The Principle of Tarīqah

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.

Our Tarīqah is the way of our Holy Prophet ﷺ with the permission of Allāh ﷻ. It is the way to him ﷺ. It is going on his ﷺ way. A Dua of our Holy Prophet ﷺ tells about the way that Muslims must follow. It is always the motto of our Tarīqah inshā’Allāh. Bismi Llāhi r-Raḥmāni r-Raḥīm:

“Allahumma a’inna ‘alā dhikrika wa shukrika wa ḥusni `ibādatika wala taj’alna mina l-ghafilin”, “O Allah, help us to remember You, to give You thanks, and to perform Your worship in the best manner, and make us not from the heedless.”

This is the Dua of our Holy Prophet ﷺ. May Allāh ﷻ help us. Help us in what? To always remember Allāh ﷻ by making Dhikr and to make shukr. Making Shukr to Allāh ﷻ is a great blessing. With Shukr, Allāh ﷻ increases goodness, favors and Barakah. The more you make Shukr to Allāh ﷻ, the more benefit you get.

And then “ḥusni `ibādatika”, to worship in the best way. To worship in the best way is to worship on time with the Sunnah and Mustahabb. How many Sunnah there is, to perform them and present them in worship in the presence of Allāh ﷻ is a great gift. Not everyone can do it.

And then he ﷺ said: “Don’t make us from the heedless ones.” There are many heedless people. People who spend their lives in heedlessness are the majority. They are not many but the majority. Few people are not heedless. Many people are heedless. Heedlessness is not a good thing. They waste their lives in vain. La Tashbih/no comparison - just as some people get on the bus and sometimes fall asleep. They miss their stop then. They go all the way until the last stop and wake

up confused, “Oh my God! Where am I?!” Heedlessness is like this. It is something similar to this. They lose a couple of minutes, even if they lose 5-10 minutes or an hour, it is nothing. But people in heedlessness lose all their lives. They waste them in vain.

Therefore, this Dua is the principle of our Tarīqah. It also says, “May Allāh ﷻ help us.”, “Allahumma a’inna ‘alā dhikrik.” “A’inna” means “May Allāh ﷻ help us” so that we are not defeated by our egos. With Your ﷻ help, with Your ﷻ protection, with the will power You ﷻ give, we will do everything easily, with love and enjoyment insha’Allah.

These are the most important things for people in Tarīqah. To always remember Allāh ﷻ, to make Dhikr of Allāh ﷻ, to make Shukr to Allāh ﷻ and to perform the worship of Allāh ‘Azza wa-Jalla in the best way.

We must accept such a worship not as a burden but as a gift. When people pray, it is not that they lift off a burden quickly. It is a great happiness to wait for it and to be in the presence of Allāh ‘Azza wa-Jalla. You should pay attention to it and know it like that. Many people pray quickly and hastily; No. It is ok too. Certainly, it is good to perform the Fard prayers. But praying in the best way, praying in a more accepted and virtuous way has more virtues. May Allāh ﷻ make all of us successful in applying this Dua of our Holy Prophet ﷺ insha’Allah.

Wa min Allah at-Tawfiq. Al-Fatiha.

Mawlana Sheikh Muhammad Adil ar-Rabbani 26 December 2022/ 02 Jumada al-Akhir 1444 Lefka, Cyprus