We are His ﷺ Lovers

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.

In shā’a Llāh [we will make Sohbah] two minutes for nasīḥah (advice). This is the way of mashāyikh. Mawlānā Shaykh was saying after Fajr prayer to begin the day with good nasīḥah, good word in shā’a Llāh. Two words for Barakah in shā’a Llāh.

We are, as we said, we are living in a difficult time. But in this time - Prophet ṣallá Llāhu ‘alayhi wa-sallam praised the believer, Mu’min in this time. He ﷺ said for the ṣaḥābah asking, “Who are your lovers? Are we your lovers?” He ﷺ said, “You are my companions, ṣaḥābah. You are Aṣ’ḥābi. My lovers are [the people] in the end of times. They didn’t see me, and they love me. I love them also.” This is what Prophet ṣallá Llāhu ʿalayhi wa sallam is saying.

And he ﷺ is saying for the ṣaḥābah, “When you practice, you must practice a hundred percent of what you see from me. If you make ninety-nine, you will be - I will not be happy with you”, he ﷺ said. “But these, my lovers, if they do one from a hundred, they are good. It is enough for them. And there’s no harm for them.”

For this we are, of course, as you see in the whole world, Muslims are only practicing maybe one percent of what the Ṣaḥābah were practicing, they are doing. We are only doing, in shā’a Llāh we can do one percent. It’s also a very big thing for us. In shā’a Llāh Allāh ﷻ helps us.

And we are lucky people to be from the nation of Prophet ṣallá Llāhu ʿalayhi wa sallam. This is the biggest honor for us and we must be happy with this. As much we can praise Prophet ṣallá Llāhu ʿalayhi wa-sallam, we must praise. Don’t listen to these people. They are jealous from the beginning, since Prophet ṣallá Llāhu ʿalayhi wa-sallam’s time. Still until now, and until Qiyāmah, they will be jealous. Who prevents praising Prophet ṣallá Llāhu ʿalayhi wa -sallam, he is jealous

from Prophet ṣallá Llāhu ʿalayhi wa-sallam. So jealousy is from the bad attributes, the first attribute of shayṭān. May Allāh ﷻ keep us away from shayṭān.

Wa min Allah at-Tawfiq. Al-Fatiha.

Mawlana Sheikh Muhammad Adil ar-Rabbani 17 February 2024/ 07 Sha’ban 1445 Fajr Prayer – Noor ul Islam Mosque; Bury, UK