People Who Thank Allāh ﷻ

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:

“Wa qaleelun min ‘ibadiya sh-shakur”, “And few of My servants are grateful.”(Qur’an 34:13), Allāh ‘Azza wa-Jalla is saying. Very few of the servants of Allāh ﷻ are thanking Allāh ﷻ. This is what Allāh ﷻ is saying in Qur’an Azimu shShan. And Allāh ﷻ says, “Wa Sanajzī Ash-Shākirīn”, “And we will reward the grateful.” (Qur’ān 03:145). Allāh ﷻ loves those who are thanking Him ﷻ. And there is maybe a hadith or a saying that says, “Man lam yashkuru n-nas lam yashkuru Allah”, “Who doesn’t thank people doesn’t thank Allāh.”

The special people are not too many. They are less. They are the few minority in this world among human beings, all people. The minority who are beloved ones for Allāh ﷻ are the minority, not the majority.

And we are thanking you and thanking Allāh ‘Azza wa-Jalla for what He ﷻ gave us: to meet here with people who are sincere and thankful for Allāh ‘Azza waJalla. Because people everywhere are complaining, they are not happy, not thankful for Allāh ‘Azza wa-Jalla. They have everything but are still not thankful for Allāh ‘Azza wa-Jalla. And here, alhamduliLlah, people are thankful for Allāh ‘Azza waJalla and Allāh ﷻ blesses them.

We were with Mawlānā Shaykh Nāẓim qaddasa Allāhu sirruhu in 2001 going by train through a paddy field. And Mawlana was looking at these people who were planting this. He said to me, “Look at these people. They are poor people but even though they have one handful full of rice, they are thanking Allāh ﷻ that they have

this. They are happy.” Mawlānā Shaykh was happy with these people. He prayed for them. Because they have something to eat, they are thanking Allāh ﷻ for what He ﷻ gives and they are getting their food with their work. And they are believers; this is the most precious thing Allāh ﷻ gave to human beings, Muslims: to be believers in Allāh ﷻ and Prophet ṣallá Llāhu ‘alayhi wa-sallam. Because when Allāh ‘Azza waJalla creates one human being, Allāh ﷻ says how many days, how many years he will live, how many things he will eat and how many things he will drink. All these are counted. When finished, he will be no more here. Even if he is a millionaire, he cannot take anything.

So the biggest ni’mah, the biggest thing Allāh ﷻ gave to the believer, to be Muslim, to be mu’min. This is what ṭarīqah is teaching people: to be happy with what Allāh ﷻ gave them. Allāh ﷻ gave this for us, we are happy, thankful for Allāh ﷻ because He ﷻ created us as a human and made us believers. By the barakah of Allāh ‘Azza wa-Jalla, the small thing is enough for anyone. When no barakah, even very rich people have no benefit for them.

For this, we are thanking Allāh ‘Azza wa-Jalla to have made all this country here – they must be very thankful because since centuries, it has been a place of nūr, light for Islam. People who live here get barakah from their ancestors. They are teaching the beauty of Islam for all this country. They spread the light of Islam, the mercy of Islam all around this country. From here to thousands of kilometers around this area, they are all coming through this point.

And for this, I’m seeing alhamduliLlah here, they are sincere Muslims, no any bad intentioned people who claim they are in Islam yet are destroying Islam. AlhamduliLlah they are all good. Alhamdulillah, we have in this sincerity many Awliyā’uLlah. Not only in the grave, you have here also living Awliyā’uLlah. AlhamduliLlah this is good tidings for you.

First when Mawlānā Shaykh went to meet his Shaykh in Istanbul, he was young, maybe 20 years old, and it was forbidden for any Muslim to appear. No Shaykh, no ṭarīqah; all was forbidden in Turkey. He went to see one Shaykh secretly. Because after the Ottomans, these kafirs destroyed the khilafah and forbid everything from Islam. And there was no airplane, no boat in that time. Before 500 years, they came and helped here alhamduliLlah. But when these kafirs took the khilafah, they cut the head of Islam and all the Muslim countries became orphans.

So in this time, Mawlānā secretly went to meet this Shaykh and he entered his dergah. So, the first thing, by the karāmāh of Shaykh, of course - his name was Shaykh Suleyman Erzurumi. He was saying when Mawlānā entered – He was young, 20 years old – He said, you must think each one as Khidr ‘alayhi s-salam. Khidr ‘alayhi s-salam changes (disguises). You don’t know which one is Khidr; sometimes comes in this shape, sometimes other shape, different, each time different. Because when Khidr ‘alayhi s-salam makes du’a, du’a is accepted. So people are every time looking which one is Khidr. So this Shaykh said, when you see somebody you must think: maybe this is Khidr ‘alayhi s-salam. So he was by karāmāh there, but nobody of course understood; this is a young man coming here. Nobody can imagine that he will be the greatest Shaykh in the next years, after being 20 years old. So they cannot imagine. But this Shaykh, when he first saw him, he said this.

And the second thing he said, “You must think every night as Laylatul Qadr.” Because Laylatul Qadr can be any day in the year, not only Ramadan. It can be in any night of the year, not only Ramadan. But most of the times, it is in Ramadan. But sometimes, outside Ramadan also. You must give respect and value for every minute in your life, especially the nights, you must [value it]. If you can make even two rak’at, it is more valuable than a hundred rak’at in the day time.

This is for people to have good intention, good thinking towards others. Insha’Allah Allāh ﷻ makes us to have good thinking not bad thinking about people, and keep us away from bad things and bad people; to keep them away. May Allāh ﷻ send good people to be together insha’Allah all the time. Thank you.

Wa min Allah at-Tawfiq. Al-Fatiha.

Mawlana Sheikh Muhammad Adil ar-Rabbani 25 October 2024/ 22 Rabih Al-Akhir 1446 Masjid Raya Baiturrahman – Banda Aceh, Indonesia