Awliya Don’t Die

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.

Bismi Llāhi r-Raḥmāni r-Raḥīm:

(Qur’ān 10:62). ‘Alā inna awliyā’a Llāhi lā khawfun a’layhim wa-lā hum yaḥzanūn’, ‘Verily on the friends of Allah there is no fear, nor shall they grieve.’ Sadaqa Llāhu l-‘Aẓīm.

The beloved servants and Awliya of Allah ‘Azza wa-Jalla have no fear and sorrow. It is the 10th Urs of Mawlana Shaykh Nazim, ten years since he passed away physically. Ten years have passed, but Shukr to Allah ﷻ, we have not been short of his Himmah (support). His Tasarruf (power of action) became even more. After his passing away, there has been much more of his service and Himmah.

Awliya of Allah ﷻ don’t die. Even though they die physically, spiritually their strength gets stronger. The greatest proof for this is after Mawlana Shayh Nazim passed away, many people became Muslim with his support. Muslim people who didn’t know anything came to the way of Allah ﷻ. Brothers have increased in number. They haven’t decreased, Shukr to Allah ﷻ. This is the proof for his present Himmah.

When AwliyauLlah pass away, their strength increases at least sevenfold. Mawlana Shaykh Nazim has even more strength. Allah ﷻ knows how much his strength has increased. But as it is in the open, it has increased tremendously. May Allah ﷻ increase his Maqam.

As we always feel him, even if ten years or twenty years pass, it feels as if he didn’t pass away. Shukr to Allah ﷻ, we are together. Whenever people in hardship call for Awliya, their support becomes present. Favoring them, being Murid to them, being their students is a great honor. May Allah ﷻ let everyone taste that honor insha’Allah. May Allah ﷻ let us be with him in Akhirah. May we be forever in paradise insha’Allah.

Wa min Allah at-Tawfiq. Al-Fatiha.

Mawlana Sheikh Muhammad Adil ar-Rabbani 05 May 2024/ 26 Shawwal 1445 Fajr Prayer, Akbaba Dergah