Sri Lanka the Blessed Island

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.

Insha’Allah this is the last night [in Sri Lanka]. May Allāh ﷻ bless you. All of you, mā shā’a Llāh, are very interested and very happy with Allāh ﷻ. And He ﷻ gave you this love for good people, for religious people who are light for us. For this, we are, in shā’a Llāh, safe.

From your barakah also, and barakah of awliyā’ we are in this island. From the beginning, Allāh ‘Azza wa-Jalla sent the first man, our father, Ādam ‘alayhi ssalam. He is the first man and the first Prophet. But of course, our Prophet ṣallá Llāhu ‘alayhi wa-sallam, Sayyidinā Muḥammad ṣallá Llāhu ʿalayhi wa sallam says, “I was a Prophet when Ādam was between earth and water.” Meaning he still hasn’t even taken the shape of a human being. Our Prophet ṣallá Llāhu ‘alayhi wa-sallam was his prophet. But in this life, Allāh ﷻ made it through Ādam ‘alayhi s-salam.

Ādam ‘alayhi s-salam was here in this land. The first land in which he stayed 300 years crying, asking for forgiveness. For this, as you know, many jewels come from his tears. And of course, after asking forgiveness for 300 years, Allāh ﷻ forgave him and gave this island blessings and barakah. It is mentioned. Everybody knows this. And the most important thing is that Prophet ṣallá Llāhu ‘alayhi wasallam mentioned this island, good island, blessed island: Ceylan, Sri Lanka.

The whole time, many awliyā’u Llāh have been here. Very few of them are known. There are thousands of them who lived here and are buried in this island also. This also gives more barakah because of this land. For this, Mawlānā Shaykh Nāẓim, our father, may Allāh ﷻ bless him, may Allāh ﷻ make his maqam higher and higher, and make him look after us. By his karāmah, we are continuing his way. Of course, he didn’t come here without reason. He came here because it is also a blessed place and he must continue this way, the good way for humanity; not only for this island, for the whole world also. Because sometimes he must be somewhere to get more blessings, more light and more nur.

Al-ḥamdu liLlāh he was here. In shā’a Llāh, this blessing comes for us and for you. You take spiritual power from all these saints, awliyā’u Llāh. They are, as we said, hidden. We know only very few of them: Shaykh Usman Ceylan and others. It is very important to ask Allāh ʿAzza wa Jalla to accept our du’ā’ for the sake of these people. Every time you ask – if you can visit them, it will be (more) better. Because they will be happy you visited them. Even if from afar, no problem. You can say. Sometimes from here, you ask blessings from Mawlana Shaykh, from Shaykh Baha’uddin Naqshbandi, Abdul-Qādir Jīlānī, Shaykh Ahmad Badawī, Shaykh ‘Abdu Llāh ad-Dāghestānī. All of them, because they are far from us – but for them, not far at all. They are coming, hearing and blessing you. Many of these awliyā’u Llāh are very strong. When you ask from them, through them you will get what you want.

The most important thing is to have protection from shayṭān and his followers, and whisperings, waswās, waswāsu sh-shayṭān. Because now there are two kinds, the normal shayṭān and the other shayṭān. They are claiming they are doing good, but they put in your heart doubt. They put something: “What you do is wrong. It is not acceptable, not right.”

Don’t listen to these people. Prophet ṣallá Llāhu ‘alayhi wa-sallam is saying, , “Yassirū wa-lā Tu‘assiru”, “Make things easy and do not make them difficult”. [Hadith]. Make it easy, not difficult. Don’t look for small things. You are praying, fasting; don’t say this is good, this is not good. Only make wudu’ (ablution), pray; especially on time. The best time to pray is the beginning of the prayer’s time; or a little bit more, but don’t leave it for later when the time of prayer goes and so you pray Qaḍā’ at night time. This is a very, very big loss. You lose many things. You lose very much. You cannot reach the same reward even if you are doing more and more. This finishes; you cannot take it anymore.

For this, awliyā’u Llāh - Who are Awliyā’u Llāh? They are the beloved ones for Allāh ﷻ. If you do this, you are also from the beloved ones for Allāh ﷻ and you are also awliyā’u Llāh. Awliyā’u Llāh are not those who make karāmah all the time. There are many of them who don’t even know that they themselves are beloved ones, awliyā’u Llāh, but they are awliyā’u Llāh. Why? Because they are sincere and are doing what Allāh ‘Azza wa-Jalla is saying, and not asking things they cannot do. Making du’a’ for themselves and for others, helping others. This is also considered Awliyā’u Llāh, wāliyu Llāh, beloved one. Wāliyu Llāh means a beloved one. Allāh ﷻ loves these people. ‘. ’, ‘Wa Llāhu yuḥibbu l-muḥsinīn’, ‘And Allah loves the doers of good.’ (Qur’ān 03:134). ‘. ’ ‘Fa-inna Allaha

Yuh’ibbu l-Muttaqeen’, ‘Indeed, Allah loves those who fear Him.’ (Qur’ān 03:76). “. ”. Allāh ﷻ loves the believers. Allāh ﷻ loves those who make good deeds, Allāh ﷻ loves those who are aware from Allāh Azza wa Jalla.

This must be easy for people to do. Some people come asking, “How can we be awliyā’u Llāh? What must we do?” Some try to worship without sleeping, doing this, doing that, but they cannot continue. Maybe they can do so for one month, two months. After that, they are finished. They leave them. They leave everything. This is not acceptable. What’s acceptable is to do the same thing, only what Allāh ‘Azza wa-Jalla orders, and continue. Don’t tire yourself and after that you cannot do. You must slowly, slowly continue this for your whole life.

Some people are also asking, “How am I?” If you are continuing, you are good. If you left. You are lazy to pray, lazy to pray on time, then you are not good. You must know this. Everybody must know this. No need to ask, “How am I? How my situation is, up, down?” If you are doing the same: praying five times, fasting Ramaḍān, giving zakāt, ṣadaqāh, this is it. Ṭarīqah or shari’ah are not putting on your back 50 kg of stone. No, it’s easy. When somebody is doing this and something happens that he cannot do them, he will be very unhappy, sad. Many of them sometimes cannot fast because they have some illness or something, they are very unhappy, most of them are crying, “We cannot fast.” Who is doing this is winner, in shā’a Llāh.

May Allāh ﷻ bless you. May Allāh ﷻ keep you safe, and make you hidāyah for others also, for these people who are not knowing anything about īmān, about Islam. They are creating for themselves a new way which is not the way of Prophet ṣallá Llāhu ‘alayhi wa-sallam. May Allāh ﷻ give them hidāyah also, in shā’a Llāh. May Allāh ﷻ keep us safe. In shā’a Llāh, Allāh ﷻ make us to meet again and again. In shā’a Llāh with Sayyidinā Al-Mahdī, we hope. This time is very difficult for the whole world; not easy. So, in shā’a Llāh, maybe we come with Sayyidina Al-Mahdi also, in shā’a Llāh.

Wa min Allah at-Tawfiq. Al-Fatiha.

Mawlana Sheikh Muhammad Adil ar-Rabbani 01 November 2024/ 29 Rabih Al-Akhir 1446 Isha Prayer – Sri Lanka