Two Types of Running After Dunyā

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.

Our Prophet ṣallá Llāhu ‘alayhi wa-sallam’s honor and greatness are immense in the sight of Allāh ‘Azza wa-Jalla. This dunyā, the universe were created for his ﷺ honor. They were created from his ﷺ light. It isn’t known how with our knowledge. But He ﷻ certainly created us and placed us here, in dunyā, in this universe for the sake of our Prophet ṣallá Llāhu ‘alayhi wa-sallam.

Dunyā is nothing in the sight of Allāh ‘Azza wa-Jalla. He ﷻ just created it as a place of tests; [to see] who passes and who does not pass. Our Prophet ṣallá Llāhu ‘alayhi wasallam settled here. It became blessed. Bayt al-Ma’mur, the Qibla, the Kaa’ba, the blessed tomb of our Prophet ﷺ, the honorable Jerusalem. Here, is both a sacred place and a place of test. Those who do not honor and respect him ﷺ will not pass the test.

Therefore, there are two types of running after dunyā. There are those who live for the pleasure of Allāh ‘Azza wa-Jalla, for the love of our Prophet ṣallá Llāhu ‘alayhi wasalla and for his ﷺ pleasure. And there are those who run after dunyā. Both have been made easy by Allāh ‘Azza wa-Jalla. He ﷻ eases the way for those who wish to go on the way of our Prophet ṣallá Llāhu ‘alayhi wa-sallam. If they want to go against it, then their paths are easy for them too.

Therefore, most people often follow not the way of our Prophet ﷺ but the opposite way. However, the way of light, the way of beauty, the way of benefit is our Prophet ṣallá Llāhu ‘alayhi wa-sallam’s way. If they seek benefit, if they seek gain it is in the way of our Prophet ﷺ. If they seek harm, if they seek badness, if they seek all kinds of useless things, then it is in the way of the one who leaves his ﷺ way. If someone strays from the way and does not repent, he is harmed. If he returns to the way and follows our Prophet ṣallá Llāhu ‘alayhi wa-sallam, he will reach the highest levels, his dunyā will be prosperous, and so will his ākhirah. A person who commits sins and thinks his dunyā has prospered is wrong. It will never prosper. There will be constant hardship, suffering, and oppression.

Therefore, if a person repents from whatever evil he has done, Allāh ‘Azza wa-Jalla will accept his repentance for the sake of our Prophet ṣallá Llāhu ‘alayhi wa-sallam. If he repents sincerely, Allāh ‘Azza wa-Jalla forgives the sins he had done before. May Allāh ﷻ forgive us all for the sake our Prophet ṣallá Llāhu ‘alayhi wa-sallam. May He ﷻ not separate us from the way, in shā’a Llāh. May He ﷻ keep us steadfast on this beautiful way, in shā’a Llāh. May Allāh ﷻ bless these days of ours.

Wa min Allāhi t-Tawfīq. Al-Fātiḥa.

Mawlana Sheikh Muhammad Adil ar-Rabbani 26 August 2025/ 03 Rabih Al-Awwal 1447 Fajr Prayer – Akbaba Dergah, Istanbul