Paradise is Under Mothers’ Feet

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.

Our Holy Prophet salla Llāhu ‘alayhi wa-sallam says:

Paradise is under the feet of mothers. Mothers are the most important persons in Islam. The Sahabah approached our Holy Prophet ﷺ and asked, “Whom should I respect?” He ﷺ said, “Your mother”. He asked again, “Whom should I respect?” He ﷺ replied again, “Your mother”. He asked this several times and at last he ﷺ said, “Respect your father as well”.

The right of a mother is huge. It cannot be paid. The hearts of mothers are full of love towards their children and people. Whoever shows respect to them shows respect to Allah ﷻ and our Holy Prophet ﷺ, because they strive to bring up good people. No mother wants her children to grow up to be bad. She wants them to grow up as good. Therefore, the first nursery, Madrasah and school is the mother.

She needs to bring up good people so that they bring up good people too. They must bring up people on the way of Allah ﷻ so that they bring benefit to the Ummah and humanity. May Allah ﷻ help them. Certainly, as not everyone is on the way of Allah ﷻ, sometimes it is dangerous. There are the ones who mislead and the ones who guide to the right path. May Allah ‘Azza wa-Jalla insha’Allah give good mothers in order to bring up good generations.

Today is the Urs of Hajjah Anne. May Allah ﷻ be pleased with her. She had carried all the burden of Tariqah. She had carried the burden of Mawlana Shaykh Nazim. She never complained. She always served our brothers and served our Shaykh. She took care of the brothers, Dergah and everything every time he left for a journey. She was from the rare people. The burden of Tariqah is not light. She often took this burden on her shoulders and carried it. May paradise be her abode.

It has been nineteen years now. These nineteen years have passed instantly. More days and years are passing. Certainly, it is not a separation forever. Certainly, insha’Allah we will meet all together in paradise and live forever insha’Allah. This world is temporary. No one will stay forever in this world.

I had a little baby sister. She passed away when she was two years old. We witnessed death for the first time then. I was around five years then. Hajjah Anne said, “We will meet each other again. She is gone down to the grave and up to paradise from there. All of us will be there”. The matter of death is not about separation since then but about the meeting place. Worldly days pass by quickly. As long as there is preparation for Akhirah, it is by the order of Allah ﷻ, it is the Sunnah of Allah ﷻ for mankind. Certainly, there will be paradise for all of us after death insha’Allah. May their Maqams be high.

There are recited Khatms for her. May Allah ﷻ be pleased with our brothers, they showed respect and loved Hajjah Anne. We gift these recited Khatms, Yasin, Ayat, Surahs and Tasbihat, all of them firstly to our Holy Prophet ﷺ, his Ahlu l-Bayt and Sahabah, the souls of all Anbiya, Awliya, Asfiya and Mashayikh, souls of our late relatives, especially our Shaykh Mawlana Shaykh Nazim, our mother Hajjah Amina Sultan, Hala Sultan. We gift them to souls of all Awliya and Sahabahs, female Sahabahs, wives our Holy Prophet ﷺ, souls of the mothers of believers, all Muslims and Muslimahs, Mumins and Mu’minahs, to the souls of our late relatives. May it reach them insha’Allah. May it be the means for goodness. May it be the remedy for the sick. May we all have happiness here and hereafter.

Li-Llahi Ta’ala l-Fatiha.

Mawlana Sheikh Muhammad Adil ar-Rabbani 16 November 2023/ 02 Jumada al-Awwal 1445 Fajr Prayer, Akbaba Dergah