Don’t Waste Your Time in Vain

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-quli ʿmalū fa-sa-yarā llāhu ʿamalakum wa rasūlih‘ ‘And say, Do, for Allah will see your deeds, and [so, will] His Messenger.’ (Qur’ān 09:105).

Allāh ‘Azza wa-Jalla says, Do, for what you are going to do, everything you do in this world is seen by Allāh ‘Azza wa-Jalla, and He ﷻ will continue to see it. Everything you do will be seen in the Presence of Allāh ‘Azza wa-Jalla. If you do good, Allāh ‘Azza wa-Jalla sees it and rewards you accordingly. If you do evil, there is certainly a punishment for it if you do not repent.

These worldly preoccupations, Allāh ‘Azza wa-Jalla says this world is just games and amusements. Whatever you do should be done in the way of Allāh ﷻ. There is no need to give so much importance to unnecessary things. The effort given, the money spent, if it goes to unnecessary things, it is of no benefit. It doesn’t even benefit yourself. Some things they pursue might be very bad. Some of them, although not too bad, are still a waste of time and effort and become in vain.

SubhanAllah, two days ago, when we were arriving at the airport, we saw a huge crowd. They said, “There’s a kid who plays football, I think, people are coming to greet him.” But with what enthusiasm they come! No one worships with that much enthusiasm. The eagerness with which they rush around – I mean, people go to Hajj, they come to listen to Sheikhs and scholars, but I’ve never seen such eagerness. To rush around so much for worldly things, for unnecessary things: if we had even one percent of that, we would all be Awliyā’, we would all be flying high. SubhanAllah, shayṭān gives people such encouragement that if you think about it, you realize you’re not gaining anything, you’re losing something, you’re at least losing your time and your effort. If it were on the way of Allāh ﷻ, it wouldn’t be like that.

Therefore, we need to be careful. Sitting in front of this machine, talking to people, to those in front of them - I don’t understand what they’re talking for hours. They don’t sleep until morning. These people need to think. Allāh ‘Azza wa-Jalla sees what we are doing. He ﷻ will hold us accountable for it. People will regret it later, thinking, “I wasted so much time. If I had said “Allāh,” all of this would have been profit. Otherwise, there’s no profit, only harm.”

Therefore, one must be careful. Let it be for the sake of Allāh ﷻ, let it be as Allāh ﷻ wants; at least don’t forget Allāh ﷻ. Wherever you go, even if you go there, don’t forget Allāh ﷻ, say “May Allāh ﷻ forgive us. We are not satisfied with our current state.” May we pray to Allāh ﷻ for our state to improve, in shā’a Llāh. May Allāh ﷻ not let us occupy ourselves with useless things. May we have things that benefit us. May Allāh ﷻ help us. People don’t think about anything other than pleasure and frivolity these days. May Allāh ﷻ improve us all.

Wa min Allāhi t-Tawfīq. Al-Fātiḥa.

There are Qur’ān recitations. We gift the recitations of Salawat, Yasin, Surahs, ayāt, all acts of charity and good deeds, done for the sake of Allāh ﷻ, primarily for the noble soul of our Prophet ṣallá Llāhu ‘alayhi wa-sallam, his A Ahlu l-Bayt and ṣaḥābah, all the Prophets, Awliyā’, Asfiya and mashāyikh, the souls of all our ancestors, the souls of believing men and women, Muslim men and women, and for goodness to come and evil to ward off.

Li-Llahi Ta’ala, Al-Fatiha.

Mawlana Sheikh Muhammad Adil ar-Rabbani 06 February 2026/ 18 Sha’ban 1447 Fajr Prayer – Akbaba Dergah, Istanbul