A Warning to People of Tariqah

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:

“Speak good or remain silent.” When someone wants to say something, he should say good things. If he can’t say good things, it is better that he keeps quiet. Because when everything you say goes out of your mouth, you cannot take it back. Therefore, when people speak, they must be careful not to regret it later.

This applies to normal people and everyone. But more importantly, people who are scholars and Imams must be even more careful when they speak. We are living in the end of times. I can’t understand what they are thinking or doing. It is completely the opposite of what Ahlu s-Sunnah wa l-Jama’ah say. They are denying the miracles of our Holy Prophet salla Llāhu ‘alayhi wa-sallam. They are denying the Karāmāt of Awliya. They are going to suffer from the consequences, because they are destroying others’ beliefs, they are playing with others’ beliefs. They are obeying shaytan. And they are striving to mislead people from the right way by following shaytan.

Iman is to believe in the Ghayb/unseen. Whereas all of the miracles of our Holy Prophet salla Llāhu ‘alayhi wa-sallam and the miracles of Awliya are clearly known. People may be cheated by the words of such people and think they are explained wrongly. Therefore, those people are responsible for the words that can weaken or destroy people’s Iman.

Our Tariqah, The Naqshbandi Tariqah complies with Shari’ah from all perspectives. Tariqah and Shari’ah are one. Without Shari’ah, there is no Tariqah. We have to pay attention to this as well. Sometimes people think they are doing goodness and speak unnecessarily. That harms people. Tariqah is not harmed. But there are many people who confuse others leading them to think Tariqah is like that. There are many people who think they are doing goodness but are in fact doing wrong. Their intention is good but the words they say are something people don’t understand. Therefore, we have to pay attention to this as well.

People of Tariqah, as we said, must be careful about everything they do. People who speak must be careful. Because we don’t approve any word or any action that opposes Shari’ah. We don’t consent to it. People must know this. They should not make judgment by saying they are like this and like that. Our way is the way of our Holy Prophet salla Llāhu ‘alayhi wa-sallam, the way of his ﷺ four Khalifahs, the way of Ahlu l-Bayt, the way of Shari’ah, the way of the four Madhhabs, the way of two Imams of Aqidah/creed: the way of Al-Ashʿarī and Al-Maturidi. This is our way. We don’t accept anything outside of these. Everyone near and far must know this.

Also, they talk about interfaith dialogue. The religion is one. But they are making three religions. There is not three religions. The religion is one. All of them are Islam. Therefore, there is no dialogue. That is just a plot. It is unnecessary for us. It is harmful. Therefore, we don’t permit it. They shouldn’t waste their time. May Allah ﷻ help us all. May He ﷻ not separate people from the right way. May Allah ﷻ not let people be confused. May Allah ﷻ guide them.

Al-Fatiha.

Mawlana Sheikh Muhammad Adil ar-Rabbani 14 January 2023/ 21 Jumada al-Akhir 1444 Fajr Prayer, Akbaba Dergah

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