Be from the Rijāl

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 24:37). ‘Rijālun Lā Tulhīhim Tijāratun Wa Lā Bayun An Dhikri Allāhi Wa 'Iqāmi Aş-Şalāati’, ‘[Are] men whom neither commerce nor sale distracts from the remembrance of Allah and performance of prayer.’ Ṣadaqa Llāhu l-‘Aẓīm.

Allāh ‘Azza wa-Jalla has shown us the way and ordered us in this dunyā. He ﷻ says, “You must not get entangled in other games and entertainments on that way.” They are ones who only perform worship, and do don’t obey orders other than Allāh ‘Azza waJalla’s orders. He calls them Rijāl.

Rijāl means the most superior of people. Those who control their egos. No trade, no games, entertainment or anything can separate them from the way of Allāh ‘Azza waJalla. They are steadfast on this way. No matter what anyone does, no matter how much wealth and property, game and entertainment of dunyā there is, their hearts don’t incline towards it at all. They remain steadfast on the way of Allāh ﷻ.

People who remain steadfast are men in the sight of Allāh ﷻ. They are truly strong people. They are people who have not followed their ego. They have controlled their ego. Even if the whole world is on one side and they have left the way, they don’t care. They don’t look at that at all. They continue, keeping on their own way, the way of Allāh ﷻ. They are the beloved servants of Allāh ﷻ. They are the awliyā’ of Allāh ﷻ. When we say awliyā’, everyone can be awliyā’ if they stay steadfast. It is not necessarily by doing karāmah. Being steadfast on the way is the greatest karāmah.

The one who remains steadfast on the way and does not stray from the way is a beloved servant of Allāh ﷻ. He is an awliyā’ of Allāh ﷻ. Awliyā’ means a beloved servant of Allāh ﷻ. If you want to be that beloved servant, don’t look at dunyā, don’t look at this or that. Follow the way of Allāh ‘Azza wa-Jalla, follow the way of our Prophet ṣallá Llāhu ‘alayhi wa-sallam so that you can reach Allāh ‘Azza wa-Jalla.

Otherwise, everything in dunyā is temporary. Nothing in this world is forever. Some strange people say forever. Forever, eternity is only in ākhirah. There is no eternity in dunyā. Not even the dunyā will remain; where will eternity be! May Allāh ﷻ protect us. May He ﷻ not stray us from the right way. May we know the right way, in shā’a Llāh. May Allāh ﷻ guide us all. May we not separate from the way, in shā’a Llāh.

Wa min Allāhi t-Tawfīq. Al-Fātiḥa.

Mawlana Sheikh Muhammad Adil ar-Rabbani 19 May 2025/ 21 Dhu l-Qa’dah 1446 Fajr Prayer – Akbaba Dergah, Istanbul