Say Alhamdulillah and Shukr Li-Llah

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.

Prophet salla Llāhu ‘alayhi wa-sallam says this beautiful Hadith:

“I am astonished about the [affair] of the Mu’min, everything for the Mu’min is good”, said Prophet salla Llāhu ‘alayhi wa-sallam. What Allah ﷻ gives him is good for him.

This means for people not to complain about what they have. Even if He ﷻ gives them health, wealth and every good thing, it is good for the Mu’min. But maybe there is illness, poorness, some Ibtila’ (affliction), meaning something that is normally not good for human beings, for the Mu’min all of them are good; says Prophet salla Llāhu ‘alayhi wa-sallam.

If Allah ﷻ gives him a Ni’mah (favor), he must be thankful to Allah ﷻ. This is from Allah ﷻ. But if He ﷻ gives him something as a test for him, this is also to reward him. Because what you get from a bad thing, what you maybe think is bad, if you are patient and say “AlhamduliLlah” - You must say “AlhamduliLlah” for the test. If you have a favor say “Shukr li-Llah” to increase it.

[To say] AlhamduliLlah is good., “Praise be to God, who is the only One praised (even) in adversity.” Which means: No one is thanked about something [bad] that happened to a person except Allah ﷻ. If anybody makes something bad to you, you cannot say “Thank you” to him. Only Allah ﷻ, when He ﷻ tests you and makes Ibtila’ (affliction) for you, you can say “AlhamduliLlah.”

For this, everthing, says Prophet salla Llāhu ‘alayhi wa-sallam, is good for the Mu’min; nothing is bad for the Mu’min. When he is Mu’min, believer it is a big Ni’mah for him. If he doesn’t have this [Iman], that time, everything is bad for him, nothing is good for him.

May Allah ﷻ give strong Iman to people to know this. If they know this, they will be satisfied and happy with what’s coming from Allah ﷻ; all and everything coming from Allah ﷻ.

May Allah ﷻ keep us safe. And may Allah ﷻ not test us. We don’t ask Him ﷻ to test us. Prophet salla Llāhu ‘alayhi wa-sallam also says, “Don’t ask for Sabr, ask for Ni’mah for you.” But if Allah ﷻ gives [test], you must be patient.

Wa min Allah at-Tawfiq. Al-Fatiha.

Mawlana Sheikh Muhammad Adil ar-Rabbani 22 January 2023/ 29 Jumada al-Akhir 1444 Fajr Prayer – Noor Ul Islam Mosque; Bury, UK