Egyptians are Lovers of the Prophet ﷺ

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.

Egypt is the country of Al-Ashrāf (the nobles), the Sahabah and Awliya. AlhamduliLlah. May Allāh ﷻ make it blessed insha’Allah., ‘Wa Qul Rabbi ‘Anzilnī Munzalāan Mubārakāan Wa 'Anta Khayru Al-Munzilīn’, ‘And say, 'My Lord, let me land at a blessed landing place, and You are the best to accommodate [us].’ (Qur’ān 23:29). Oh Allāh ﷻ make us among your righteous servants. Oh Allāh ﷻ make us with the Awliya. We love them and with our love we will be saved insha’Allah. There is neither doubt nor suspicion in that. That’s the most important thing. There is nothing at all from our works. There is no value at all for them.

Sometimes when we are in prayer - Masha’Allah “Our Jama’ah pray quickly”, a lot of people object and object. We say to them: “Did you like it?” They say, “No, I didn’t like it.” We reply, “Me too, AlhamduliLlah I didn't like it.” There is no objection. Don’t cause problems with the Jama’ah. “You didn’t like our deed, and I never liked it.”

AlhamduliLlah this is important: love. Mawlana Sheikh used to say, “The people of Egypt are in paradise insha’Allah because they have love.” They are poor ones insha’Allah. They don’t have arrogance. Allāh ﷻ sent them a Jama’ah in the past, poor and derwishes., “Hadha Min Fadhli Rabbi”, “This is by the grace of my Lord.” Since the days of Sayyidina Muhammad salla Llāhu ‘alayhi wa-sallam until now, all of them, the majority love the Prophet ﷺ, they love the Awliya and they love the righteous ones: this is a great blessing.

There are some of them whom we see in more sacred places than here but there is no respect. We must respect first Sayyidina Muhammad salla Llāhu ‘alayhi wa-sallam, the righteous ones and the righteous Awliya. Those ones have no respect. Here is better. This man appreciates the blessing. The blessing is to be a lover of the Prophet ﷺ, a lover of the righteous Awliya. This is the greatest blessing insha’Allah.

The visit insha’Allah - we are in a difficult time and in a distressful time, but Mawlana Sheikh AbduLlah used to say: “Goodness is in what occured.” Everything is divinely preordained and has goodness in it. Of course, we do not accept the oppression that is happening in the world, but we say: this is the will of Allāh ﷻ. He who is oppressing is held accountable, and he who is oppressed gains. ‘ ’, ‘Innamā Yuwaffá s-Sābirūna 'Ajrahum Bighayri Ĥisāb’, ‘Indeed, the patient will be given their reward without account.’ (Qur’ān 39:10). This is patience. If an oppressed person is patient, his reward is with Allāh ﷻ in this world, and it is a gain for him.

Of course, we do not desire that anyone be oppressed, but this is what is actually happening. There is a reward for the believer, and for the oppressor a punishment. Our Holy Prophet ṣallá Llāhu ‘alayhi wa-sallam says, “I am astonished about the [affair] of the Mu’min, everything for the Mu’min is good.” What the Hadith means is that he is always in profit. If he wins, he must thank Allāh ﷻ. If he was oppressed or has problems or disasters, he must praise Allāh ﷻ, Allāh ﷻ will reward him as well. That’s important. The most important thing is the pleasure of Allāh ﷻ, steadfastness upon the truth and steadfastness upon Iman insha’Allah. May Allāh ﷻ bless you.

Wa min Allah at-Tawfiq. Al-Fatiha.

Mawlana Sheikh Muhammad Adil ar-Rabbani 06 January 2024/ 24 Jumada al-Thani 1445 Cairo, Egypt