New Year and Heedlessness

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 Holy Prophet salla Llāhu ‘alayhi wa-sallam says:

“Min Husni Islami l-Mar’i Tarkihi Ma La Yanih”, “Part of the perfection of one’s Islam is his leaving that which does not concern him”. “Ma la yani” means useless things. Leaving useless things is the proof that a Muslim is good, that he is doing well. It shows that he is not heedless. This is the holy saying of our Holy Prophet salla Llāhu ‘alayhi wa-sallam.

“Ma la yani” are things that make you forget the way of Allah ‘Azza wa-Jalla, things that take you to other ways. It happens a lot to people in this world every day. They are heedless, always doing useless things. They are wasting their time, wasting their efforts and wasting money. It is something that happens every day.

They call it the end of the year, the beginning of the new year. It is one of the biggest signs of heedlessness. It is the trap of shaytan that shows all kinds of evil to people. They think it is permissible and that they should celebrate the end of the year. Just like people pray on holy nights - we cannot compare them/La Tashbih - but that night is the night when Haram and sins are committed the most. They get entertained as the new year is coming.

This is the greatest heedlessness. People do and make others do all kinds of darkness, sins and things that Allah ﷻ dislikes for nothing. “The more we commit sins on that night, the happier we will be”. Whereas it is not happiness but darkness that comes to them. As they commit sins, darkness comes. Barakah goes away. Rizq is decreased. Their health gets weaker. All kinds of troubles come to them. It is not a simple thing to go against Allah ﷻ and to rebel against Allah ﷻ as a group.

Therefore, may Allah ﷻ give guidance to people. May Allah ﷻ protect Muslims, because more Muslims are doing these things as if they are shameless. Even if they show it in foreign countries, that is their life. It is not so important for them. What’s important is that our people think if they imitate them, they will become happier. They are not happy anyways. They have lost their ways to be happy. Being happy is not by committing sins. Being happy is by following the way of Allah ﷻ. You will only be happy then. Even if you don’t have anything, if Allah ﷻ loves you, He ﷻ will give you that beauty and happiness.

Therefore, may Allah ﷻ give mind and understanding to people. May they not see bad things as good. That year has no importance. But a year shows that life comes to an end and that people’s lives are closer to their end. Therefore, we should repent and ask forgiveness from Allah ﷻ on that night. That’s what we must do: we must repent and ask forgiveness.

May Allah ﷻ give guidance to these people and to us. May He ﷻ not leave us to our egos, because we are weak people. May Allah ﷻ protect us. We should make Shukr to Allah ﷻ for putting us on this way and that He ﷻ didn’t make us like them. We could be like them. We could be in an embarrassing state drunk on the roads and in the streets. May Allah ﷻ protect people and Muslims. May He ﷻ give guidance and give mind and understanding to all of us insha’Allah.

Wa min Allah at-Tawfiq. Al-Fatiha.

Mawlana Sheikh Muhammad Adil ar-Rabbani 29 December 2022/ 05 Jumada al-Akhir 1444 Fajr Prayer, Akbaba Dergah

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