Shayṭān Is the Third

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 Sheikh Abdullāh al-Fā’iz ad-Dāghistāni, Sheikh Muḥammad Nāẓim al-Ḥaqqānī. Madad. Ṭarīqatunā aṣ-Suḥbah wa l-Khayru fi l-Jam‘iyyah.

Allāh ‘Azza wa-Jalla says in Qur’ān ‘Aẓīmu sh-Sha’n, when women interact with men, they should not act with too much closeness. When it is necessary, they should speak to the point. When they are not relatives, they should not talk too much to strange men. Talking with them is wrong. It is not good for an unrelated man and woman to stand together. Therefore, when they go somewhere, there must definitely be someone else with them. Otherwise, the third one will be shayṭān, says our Holy Prophet ṣallá Llāhu ‘alayhi wa-sallam.

This matter has become even worse in the present time just like everything has become worse. There are so many new and different shayṭāns that have entered people's lives. One of those shayṭāns is that they (a man and a woman) speak together without anyone else present. They pretend to ask something or tell something. This is not permissible. To interact with a non relative, whatever happens, to talk to him is completely the work of shayṭān. This has become something by means of which shayṭāns destroy people's homes and dignity, and make them commit sins.

Therefore, "I want to ask this. I want to ask that" – as long as you are not relatives or unless it is something urgent, it is not good to chat every day and every night like: "How are you? I am fine.” It is unnecessary. It is dangerous. How many times have we said this? But we are repeating it, for Allāh ﷻ says, "wadhakkir" (Qur’an 51:55) – repeat and remind so that people do not do this thing. It is not permissible. As our Holy Prophet ṣallá Llāhu ‘alayhi wa-sallam says, the third will be shayṭān.

There are different sites like Facebook and I don't know what. There are many different things. People go there and say, "I will ask this and that. I am just curious." They send friend requests and I don't know what. And then you see that married men have gone into bad ways. They do bad things. They commit sins.

Therefore, this is an important thing. It is not permissible for women to interact with strange men whom they’re not related to without necessity. Our Holy Prophet ṣallá Llāhu ‘alayhi wa-sallam says, stay at home and don't interact with anyone. It is mentioned in several places in Qur’ān ‘Aẓīmu sh-Sha’n.

Therefore, it is not good to look for pretexts and to use them. If there is some issue, then a person can be asked but without additional interaction. Otherwise, if it is not necessary, even if they are a murīd, it is wrong. Murīds are also strangers. What we mean by strangers is, those who are not relatives; they are considered strangers.

Therefore, we should pay attention to this. We are warning again. They should be careful. As we said, shukr to Allāh ﷻ, we haven't heard about big things from our people. But what we have heard from others - women leaving their homes and children and running away. There are many stories. What we hear seems like a lot but normally, what we hear is just little. Because Allāh ﷻ knows what happens in that moment. May Allāh ﷻ protect us. This is a game of the ego, a game of shayṭān. If you follow it, it will put you in danger and you will end up in regret. May Allāh ﷻ protect us from this new fitnah of shayṭān.

Wa min Allah at-Tawfiq. Al-Fatiha.

Mawlana Sheikh Muhammad Adil ar-Rabbani 11 October 2022/ 15 Rabih Al awwal 1444 Lefke, Cyprus