We are in Need of Nawafil

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.

Allah ‘Azza wa-Jalla says in Hadith Qudsi, “My servant comes nearer to Me with Nawafil.” Whoever makes Sunan Nawafil comes (more) nearer to Allah ‘Azza wa-Jalla.

“And My servant does not draw near to Me with anything more loved to Me than the religious duties I have obligated upon him. And My servant continues to draw near to me with nafil (supererogatory) deeds until I Love him. When I Love him, I am his hearing with which he hears, and his sight with which he sees, and his hand with which he strikes, and his foot with which he walks.”“Who continues to make Nawafil, I will be his hand and his feet.” All of this will be from Allah ﷻ insha’Allah.

Nawafil is of course what Prophet salla Llāhu ‘alayhi wa-sallam was doing, not Fard. Everybody must do the Fard. If they don’t do it, they will be punished. But Nawafil is not like this. Nawafil helps one to be more beloved for Allah ‘Azza wa-Jalla. Allah ﷻ will help us in everything. Allah ‘Azza wa-Jalla said, “I will be his eyes, his ears, his hand, his feet.” So Allah ﷻ guides us when we are making Nawafil, says Prophet salla Llāhu ‘alayhi wa-sallam.

As you see, all who are in Tariqah have Wird and have everything that Prophet salla Llāhu ‘alayhi wa-sallam was doing. They practice Dhikr, praying, fasting. Everything in trying to follow Prophet salla Llāhu ‘alayhi wa-sallam, this is Nawafil. It is not obligatory, but we are very much in need of this.

For this, do as much as you can do. And what you cannot do, Allah ﷻ insha’Allah accepts as if you have done it. Our intention is like this, and Allah ﷻ rewards us for our intention insha’Allah.

Wa min Allah at-Tawfiq. Al-Fatiha.

Mawlana Sheikh Muhammad Adil ar-Rabbani 31 October 2023/ 16 Rabih Al-Akhir 1445 Jambi, Indonesia