Who is the Ignorant?

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.

We are AlhamduliLlah happy to be with the brothers, Muslim brothers in this place which is normally for people who are not believers. But, Bismi Llāhi rRaḥmāni r-Raḥīm: ‘ ’, ‘Inna l-‘Arda li-Llāhi Yūrithuhā Man Yashā’u Min ‘Ibādihi’, ‘Indeed, the earth belongs to Allah. He causes to inherit it whom He wills of His servants.’ (Qur’ān 07:128). Land is for Allah ﷻ, not for anybody. We are here just with His ﷻ will. Our Rizq is here, we are here. We are not coming to take this with us to the next life. We are here only for a short while. For this, we are not saying, “This is for us” or “That is for this.”

Everywhere we go, we must remember this. Remember Allah ‘Azza waJalla; not forget ourselves, not forget for what Allah ﷻ created us. Allah ﷻ created us for worshipping Him ﷻ, to accept Him ﷻ, to show the way for people who are in need for this way. Don’t be like them. They must be like you. They must imitate you. What you have from knowledge, nobody has. Even if they have universities or other things, who doesn’t know his Creator is Jahil, ignorant. Who knows his Lord, his Creator Allah ‘Azza wa-Jalla, even if he doesn’t know how to write or to read, he is a knowledgeable one, an acceptable one; not from Jahil, not from ignorant ones. Ignorance is a very bad thing, the worst thing for human beings. Allah ﷻ sent the first Ayah to Prophet salla Llāhu ‘alayhi wa-sallam, “Iqra’” Learn. This is the way of our Prophet ﷺ. Whatever you learn: you learn mathematics, you learn architecture - Yes, you can learn this, there’s no problem. But if you learn this without knowing the important thing, you are ignorant, you are Jahil.

So keep your belief strong. Our belief, Ahlu s-Sunnah wal Jama’ah: we believe in Allah ‘Azza wa-Jalla, Prophets, ‘Awliyau’Llah and Sahabah. All of this. We believe in Karamah of ‘Awliya and Mujizat (miracles) of Prophet salla Llāhu ‘alayhi wa-sallam. This is our belief. If you leave any one of these, your belief will become weaker and weaker and weaker. After that, you will melt and go in this area. You will be nothing. But if you don’t melt, you will be light for others also,

to be knowledgeable insha’Allah. May Allah ﷻ keep us with strong ‘Iman and with knowledge to know our Lord Allah ‘Azza wa-Jalla, to know ourselves, to know Allah ‘Azza wa-Jalla insha’Allah.

Wa min Allah at-Tawfiq. Al-Fatiha.

Mawlana Sheikh Muhammad Adil ar-Rabbani 02 June 2023/ 13 Dhul Qa’dah 1444 Prior to Jum’ah Prayer at Masjid Anwar-EMadina – Surrey, Canada