physical and spiritual Sadaqah. There are hundreds of types of Sadaqah. Even if you do only one of them, it will be of benefit for you. Sadaqah is very important. It will be the physical and spiritual protection for your soul and Iman insha’Allah. May Allah ﷻ protect us all. May He ﷻ protect us all from the dangers of shaytan and from the dangers of the Fitnah of the end of times.

Wa min Allah at-Tawfiq. Al-Fatiha.

Mawlana Sheikh Muhammad Adil ar-Rabbani 05 September 2022/ 09 Safar 1444 Fajr Prayer, Akbaba Dergah

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