The Blessings of Īdu L-ʾaḍḥā

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.

Mubarak for you this holy day. May Allāh ﷻ make it good and full of barakah. It is one of the best gifts given to us by Allāh ‘Azza wa-Jalla; these two ’Īds, ‘Īd al-Fiṭr and ‘Īd al-ʾAḍḥā. The specialty of Īd al-ʾAḍḥā is there is more worship. For example, there is both slaughtering qurbān and there are ḥajjīs. Ḥajjīs wait for this for years. Shukr to Allāh ﷻ, they carried out the farḍ of ḥajj safely. They are relieved from this burden. Their barakah is for their families and for themselves, and for those who feel happy for them. It is a great worship, not something little.

Therefore, today is a holy day. May Allāh ﷻ give strength to us. May He ﷻ give us strength of īmān so that we attain these favours given by Allāh ﷻ to us. We should be thankful for these great favours and great gifts, in shā’a Llāh. Certainly, we have told about ḥajj many times. May everyone be granted ḥajj, in shā’a Llāh. Everyone knows what they should do. They should strive as much as they can, in shā’a Llāh. Who has no money should collect from here and there, in shā’a Llāh. And they will be given according to their intention.

Regarding the matter of qurbān - the four madhhabs are correct. There are people outside these four madhhabs. Many people not only don’t want ṭarīqah but also madhhab. There are shayṭāns who say “We don't need madhhab. We can do by ourselves. We read Qur‘ān and understand it.” What is that? People who say so don't understand anything. They neither know what they read, nor understand what they see. You can't do without madhhab. Therefore, it is wājib according to our madhhab, the Ḥanafī madhhab. Among all four madhhabs, it’s wājib only in Ḥanafī madhhab. It is a level rather around fard and sunnah mu‘akkadah. Wājib is something that has to be done. In other madhhabs, it is sunnah mu‘akkadah. Our Holy Prophet ṣallá Llāhu ‘alayhi wa-sallam used to always do it. Whoever can make qurbān should do it. There are ḥadīths to our mother Faṭma. There are ḥadīths of our Holy Prophet ṣallá Llāhu ‘alayhi wa-sallam to others. And qurbān is wājib for residents, not for travellers. If someone is on travel and not on ‘Īd, it is not wājib then. It becomes sunnah. It can be sunnah mu‘akkadah. But for the residents who are not travelling, it is sunnah mu‘akkadah in

Ḥanafī madhhab. Whoever can do it, who has extra money like for ḥajj and zakāh, who has around 100 grams or 90 grams of gold, it is wājib for them to make qurbān. They may either keep all of it and it throughout the year if they are poor. They will have both done a wājib worship and provided food for themselves. It won't be a burden. But if they want to give it, they can divide in three. One part they leave to themselves, one part they give to their friends or relatives, and they can give one third of it to poor ones. Or they can give all of it away as ṣadaqah. That is done a lot now. How do they do so? They send it to other places in poor countries, to poor people. Qurbān is made in their names. And poor people eat from it. Some people ask if that's valid. It is valid. Because they are in need and eat meat maybe once a year, or not. Therefore, it is acceptable to send to them. There is no problem with the permission of Allāh ﷻ.

It is a great worship. Allāh ‘Azza wa-Jalla says in Qur’ān ‘Aẓīmu sh-Sha’n as well, , “Fa-ṣalli li-rabbika wa-nḥar" (108:3). Pray and make qurbān, says Allāh ‘Azza wa-Jalla. Therefore, it is beneficial to do it for themselves. If they don't want it, poor and needy people can benefit from it. And they will make du’ā’ for them. They will earn double thawāb, both for slaughtering qurbān and feeding the poor, for making them happy. May Allāh ﷻ accept our worship. All worships are beautiful. There is no difficult worship. Shayṭān shows it as difficult. There is beauty and goodness in worship. May Allāh ﷻ not let us follow shayṭān. May He ﷻ always make us taste these beautiful states, and not make us away from them, in shā’a Llāh.

Wa min Allāhi t-Tawfīq. Al-Fātiḥa.

Mawlana Sheikh Muhammad Adil ar-Rabbani 27 May 2026/ 10 Dhul Hijjah 1447 Lefke, Cyprus