Fitnah Brings Darkness

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,

“Fitnah is asleep. May the curse of Allah be upon whoever awakens it.” Fitnah is asleep, may those who awaken it be cursed, says our Holy Prophet ṣallá Llāhu ‘alayhi wasallam. The curse is the worst thing. Deserving to be cursed is the worst thing, because shaytan is the cursed one. So the cursed person will be like shaytan. Shaytan is from the worst creatures. The worst creature is shaytan. And the highest creature is our Holy Prophet ﷺ among mankind.

Therefore, you must stay away from Fitnah in order not to be similar to shaytan. You must not make Fitnah. Those who make Fitnah are cursed. Those who join them are also cursed. Those who go after them don’t do a good thing. What they do is badness. And the badness is for themselves above all. As they deserve to be cursed, it is the worst badness. There is no badness or disaster worse than this.

But the Door of Repentance of Allah ‘Azza wa-Jalla is open for people to repent. Allah ﷻ accepts repentance of people. However, you must ask for forgiveness from other people you have oppressed. It cannot be otherwise. And when there is a big Fitnah, it has an enormous impact. As it touches everyone, it is difficult to ask for forgiveness from all of them. Therefore, stay away from Fitnah and from making Fitnah.

We are living in the end of times. Our Holy Prophet ṣallá Llāhu ‘alayhi wa-sallam said there will be a lot of Fitnah. There will be the darkness of the darkest nights in these days. Where does it come from? It comes from Fitnah. Fitnah brings darkness. It darkens you from the inside. Everything demoralizes people. And they do everything. They bring up Fitnah from useless things. They make Fitnah from something so worthless that they don’t know what they gain out of it. There is only one who gains from Fitnah: that is shaytan. The more shaytan harms people, misleads people and leads them to hell, the more he gets happy and rejoiced. As we said, shaytan is the opposite of a person. A perfect person is happy when people come to the right way. But shaytan misleads people. He puts them in trouble in this world and takes them to hell in Akhirah.

Therefore, we must be careful during these days. As we are in the end of times, beware of making Fitnah or being involved in Fitnah. Stay away from it. As Sayyidina ‘Ali said, “Hadha Zamanu s-Sukut wa Mulazamatu l-Buyut”, “This is the time to be silent and stay at home.” May Allah ﷻ be pleased with him. This time is for keeping quiet. You must be quiet and not deal much with others. If you say two words, they will put you in trouble. And stay at home. No need to go out among people. May Allah ﷻ protect us. May Allah ﷻ protect the Ummah from Fitnah and those who make Fitnah insha’Allah.

Wa min Allah at-Tawfiq. Al-Fatiha.

Mawlana Sheikh Muhammad Adil ar-Rabbani 31 December 2023/ 18 Jumada al-Thani 1445 Fajr Prayer, Akbaba Dergah