Intend Everything for Allah’s ﷻ Pleasure

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.

May Allah ﷻ make our assembly good. May He ﷻ bless it insha’Allah. BismiLlahi r-Rahmani r-Rahim. ‘ ’, ‘Ala li-Llahi d-Deenu l-Khaalisū’, ‘Unquestionably, for Allah is the pure religion.’ (Qur’ān 39:03). Everything must be done with sincere intention for the pleasure of Allah ﷻ; all deeds. When you are doing a good deed, if it is [with the intention] that “It is for my benefit” - it must be for the pleasure of Allah ﷻ. If something apart from the pleasure of Allah ﷻ is mixed with it, you won’t have the benefit of your work. Of course, you will have a little benefit since Allah ‘Azza wa-Jalla is the Most Generous. He ﷻ will give people their rewards and Thawab. But as we said, everything must be for the pleasure of Allah ﷻ.

Shukr to Allah ﷻ, those who came here had intended for the pleasure of Allah ﷻ. They’ve come to attain the pleasure of Allah ﷻ. May Allah ﷻ accept their intentions. And may we have a reward and Thawab. Mankind usually doesn’t know what their intention is and why they do things. Therefore, Tariqahs show the way. They show and open the way for people. When they go on that way, they reach safety. They reach beauty. They reach goodness.

There are many people who don’t go on that way. They live by as Muslims. But everything they do is for their egos. They have many things they do for their personal interests. They think they profit from that, whereas they lose the greatest thing. They lose the pleasure of Allah ‘Azza wa-Jalla. They lose the protection and gaze of Allah ﷻ. Allah ‘Azza wa-Jalla knows all the hidden and the apparent. Nothing can be hidden from Him ﷻ. No one can hide anything from Him ﷻ. Therefore, it is always good to repeat this in these assemblies so that people benefit from it insha’Allah. May we benefit from it, and may they benefit from it.

The Mashayikh have taught us this beautiful way and the beautiful manners of our Holy Prophet ṣallá Llāhu ‘alayhi wa-sallam. Insha’Allah we all together will learn these ways. As we said, everything must be with sincerity. Sincerity is the most important thing. What is sincerity? It is to know that Allah ‘Azza wa-Jalla sees you, hears you and that He ﷻ is with you. When you know this, there is no need to hide anything then. People don’t do anything bad then. If they do [a bad thing] - they do of course as they are human; they repent and ask for forgiveness from Allah ﷻ, and Allah ﷻ will forgive them. Thawab will be written instead of sins then.

These are the beneficial things. The beneficial deeds in this world are the things that make Allah ‘Azza wa-Jalla pleased. Things that make Allah ‘Azza waJalla pleased are the beneficial things. The rest which is made for Allah ﷻ - We are not saying you should not do anything and only sit asking for the pleasure of Allah ﷻ. You must do something. If everything Mu’mins and people on the way of Allah ﷻ do is from the permissible and use the favors given to us from Allah ﷻ, they will be rewarded for that. Nothing goes in vain. People can’t do nothing saying, “I won’t do anything. I will just sit and worship.” Allah ‘Azza wa-Jalla is so merciful that when we get up in the morning and all the time say, “Ilahi Anta maqsudi wa Ridaka matlubi”, “O, my Lord! You are my objective and Your Pleasure is my desire. My request is Your Pleasure.” Everything done during the day will be for the pleasure of Allah ﷻ. And reward and Thawab will be written for everything. Just as you pray or fast, they also have various rewards. Allah ‘Azza wa-Jalla says He ﷻ will certainly reward you.

Shukr to Allah ﷻ, these are the true good tidings transmitted from Hadiths and Mashayikh. We are telling you from them as well. It will be beneficial to everyone who listens. Insha’Allah it will be beneficial to those who will listen afterwards as well. The rewards of everything you do are preserved in the sight of Allah ﷻ. They are preserved in the presence of Allah ﷻ. You may travel, you may eat and drink, you may visit your friends and relatives for the sake of Allah ﷻ. As long as everything is for the pleasure of Allah ﷻ, there is no problem. Because you are not committing a sin but remembering Allah ﷻ. Allah ﷻ is always in your heart. You know that Allah ‘Azza wa-Jalla is watching you. And you ask for His ﷻ pleasure.

