Disapprove with Your Heart

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 16:90). ‘Wa yan’ha ‘ani l-Fah’sha’i wal Munkari wal Baghiy’, ‘And He forbids immorality and Munkar (i.e all that is prohibited by Islamic law) and oppression.’ The things that Allah ‘Azza wa-Jalla has prohibited us are Munkar. Munkar are things that are sinful, things that don’t conform to Islam. He ﷻ prohibits us from doing them and tells us not to do them.

When you don’t do them but others do, you should prohibit them too. Of course, there are levels for it. You can do it with the hand, tongue or heart. You should not accept it and strive to prohibit it. Certainly, there is no chance to prohibit with hand in our time, because you cannot do everything by yourself; we skip that. You can do it with the tongue, but oftentimes many people cannot do that too. You should do it with the heart [saying], “It is a sin. I don’t accept it”.

That is fine. But people of present time have led people to such state that even if they don’t accept everything, they got used to it. They got used to seeing sins. It has become like something accepted, like something normal. And that is because of the weakness of Iman. Even when you don’t accept with your heart, that is the weakest of Iman. And if you get used to it, then you don’t have Iman at all.

People are in the end of times already. Therefore, when you see something wrong, at least let it come out of your heart as: that is not right, that is not a normal thing. It is wrong to accept it by saying that is how everyone’s life is. People will lose their Iman then. At least, do so. There is no further responsibility than this. You should do that.

When you see a sin, say in your heart, “It is a sin. I don’t accept it. May Allah ﷻ forgive us”. Otherwise, saying that there are things worse than this and accepting it will make people’s Iman go below zero. May Allah ﷻ protect us. May Allah ﷻ give guidance to people so that they know both the good and the bad of what they are doing insha’Allah.

Wa min Allah at-Tawfiq. Al-Fatiha.

Mawlana Sheikh Muhammad Adil ar-Rabbani 25 September 2022/ 29 Safar 1444 Fajr Prayer, Akbaba Dergah

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