For the Honor of Awliya

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 10:62). ‘Alā inna awliyā’a Llāhi lā khawfun a’layhim wa-lā hum yaḥzanūn’, ‘Verily on the friends of Allah there is no fear, nor shall they grieve.’ There is no fear and no sadness for Awliya and the servants of Allah ‘Azza wa-Jalla. Our father Mawlana Shaykh Nazim was one of the greatest Awliya as well. We went to visit his Maqam and came back, Shukr to Allah ﷻ.

Awliya come to help you whenever you call them with the permission of Allah ﷻ. Visiting their Maqam is something done for the pleasure of Allah ﷻ out of Adab and respect. Otherwise, they are everywhere. Wherever you are, the Ayat and Surahs you recite for their souls, and the goodness you do for them reach both them and yourself. And they are accepted more for you.

Our Holy Prophet salla Llāhu ‘alayhi wa-sallam says that for all the worship and goodness you do, when you wish the same for your parents, it will go to them and nothing will be decreased from you. Don’t be afraid that it will be decreased from your Thawab.

So the more you send to the souls of Awliya, the worship and goodness we do will be accepted more for their honor. We are acting based on our egos most of the time. There is showing off or arrogance in our worship; saying, “I did this and that.” That is faulty. But when you send it to them, Allah ‘Azza wa-Jalla accepts your worship for their honor.

Therefore, these beautiful things, this beautiful way - we are going on the beautiful way of our Holy Prophet ﷺ. There are many shaytans that are confusing people. They say, “You are making Shirk. You are doing this and that”. This is not Shirk. For their honor, we are worshipping Allah ﷻ, not them. And through them, all our worship and goodness brings the same Thawab to both them and us. As they are beloved servants of Allah ﷻ, it is accepted even more.

May Allah ﷻ make it destined for us all to do these beautiful things, because it is the matter of destiny. Many people are walking around thinking they know what is going on in Dunya, whereas they don’t know anything about Dunya and Akhirah. Those who don’t understand the religion and Iman are one thing, and those who claim to know and make attempts to destroy the religion are another. May Allah ﷻ help us insha’Allah. May Allah ﷻ protect all of us.

Wa min Allah at-Tawfiq. Al-Fatiha.

Mawlana Sheikh Muhammad Adil ar-Rabbani 28 December 2022/ 04 Jumada al-Akhir 1444 Fajr Prayer, Akbaba Dergah

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