Hope for Good Things

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.

, “Ṭūlu l-amal”, “Incessant hope” says our Holy Prophet ﷺ. Oftentimes the hopes of people prevent them from doing what they have to do. Therefore, many people hope too much to do this and that in the future and cannot do most of the time. So Allāh ‘Azza wa-Jalla says to hurry to do good things, while the rest delay by saying, “I will do later or some other time. I will do in the future.” It is unclear if you will reach that or not.

Our Holy Prophet ṣalla Llāhu ‘alayhi wa-sallam showed it. He ﷺ drew three lines on the ground. One goes ahead and the rest behind it. He ﷺ said, “This going line is the line of death. Those behind it are hope.” Hope is always behind.

Yet, Allāh ‘Azza wa-Jalla created it for people to comfort themselves. It has benefit, and it has harm. Therefore, people must use it right. There is an Arab saying:, “How tightly constricting life would be, if it were not for the broad horizons of hope!” This life is so difficult that without hope and dreams, it is too restrained; people feel imprisoned. But with hope, all worlds belong to them.

This is as such regarding everything. Worldly matters are so too. We have this worldly game of elections everywhere here now. There are many people who won't get even two votes but feel as if they are going to be elected as a president. They hope for it. They comfort themselves.

These things - as we said, sometimes many people waste their time and money when they are after their hopes. But when they are on the way of Allāh ﷻ, you can hope for everything from Allāh ﷻ. Every goodness, every Barakah, everything is given by Allāh ﷻ. Allāh ﷻ gives with His ﷻ permission to whomever He ﷻ wants. Their hope is not useless. If not here, they will be pleased hereafter.

But people who follow dunyā, who only think about it and hope for that, they will have a hard time. May Allāh ﷻ protect all of us. May we hope for good things insha’Allah. May we be on the way of Allāh ﷻ.

Wa min Allah at-Tawfiq. Al-Fatiha.

Mawlana Sheikh Muhammad Adil ar-Rabbani 20 December 2022/ 26 Jumada al-Awwal 1444 Lefka, Cyprus