Obey Allah ﷻ Without Objections

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.

BismiLlahi r-Rahmani r-Rahim:

(Qur’ān 04:59). ‘Aṭiū’ Llāha wa aṭiū’ r-Rasūla wa Ūli l-‘Amri minkum’, ‘Obey Allah and obey the Messenger and those in authority among you.’ The duty of people first of all is to obey Allāh ‘Azza wa-Jalla, to obey our Holy Prophet ṣalla Llāhu ‘alayhi wa-sallam. And then you should obey Ūli l-Amr where you live. Ūli l-Amr means the government. If the government doesn’t prevent you from praying, you should obey it. You should do whatever the law is.

This is something Muslims everywhere should do. But as we said, firstly you must carry out the order of Allāh ‘Azza wa-Jalla. His ﷻ orders are beneficial for humanity. They are goodness for people. Allāh ﷻ shows that way to His ﷻ beloved servants. He ﷻ makes them love it, so they follow that way. And those whom He ﷻ doesn't love and want go the other way round. They don't come to this way. They go against Allāh ‘Azza wa-Jalla. They go against our Holy Prophet ﷺ. They don't keep their orders. And they are unfortunate people. They are unlucky people. And that is the will of Allāh ‘Azza wa-Jalla. He ﷻ does whatever He ﷻ wants. No one can interfere.

Those who are not on this way don't have understanding. No matter how clever they are in worldly matters; they do various things from the books; machines, buildings and other things. Their minds are limited to this world. They know as mathematicians of this world or as whoever they see. And they believe them.

They are modifying the religion according to that as well. And their religious leaders are misleading them from the right way. They are showing the way to these people not as Allāh ‘Azza wa-Jalla ordered it but according to their own minds. Therefore, they are denying Allāh ‘Azza wa-Jalla most of the time. And those who don't deny are rebelling against Allāh ‘Azza wa-Jalla. They say, “Why did You do this? Why are there so many wars, so many diseases and so many deaths? Why is Allāh ﷻ doing this?” Ḥāshā (far from it).

Shukr to Allāh ﷻ, there isn’t such a thing in Islām. It is not from Islām. There is not such an issue at all. They know:, “Khayrihi wa-sharrihi mina Llāha Ta‘āla.” Goodness and badness are in His ﷻ hands. We cannot interfere.

But they, as I said, they think of it as a matter of this world. Ḥāshā (far from it), they think Allāh ‘Azza wa-Jalla cannot make everyone happy, or that everyone must be happy, everyone must be healthy, and nothing must be bad. They think He ﷻ cannot do it. Allāh ‘Azza wa-Jalla is Powerful over everything. But He ﷻ says, “I gave you this world as a place of tests.” Many people fail His ﷻ test and cannot pass it at all. They get rotten and perish there.

But those who believe in Allāh ‘Azza wa-Jalla and accept Him ﷻ, everything is good for them. Our Holy Prophet ṣalla Llāhu ‘alayhi wa-sallam says, both the good and which seems as bad will be good. If they make shukr for good things, Allāh ﷻ will reward them. And the patient ones will be rewarded even more. Therefore, this is dunyā as we said.

People who are Muslim, who believe in Allāh ﷻ earn the favour of Allāh ﷻ. They earn the mercy of Allāh ﷻ. All of them are under the mercy of Allāh ﷻ both here and hereafter. Don’t envy others, those who are not on this way for dunyā; so much wealth, so much I don't know what.

People are leaving their countries for the world of kufr and perishing on the way. All kinds of shame happen to them. They go there whereas Allāh ﷻ will give them their rizq everywhere. They are the cheated people. It means Allāh ‘Azza wa-Jalla wanted them to be like that, and they have sufferings to go through. They shouldn't forget their religion when they go there. They shouldn't forget Allāh ‘Azza wa-Jalla and our Holy Prophet ﷺ inshā’Allāh.

Because people are showing bad things as good everywhere now. And they show the good as bad, whereas Allāh ﷻ gave us the biggest blessings. We have the biggest blessing both physically and spiritually in Islām, in Muslims. We should make shukr for that. Allāh ﷻ will increase His ﷻ blessings with the permission of Allāh ﷻ.

Wa min Allah at-Tawfiq. Al-Fatiha.

Mawlana Sheikh Muhammad Adil ar-Rabbani 16 December 2022/ 22 Jumada al-Awwal 1444 Lefka, Cyprus