Be Happy for Others’ Goodness

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.

Bismi Llāhi r-Raḥmāni r-Raḥīm:

“Al-Mu’minu Akhu l-Mu’min.” [Hadith]. Our Holy Prophet salla Llāhu ‘alayhi wasallam says that a believer is a believer’s brother. He should ask for goodness for them. Just like he wishes goodness for himself, he should wish goodness for them as well. He should be happy when good things happen to them. Him being happy brings him Thawab and makes him earn the pleasure of Allah ﷻ.

Because when goodness comes to others, it comes to you as well when you are happy for them. If goodness comes to others, it’s not a bad thing. When good things happen to people, to your brothers, your Muslim brothers, their goodness will touch you too. But if you are jealous, you will be deprived of that Thawab. And you will have committed a sin because you obeyed your ego. When goodness comes, it comes to all. Its benefit is for everyone. But when there is envy and jealousy, the Barakah goes away and the goodness doesn’t stay. There will be enmity and badness.

Therefore, when something happens to others, to your neighbors, to your Muslim brothers; when goodness and Barakah come to them, you should be happy. This is the order and advice of our Holy Prophet ﷺ to us. Do not obey your ego. An untrained ego always wants badness. It doesn’t want goodness. It doesn’t think about anyone but itself. But if you train it, there will be benefit for both you and everyone. May Allah ﷻ not let us obey our egos. May He ﷻ let us all obey the advice and orders of our Holy Prophet salla Llāhu ‘alayhi wa-sallam insha’Allah.

Wa min Allah at-Tawfiq. Al-Fatiha.

Mawlana Sheikh Muhammad Adil ar-Rabbani 30 November 2022/ 06 Jumada al-Awwal 1444 Fajr Prayer, Akbaba Dergah www.hakkani.org