Pleasure Here and Hereafter

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.

Prophet ṣallá Llāhu ‘alayhi wa-sallam says,

“Kullu ‘atin qareeb”, “Everything coming is near.” Meaning everything coming is near. You say, “After twenty years or after fifty years, I will write this, I will do this, I will do that.” This is not so far. Because it is coming, and quickly coming and passing. Life is very fast.

For this, don’t have any laziness. Don’t be lazy. Quickly do what you must do. Don’t say, “It is so long, it is too long. He can wait. We can do this later.” This makes you lose a very precious thing which is life, time. Allāh ﷻ gave you this life for winning the next life. Don’t say, “I will be doing this later.” Prophet ṣallá Llāhu ‘alayhi wa-sallam says, “Halaka l-musawwifoon.” Musawwifoon means those who say, “Sawfa”, “I will. I will do.” They are losers, he ﷺ says, Prophet ṣallá Llāhu ‘alayhi wa-sallam. They destroy themselves. Because every time you say “Sawfa”, “I will do, I will do this”, it shows that you haven’t done this.

For this, the mu’min must not be lazy. Do not leave any second, any moment without winning anything. How can you do this? With remembering Allāh ‘Azza wa-Jalla, remembering Prophet ṣallá Llāhu ‘alayhi wa-sallam. This makes your whole time precious with reward. Your time will be full of reward. This is what human beings must do.

Today, alhamduliLlah, we are going and coming here. We meet in many villages many believers coming especially for the sake of Allāh ﷻ, for the sake of Prophet ṣallá Llāhu ‘alayhi wa-sallam. For this, they are alhamduliLlah winners. But also, we see human beings, many human beings just running after dunya, after their own pleasure. Not thinking at all about akhirah, not believing in akhirah, not

believing at all. Just as if Allāh ﷻ created them for eating and enjoying themselves. Not at all any respect for Allāh ‘Azza wa-Jalla.

They are unlucky people. Maybe they are rich. Maybe they have everything, but it’s not enough for human beings. Allāh ﷻ created human beings to be the highest, the highest one between creatures. But when they are not following Allāh’s ﷻ order, they lose this and they become the lowest one. Don’t be sorry because you cannot do like them: some of them you can do, some of them not. It is not important at all because you can’t remember. After two days, this pleasure finishes. You want another. But the pleasure of akhirah is forever. Every moment becoming more better, (more) happier, more beneficial for akhirah. Allāh ﷻ promised believers this.

And alhamduliLlah for the believer it is easy to take all this pleasure, this happiness for akhirah. This is only by following the order of Allāh ﷻ, to be good with themselves, with their family, with their neighbor. All of this makes you get this reward and win this pleasure, if it is not the pleasure of dunyā. In dunyā also - the believer, mu’min can enjoy himself with dunyā things. As much as he is praying, and doing what Allāh ﷻ orders him, there isn’t any prohibition. The mu’min can swim, eat, walk, go to a good place. All of this, when there is belief, īmān in his heart and does not forget Allāh ‘Azza wa-Jalla, no problem with doing what’s halal; not eating dirty things, not drinking dirty things. This is the real pleasure and Allāh ﷻ rewards you in akhirah.

But for who are not believers, there’s no pleasure at all. They are only looking after ḥarām: eating ḥarām, drinking ḥarām, going ḥarām, coming ḥarām; everything. And there is no ḥarām after Kufr, Prophet ﷺ says. When they are not believers, there isn’t any more ḥarām for them. Because the biggest ḥarām, sin is to be non-believer. When you are non-believer, this is the worst thing for human beings.

And the best thing for human beings is to be a believer, and to practice also. To be Mu’min or to be Muslim is ok also, but when you want more, you must follow a little bit more and not forget Allāh ‘Azza wa-Jalla. This is the most important. And to have your heart filled with the love of Allāh ﷻ, mentioning Allāh ﷻ, mentioning Prophet ṣallá Llāhu ‘alayhi wa-sallam.

May Allāh ﷻ fill our heart from this light and nur insha’Allah. May Allāh ﷻ bless you. AlhamduliLlah there are many believers here but insha’Allah Allāh ﷻ keep you safe from shayṭān and waswas. This is very bad for believers. They

destroy their rewards. They can be Muslim, but when they are not asking from Prophet ṣallá Llāhu ‘alayhi wa-sallam shafa’ah, not asking help from Prophet ṣallá Llāhu ‘alayhi wa-sallam, it will be very difficult for him in the next life. May Allāh ﷻ give them hidayah. May Allāh ﷻ keep us in their way insha’Allah, way of Awliyā’u Llāh insha’Allah.

Wa min Allah at-Tawfiq. Al-Fatiha.

Mawlana Sheikh Muhammad Adil ar-Rabbani 31 October 2024/ 28 Rabih Al-Akhir 1446 Isha Prayer – Sri Lanka