The Way of Happiness

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.

If they ask what is happiness in this world, it is to be in peace. A person at peace has happiness. Wherever he is, he is happy. And this is granted only to those who are together with pious ones on the way of our Holy Prophet ﷺ and the Awliyā'. This peace and happiness we are talking about are only present for those who are on the way of Allāh ﷻ.

Those who have love for Allāh ﷻ and love for our Holy Prophet ṣallá Llāhu ‘alayhi wa-sallam in their hearts and for those who are ṣaḥābah, Ahlu l-Bayt, mashāyikh; all of them are on this way. Whoever is on this way has a peaceful life and a prosperous ākhirah. Their ākhirah cannot be prosperous otherwise. People who say, "I will do it myself. I will find a way by myself," can never find a way. When there is a guide, people don't get lost. What we mean by a guide is that there is a murshid or a guide showing the way in front of them, that way leads to safety. Otherwise, people who don't look for such way will be lost. Going here and there, they will lose their way. They will wander around but won't reach anywhere. If you say you can find the way...

In the time of Mūsá ‘alayhi s-salām when he ran away from Egypt, he came to the desert of Sinai. They divided the sea and passed to another side. Pharaoh and his soldiers were destroyed. This is one of the biggest miracles that people can see. They have seen many miracles there, and this one was the greatest miracle in the world. As soon as they passed through the sea, the people rebelled immediately. But the wrath of Allāh ‘Azza wa-Jalla came upon them. An order came for them to kill themselves. Even after everything was done, they did not obey. They said, "We will find a way." A great Prophet, ūlū l-‘Azm, Sayyidunā Mūsá ‘alayhi s-salām was guiding them in what to do. Orders were coming directly from Allāh ‘Azza wa-Jalla: "Come here and you will reach safety. You will be in comfort and find peace." But they said, "No. We don't want it. Go away." So when the wrath of Allāh ﷻ came upon them, He ﷻ said "Go away and be lost in this desert.How will we get lost? The desert is here, the path is here. We can go through and out." They went out in the

morning but were in same place in the evening. Morning out, evening same place. A month, a year, forty years they remained there until everyone died. They couldn't find a way out.

This is because when someone doesn't follow a perfect person but follows his ego, he gets lost. Allāh ‘Azza wa-Jalla is showing us this as an example so that we certainly go on the right way with the right people. If you are with bad people, you will either not reach your destination, or get lost. Shukr to Allāh ﷻ, Allāh ﷻ put us on the way of Mawlānā Shaykh Nāẓim. His way is the way of our Holy Prophet ﷺ. The way goes on. We will keep on this way, in shā’a Llāh. We will reach safety, in shā’a Llāh. It is the way shown by Allāh ﷻ. No one can walk on this way as he likes. May Allāh ﷻ not let us go astray from this way, in shā’a Llāh.

Wa min Allah at-Tawfiq. Al-Fatiha. Mawlana Sheikh Muhammad Adil ar-Rabbani 23 September 2023/ 8 Rabi’ Al-Awwal 1445 Lefke, Cyprus