Loving Him ﷺ is the Highest Virtue

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.

The love of our Holy Prophet salla Llāhu ‘alayhi wa-sallam is the highest virtue. Allah ‘Azza wa-Jalla says whoever shows respect and honors our Holy Prophet ﷺ attains goodness. People who don’t respect him ﷺ and don’t love him ﷺ as much as Allah ﷻ does are either faithless or have weak Iman.

The most beloved servant of Allah ‘Azza wa-Jalla is our Holy Prophet salla Llāhu ‘alayhi wa-sallam. And the most disliked person of the shaytan is our Holy Prophet salla Llāhu ‘alayhi wa-sallam. Therefore, the more you honor our Holy Prophet ﷺ, the better your work goes. You will be successful both here and hereafter. And you will attain the pleasure of Allah ﷻ.

The worship we perform and the Dua we make are accepted only for the honor of our Holy Prophet ﷺ. A person who says regarding his own worship, “I prayed so much. I will enter paradise. I don’t need the intercession of our Holy Prophet ﷺ” is mistaken. He is making a huge mistake. And shaytan strives to keep these people, those who are Muslim away from this way, away from the mercy of Allah ﷻ.

As we live in the end of times, there is a lot of Fitnah, there are many groups. And the most dangerous is the one who doesn’t respect our Holy Prophet ﷺ. Because who doesn’t respect him ﷺ cannot succeed in anything. And he can go to Akhirah without Iman or with weak Iman.

Islam is the religion ordered by Allah ‘Azza wa-Jalla to people. In Islam, Muslims strengthen their Iman by honoring our Holy Prophet ﷺ. He ﷺ is the mercy for us. Allah ﷻ sent him ﷺ as mercy to universes. And Allah ‘Azza wa-Jalla mentioned him ﷺ in Qur’an. But now they are saying “We look at Qur’an. We accept only Qur’an. We don’t need the Hadiths.”

There are Salafis and many others who are misleading people. They are removing the respect, honor and reverence to our Holy Prophet ﷺ. They say he ﷺ is just a person like us. He ﷺ is a person like you, but he ﷺ is the most beloved servant of Allah ‘Azza wa-Jalla. He ﷺ was sent as mercy to you and the universes. If you dare reject him ﷺ, you will be at loss. Allah ﷻ made you from the Ummah of Muhammad ﷺ and gave you so much virtue. If you don’t accept him ﷺ, the blame and fault are yours. You will suffer from its result. May Allah ﷻ protect us.

It is unclear if all of the worship performed will be accepted without him ﷺ. Without showing respect to our Holy Prophet ﷺ - sometimes it is accepted and sometimes it is not. But for the honor of our Holy Prophet ﷺ Allah ﷻ accepts everything. With shortcomings or perfectly, Allah ‘Azza wa-Jalla accepts everything then. Therefore, the more we show respect to our Holy Prophet ﷺ, the better it is.

There is Qasidah Burda that says “Honor our Holy Prophet ﷺ as much as Christians honored ‘Isa ‘alayhi s-salam.” Honor him ﷺ as much except turning him ﷺ into a God. Allah ﷻ is One. And our Holy Prophet ﷺ is the most beloved servant.

May Allah ﷻ let all of us have the intercession of our Holy Prophet ﷺ. May Allah ﷻ let us go on his ﷺ way. Don’t listen to these stupid people and obey shaytan. They make Waswasa and are worse than shaytan. Qur’an, Sunnah and Hadith are the base of the religion. Whoever separates them from each other is shaytan and will be together with shaytan. May Allah ﷻ protect us.

Wa min Allah at-Tawfiq. Al-Fatiha.

Mawlana Sheikh Muhammad Adil ar-Rabbani 08 January 2023/ 15 Jumada al-Akhir 1444 Fajr Prayer, Akbaba Dergah

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