Highlights of Guidance for 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.

Shukr to Allāh ﷻ, we are reunited again. It’s been two years. Days are passing. In shā’a Llāh, the congregation is growing even more. It’s beautiful; may Allāh ﷻ be pleased with you. People have needs. Everyone has needs. Because this world is about selfinterest. This world is a world of benefit. Now everyone is doing more for self-interest. By self-interest, we mean they want to benefit. But there is benefit, and there is benefit that is for the sake of Allāh ﷻ. There is interest that comes from turning to Allāh ﷻ, asking for good from Him ﷻ, and being sincere. That is the truly beneficial interest, that is the gain. People think that taking advantage of others is a gain. It doesn’t benefit them, nor does it benefit others. Benefit is in what pleases Allāh ﷻ. Allāh ‘Azza wa-Jalla sent all the prophets for the benefit of people, to show them how to benefit from everything. From ‘Adam ‘alayhi s-salām to our Prophet ṣallá Llāhu ‘alayhi wa-sallam, one hundred and twenty-four thousand prophets taught mankind everything. They showed them how to live, how to treat others, and how to follow the way of Allāh ‘Azza waJalla. They also forbade evil things, showing them the way by saying, “These are not good, do not do them.” Those who listened won, while those who did not listen had their lives ruined.

Therefore, shukr to Allāh ﷻ, these gatherings are important. This time we saw even more people; in shā’a Llāh, more people will come closer. May Allāh ﷻ protect us. All the brothers are sincere people, wholeheartedly striving to show goodness to others and teach goodness. What they show is solely for the sake of Allāh ‘Azza wa-Jalla; there is no worldly gain involved. Shukr to Allāh ﷻ, we know that Allāh ‘Azza wa-Jalla gives everyone their rizq. Unfortunately, sometimes even those who are religious can do all sorts of things for their own benefit. Then, when people turn away from religion, they complain, “Why is this happening?” There’s no need to complain; do your work with sincerity, show the right way, and be honest. Teach what you know and have learned to others; this will be the greatest benefit and gain for you. Therefore, good people should support each other and show the way to each other. When showing the way, this should be done kindly, without coercion. Let everyone do as much as they can, and Allāh ﷻ will forgive what they cannot. The important thing is intention; once there is intention, Allāh

ﷻ will reward even what a person cannot do according to their intention. Our Prophet ﷺ said in a ḥadīth sharīf, “A person’s intention is better than their deed.” Let’s say you intended to do a good deed, but you didn’t have the opportunity and couldn’t do it. Allāh ‘Azza wa-Jalla will certainly record it. And, if you do a good deed, a beautiful act, Allāh ﷻ will record ten rewards for it. If you intended to do it but couldn’t, you will still earn a reward simply for your intention. If you intended to do something bad but changed your mind and didn’t do it, there is no sin in that. If you do it, it will only be recorded as a sin. If you repent and seek forgiveness for that sin, Allāh ﷻ will forgive it and not record it.

This is the way of Islām, the way of our Prophet ṣallá Llāhu ‘alayhi wa-sallam; it is the beautiful way. But people follow their egos and stay away from this way, they get afraid, they think it is something bad. Or they give up everything because they think it will be difficult for them. Some spend their lives saying, “I’ll do it later, I’ll do it later,” and they do nothing. Some do nothing from the beginning; their situation is even more difficult. Because they don’t even intend to do good. Those who say, “I’ll do it later,” at least have made the intention. Allāh ﷻ forgives him according to his intention, in shā’a Llāh.

Thanks be to Allāh ﷻ, the days of Ḥajj and Eid al-ʾAḍḥā have passed. These blessed months are the end of the sacred months. Three of them: Dhul-Qa’dah, Dhul-Ḥijjah, and Muḥarram. These sacred months are very blessed months in the sight of Allāh ﷻ. They are also a gift to us; a gift from Allāh ‘Azza wa-Jalla. In shā’a Llāh, we intend to spend these months in worship. In shā’a Llāh, may Allāh ﷻ grant us according to our intention. Let us worship as much as we can.

Prayer is important. As Mawlānā Shaykh Nāẓim said, there is a beautiful advice for those who do not pray: Someone who does not pray should at least start with two rak’ahs a day. Let them pray these two rak’ahs for a week, two weeks, a month, two months. Once they get used to it, then they can increase it to four rak’ahs. Let them continue like this for three or five months. After a while, the need of the body and soul for that beauty will increase even more. Thus, shukr to Allāh ﷻ, they will begin to perform the five daily prayers.