Allah ‘Azza wa-Jalla has given us various opportunities and favors. And there is punishment from Allah ‘Azza wa-Jalla to those who turn Halal into Haram. If they say, “I won’t do this. It is a sin” for permissible things - it is not important if

they don’t do it. But some people go to extremes saying, “I won’t do so. Don’t do it, it is wrong”. It is Haram to see Halal as Haram.

Three men came during the time of our Holy Prophet ṣallá Llāhu ‘alayhi wa-sallam. They were asked, “What do you do?” One man said, “I fast all the time”. Another man said, “I pray all the time”. The third man said, “I won’t get married.” They wanted to spend all their time in worship. Our Holy Prophet ṣallá Llāhu ‘alayhi wa-sallam said, “I fast, but I also break my fast. I fast on some days, and I don’t fast on other days. I don’t pray all night long. I pray and then I sleep”. He ṣallá Llāhu ‘alayhi wa-sallam said to the third man, “I am not like the Christians. I get married, and I advise my Ummah to get married”.

As long as it is Halal, you may easily do everything that Allah ﷻ has made permissible. But avoid sins. Avoid doubtful things as well. Of course, some people are cautious nowadays, but some people don’t care. May Allah ﷻ protect us. Some people are gone off the leash completely. And for some people, they are out of the religion. They are doing such things that we ask that Allah ﷻ improves them. Muslims should not look up to them. They are not people to be looked up to or to admire. They are people to feel pity for, as Allah ﷻ has darkened their hearts. He ﷻ has darkened their faces, and He ﷻ has darkened their eyes. He ﷻ has taken their minds away. They pretend to be examples for people.

Whoever looks up to them and imitates them, their sins will be on those people. There will be more darkness for them. They have no value. The value of people is in the sight of Allah ﷻ. The value among people is nothing. If they appreciate you and say, “You are this and that. So many people look up to you. So many people love you” - in fact, no one loves them. All of them envy them. Their way is not the right way. They need improvement. They need Dua. May Allah ﷻ protect us from their evil. May He ﷻ improve them if they are improvable. If they are not, may their harm not touch anyone insha’Allah.

The places we live in are Muslim places, the places of our ancestors. Two steps away nearby, there is masha’Allah [a graveyard with] Pashas, rich ones and people with high ranks. There are probably hundred thousands, or millions of them. All of them are lying down there. None of them took anything from this world. Whoever took, took for the Akhirah. They didn’t take anything from their wealth and possessions. They left without taking anything. They are in front of us. So everyone should take a lesson. May Allah ﷻ may our Akhirah be good. May Allah ﷻ send the Sahib.

Indeed, this world has gone off the rails everywhere. Allah ﷻ will surely send the Sahib. All Muslims and non-Muslims have lost their hopes. There is no hope from humanity and this world. Shukr to Allah ﷻ, we still have hope and that is by Yaqeen (certainty/belief). What our Holy Prophet ṣallá Llāhu ‘alayhi wa-sallam had given from good tidings to us is happening. It is coming one after another. It brings relief to our hearts. Muslims’ hearts are always at peace, because they have the light of Allah ‘Azza wa-Jalla and the light of our Holy Prophet ﷺ in them.

Certainly, everywhere is full of Fitnah and immorality now. But what Allah ‘Azza wa-Jalla says is happening. Nothing happens outside the will of Allah ﷻ. Let’s see insha’Allah when this help to Muslims and Islam will come insha’Allah. Because as we said, there is the good tidings of our Holy Prophet ṣallá Llāhu ‘alayhi wasallam: the whole world will become Muslim insha’Allah. When they become Muslim, all this badness, all these wars will be over. Otherwise, they won’t end. May Allah ﷻ let it come as soon as possible insha’Allah.

Wa min Allah at-Tawfiq. Al-Fatiha.

Mawlana Sheikh Muhammad Adil ar-Rabbani 24 December 2023/ 11 Jumada al-Thani 1445 Eyup Sultan Dergah, Istanbul