Tariqah is the Way of Prophet ﷺ

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:

‘Qul Hadhihi Sabīlī 'Adū 'Ilá Allāhi,Alá Başīratin 'Anā Wa Mani Attaba`anī’, ‘Say, “This is my way; I invite to Allah with insight, I and those who follow me.” (Qur’ān 12:108). Sadaqa Llāhu l-‘Aẓīm.

Allah ﷻ make it more and more masha’Allah people coming. Zawiyah is for calling people for the good way of Prophet salla Llāhu ‘alayhi wa-sallam. This is what Tariqah means, there’s no other meaning.

AlhamduliLlah, the Wazifa (duty) of Tariqah, all Tariqah is to follow Prophet salla Llāhu ‘alayhi wa-sallam. Prophet salla Llāhu ‘alayhi wa-sallam says in Quran Azimu sh-Shan, “I am calling people to take them to a safe place, to the safe way of Allah ﷻ, and I’m seing this.”, ‘Alá Başīratin’, ‘With insight.” (Qur’ān 12:108), says Prophet salla Llāhu ‘alayhi wa-sallam. So we must follow Prophet salla Llāhu ‘alayhi wa-sallam. The main purpose of this is to give Hidayah to people. And that is coming through Tariqah through Prophet salla Llāhu ‘alayhi wa-sallam.

So we are very sensitive about things, to not be out of the way of Prophet salla Llāhu ‘alayhi wa-sallam. Insha’Allah we try to make many Sunnah. We cannot do every Sunnah. If we say we can do every Sunnah, we are not saying the truth. We try to make Sunnah of Prophet salla Llāhu ‘alayhi wa-sallam. Some people wear like Prophet salla Llāhu ‘alayhi wa-sallam according to Sunnah, have a beard, turban, Jubbah and Islamic wearing. Each one, Allah ﷻ rewards him for this. But who cannot do this can also do what Prophet salla Llāhu ‘alayhi wa-sallam was doing other than this. First, to be good with people, to be good with your family, to

be helpful for every one. Even, Prophet salla Llāhu ‘alayhi wa-sallam was saying that when going through a road, to clean the road, to remove dirt, to pick up a stone from the road is also a Sadaqah, and you will be rewarded for this.

So we are following this. But shaytan doesn’t like this. He makes people to be enemy to Tariqah. But they think Tariqah is outside of Shari’ah. Tariqah is the same, the inside, the heart of Shari’ah because we are following the step of Prophet salla Llāhu ‘alayhi wa-sallam as Allah ‘Azza wa-Jalla is ordering. We are following this way, Tareeq, way of Allah ‘Azza wa-Jalla. So how can it be outside of Shari’ah! Whoever says it’s outside of Shari’ah must look at themselves. They are really out of Shari’ah. Because who says Tariqah is out of Shari’ah is out of Shari’ah. It is a lie and it is cheating people. Because through Tariqah AlhamduliLlah, since Prophet salla Llāhu ‘alayhi wa-sallam until now, real Islam is still kept and it will be until Qiyamah as Prophet salla Llāhu ‘alayhi wa-sallam says. So with this explanation, you must be happy. Don’t worry about people who are saying lies about you and saying bad things. But you must be very sensitive about what you speak and how you behave so people will not make any trouble for you.

AlhamduliLlah in old times, the teaching of Tariqah is to teach and train yourself to be better and better. It is nothing as the teaching of people of this time. We are not following this: to make trouble, to fight, to shout, to demonstrate. This is not from Islam, not from Shari’ah and not from Tariqah. If we have any problem, we are praying and asking Allah ‘Azza wa-Jalla. He ﷻ only can help. Others are like you and like me, there cannot be benefit [from them]. There may be a small benefit but it also finishes. But when you ask from Allah ﷻ, the support and benefit doesn’t finish. This is the teaching of Tariqah.

There are many good teachings but we are saying this for tonight. Because people are angry, they are shouting, doing this and then thinking there will be something [an effect]. No, there cannot be anything. As what happened some years ago in Lebanon. There were many corruptions and millions of people went down to the streets and were demonstrating. The people were very, extremely happy, “Now all of these corrupt people will run away. We will finish from this corruption, and it will be good for us.” It was like this for nearly one month. After one month, something happened and they were not giving people their money that they have in the bank, not only [no salaries]. The value of their money [currency] was going down and they don’t have anything. A millionaire man has a million in the bank, they were not giving any money for them. So when you think that with shouting and making demonstrations, you will take your right; no. If they asked from Allah

ﷻ, it would’ve been better for them. They would’ve gave them, even if a small amount. But now, they have been suffering for five years from this.

This is a very important big example for people but people are not taking any example from others. Until it reaches them, but at that time there’s no benefit. We are advising: if anything happens, don’t make trouble. You cannot do anything. Allah ﷻ is Qadir which means everything is in His ﷻ Hand, He ﷻ does everything. There’s nothing He ﷻ cannot do. For this, we are asking from Allah ‘Azza wa-Jalla to help us and guide us insha’Allah, and send us good people insha’Allah.

Wa min Allah at-Tawfiq. Al-Fatiha.

Mawlana Sheikh Muhammad Adil ar-Rabbani 14 October 2023/ 29 Rabih Al-Awwal 1445 Zawiyah Naqshbandiyya Aliyya – Penang, Malaysia