The Permitted and Forbidden Attributes

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.

Bismi Llāhi r-Raḥmāni r-Raḥīm:

(Qur’ān 59:09). ‘Wa man yuqa shuh-ha nafsihi fa ula’ika humu l-muflihun’, ‘And whoever is protected from the stinginess of his soul - it is those who will be the successful.’ Ṣadaqa Llāhu l-‘Aẓīm. Allah ‘Azza wa-Jalla says a person who gets rid of the stinginess of his ego is saved and attains goodness. He will be successful.

The ego misleads people in everything and doesn’t want goodness for them, whereas it is good for the ego as well. However, the ego deals with worldly matters. It doesn’t care much about Akhirah, because there is Kufr in ego. There is no Iman. You must invite your ego to Iman. When there is Iman, both you and your ego are at ease. Nevertheless, no matter how much Iman a person has, it reverses immediately when it has a chance.

Therefore, you must do things your ego doesn’t like. The ego likes greediness. A person who gets rid of greediness becomes among the beloved servants of Allah ﷻ. Because greediness is an attribute disliked by Allah ﷻ. And generosity is a loved attribute by Allah ﷻ.

All the best attributes are of Allah ‘Azza wa-Jalla. Among them is generosity. Generous are all the Prophets who didn’t look at worldly things at all, and never asked for anything from anyone. They didn’t need anything others could give. They asked directly from Allah ‘Azza wa-Jalla. Those who ask from Him ﷻ don’t demand gratitude from anyone and don’t expect it from anyone. They just do for the pleasure of Allah ‘Azza waJalla. Those things done are goodness. Things done for the benefit of this world are useless.

So don’t like the greediness of your ego. It doesn’t have any side to like. Generosity is the beautiful attribute. It is the attribute of Allah ‘Azza wa-Jalla and the attribute of our Holy Prophet ﷺ. Take on that attribute.

There are some attributes that Allah ‘Azza wa-Jalla gave everyone to have. And there are some attributes that belong only to Him ﷻ. And there are attributes that are given to everyone. Allah ﷻ is Al-Ghani. Allah ﷻ is generous. These are the accepted attributes. Pride and Al-Mutakabbir (the Supreme) are unique to Allah ﷻ. They are not for you. Only Allah ‘Azza wa-Jalla can be proud and supreme. The greatest is Allah ‘Azza wa-Jalla.

As we said, imitating some attributes is good for us. But some attributes are forbidden. Imitating and taking on the good attributes of Allah ﷻ which are permitted and not the forbidden ones increases your rank. It increases your virtue. May Allah ﷻ dress us in those beautiful attributes insha’Allah.

Wa min Allah at-Tawfiq. Al-Fatiha.

Mawlana Sheikh Muhammad Adil ar-Rabbani 24 June 2023/ 06 Dhul Hijjah 1444 Fajr Prayer, Akbaba Dergah

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