Fasting is also very important. It should also be done gradually. Actually, many people fast without praying. This has been the case since ancient times. They never leave fasting. Even if they didn’t pray, everyone fasted the thirty days of Ramaḍān. They didn’t pray. Some prayed only from Friday to Friday, some from Eid to Eid, but they always fasted. People nowadays have abandoned even that. But now, by the wisdom of Allāh ﷻ, some doctors – and these aren’t really doctors – say things like, “Beware, don’t fast, you’re sick, you’ll die.” Whereas, more knowledgeable doctors abroad recommend

fasting because it’s very beneficial for illnesses. And they make people fast for even eighteen or twenty hours, not eleven, twelve, or thirteen hours like we do.

The way of Allāh ‘Azza wa-Jalla and our Prophet ṣallá Llāhu ‘alayhi wa-sallam provides exactly what a person needs, everything they require. It is the way and instruction that provides according to one’s needs. If a person organizes their life according to this, they will be comfortable, happy, and successful both here and hereafter. That is the most important and crucial thing.

Furthermore, what’s most important is to honor and glorify our Prophet ṣallá Llāhu ‘alayhi wa-sallam. No other person should even be compared to him ﷺ. Unfortunately, some people try to compare useless individuals to him ﷺ; this is absolutely wrong. The thing we will need most in the hereafter is the intercession of our Prophet ṣallá Llāhu ‘alayhi wa-sallam. Without his ﷺ intercession, our situation would be dire; may Allāh ﷻ protect us. Those who are not religious don’t know this, but now a group has emerged among those who consider themselves religious. They say “Prophet” and don’t even make salawāt upon him. They say, “He was a human being like us. You only need your own deeds. You don’t need his intercession.” They even say, “If you seek his intercession, you will be associating partners with Allāh ﷻ.” What they say is not a matter of mind; they only harm themselves. And not only do they harm themselves, they harm others also. Because they sow doubt in people, making them think, “Have we left Islām by reciting salawat?” or “Have we left Islām by reciting Mawlid?” They sow doubt in people’s minds and sometimes even turn them away from religion. Therefore, beware, do not look at or listen to such people. Because nowadays everyone has a phone; they open the internet and listen to the nonsensical ramblings of people who are not thinking straight. Even listening to what they say will cause a disease inside you, a microbe to enter your body. Just as you wear a mask to avoid catching microbes in a diseased environment, do not open or watch videos of such people. Never listen to them! May Allāh ﷻ protect us from their evil.

May Allāh ﷻ be pleased with you all. MashaAllah, may Allāh ﷻ be pleased with Yaqūb Efendi and all of you gathered here. This congregation follows the way of Mawlānā Shaykh Nāẓim and the way of our Prophet ṣallá Llāhu ‘alayhi wa-sallam. This beautiful way, a gift from Allāh ﷻ, has revived these ancestral places through sincerity. Through this, rewards also go to our ancestors, and they offer du’ā’s for you in the hereafter. May Allāh ﷻ be pleased with you all, in shā’a Llāh. May Allāh ﷻ increase such places and may the congregations in these gatherings grow even larger.

May Allāh ﷻ grant you righteous children, in shā’a Llāh. Pay close attention to your children; you are all mothers here. Nowadays, everyone boasts, “Which university are you sending your child to? I send mine to a private school. My child is very intelligent, very clever.” But who is the greatest school, the greatest university? It is the mother. No other school or university can be as influential as a mother. It is the mother who cares for the child and raises them to be a good person. Now they say salaries are one hundred thousand, two hundred thousand lira. Every mother should be given a two hundred thousand lira salary. Raising a righteous person who will be beneficial to the nation and the country is worth everything; it is far more valuable than those nonsense schools and universities. Therefore, pay attention to your children. Just because you are going to care for your child doesn’t mean you will be at their beck and call; the child should be at your disposal. Apply some discipline, don’t give them everything they want. Children know that a mother’s heart is soft, so they will cry and insist until they get what they want. Even if they insist, don’t give it to them immediately. Wait a while; give it to them an hour, five hours later so they understand its value. Unfortunately, some parents, even before the child asks, “Do you want this, or that?” They are until the child’s command. Sadly, nowadays people are immediately at the child’s service before the child even asks for something. Ladies, you must pay attention to this. That is, you must prevent them from doing things that are not good. You must be careful about that. May Allāh ﷻ be pleased with you all. MashaAllah, may your gatherings be perpetual. May we all have happiness in this world and the hereafter, in shā’a Llāh.

Wa min Allāhi t-Tawfīq. Al-Fātiḥa.

Mawlana Sheikh Muhammad Adil ar-Rabbani 03 June 2026/ 17 Dhul Hijjah 1447 Weeping Dervish Dergah – Famagusta, Cyprus