Don’t Listen to Shaytan

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 114:04). ‘Min sharri l-waswāsi l-kḥannās’, ‘From the evil of the retreating whisperer.’ Sadaqa Llāhu l-‘Aẓīm. We are asking the protection of Allah ‘Azza wa-Jalla from this shaytan, from shaytan who is whispering, making people in doubt. Everything they want to do, they put in their hearts doubt, asking, “Is this good or not good?” This is from shaytan. Don’t listen to shaytan because he destroys your life, he destroys your Iman.

Of course now we are in the end of times, what happened before some years made people, even those who are not caring about this - made people to be in doubt. “If we do this, maybe it will be an illness for us. This illness will come for us. So we must clean ourselves. Washing our hands.” One hour for washing their hands, two hours for making Ghusl, showering. This is not the order of Prophet salla Llāhu ‘alayhi wa-sallam. When you make Wudu’ (ablution), you make it quickly with very little water. Don’t waste water, says Prophet salla Llāhu ‘alayhi wa-sallam; even if you are in the river.

So this means: there’s no need to tire yourself, wasting time, wasting ‘Ibadah, and you think you are doing good. No, this is from shaytan to make you not to pray and not to do what Allah ﷻ orders. Allah ﷻ orders you only to - maybe the longest Wudu’ takes two minutes. You can do it in one minute also. Two minutes is normal. Maybe maximum is five minutes; not one hour: washing, washing, washing. This is not the order of Allah ﷻ. This is against the order of Allah ﷻ. So be careful. You think you are doing good, but you are doing bad.

And there is a kind of people also between Muslims. They are telling Muslims about what they are doing, “You are not doing good.” Everything you do, they take for another meaning. But Allah ‘Azza wa-Jalla knows our intention. For this, don’t listen to these people. Do your ‘Ibadah, praying, fasting, reading. All of this is acceptable in the Divine Presence of Allah ﷻ. What you are doing wrong not intentionally, there are angels as Prophet salla Llāhu ‘alayhi wa-sallam says that correct what you do wrong. For this, don’t be in doubt. Don’t listen to these people who put doubt in something that you’ve never heard about, you’ve never thought about.

For this, don’t be in doubt. You know your intention is good, Allah ﷻ accepts. Allah ﷻ accepts our ‘Ibadah. He ﷻ is not in need of this, but He ﷻ is happy when you are doing ‘Ibadah, as Prophet salla Llāhu ‘alayhi wa-sallam says. And Allah ﷻ accepts from us insha’Allah. Shaytan is making people to make everything difficult for them. And when it’s difficult, many people have left what they’re doing. May Allah ﷻ protect us from this.

Wa min Allah at-Tawfiq. Al-Fatiha.

Mawlana Sheikh Muhammad Adil ar-Rabbani 14 October 2023/ 29 Rabih Al-Awwal 1445 Fajr Prayer – Kuala Lumpur Dergah, Malaysia