Two Types of Regret

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 is saying nothing happens out of the will of Allah ﷻ. When people accept this, they are at peace. When they don’t accept this, they are always in sadness and worry wishing, “If only we did so and so.” Whoever follows the will of Allah ‘Azza wa-Jalla is at peace. And the strength of Iman is required for that. The stronger the Iman of people is, the more they accept what happens in this world. No matter if they do or don’t, whatever Allah ‘Azza wa-Jalla says will happen. Nothing else happens.

When people regret doing some things, there are two types of regret. There is regret for not being able to do things for their worldly benefit. That regret is the useless regret, because as we said, whatever Allah ‘Azza wa-Jalla says happens. No matter how much you wish you did this or that, it is already gone. There is nothing you can do. But the second type of regret is regretting making mistakes and sins. If you ask for forgiveness from Allah ﷻ for that, that is the beneficial regret. Allah ﷻ will forgive. The door is open for those who come with regret. But if they insist on doing the same things, they know for themselves then.

Allah ﷻ has given mind and understanding to people. He ﷻ has shown the way. All Prophets since ‘Adam ‘alayhi s-salam have shown the right way. But mankind turns to other ways according to their own minds. And then some of them regret it as we said. But some of them don’t. Those who regret and repent win. Regret for the pleasure of Allah ﷻ is good. But those who feel regret saying, “I wanted to do this but I couldn’t. I wanted to take this but I couldn’t”, it is completely useless.

May Allah ﷺ show the right way and give guidance to people. We are living in a strange time. People feel regret about bad things. They regret not doing disgraceful things and say, “I could do so many things. I could do this and that”. Many people fell regret about that. And very few people have regret about good things. We wish that Allah ﷻ gives mind and understanding. May Allah ﷻ give guidance to people insha’Allah.

Wa min Allah at-Tawfiq. Al-Fatiha.

Mawlana Sheikh Muhammad Adil ar-Rabbani 11 November 2023/ 27 Rabi’ Al-Akhir 1445 Fajr Prayer, Akbaba Dergah