The Opening of Paris’s New Dergah

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 ta‘āwanū ‘ala l-birri wa t-taqwā wa la ta‘āwanū ‘ala l-lithmī wa l-‘udwān’, ‘And cooperate in righteousness and piety, but do not cooperate in sin and aggression.’ (Qur’ān 05:02). Ṣadaqa Llāhu l-‘Aẓīm. Our ṭarīqah orders to collect people to help each other and help everybody. Ṭarīqah is to make people live as human beings. Humanity is not to harm anybody. The first teaching of ṭarīqah is Adab. For this, we are training people to get rid of bad manners and take good manners.

So, alhamduliLlah, Allāh ﷻ bless you for this opening [of the new Dergah] we made today, and bless the lady, rahmatu Llah ‘alayha (may Allāh ﷻ bless her soul), who donated. This is a Zāwiyah or as we call it Takkiyyah or Khanqah for ṭarīqah. It is for serving people and serving humanity. AlhamduliLlah, Allāh ﷻ will reward this lady forever. Because since a long time, you didn’t have such a place. Every time, you go from place to place. This time alhamduliLlah it’s good. This is from the order of Prophet ṣallá Llāhu ‘alayhi wa-sallam to make a place for people to take anything they are in need of: to learn, to follow.

You are living in a country that is of course non-Muslim. For this – in Muslim countries also – it is open for everybody. Whoever likes to get benefit and light, they can come ask and take, in shā’a Llāh. The most valuable benefit is spiritual benefit. To have this benefit of being a believer, of believing is the most precious thing. For this, we are, in shā’a Llāh, praying for Allāh ﷻ to make this place a light for all France, in shā’a Llāh. And to keep all people safe from shayṭān and his followers. May Allāh ﷻ bless you.

Allāh ﷻ doesn’t forget anything. “ S (7) 8) )”, ‘Faman Ya’mal Mithqāla Dharratin Khayrāan Yarah (7) Wa Man Ya’mal Mithqāla Dharratin Sharrāan Yarah (8)’, ‘So whoever does an atom’s weight of good will see it (7) And whoever does an atom’s weight of evil will see it (8).’ (Qur’ān 99:07-08). Even one atom is rewarded. Nothing goes without reward; nothing is forgotten. This is

a favor from Allāh ﷻ. Whatever He ﷻ wants, He ﷻ does. And AlhamduliLlah this happened [this Dergah opening].

AlhamduliLlah. Thank you very much. May Allāh ﷻ keep you and your children, and make you hidāyah for others also. In shā’a Llāh to be on the right way, way of our Prophet ﷺ, way of Allāh ﷻ, in shā’a Llāh. And to be guidance for others. Like the saying of Prophet ṣallá Llāhu ‘alayhi wa-sallam, “Aṣhābī kā n-nujūm bi ayyihim qtadaytum htadaytum”, “My companions are as the stars. Whichever you follow, you will be in Hidayah (guided).” In shā’a Llāh, we imitate Prophet ṣallá Llāhu ‘alayhi wa-sallam. In shā’a Llāh, the best thing for the Muslim is to imitate Prophet ṣallá Llāhu ‘alayhi wa-sallam, and we imitate him ﷺ, in shā’a Llāh. May Allāh ﷻ bless you, keep you safe from every badness and give you every good thing. In shā’a Llāh to be barakah and khayr (goodness), and live with health, wealth and happiness. And to be together forever, in shā’a Llāh, with Mawlānā Shaykh and Prophet ṣallá Llāhu ‘alayhi wasallam in Jannah, in shā’a Llāh.

Wa min Allāhi t-Tawfīq. Al-Fātiḥa.

Mawlana Sheikh Muhammad Adil ar-Rabbani 19 April 2026/ 02 Dhul Qa’dah 1447 New Naqshbandi Zāwiyah – Île-de-France