What is Istiqamah?

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 Shaykh Abdullāh al-Fā’iz ad-Dāghistāni, Shaykh Muḥammad Nāẓim al-Ḥaqqānī. Madad. Ṭarīqatunā aṣ-Suḥbah wa l-Khayru fi l-Jam‘iyyah.

Our way is alhamduliLlah clear. Following the order of Allah ‘Azza waJalla to be in Jannah, to be in belief., ‘Inna lLadheena ‘Aamanu’ wa A’milu s-Salihaati, ‘Indeed, those who have believed and done righteous deeds.’(Qur’ān 18:107).

Istiqamah: to be on the way of Prophet salla Llāhu ‘alayhi wa-sallam. Don’t go right, don’t go left, Go Straight; this is Istiqamah. Prophet salla Llāhu ‘alayhi wa-sallam said, “Sūrat Hūd made my hair turn white.” Because there is [in it], ‘Fa-staqim kamā umirta wa-man tāba ma‘aka’, ‘So remain on a right course as you have been commanded, [you] and those who have turned back with you [to Allah ].’(Qur’ān 11:112). Allah ‘Azza waJalla ordered Prophet salla Llāhu ‘alayhi wa-sallam: Be Straight. This was one word, but it is too heavy. Prophet salla Llāhu ‘alayhi wa-sallam said, “It made some of beard become white.” Prophet salla Llāhu ‘alayhi wa-sallam’s hair was black, but only with this Ayah did some of his blessed beard become white. It is heavy.

So it is one word, but it is not easy. You must be all the time in the way. Don’t go out of the way. Tariqah is the way. This is from Prophet salla Llāhu ‘alayhi wa-sallam. So to be in Akhirah in Jannah, Allah ﷻ promised us that who is in Istiqamah will be in Jannah insha’Allah. May Allah ﷻ make us to be strongly straight on the way. And not for our ego, shaytan, Dunya to take us away from this way. It is a big way. If you are sincere insha’Allah you will continue on this way.

Wa min Allah at-Tawfiq. Al-Fatiha.

Mawlana Sheikh Muhammad Adil ar-Rabbani 21 January 2023/ 28 Jumada al-Akhir 1444 Fajr Prayer – Noor Ul Islam Mosque; Bury, UK