Guard Your Tongue

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.

It is said,

The safety of a person is in guarding his tongue. Everything comes from the tongue. Something that comes out of the mouth cannot be taken back, says our Holy Prophet salla Llāhu ‘alayhi wa-sallam. Pay attention to what you are saying. That is in your hands. As long as it doesn’t come out, it is under your control. But when it is out, it is impossible to control it. Therefore, it is an important thing from all aspects.

Some people can be against Islam and against humanity with or without realizing it. If they repent, Allah ﷻ will forgive them. But it turns into a big Fitnah among people. Therefore, people must speak carefully. They must pay attention to what they are saying and doing, because most of the time all problems occur from some word. As people are not tolerant towards each other, it becomes a reason for big problems between people, between groups and even between governments.

Therefore, the advice of our Holy Prophet salla Llāhu ‘alayhi wa-sallam says, “Be careful! Be careful when you are speaking.” Allah ﷻ is forgiving but people are not forgiving. He ﷻ has a lot of forgiveness. But people are busy fighting with each other all the time. As it is the end of times, there is a lot of Fitnah everywhere as well. In order not to bring up a reason for Fitnah, people must guard their tongues. They must open their mouths for goodness and stay away from badness.

Our Holy Prophet salla Llāhu ‘alayhi wa-sallam always said, “People should say good things. If they won’t say good things, they rather keep quiet.” They shame quiet people now and say, “This man is not talking. Why is he not talking?” They show it as a flaw, whereas it is not a flaw but a virtue. They bring up slogans like “Don’t keep quiet. You will be oppressed if you keep quiet” and so on. Whereas you are oppressed more when you speak. You are at more loss then. May Allah ﷻ protect us.

The tongue may take to either paradise or hell. Therefore, we must be very careful. These are the beautiful words and advice of our Holy Prophet ﷺ. Don’t listen to anyone. Don’t listen to those who tell you to shout and yell. You may shout as much as you want, you won’t obtain anything. Those who make you shout will play you as they like. They strive to benefit from you behind your back. May Allah ﷻ protect us. May Allah ﷻ not let us obey our egos. May Allah ﷻ let us open our mouths for goodness insha’Allah.

Wa min Allah at-Tawfiq. Al-Fatiha.

Mawlana Sheikh Muhammad Adil ar-Rabbani 08 October 2023/ 23 Rabi’ Al-Awwal 1445 Fajr Prayer, Akbaba Dergah