Beware of Harming a Soul

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.

AlhamduliLlah we are thankful for this Mawlid, Masha’Allah it is very good. It is Barakah for the Majlis, our Majlis. With Barakah of Mawlid of Prophet salla Llāhu ‘alayhi wa-sallam, more Barakah and Rahmah comes from Allah ‘Azza waJalla. AlhamduliLlah we love our Prophet ﷺ. He ﷺ said, “You must love me more than your mother, father and yourself.”

They made Sunnah of Witr. They are making Sunnah. We are trying to do all Sunnah AlhamduliLlah: praying, fasting and even in Islamic wearing. AlhamduliLlah this is very good. All of this is good but there is something we can also do which is also very much rewarded from Allah ﷻ. [Hadith], “There should be neither harming nor reciprocating harm.” Which means don’t harm and don’t reciprocate harm. Don’t harm anybody. If you harm somebody and he doesn’t forgive you, it will be a problem. If he dies or you die before taking forgiveness from him. It is the same for human beings or animals, anything, plants. You must be careful not to harm them. Even when you slaughter, you must also be good and cut very lightly and not make it hard.

[..] all became smoke. All of Malaysia became smoke, they came and objected this. It is very far from here. People were suffering and many people couldn’t maybe go to the hospital. It was very hard, they were suffering from this. Here, they said fire in the jungle is good, it opens a place for another land. In the jungle, there are many animals. The worst thing for a Muslim is to burn a living [soul] even animals. This brings badness to the country. Now I heard that there was no rain. It wasn’t raining but now rain came down. A whole season with no rain. From where is that coming? From burning innocent animals, from their suffering. There will be no Barakah for these people. They thought they will have a big land when they burn this jungle and it will Barakah for them. It will not be Barakah for them. It will illness for them. It will be a disaster for them.

Allah ‘Azza wa-Jalla says, ‘ )7 ( ’, ‘Faman Ya’mal Mithqāla Dharratin Khayrāan Yarah (7) Wa Man Ya’mal Mithqāla Dharratin Sharrāan Yarah (8)’, ‘So whoever does an atom’s weight of good will see it (7) And whoever does an atom’s weight of evil will see it (8).’ (Qur’ān 99:07-08). Allah ﷻ is saying, who makes even a very small thing of Khayr (goodness), He ﷻ will reward him. Who makes a small Sharr (badness) without asking forgiveness will be punished for this. With Haram there is no Barakah. With Haram there is no Barakah. With Halal there is Barakah. Even if millions and billions with Haram, there is no Barakah. With Halal, one is enough and has Barakah.

Prophet salla Llāhu ‘alayhi wa-sallam says, we don’t - of course here nobody, we are in a mosque, but this is for the other people - we are saying as Prophet salla Llāhu ‘alayhi wa-sallam says, “Allahumma inna hadha munkarun la narda bihi”, “O Allah this is a wrongdoing that we don’t accept.” This is not good, we don’t accept this. We don’t accept this, we are asking for forgiveness for us because we cannot prevent what happened but we don’t accept this and we say “Tawba AstaghfiruLlah” we ask forgiveness from Allah ﷻ to give Barakah for us, to give Hidayah (guidance) for the others. Your country is a very big country so you cannot control these people. For this, we are saying, “O Allah ﷻ forgive us. Don’t punish us. We are not with these people. We don’t accept what they are doing. We reject them.” This is the first matter we want to speak about.

The second one is that Prophet salla Llāhu ‘alayhi wa-sallam says we have 360 joints in our body, we must give Sadaqah for each one. We can give or do something, give Sadaqah every day, Prophet salla Llāhu ‘alayhi wa-sallam is saying to us. Prophet salla Llāhu ‘alayhi wa-sallam is saying to feed somebody or pray Duha is also Sadaqah. And this is important for Muslims countries. It is important because Islam is the religion of cleanliness. Prophet salla Llāhu ‘alayhi wa-sallam says to take out dirt from the street is Sadaqah. To remove garbage or dirt from the street is Sadaqah. This is showing that Prophet salla Llāhu ‘alayhi wa-sallam is very sensitive about cleanliness. To remove dirt from road, to not make people be harmed is Sadaqah also.

And in that time, in Prophet salla Llāhu ‘alayhi wa-sallam’s time, there was no plastic, no anything that shows dirty scenery. We are seeing in the roads everywhere there is plastic, bottles, any kind, they are throwing everywhere. And this is - Masha’Allah you are the most Salih (righteous) gathering/community among the Muslim Ummah (nation), the most religious and the most beloved by

Prophet salla Llāhu ‘alayhi wa-sallam. Prophet salla Llāhu ‘alayhi wa-sallam curses who throws dirt in the river. The plastic and other makes the water to smell very bad. Because when coming together, it makes dirty water, pollution. AlhamduliLlah you have people collecting everyday, there are cars taking the garbage. So everybody can clean for the sake of Allah ﷻ and by the order of Prophet salla Llāhu ‘alayhi wasallam, and it will be Sadaqah.

Sadaqah is very important. Prophet salla Llāhu ‘alayhi wa-sallam says Sadaqah prevents Bala’ (affliction) and makes life longer, extends your life. People think Sadaqah is to give money to poor people, no. There are many types of Sadaqah. So every day when going to work, before leaving your house, put a box and put a little bit of [money] Sadaqah in it. Who cannot do this, he can go out and as Prophet salla Llāhu ‘alayhi wa-sallam says, take garbage [from the road] and put it in the dustbin. This is a Ni’mah, gift from Allah ‘Azza wa-Jalla to us. We must know the value of what He ﷻ gave us and we must think about it. If you do like this, it will be more (multiply).

There is now this impression in Europe or America or other non-Muslim people. They are trying to protect nature, to protect the world from this. But they are new to this because they destroyed all nature and destroyed the whole world. But AlhamduliLlah since 1500 years, Prophet salla Llāhu ‘alayhi wa-sallam ordered this.

AlhamduliLlah we have the most perfect religion. Prophet salla Llāhu ‘alayhi wa-sallam taught us - not only for us but for all human beings. He ﷺ was sent to the whole universe to teach them the good thing. So insha’Allah we must follow him ﷺ, we will be rewarded here and hereafter. He ﷺ did not only teach us worshiping but also from birth until the grave, until death, he ﷺ taught us everything, every small thing; nothing is left out. Insha’Allah we hope to be like Prophet salla Llāhu ‘alayhi wa-sallam, to follow his ﷺ Sunnah, especially to not harm anybody because it is the most dangerous thing.

Wa min Allah at-Tawfiq. Al-Fatiha.

Mawlana Sheikh Muhammad Adil ar-Rabbani 29 October 2023/ 14 Rabih Al-Akhir 1445 Masjid Nurdin Hasanah – Jambi, Indonesia